Hiatus

Yes, I noticed I didn't get a comic up last week, but I was hoping that if I didn't mention it you wouldn't notice. There won't be one this week either, in fact, I need to pause for a bit. On the logistical side of things, there is the fact that I have been, and will continue to be, traveling throughout the later half of July and first part of August. On the mechanical side of things, I am finding MS Paint less and less adequate. During my next trip I am sending my computer in and then we shall see about getting a better application, I tried Inkscape but it decided to work amazingly poorly. As in there was a 50-50 chance that when I put my pen down I would only be allowed to draw in a straight line. This is unacceptable. In conclusion, I am sorry for this interruption, but it is necessary for me to be able to provide the comics that I want to provide, rest assured, I shall return, I have the next four strips mapped out, so I have to come back.

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Ok, you win, I've kept to my entirely self-determined schedule. Now I'm going to eat something.

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Here it is! Another Friday. I realized that Tuesday was a bad day to promise a comic, since I'm busy all day usually, so I tried to finish it yesterday. Unfortunately the last panel (on the left) gave me fits trying to figure out how to draw, so it didn't get done. But my evening activity appears to be canceled, so problem solved, enjoy.

K Barrese

I will not be able to get a new comic up today. Ostensibly we will blame it upon the holiday, but more accurately it is because I only got 5 hours of sleep and spent the other 15 of the past 20 hours fighting with my computers, this, however, is because of the holiday. My "good" but broken computer has been upgraded from Puppy to Ubuntu but my slow and only somewhat broken computer now has no internet.

To make reparations I offer a comic on Tuesday and the regularly scheduled Friday comic, please forgive me.

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Here it is, the aptly named Comic 2. Made it up by Friday, before Friday even for my West Coast friends. Expect another by next Friday. I'm pretty happy with the way Anabel came out, that is her name by the way. In the bad news category, my computer's lobotomy did not go as well as hoped, so, as you may notice, I'm still doing these in Paint. This, combined with the fact that I stayed up until 10 AM this morning explains why it took me a while to finish the last two panels. Just cranked them out, only took 2 hours anyway (my entire first comic took 90 minutes, plus a bunch of practice). The reason I was going to sleep just before noon was the compulsive desire to finish The Appeal, by John Grisham, which I bought yesterday. Then it was like 8:00, so I figured I'd just stay up. However, since my job is to despense math advice I thought I might have a contractual obligation to be able to think rationally, so I grabbed a few hours. Finally, the weekend, now I won't need to wake up so early in the afternoon. Peace.

K Barrese

What's This?

So much earlier than the end of June, ha! Just got my tablet, and this is the best I could get the first strip. Learning to draw on plastic instead of paper is, interesting. Good thing I wasn't that skilled at paper drawing. This was done in Paint, once my good computer get's a hard drive back in it expect me to search for a more "sophisticated" program, though I like the airbrush tool. Expect another by next Friday, though the next couple will tax my artistic skills, such as they are, much more.

K Barrese

Mrroww?

Coming soon, a webcomic! About cats! Just let me figure out a little more how to draw. It is frustrating how many variants of mrroww are taken here, if this thing gets interesting perhaps we'll move elsewhere. Look for weekly updates to start by June's end, here's hoping for a fun ride.

Mrroww?