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    Back-to-School Sale!

    Sunday, September 06, 2009 - 11:22 AM

    For all those students sad about school startin' back up, here's some good news: Pure Ducky Goodness, the first Sheldon collection, is ON SALE all this week, at just 10 bucks!

    Good time to pick up a copy for the student in your life. Especially if that student is you...and especially if what you're studying is awesomeness.

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    Navigation, the Color Blue, and New Sites

    Sunday, September 06, 2009 - 01:04 AM

    Thank you to everyone who has e-mailed with kind words about the Saturday-only sci-fi storyline: Most of you seem to be enjoying it, and that means the world to me.

    Regarding that strip: I wanted to address some concerns that are repeated across dozens of e-mails, if that's OK:

    - First off: Lots of you have asked if there could be specific navigation on the site just for these sci-fi strips. This is a great idea, but it's trickier than it sounds, based on the way this site is structured.

    - Secondly, a lot of you have written in either loving the blue or disliking the blue...mainly for reasons of screen legibility. Legibility is a fair concern: Especially on older laptops with (fading) screens, or older eyeballs with (fading) vision, blues can be tricky. Personally, I love the *idea* of the blue, and am still tinkering with a finding a blue that'll give me a great variegation of tones, and yet still allow for sharp, 1-color printing in the (eventual) book.

    - Thirdly, I have a longer-term goal of developing a second site solely for this sci-fi strip, where it will appear once a week like the marvelous strip Charles Christopher. But, two things are conspiring against me at the moment, before I can build the site. 1.) A title. Clearing a strip title through both the USPTO and a (concise) URL is proving to be tricky (as I remember well from my Mattel days). 2.) Time. I have a few things on my plate before I have time to design a new site. The spirit is willing, but the calendar is weak.

    So! The short answers are: Specific Navigation? Probably not. Blue? Yes, but with modifications. New Site? Yes, but no time soon.

    In the meantime, thanks again for the feedback on the new strip! I really appreciate it!

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    Detailed Strip Info

    How it works...
    strip info entered by Jetpac and approved by DaveKellett
    Panel Dialogue Location Props
    1 NARRATOR (above panels): HOW IT WORKS
    NARRATOR (Panel Title): ADOLESCENCE is wishing you could go out every night
    Teenage Gramp (Leaning on hands looking out the window)
    window
    2 NARRATOR (Panel Title): COLLEGE is realizing you CAN go out every night
    Collegiate Gramp (Hands raised above head)
    Party
    • Streamers (falling from the ceiling)
    3 GRAMP (annoyed, on the phone, Wearing Boxers and a t-shirt): Dang it, Now i gotta shower and put on pants
    NARRATOR (Panel Title): ADULTHOOD is wishing everyone would stop inviting you out, and just let you watch your shows in peace
    ARTHUR: Thank the good lord
    THE HOUSE (By the Phone)

    Character Info

    ARTHUR
    First Appearance
    December 10, 2001
    Recent Appearances
    May 07, 2006
    Collegiate Gramp
    First Appearance
    How it works...
    Recent Appearances
    How it works...
    NARRATOR
    First Appearance
    Well who is this?
    Recent Appearances
    June 01, 2006
    GRAMP
    First Appearance
    December 01, 2001
    Recent Appearances
    June 03, 2006
    Teenage Gramp
    First Appearance
    How it works...
    Recent Appearances
    How it works...
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