News

Today is the first day of ANIME BOSTON, and if the pre-registration line yesterday was any indication of the madness about to engulf this city... well, let's just say I hope I make it out in one piece.

There will be crummy filler doodles for both Saturday and Sunday while I'm at the convention, but Monday's strip will be a full-color full-page Sunday style update. I do hope you folks like it.

And for those of you coming to Anime Boston... see you there!

ANIME BOSTON is right around the corner, my friends! As a matter of fact, it's this upcoming weekend! I missed this behemoth of a convention last year so I'm super excited to be returning to the Hynes Convention Center and all the madness it will contain.

I'll be in the Artist's Alley once again, so if you're in the area be sure to stop by and say "hi!" I'll have copies of SEER'S DIGEST and ECSTASY & EVIL as well as the Charity Shirt I was going to sell at Neo Nohcon. All money from the sales of the Charity Shirts will still be going to the Matthew Foster Foundation.

I'll also be debuting a new t-shirt design I came up with. It has nothing to do with the comic itself but it applies more to being a webcomicker... and I've always wanted to put that phrase onto a t-shirt. So I did. Later on it'll be put it up for sale at the Dominic Deegan ZeStuff store so you can get it if you can't make it to Anime Boston.

I'm not sure if the strip will update this weekend. Even though the convention is in the same city as me, Anime Boston is insane and exhausting. If I have to resort to crummy filler sketches again, you'll all be properly warned.

That's all from me for now!
Hope to see you at ANIME BOSTON!

I feel like this is one of the dirtier jokes I've had in the strip for a while. Oh well. It's not like raunchy comments and Gregory Deegan are anything new around here. Gave me the chuckles when I wrote it, too.

Not much to say at the end of the week here except that ANIME BOSTON is next weekend, so that ought to be all sorts of insane. I won't be doing my Writing Unique Heroes & Memorable Villains panel there this year, as I stupidly missed the panel submission deadline, but I will be on a "webcomics jam" panel on Friday night. I'll also be debuting a new t-shirt at the con. I'll have pictures of it next week.

That's all from me for now!

I want to say NEO NOHCON was a blast this weekend, but it wasn't... because it didn't happen. The major snowstorm that hit us this weekend caused the convention to be canceled, much to my disappointment. Learning of this only after I arrived in snowy Buffalo, NY certainly complicated things as well.

That's not to say I didn't have a great weekend anyway. I had the pleasure of hanging out with the Daemen College Anime Club, the organizers of the convention, who took very good care of me despite the harsh weather. You folks were beyond awesome and I cannot express my gratitude enough for your generosity and endearing craziness. Much love to Annie, DeeDee, Bear, Roshi, James, Tinky, Daneesha, and everyone else whose names I have either misspelled or forgotten.

I also had the pleasure of hanging out with the small squad of guests that were also around for the convention. Much love and hugs to Samantha Inoue Harte, Kyle Hebert, Lucien Dodge, and Professor Brent Wilson & his lovely wife Marge. Oh, and Li and Akiko? I'm sorry we didn't get to hang out more. Oh, and Jonathan? F-ck you, Colonel.

Next up is the insanity that is ANIME BOSTON. I'll be selling the Charity Shirt there alongside the usual merchandise and all proceeds will still go to the Matthew Foster Foundation.

Just a couple of quick tidbits of information as we approach the weekend.

March's Donation Wallpapers are up. Four weird sisters and a psycho seer. I hope you like them!

There will be crummy filler doodles while I'm at NEO NOHCON this weekend, but only for Saturday and Sunday. Friday's strip will go up normally.

That's all from me for now!
See you at NEO NOHCON!

For those of you who are keeping count, yesterday's strip was comic number 1666, which I thought was neat because Celesto looked all devilish and the number of the comic had a 666 in it. I mean, yeah, it would've been a thousand times more appropriate if it was a picture of The Infernomancer, Karnak or Siegfried... but I'll take what I can get.

Anyway, the big news this week is that I'll be at NEO NOHCON this weekend. As I said before, the only bit of merchandise I'll have at this convention will be the Dominic Deegan charity shirt and all sales will go to the Matthew Foster Foundation. So if you're in the area, stop by and say "hi" so we can do something nice for a great cause.

