Alright a hiatus. I know, this is a surprise, but there is a very good and very exciting reason why: Anne and I are moving to Spain. Yes, to Spain.

We decided now is a good  enough time in our lives, wen we are young enough and financially responsible enough to go live abroad and teach English for a few years. But over the holidays we’ll be spending our last weeks with our families, and our first month out of the country we do not know if we are going to have access to the internet or a scanner. We’re working on the details for getting a scanner over there. So in the meantime… what does that mean for the comic?

We will be taking a break until the first Monday of February. In the meantime, we might put up a few doodles here so you can check back or just log on to the feed. We will still be creating a page buffer and working on a few extras like wallpapers and gallery items, but they will not be up until the new year at the earliest.

So, wish us luck! And we’ll see you in February!

To quote Stephen Sondheim, Hello little girl, what’s your rush?

Middle panel = love.

- J

Poor Luke, he’s trying. Got to admit it’s a kind of creepy way to talk to a girl though.

Vote to see what is creeping up from behind.

-J

What ho, new page. Do I love it? Yes. Look how cute. And she think he’s gonna rob her.

Vote for previews of the next page.

- J

Oh do I love this page or what? The facial expressions are fantastic!

Vote to keep us alive!

-J

D’awww, cutest kittie ever. Also, Luke, you’re out in a storm.

I will tell you now, the cat is important.

Also, that kittie is my own little babycakes, Ramesses the Great, Ruler of the Black Lands of Kemet, Morning and the Evening Star. Look what a cute little pharoah kittie he is. Yes he is.

You may vote to see him in person, you deserve it.

Two more things: Firstly, looks like we need a little help on WebComicZ over there - please help us out and vote!

Secondly, check the blog below, if you are a writer and interested in the community event of the year! NaNoWriMo is upon us, friends, join in all the fun! Details below!

- J

Greetings, friends.

I’ve started moving mostly all of the comic related blog posts into the actual comic post itself, and due to an oppressive attack of lethargy, have not been updating the blog. I have no excuses for myself.

Though curiosity and excitement both prompted me to write a post now to inquire, who among us is involved with NaNoWriMo 2009?

‘Oh my stars and garters!’ you say, ‘I know not what that is!’ Fear not, it explains everything for you.

In short, Na(tional)No(vel)Wri(ting)Mo(nth) is every November, and it is 30 days to write 50,000 words, or a 175 page book. It is not as scary as it sounds! I will be participating again this year, along with Anne (who is doing NaNoArtMo), and Jennifer Hykes from The Adventures of Popsicle Man, and we hope you will be, too!

If you have ever considered writing a book and been too daunted by the time and effort needed to get into it, this is a great way to give yourself a start. It really pushes you to throw editing to then wind, as there is always time for that later. Instead, you have to push, and write, and of course you will write goofiness that is not good at all, but you are still left with plenty of meaty, fresh novelly goodness to shape and mold as you see fit during the cool winter months. And I can say from experience, that there is nothing quite like the feeling you get knowing that you are writing and struggling alongside a million other people around the world. It’s very heartening, and the community there is brilliant.

So join us, would be novellers! Pick up your pens and come forth! We will welcome you.

- Jen

*And of course if anyone is so inclined, email me or Anne and we will add you to our list of buddies to watch and commune with over the course of the month.

Luke, you nice guy. But seriously. Sammy has reason to think you’re off your rocker. You’re walking outside during a storm that might be as bad as the Nor’Easter of ‘99.

Silly hero cop.

We’re working on some wall papers - vote to see them and tell us what you think. 

I like them both. I think we might do them.

- J

True story, there was a Nor’Easter in ‘99. It was a small one, on the grand scale of things, but it did take some of the shingles off my father’s roof.

A Nor’Easter, for all of you not from the NorthEast coast of the United States, is a small scale arctic hurricane. They’re frequent between October and the end of April along the coast, sometimes as far inland as Philadelphia, and they cause massive damage when they show up because it’s like a hurricane, only with ice. Lots and lots of ice.

There was one in ‘93 that pretty much devestated the entire US East coast in the spring. I remember watching cars float down the street because there was 2 feet of running water (both outside and in our basement, incidentally). Nor’Easters are fun.

Let us hope for their sake it’s just a thunderstorm.

Vote for a cute sketch!

-J

Goooood morning.

Look, it’s the L.T.

Alright, so much with everything I write into this comic, the story the cops are telling one another actually happened. I can’t tell many details for privacy reasons, but suffice to say my mom is a detective and when she used to work in uniform there was a case that involved a woman who thought she was being stalked by the CIA because they were trying to “get her stuff” because she “knew too much” and she called the station about 4 bazillion times a day. It was crazy.

Also, please vote to see a baby phoenix because who doesn’t love baby animals?

^Vote!

- J