I think I owe you guys an explanation.

I'm sorry about there being a lack of comics recently. The truth is I've been in a real funk the last few weeks and I haven't really had the heart to work on anything new.

I got to the end of my prewritten scripts, and it's simply a matter of writing new ones. I have an idea of where I want the story to go, but I need to write the daily scripts to flesh out all the details. And without those scripts, the comic can't be made. I thought it was a matter of just sitting down and writing them...and in a way, it still is...but I just can't seem to do it. I just seem to have lost my muse, I guess. Add to the fact that I've been having "trouble in paradise", so to speak...with the added bonus of not being in "paradise" anymore...and now I've got issues of self-worth (or lack thereof) to contend with on top of all that.

As you may or may not have noticed (the latter being more likely), it was my birthday a couple weeks ago. And all I asked for was some feedback from my audience. (Note I didn't say "demanded".) And what I got what bupkiss. Well, truthfully, I got one "Happy Birthday"...from the one person I would've expected it from. My point is that I haven't felt a real sense of urgency to resume regular updates aside from my own senses of priority. I feel as though if I just gave up right now and never made a comic again, no one would notice or really even care.

But *I* care. I want to get the ideas out of my head so they won't distract me so much. I want to continue. But, like I said, there's no sense of urgency. But I didn't really want to go into another hiatus, either. It's a paradox that's tough to fix: in the end, I'm really only doing this for myself and I shouldn't really care what anyone else thinks. But I know (well, I have an idea) there's a silent majority among you who do care. And I can't expect to attain the kind of popularity I want by continuing to miss updates due to my sense of lack of popularity. Does that make any sense?

You know I don't normally get all this angsty and self-absorbed through the comic like this. I'm not an outright attention whore. In short, there will be more comics. I want to say soon, but really I have no idea when. And remember, a little encouragement goes a long way. And a lot of encouragement goes a lot farther.
posted by Tim at 12:40 AM

The mascot of the University of Massachusetts, Sam the Minuteman, is participating in the Capital One Bowl Mascot Challenge. He's going up against some strong competition, so help out and vote!

Fight, fight, Massachusetts!
posted by Tim at 4:48 AM