Our friends over at the podcast TGT Webcomics have just started up their 2nd annual tournament for best episode of the year, and guess what? We're OUT of the running... but we're backing another horse, namely the comic "Sarah Zero". All you need to do to help us out is head on over to the voting page here and vote for "Stef / Sarah Zero" which is actually an episode of TGT Webcomics that I co-hosted. Oh and while you're at it you can vote in all the other brackets as well for your favorite matchups.

If Sarah Zero ends up winning this tournament, we'll be putting our heads together to make something extra special for the world to see. What will it be? No clue! We've gotta win first! XD

Wow what a sucky week... I'm still in the hospital at the moment, but my leg is slowly getting better and I hope that pretty soon I'll be able to go home to continue to recover there instead. That at least will give me acesss to my main computer again and so maybe I can FINALLY start making comics again. Man, I really want to finish off the current storyline and its very close to being done too.

For the moment, I'm going to give you guys a little classic Brentalfloss musical action that seems apropriate enough for the occasion.

"Prepare to Die" in association with Webcomic Planet has just started an Easter Egg Hunt! The Collective Members participating have hidden one or more Easter Egg Pictures within their Archives. They can be:
•Hidden in a comic blog post (blurb below a comic)
•Hidden within a comic strip itself
•Some webcomics have up to 3 eggs hidden within their archives, no more.
•The winner will be the one finding all (or at least most) eggs hidden throughout the participating websites.

If you'd like to participate and maybe win yourself some very spiffy prizes, head on over to The Webcomic Planet and check out all the offical rules and then head out into the eather to find some eggs. The contest runs from now until Easter Sunday on the 4th, so get to searching!

I have returned from Anime Milwaukee, and I must say it was a pretty good time. Not only did I get to hang out with Alan from Rival Angels and Trevor of trevoramueller.com, but I had a very interesting conversation with Little Kuriboh of YGOTAS fame and his man Kroz about the future of children's trading cards. Oh yes, and many many people in costumes... inclusing this devilish duo who seem to have replaced their Meowth with a much more effective and somewhat more familiar fighter.

Tonight I'm going to appearing on ANOTHER podcast, and this time it's to talk about Prepare to Die... yes, time to get off the WAGON for a moment and actually talk about this little webcomic we've got. Anyone interested in listening in, you can do so On Talkshoe at about 9pm Central.

In other news, tomorrow morning I'm heading out for Anime Milwaukee to spend the weekend playing games and snapping pics of wonderously overdone costumes. I'm hoping to run into Litte Kuriboh there and get some nice shots with him and his "Screw the Rules" card, simply because you can't miss an opportunity like that.

*Steps up onto the podium and clears his throat.*

My fellow webcomic enthusiasts... fanboys, trolls, lurkers... I am not a violent man. I am not one to take up arms without reason, to lay waste simply because it is within my power... but a gauntlet has been thrown down onto the battlefield and this is a challenge that MUST be met! No less than twenty-four hours ago, war has broken out among the collective members of Webcomic Planet. This war is quickly growing, and we, the citizens of The Lands, have been shunted aside as inconsequential. Well I ask unto you, will you stand by and take this insult?? I think not... we shall rise up! We shall move like a swarm over these so-called Mad Geniuses of Webcomic Battle and show them exactly what terrible force of Chaos they have unleashed!

I say onto you, our beloved and faithful readers! Go forth across the internet and wave the banners of "Prepare to Die"!! Leave no corner safe from our blinding multi-colored halogens of TechnoMadness!!! Together we will build a mighty tide that shall wash away this blight of war and leave only devastation in our wake. The GameMaster is rolling double crits, so let's get out there and GM SMITE them all!!!

This past Sunday I made an appearance co-hosting an episode of the TGT Webcomics Podcast. Our extra special guest for the show was my friend and yours, Stef of Sarah Zero. Head on over to their sites above, and maybe take a listen to the recorded episode now up online.

In other news, a CHALLENGE has been issued to me from my fellow webcomickers. What challenged? Well, as we journey down to the Road of Penguicon and the first WAGON Webcomic Battle Tournament, we will also be participating in a Penguicon Weight Loss Challenge. Oh yes, this challenge this challenge will be met and all competitors will be CRUSHED... but not as crushed as much as they would be, as I will be lighter than I am now. More to come I'm sure, as progress reports will be made!

And now, a special Valentine's Day message from Captain Picard:

Today I write frim the same physical location as I usually do, but instead with the help of my new laptop... which just now allowed me to actually log into my own admin area. This purchase was made in preparation of the next convention season, where I hope to go forth and kick all kinds of ass in both comic and cardgame realms, and yes it will be good. The Delta Deck is in full swing for it's pre-sale and I should be seeing the first printed decks by the end of the week.

In semi-related news, I'll be stepping up my comic production for the next week or so in order build a small buffer, as I will be take a bit of a trip out to Seattle for a week. I'm hoping to still be updating as semi-normal as usual while I'm gone, and the new lapppy will certainly help. Meanwhile, I'll be using some time to relax, work on a few random casual things, and maybe even work on my drawing skills. Yes, I know it's a shock... I might actually have a few hand-drawn things around here eventually! No worries though, I have no intention of changing the comic as I like the format that it's in.