There may or may not be filler doodles this weekend while I'm at the con. I'll let you folks know more as we near the weekend.

March's Donation Wallpapers will be up before I head to the convention. Promise.

That's all from me for now!

Yeah, I realized Quilt's dialogue is a little off in the first panel there a little too late. He just called Luna's sister Dominic's brother, and I totally didn't mean to have him do that. I guess I could go and fix it, but to be honest I kinda like his goofed-up dialogue. I think it fits him in a "happy accident" sort of way. Besides, I like leaving little mistakes in the strip.

In any case, here's the shirt I'll be selling on behalf of the Matthew Foster Foundation at NEO NOHCON. Like I said in my previous news post it'll be the only item I'll be selling at this convention, and 100% of the sales are going to the charity.

The Dominic Deegan Charity shirt.

That's all from me for now!

In a couple of weeks I'll be attending NEO NOHCON. I'll be in the Artist's Alley where you can come and say "hi" and I'll be doing my notorious Writing Unique Heroes & Memorable Villains talk.

What's different about my attendance at this convention is that half of this con's proceeds will be going to the Matthew Foster Foundation, a local charity which helps kids with cancer. I was so moved by this convention's charitable leanings that I decided to contribute in my own little way. The only thing I'll be selling at NEO NOHCON are special shirts that feature Dominic's scarf folded up like a charity ribbon. One-hundred percent of the sales I make that weekend will be donated to the Matthew Foster Foundation. I'm not going to receive a dime. I'll be bringing one signed copy of each SEER'S DIGEST and ECSTASY & EVIL, but the only way to get them will be to participate in the con's charity raffle. I'll have pictures of the shirt posted by tomorrow.

If you're in the area, stop by and say "hi," and help support a great cause. I hope to see you there.

IKKICON and KATSUCON were busy conventions that made me do a lot of traveling in a short amount of time, but I had a blast at both cons and was glad that I attended. The staffers were great, the attendees I met were awesome and it was great to see a lot of old friends on both sides of the table.

IKKICON may have been the con I seem to have caught the flu at, but I had a great time there and would gladly return. My special thanks to Jen, my fellow vegan, who helped to hook me up with many tasty treats, as well as the folks at the con who took the time to buy vegan goodies in the first place. I'm lookin' at you, Liz. And it's always a blast to hang out with my buddy Xero, whose awesomeness defies description, as well as Jon, who is equally awesome and let me play Rock Band til the wee hours of the morning. Amelie may have defeated my entire team for the Iron Artist competition, but I battled her into a draw. No pun intended.

KATSUCON had the pleasure of hosting me while I was battling the flu. I could barely speak at times but I managed to power through my panels, meet a ton of great readers and not get anyone else violently ill. I think. My kudos to the great staffers there who also took the time to make sure I had vegan goodies to munch on. My thanks to everyone else at the con who was thoughtful enough to bring me herbal teas, cough drops, saltine crackers and even some soup to help me feel better. I have to say I felt downright spoiled.
Here are the good peoples I hung out with at KATSUCON. Do me a favor and show them some love.

APPLEGEEKS
Because I thought I peed my pants in Ananth's house.
ONEZUMI
Because they're f-cking metal.
FRAGILE GRAVITY
Because Robitussin throat drops are like crack.
HOOKIE DOOKIE PANIC
Because I can't repeat anything Brian Wilson says in public.
ERFWORLD
Because Rob was as sick as me and Jamie hooked me up with falafel.
COMEDITY
Because Garth knows how deeply I geeked out in the presence of Phil & Kaja Foglio.
DUELLING ANALOGS
Because Steve always hooks me up in random, awesome ways.
STACCATO
Because bringing video games to cons makes you a celebrity.
SNAFU
Because Dave was trapped in a cage of his own making all weekend.
BLUE AND BLOND
Because Chris was defeated by two girls with an iron grip and a penchant for tickling.

