Hey all. So I've been catching up on things around here. Cleaned my room after a really long time. Undid all Mom's well-meant "cleaning" (i.e. shoving all my stuff in the closet haphazardly when it was organized and clean but outside the closet). So that's done. I also wrote some really late replies to some snail mail. However, there is much that still needs to be done.

So, I submitted my comic to the Comic Genesis "Comic Pitching" forum. Reception was less than stellar, but that's okay. The advice I received has been really good, but, I mean, I'm sure most webcomic artists hope for an "OMFG I'm so bookmarking this!" or a weaker version of the same when they do that. All I got was criticism. I guess I need to work on anatomy some (I do know some of the proportion things, but I'm not an expert) and on having a freaking punch-line. Yes, I know "Joshua Frigging Holbrook" didn't have a solid punch line ("your mom"? What the crap?), and that I almost never have a "buh-duh-chee" moment. Oh well.

For completely unrelated reasons, I'm thinking about ending the comic. First, how I would do it: I still have enough material around to last a few months I think, and I'd try to wrap up at least a few of my current projects. Then, I'd just say "The End" and, well, not update anymore. I'd leave it on Keenspace at least until I got some personal hosting I was willing to trust, and even then that might just be a mirror. After this project, I might work on something else--who knows, a blog maybe (I've been spending more time on these commentaries anyway it feels like), or perhaps I'd experiment on podcasting (On what I have no clue).

So, why would I say such a thing if it isn't because of the above discouraging reviews (which, as I already said, were very valid and for that I'm greatful)? Okay, so I'm gonna be moving to college in...oh... three weeks. When I do that not only will I have a lot more work on my hands, but I'll also be out of both my scanner (er, Mom's scanner) and the digital camera. Also, getting my Wacom tablet to work in Ubuntu Linux would involve fucking with the kernel (yes, I'm the Intuos 3), and that's just scary to me. I may be using Linux, but that doesn't mean I'm some h4x0r or other. I'm just cheap is all. Plus, I <3 Gnome. ANYhow, drawing the comic becomes significantly harder when I move to college. Also, I find myself not being very interested in drawing it anymore. Maybe it's like writing for Eric Burns.

But what happens if the above paragraph is just me justifying myself and I really am just being a whiny bastard because my comic isn't the best in the world? I worry about that. So I'm gonna see how I feel in another week. Hopefully by then I will draw my most current idea. :D

Maybe I should comment on this page, hmm? Two drawings, both real easy. I told yee that I was getting lazy around this time.

Well, that's it for today. I'm gonna mess around in Linux some more... where I installed iPodder without using Synaptic (because Ubuntu doesn't have any podcast software)... oh yeah I am so proud of myself. Of course, this is jack shit compared to what a lot of Linux users do, but I gotta start somewhere, right?

--Josh