The Delta Deck Pre-sale has begun! While we're working out the final tweeks in the cards to come in this deck, we're ready to start collecting orders for a new round of explosive action. The final call for duty in this deck brings some fantastic newcomers to the battle as well as a few veterans who are returning to the front lines:

• Blue Sky
• Union of Heroes
• Zortic
• Cy-Boar
• Autumn Lake
• and the return of Sarah Zero and The Best of What's Left

Heya everybody, I've just managed to get a screen capture program up and running on my computer, and as a test run I made this video of me in the process of making comic 906 yesterday. Revel in the magic!

The Webcomic Readers Choice Awards for 2009 have opened up their voting booths, and WAGON Webcomic Battle has been nominated to win an award in the Community category. It's an honnor to even be nominated, but if you're a member of the webcomic world and you're interested in what we're trying to accomplish with our card game project, please consider voting for WAGON this year! Also on the docket are comics of awesomeness like The War of the Winds for best site design and Autumn Lake for best writting... let's give some of these guys the recognition that they deserve!!

Happy Halloween everyone! Oh yes, I love this holiday for many reasons... the decorations, the costumes, and of course the candy. Here's a little something I'd like to share, since this is the only time of year that I can... Hope you all have a great weekend!

And in other news...

The Webcomic Beacon, in association with WAGON Webcomic Battle, is happy to announce the brand new 'Draw Becky' contest! To win, you'll need to create your own version of Becky, the Webcomic Beacon spokesgirl, to be used on an upcomming Podcast-themed card for the WAGON TCG. The first place winner will have their artwork used on the offical card, and they will recieve both a copy of the card for themselves and a copy of the next WAGON deck, which is currently in progress. For full details, head on over to the offical contest page and learn how to get in on the action. All submissions must be in by November 28th, so get in on this while the getting is good!

So another chapter draws to a close, and a new chapter will soon begin. The fairies of the Lost Woods have been saved, but the Tailisman of Life has been taken by Emperial Soldiers. The Captain and his boys saved Over There from the squirrels, but The Carlson seems indifferent to the threat to the people from the shadowy "GameMaster". Where the heck do we go from here?

I'm going to be spending the week away from making regular comics so I can prepare for the next chapter... meanwhile I hope to get some Random Geekness up to help fill the gap, and perhaps re-vive the old "PTD on..." series of mini webcomic reviews. I've certainly got enough of them on my plate right now to work with!

Much more to come for Prepare to Die, don't you worry about that. Stay tuned.

Heya everybody! The peoplez over at Panels on Pages, who were running amuck at Wizard World this past summer, finally got up the video footage for their PopQuiz segment... of which Bill and I both got to participate in. Enjoy!

While off at the convention this past weekend Bill and I discovered these nifty lil toys called Skeleflex, which are basically bones you can build things out of. They were having a contest to see who could build the best warrior, so naturally I had to participate. The results of the contest haven't been announced yet, but they emailed me a picture of my creation, so I thought I'd share:

Well it looks like I'm feeling a whole lot better and ready to keep rocking. In fact it's fantastic timing that I've recovered because we're quickly aproaching the time to head back out to Wizard World... but nay, not Wizard World but the newly minted Comic-Con Chicago! And in fact it's going down this next weekend August 7-9. Bill and I are all set to go check out what this fresh new paint job is gonna do to the ol' convention, taking pictures and tracking down any number of big and little celebrities. Speaking of little celebrities, Gary Colman has been confirmed and that's worth the admission price in itself.

Here's a little video that pretty well sums up my mental state for the past week... a medley of catchphrases from a pretty spiffy series of machinima movies on YouTube, it oddly captures the flow of chaos in my mind quite well.

Hello people, I know a number of you have noticed the lack of update this past week and I wanted to let you know what's up. The thing is I've been a bit sick lately, which has had me taking some fairly large pills and spending much more time in a horizontal posistion rather than a vertical one. A combination of horiztonalness and generally brain-fuzziness kinda makes it hard to make comics, and so I just haven't had the chance to.

I'm very hopeful though that this will all be cleared up before too much longer and we'll be back to business as usual around here. In the meantime I'm still going to try and make comics, and in failing that I'll be getting some Random Geekness, some video posts, and possibly some guest art submissions to keep the good times rolling.

I'd just like you all to know how much I apreciate your support and your patronage of our spiffy lil comic. It seems that we've had some rough times as of late, but by golly I've got a story to tell and this train isn't stopping until it's finished... we just take the sceanic route from time to time. Later!

Heya people, here's something that I wanted to swing by you guys for the sheer awsomeness of it. A collection of prominent comic and webcomic artists have come together to create The LGBT Webcomic Charity Art Auction. This event is here to help pay tuition bills for LGBT college students. I recomend you guys go check it out because they're got some fantastic artwork up for aution.