Oh. And I totally fanboyed out when Phil Foglio came up to my table, shook my hand, and told me he was a big fan of the strip. It was all I could do not to squeak. I almost coughed all over him, though. Stupid flu. It took me two more days to finally meet Kaja Foglio, who had very nice things to say to me and that only restarted the fanboying process. I think I played it cool, but still... Squeak!

Anyway, those are my convention adventures. I've got two more coming up in March and another in April. More news on that later.

I guess you could call this one-panel comic a big hunk of cheating in regards to an actual update, but hear me out. It was either this or a lame sketch saying "Katsucon was super busy and I was still sick most of the weekend! Comic returns Tuesday!"

Katsucon was super-busy-crazy and I didn't have a lot of space behind my table to work and I was still sick for most of the convention, so even despite my best efforts it was impossible to do a good eight-panel update for today. So I opted for this.

I'll have a regular eight-panel strip up tomorrow, plus reports of IKKICON and KATSUCON.

If you're reading this I'm already at KATSUCON! As of this writing I'm still battling con plague, which I have determined may be a case of the flu, but it seems to be on its last horrible legs and with any luck I'll be somewhat presentable this weekend. You'll forgive me if I refrain from talking too much or shaking hands. I don't want to spread this Lovecraftian contagion that hath wracked my soul.

Once again the strip won't update any more this weekend. The comic will resume its normal updating schedule on Monday, even though Monday's strip will be going up late. Just letting you all know ahead of time. Hee hee.

That's all from me for now!
See you at KATSUCON!

It took me almost six years, but I managed to put dick and fart jokes into the strip. Now, only a week or two later, after six years, I've managed another first for the strip. Now that the Oracle Hunter is wearing that mask, we've got the comic's first ninja. Go me.

Working on the comic is a lot harder when you're sick. I'm still battling this con plague, but I should be okay for KATSUCON this weekend, where I'll be selling the usual goodies and doing a number of panels, including my notorious Writing Unique Heroes & Memorable Villains talk. It's amazing what epic-strength ibuprofen can do against a searing headache.

The strip will update again on Friday, but not this weekend while I'm at KATSUCON. The comic will return to its normal updating schedule on Monday, although that Monday's comic will be updating a little late since my travel plans won't be returning me to Mookie HQ early enough for a morning update. Just to give y'all a heads up as to what's going on next week.

Hee hee. "Heads up." Go me.
That's all from me for now!

I got back from IKKICON super late last night. I caught a bad case of "con plague" so I was feeling too sick to do a proper news update.

Don't forget the strip is only updating Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week. Don't forget that I'll be at KATSUCON this weekend.

Donation Wallpapers for February will be posted later today.

If you're reading this I'm already at IKKICON for the weekend! I'll be there selling books and a limited number of scarves, so be sure to stop by if you're in the area! In my spare time I'll probably be causing trouble with my good buddy Xero, so be sure to catch us before the mayhem starts. Mwa ha ha.

And just a reminder that, starting today for one week only, the strip is changing to a Monday-Wednesday-Friday update schedule to accommodate my being at two conventions in two consecutive weekends. Things will return to the normal updating schedule once I've returned from KATSUCON next weekend.

That's all from me for now!
Hope to see you at IKKICON!

Just when you thought things could get any more disgusting around here. Well if you're grossed out, then I've done my job again. Being really sick does very ugly and unromantic things to your body... and in Dominic's case, they happen all at once.

I'll be heading off to IKKICON this weekend! I had a great time at this convention last year and I'm eager to make my Texas return to give Ikkicon another go. I'll be doing a couple of panels and causing the usual amount of trouble so be sure to stop by and say "hi" if you're in the area!

KATSUCON is the very next weekend, which I'm also very excited about!

However, a "two conventions in two weeks" scenario always presents a challenge to keeping the strip updating, especially since I'm probably not going to be home too long in between cons. So instead of taking a week-long break or doing tons of sketchy filler doodles, I'm just going to change the comic's update schedule for one week only.

The last comic of the week will be going up on Friday. Then, starting on Monday, February 11, the strip will switch to a Monday-Wednesday-Friday update schedule. The update schedule will return to normal once I'm done with Katsucon.

February's Donation Wallpapers ought to be up before I ship off to IKKICON. See you there!