Okay, so this one was up… hellishly late, especially with the two missing comics earlier this week, so I’ll answer that one first: Why was the comic so late?
It’s very cold right now, and the basement has little heat. When I’m freezing, it’s hard to get up the motivation to work on the comic, especially because when my hands are cold, it’s actually pretty hard to draw. I’m sure most of you people that are artists will understand that one. Is it going to be that while it’s winter? no, of course not. It’s just that this week was particularly bad about the whole windchill thing. So! That was the long way of saying “Hey! I’m freezing my jigglies off here!”
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The astute will probably notice that this comic is titled Hiatus. Why is that? Well, SED is going on Hiatus for the time being. Answers to that and more will now commence!!
What is a hiatus?
A break from regular production.
Why is SED going on hiatus?
Because the quality of the earlier bits of the comic are crap, and it’s hard to get people interested in the story when the first bit of it is crap. So, to solve that, I’m going to go back and redo part of the whole shebang.
What do you mean, redo?
I mean just that. It’s a do-over. The entire prologue is going to get redrawn, retexted, and a lot of it is getting rewritten.
What does that mean for the readers?
It means that the prologue will have more story, deeper characters, better art, and the printed version won’t look like a dog crapped on a book then rolled around in it. There’s also going to be a few changes to the site, but mostly navigation streamlining so it’s easier to figure out what book is what. Some of issue 1 and issue 2 also needs to be fixed. Issue 3… maybe.
How long will the hiatus last?
No telling, but probably a couple months. If you want me to email you when the hiatus is up, leave a comment at the bottom here that says “Notify Me!!” or something like that. I’ll send an email to the address you use for the comment. I hope to have everything done by february 18th, but I offer no guarantees.
This sucks.
Yeah well, see it from my end. I don’t have a terrible amount of readers because things are all over the place, and it makes it hard to get a good hand on the comic. I need to streamline the whole thing, make it easier to get into, and get more readers. I need more traffic so I can make more money, cuz, honestly, I really need to see a doctor this year.
Will you preserve the original versions of the comic somewhere on the site?
The current plan is to take all the “original” versions** and pack them into a little pdf archive and sell it for a dollar or so. But, if you join the forums and be good, and then ask nicely, I might send it to you. No guarantees though, and that plan might change. I might just throw it up on the extras page.
**I say “original” because the ones on the site right now are actually version 2 of those comics. version 1 was really hard to read, and the font was all over the place, so they were rewritten to work better for the book. I didn’t change the art though for the version 2 comics.
Say What?
Okay, okay, I know that’s really confusing. So, let me put it this way: Right now the comic is on Issue 4. I don’t know if everyone realizes that, but that’s the way it is. The prologue (everything in Caliphony with 9’s mom) was Issue 0. Issue 0 had a version 1, and a version 2, and now it’s getting a version 3. Issue 1 and Issue 2 on the other hand, are now getting a Version 2. So it goes:
Issue 0 (v1, v2, v3): The Beginning
Issue 1 (v1, v2): The Early Years, part 1: Cognitive Slippage
Issue 2 (v1, v2): The Early Years, part 2: For Science!!
Issue 3 (v1): The Early Years, part 3: Loss of Control
Issue 4 (v1): The Madness Beneath Her Smile
[I'll add more questions here as people ask more questions. -9]
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Australia bans small breasts – Somebody Think Of The Children.
Ok, Maybe it is just because I am tired and cannot sleep, but seriously. My country seems to be going down the toilet in a rather dramatic fashion lately.
First (OK, not first, but recently) it is the video games, Left 4 Dead 2 was pussified to the max to allow it to be sold down under. Let me tell you, it is pretty weak, i think goldeneye on the 64 was more violent. You want to know the interesting thing, in the same shop that I bought L4D2 I can get L4D which includes all the gore, decapitation and body piles (albeit smaller) of an abotoir running out of control.
COME ON AUSTRALIA, WTF
Second, the gov is trying to put in an internet censorship plan which bans certain sites on the web. Now, do the public get to see this? HELLS TO THE NO WE DON’T, the government has this list of things they don;t want us seeing hidden nicely away. Today it is nasty porn sites, tomorrow it is people advocating anything the government gets butthurt about, and next thing you know, welcome to North KoreAustralia, with supreme dictator Kim Jong-Rudd in charge. Do they even realise people who traffic illegal porn don’t just Google the bloody stuff, they use sneaky means of moving it. The same way that drug dealers don’t set up their bloody labs at the local police station!
come ON Australia, WTFH
And now, the censorship board is banning girls with small breasts that look like they might be under 18. What. The. F*CK. If you are a 25 yr old with small breasts who looks young, you are not allowed to have pictures of yourself in the public domain. So what if there is a guy who looks really femenine but is over 18, if he snaps his top half it is ok? Maybe next they will be handing out bhurkas and rounding all us atheists up and shoving us into camps.
The people who push for this stuff are Family First, essentially a front for the Catholic church. I bet that suprised you. They also deny climate change, oppose abortion and all the rest, but are definitely not a religious group trying to impose onto politics. Well, I guess most of the people who read this will be American so you know all about the religion/politics thing. Oh BTW I heard your president speaking today, at least he sounds like you could hold a conversation with him without facepalming fifty times.
SO, in summation, I am starting to get a little bit upset about older people like THIS WANKER, Michael Atkinson. Watch the vid, see the stupid in action. He is protecting the children, OH NOES, they might get hold of an R18 game. Well, only if their parents buy it for them you twit. Haha, did you also see the bit where he talked about the ‘violent Americans’ and the GTA Krishna killing. Ok, so i’m starting to rant and rave a bit now, I’ll leave you all be. Maybe I will show the link between a lack of violent video games and torching the AG’s house!!
Just kidding, I’m able to differentiate between games and real life.
(Angry) Berga out
BBC News – EADS Astrium develops space power concept.
Seriously, you ever play Sim City 2000, remember the microwave dish power plant? Does an orbital laser beaming infrared energy onto a receiver 24 hours a day excite you in ways your spouse may not be comfortable with? This link is for you then.
If they could have orbiting solar panels beaming down the energy in the next ten years, I will die a happy man. Energy is a giant hurdle humanity faces. If you could remove our reliance on fossil fuels, you can probably solve the global warming problem (PLANT SOME TREES TOO! ). If removing that dependency is done using an ORBITING SPACE LASER, then i think we can all agree the world will be a more kick ass place than it already is.
I mean, come on. Can you imagine giving the R & D proposal speech for this baby.
(Excited) Berga, out.
On Letterman last night, there was a band. It was frickin good. I cannot stress enough that you guys need to check these guys out.
And then, The Heavy’s website as well.