Here's the deal, for anyone still reading.

[J-Dawg]

As more than a few have noticed (me included), the updates have been pretty flaky for the past few months. There've been a number of reasons for this.

1. Our computer chooses to lock up, crap out, or blow up about every other week or so lately. The latest fun is a lightning storm frying the scanner. That's why there was no Thursday update.

2. I have an ongoing freelance graphic design job, on top of my 'regular' job.

3. Most significantly, I HATE drawing the Coleman strips. I started them with a half-assed script, and the jokes and strips aren't really leading to anything. It's boring boring boring. There's nothing harder than drawing something you don't give a crap about. I did enough of that in Letterform class.

So, here's what I'm going to do. A new scanner is on order, and I am taking the week of Sept. 19-23 off to completely rewrite Coleman Elementary book 3 (since I don't have a scanner anyway). I will be back on Sept. 27, hopefully with some funnier strips.

Thanks to anyone still reading this strip for being patient enough to keep reading. On a side note, does anyone know how to check one's numbers in the Keen logs? I honestly want to find out how much readership has dropped, but have no idea how to do it anymore.

[DocMan]

Ya know...

Most of us don't really mind the delays as long as you tell us what causes the delays. It's the sudden silence that goes on for months at a time that makes people think that you've suddenly given up and will never update the comic again. Like what has happened with Jackie's Fridge.

[Grizzlar]

I am here every tuesday and thursday, ussually right afte rmidnight looking forward to the return of the normal stip. Coleman, is ok, but TS ROCKS!

[Jcs]

Still here. Bring 'em on(when you have the time)!

[J-Dawg]

This'll be on the front page Tuesday....but, still no scanner. I will be running the updates Thursday and Saturday this week.

Again, does anybody know how to check the Keen logs?

[ResEvilAndre]

http://www.comicgenesis.com/members/(your keenspace member name here)l/logs/

Enter your member name and password at the prompt. It may ask twice.

[ResEvilAndre]

(There's no "l" after your member name, that was my failure to fully get rid of my own member name from the spot)

[Hiroshi Daishi]

I don't know if you have a lot of fans in finland but you have one at least :)
I know every body has some problems on things they are doing.. Like myself. I like writing stories and stuff like that. but some times i have a problem of making my thoughts into words and it bugs me a lot... i know you don't like the coleman episode that you are doing but i like it :) i have seriously thought of buying all of you comic books about tonja steel :) but i just have to wait for another job or something like that..
But i hope you keep doing the comic couse i don't want that you just leave it like so many others have done... :( lost i lot of good comics...)

But yours sincerely Hiroshi Daishi from Finland :)