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ATTENTION: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

April 11th, 2005 | by Tom
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PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ORIGINAL THEATER HOPPER ARTWORK BEING ACUTIONED OFF AT EBAY! YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED! AUCTION ENDS NEXT MONDAY, APRIL 18TH. SCROLL DOWN TO LEARN MORE!!!

└ Tags: announcement, artwork, auction, ebay, important
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GUEST STRIP – MICHAEL LALONDE

April 11th, 2005 | by Tom
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GUEST STRIP – MICHAEL LALONDE

So you’re probably wondering why today’s comic looks slightly different. Please excuse my rudeness for not providing a little forewarning, but I’m taking a little break from the comic and you guys get to benefit from a few weeks of guest strips!

Basically the situation is this: Cami and I will be traveling to Texas to visit relatives on Wednesday and coming back next Monday. Be jealous because I will be attending a NASCAR race! (note playful sarcasm). As a partial effort to cover my absence and a partial effort just to give me a long overdue break, I solicited my friends in the web comics community for guest strips!

I was overwhelmed with the support I have received!

Today’s guest comic comes from Michael Lalonde. That’s the creator of Orneryboy to you and me. You should really reward his kindness by visiting his site. Michael updates every Monday, so there’s actually a fresh comic waiting for you there now! Of course, it probably won’t make much sense as it is slightly out of context. It’s part of a bigger storyline that started here. You should definitely read the whole thing. It’s quite hilarious and one of my favorite Orneryboy arcs.

Michael is a busy guy, so he’s had to scale back his work on Orneryboy. I’ll be the first to step up and say “I don’t care.” As long as I get a weekly fix, I’m good. Michael is too strong a talent to let slip from view. So be sure to tell him that you appreciate his work. Here’s to hoping he will continue his work on Orneryboy for a long time to come!

Incidentally, today’s strip marks Michael’s 150th comic. He plays it down, but it’s a big deal. His artwork and storylines have been some of the most consistent in web comics. I’m lucky to have him as a college!

Can you tell I’m a fan?

Anyway… about my absence. Like I said, I will be gone Wednesday through next Monday. So you can at least expect to see me trolling around the THorum for a little while. And who knows? You might even be able to e-mail me and I’ll respond.

Guest strips will run all this week and all next week with a regular Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule. I’m giving myself a little buffer before and after my vacation not only to catch up from the real-world stuff I will miss while I am away, but to also take my comic-making time and convert it into site-redesign time.

Yes, I know I’ve been threatening a site redesign for a long time. But I’ve finally settled on a look I love. Don’t worry. It’s not that drastic a change up front. What it will revolutionize, however is how the site operates behind the scenes. My hope is that this effort will make the site easier to update in the future. It is my goal to unveil this new look when I return to making comics full time. It is also my goal to reopen the store with a bunch of great new merchandise as well as some old-favorites that have been missing for far too long!

In other words, if you’ve been aching to get your hands on a Spoiler t-shirt (which has been off the market since – geeze? – December?) you may soon get your change to make a pre-order!

As I said, I hope to have these new changes instituted when the guest strips conclude!

In the meantime, please visit Orneryboy and also please continue to vote for Theater Hopper. I will be drawing incentive sketches of my collaborators creations as the guest strips run. So that means you get to see my take on Orneryboy by clicking this little link. Have at it!

Again, many thanks to everyone who is helping me this week and next!

└ Tags: cell phone, fantasy, Guest Strip, Michael Lalonde, Orneryboy, rude, shotgun, talking
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BIG OL’ AUCTION GOIN’ ON!

April 11th, 2005 | by Tom
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Hey, guys.

Remember earlier in the year when I would put together some original artwork and raffle it off to a random, lucky person who either bought merchandise, advertising or donated to the site?

Well, I’ve fallen WAY behind!

I haven’t sent out the Constantine artwork from February and I haven’t even pulled together the list of names to pull from for the Robots piece I did in March.

Remember how I was going to color in all of them and make a big calendar at the end of the year? Yeah… still haven’t colored in the Robots piece yet…

Well, anyway. This aproach is changing. Instead of giving away the original art for free, I’m auctioning it off.

My reasoning for this is pretty simple. Basically, some of the artwork people have begged me to auction because they want to control their odds of getting it a little better than a raffle. Using the logic that everything is as valuable as what someone is willing to pay for it, I see the logic in their demands. Plus, it’s easier to keep track of.

This month, I think I have a real hum-dinger for you.

So you all know that Sin City came out the first week in April, right? I even did a week-long arc covering it. What better subject could there possibly be for me to parody than the Frank Miller classic?

That’s why I whipped this up:

Yeah, I thought you might like that.

If you click on the image, it will take you straight to the eBay auction I have set up. Or, of course, you could just click this link and get there just the same.

The rules are simple – by the end of Monday, April 18, the highest bidder wins. To sweeten the pot, I’m throwing in free Theater Hopper buttons and stickers. I’m also paying for First Class shipping, because that’s the kind of guy I am.

The previous’ months artwork will still be given away raffle-style for free. And once those names have been drawn, I will make an announcement to that effect.

But in the meantime, I will be running this message below the regular blog until the auction concludes Monday, April 18.

Incidentally, the profits from the sale of this original artwork will go toward the purchase of this silk screen press. My goal is to start producing Theater Hopper shirts that I can do myself instead of relying on outside vendors. Naturally, these shirts would be sold from this site. So if your a fan of Theater Hopper, bid generously because your money will help to advance the goals of this site.

Time to dig out the loose change from the couch cushions, kids. As always, thank you for your support! Happy bidding!

└ Tags: auction, original art, Sin City
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