#710 – Christmas Readership

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I should point out a couple of things:

1. The Wife does not nag me in real life about things like she does in the comic. Especially not about the comic.

2. I have, in fact, spent all day Monday being a pirate assassin. It is as much fun as that sounds.

3. My reader numbers actually seem to do better around holidays, which is pretty damn counterintuitive.

Weekend Update #44 – Mom

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“What do you want for Christmas, mom?” I asked during our weekly phone conversation a couple of weeks ago.

“You don’t have to get me anything,” she replied, as she does every year.

“Seriously, mom, what would you like?” I pressed.

Finally, she said shed like a comic about herself. “You can even make fun of me, if you want,” she said, then added that I could post it on the website if I wanted,

So, for the last two weeks, I’ve pondered and considered and thought. I’m not sure I can make fun of my mother in a comic. It just doesn’t feel right.

But we’ll see. I’ve told her the electronic version will be up before the holiday, and that I’ll mail a physical copy to her this week. I think I have an idea, but we’ll see if I can make it translate to the comic or not.

In the meantime, have a quick sketch of me and my mom.

#708 – Socializing

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Keeping up with all the social media stuff I follow on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter can be exhausting. Not to mention trying to actually post on all of them occasionally. I don’t know how other people manage to be online posting stuff all day long.

Well, actually, that’s not true. I know exactly how: they have jobs that allow them to piddle on the internet basically whenever they want, and teaching does not offer that luxury.