First blog post of the year. Wow, I’m bad at these.

Well, the first piece of news I have is that it seems the nude red-head is finally being retired. For those of you unaware, do you remember this page? Well after it went up that’s what happened, we got a pretty high amount of hits, so I thought to myself “I could use this further.” I cropped the naked woman into a skyscraper ad and put it up on Project Wonderful. And it worked. We got some of the highest numbers we’d ever seen. But after a month or so, the effect began to wear off. Websites understandably banned the ad from being shown and the ones that did allow it seemed to become jaded. However, it did get us a lot of fans who decided to stick around, so at least it helped out when it was around. So, on Monday, I’ll be premiering a new skyscraper ad. Also, a new Domain Tnemrot ad, which was on David Willis’ sites last Friday.

Also, I guess I should put in some thoughts about SOPA/PIPA. Honestly, I don’t think anything I could have said would have made a difference since I’m not an American and I doubt that Congress would really care about the opinions of a foreign nerd who does his webcomics as a hobby. But apparently the whole thing has been defeated, or at least shelved, so I guess the point is moot for the moment. Thank you to all the people who did voice their concerns though, such as the folks at That Guy With the Glasses and all the people who participated in the black out.

That’s all from me for now. Oh, but next month, on the 13th, I turn 23 so if you guys want to send me a donation as a birthday present that’d be awesome.

Until next time, take care.

~ David

2011 has come to an end. That was pretty quick.

So what happened this year? I went to some cons, finally exhibited my work and made some profit. Living With Insanity got some more readers, though you guys seem to have disappeared for the holidays, and the TV Tropes page got a little more robust. Domain Tnemrot also got more fans. Gemini Storm sold more copies and we got a couple more issues out, even got it into a few stores. We’ll have our first trade out next year. All in all, it was a very good year. I took a look at a list I made last year, stuff I wanted to get done before the end of 2011. And I only missed out on 5 things from a list of 40 items, a couple of which I should have known weren’t going to happen.

I’d like to thank everyone for their continued support. It’s because of you guys that we keep doing this. I hope you enjoy what’s coming in 2012.

Until next time, take care.

~ David

It’s Christmas folks. And I’m broke, so if you could either donate or buy some stuff, that’d be awesome. Also, Fer and I are working on t-shirts, so let me know if you have any requests.

So last week, LWI had its third birthday. Usually people talking about anniversaries say that it feels like it was only yesterday they started doing this, but honestly? It feels like longer. It feels like I’ve always done this and I can’t imagine not doing it.

So what do I have to say? Well I’ve achieved most of the goals I set out for this year. The site got redesigned, and it looks great. We’ve got more fans than we did last year, I hope you’ve been enjoying the comic. I’ve been selling some stuff at cons, you can see more details of that here. I’m honestly really happy with everything that has happened this year, except for losing Paul, but Fer’s been great, and I don’t think I should ask for too much more.

But, as I always do, I need to make a new list of goals for 2012. I’d like to get the readership up to 25k next year. Have some more shirts for sale. And, as I always plan for, go to a con in America next year. My sister and I are planning to head for Youmacon next year so we can meet the Team Four Star guys. I’d also like to stop by PAX. I was hoping I could do Emerald City and C2E2 but I just cannot afford it. The end of year cons are looking more likely. We’re both saving up though money’s been tight lately, but hopefully we’ll get there.

Other than that, I really don’t have much to say except that I’m starting a new comic. Remember Eternal Midnight? I’ve got the first issue inked and have started on the second. I’ll put it online once I have four issues done.

Thanks to everyone for your support over the past three years. Thanks to Paul and Fer for drawing the comic. And thanks to Dreamhost for providing the server. Here’s to an even brighter tomorrow.

Until next time, take care.

~ David

The pencils for Gemini Storm #5 have been finished. And the first four are still for sale so why not snap those up?

Why is it that I always want to draw when it’s summer? Seriously it’s only when there’s a chance of my hands becoming sweaty that I feel the urge to pick up a pencil and whip out some badly smudged art. And I know I could always just use my tablet instead, but I’ve quickly discovered that yes, I am indeed a much better artist going with pencils and pens than by going on a tablet. So I’ll keep practicing on paper and do the layouts for LWI on the tablet. Plus I’m going to try and get back to colouring.

But there’s a school of thought that says you shouldn’t only do digital or else you’ll forget everything you learned on paper. And that’s semi-true, I guess. Every time I made a mistake in my first two pieces, I instinctively moved to click the undo button. Thankfully I remembered my eraser.

You know, I’ve come onto this blog and posted every time I swore to myself that I was going to get back to drawing, that soon you would see a new series from me. Well I’m not going to do that any more. It’s not going to happen, I’m going to give up at some point. But I have gotten better. I was actually surprised to see what I could do now, but I’m nowhere near pro level. At least I’m finally figuring out how to render properly. Who knows, maybe next year I might be able to graduate to art boards.

Well, best get back to work.

Until next time, take care.

~ David

Gemini Storm #4. Please buy it, and the first three issues. I have bills to pay. You can also get the Donkey Punch shirt. That would be helpful.

So we’ve recently had quite possibly our most successful days ever (I don’t know how many hits the PvP link got us since the site shut down after a few hours it went live). It appears that you guys really enjoyed Fer’s lady, especially those of you who saw it in the ad. I mean, I knew we were going to get some hits form that, but I only expected an extra thousand or something, not ten. But hey, I’m not complaining. Hell, I’m glad for it. More readers is always a good thing.

Anyway, we’re going to try something next week that I had planned out in advance, but I think I should just see how many people would be up for a print of the red-head in that fourth panel?

That’s all from me at the moment. I’ll see you guys next week.

~ David