nov 4 Sorry for the unexplained absence, but I've had some minor health issues. In Dubmarine news, there's a contest going on, with prizes! CASH prizes, at that! In MONEY! Click here for contest details and accompanying comic. oct 19 Those of you who draw probably know how it is when you're having a day where you just can't get it right, and everything comes out looking bad. I had one of those last week, and that is why I posted a "re-run" comic. Even though I already had the dialogue and the page layout ready for the new strip, the art was just looking awful. It was so bad that it would have been an insult to put it in the comic. But, this week's comic is up now after re-drawing it in better circumstances, and I feel the wait was worth it. oct 9 Interesting if true!: this website calculates that my site is worth, as of today, about $2044 American. I cannot help but feel they're being generous, though. Maybe using one of my fonts as their logo was enough to spot me $2040, just for show. sep 28 The calendar is in the store! If you don't believe me, you're more than welcome to go there and see for yourself. Buy one and give it to a friend, relative, acquaintance, or yourself as a gift! Buy two and give the second one to someone else! Either way, you'll come out ahead! sep 21 On Saturday, I was at work for 16 hours. Sunday, I spent all my time working on the calendar. I hope then that you'll understand why there is no comic today. The calendar, on the other hand, is now 100% done. I'm going to bring it in for a first printing now, so if it comes out looking like I expect, we'll be ready to add the calendar to the store. Hooray! sep 11 A couple of years ago I got to thinking, "What sort of ridiculous things are people in the near future going to remember us by? How are they going to satirize our shallow culture in a way that differs from the shallow cultures of decades past?" It's kind of a fun thing to think about. Of course, since I have a strong interest in typography, I couldn't help but notice one emerging stylistic trend; fonts and logos with a distinct 'doodled in a notebook' feel (often with hatched 3D shading) were suddenly becoming quite commonplace. Irritatingly so. Looks like I wasn't the only paying attention either; check this out. Let it be known that we don't have to wait ten or twenty years for the mockery. Let it also be known that, for once, I was ahead of the curve. sep 7 Calendar update: 91% done. Exactly. This new wider computer screen isn't my thing. None of my old wallpapers fit, and I feel like I have to type more in order to fill up the spaces on this page, since these cells are twice as long as before. So then, I feel I should say this: Qwerty uiop asdfg hj klzx cvb nm. Qwe rtyu io pasdfgh jkl zx c vbnm. (123)-456-7890. There, that looks a little bit better. sep 2 Okay then! I have a new computer, and I've finally managed to install my scanner, so it looks as if things are back to normal again. I got this computer just in time, it seems... the old one seemed like it was just about ready to physically collapse from five years of service. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _