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GUEST STRIP – PAUL SPENCER

by Tom on September 2, 2005 at 12:00 am
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guest strip, Paul Spencer, Make With the Funny, Unleashed, Jet Li, naked, nude

Beacoup thanks to Paul Spencer for his excellent guest strip. His will be the last this week as I plan on returning to the fold on Monday. Incidentally, Paul has his own comic called Make With The Funny that delivers just that. I think he has one of the better site designs out there, too.

If MWTF sounds familiar to you, it's probably because we've been running Paul's ad for the site here the last 3 weeks or so. If you're interested in advertising with Theater Hopper, we have spots opening up soon! Check the calendar for details!

I've been "out of the office" (as it were) attending a business meeting in Ohio as part of the duties of my 9 to 5, so being available to update the comic has been difficult. Thanks for your patience and understanding in the matter.

Thanks, too to Jim Burgess and Kidnemo for their contribution this week. I sincerely appreciate it, you guys. The rest of you? Visit all of these fine artists' sites and support their work! They deserve it!

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GUEST STRIP – KIDNEMO

by Tom on August 31, 2005 at 12:00 am
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guest strip, Kidnemo, Batman, underwear, towel, Kristy vs. The Zombie Army, Comet 7

Geeze, can you guys believe it's almost September? This year has gone by WAY to fast. We're in the last fourth of 2005 and there is so much I wanted to get done with the site this year that hasn't happened yet. Time to attack things with renewed vigor!

That is... after I get back from my business trip this week.

Wednesday's comic is from my good friend and fellow Dayfree Press buddy Kidnemo. He's actually done a guest strip for me before, but this is the first time he's done so in his signature pixelated style. You can catch more of that action from his prime-time comic gig Comet 7. But don't forget that he has an excellent side project called Kristy vs. The Zombie Army that is really good, too.

I'm not sure how to write this without coming off like I'm bragging, so I'm just going to let my fingers dance across the keyboard and whatever sputters out is what I'll post.

Anyway, I've been receiving a lot of e-mails from people who are writing to me for the first time and saying that they really dig the comic and whatnot. I can't remember ever receiving concentrated feedback of this nature in the comic's 3+ years of existence, so it's kind of catching me off guard.

I've always maintained that I have one of the nicest and most intelligent fan bases in all of web comics. Your support has always been consistent and I'm thankful for it. All I'm saying is that to get a bunch of messages like this at once is unusual for me.

At any rate, I wanted to give a collective "Thank You" to the readership. August has been... a really hard month for me - both professionally and personally. And for those friends and family who read the comic, by "professionally," I'm referring specifically to Theater Hopper and not my day job. Don't worry! Everything is fine on that front! ;D

But yeah... August has been tough and I just wanted to say the compliments you guys have been sending my way as of late couldn't have come at a better time.

I try not to fish for these kinds of things. I've been deliberately sketchy about some of the details of my life in this space because I don't want to bog you guys down with my problems. This space is for entertaining. That's what I want to do with it - entertain.

But to know you guys are out there... reading and engaged. Excited about what's next. Wow. What a trip. What an honor.

I guess I never really mentioned that Theater Hopper celebrated it's 3 year anniversary on August 5th. I don't know why. I guess I didn't want to trumpet the milestone without something special to back it up. A week's worth of comics or a special expanded storyline. I don't know.

But yeah... I created the site to try and use my talents (however small) to reach out and communicate with people. I never knew the real potential of what was out there or what you would give back to me.

So, thanks. I'm amazed by your graciousness every day.

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GUEST STRIP – JIM BURGESS

by Tom on August 29, 2005 at 12:00 am
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guest strip, Jim Burgess, Able and Baker, The Island, Stealth, Broken Flowers, Must Love Dogs, March of the Penguins, rejection, frustration

Apologies to the TH faithful that thought there would be a new comic waiting for you today. But as it turns out, I'm leavin' on a jet plane and will be out of town this week for an extended business meeting.

It's something that I knew was on the horizon and thought I could prepare for. But as it turns out, what with everything that's been going on (details I am deliberately withholding), I wasn't able to muster up a stable of strips ahead of time to run while I was away.

But you are in very capable hands this week. Take for example my fellow Dayfree compatriot Jim Burgess from Able and Baker who was able to whip up today's excellent guest strip. It pays homage to both Theater Hopper and Little Gamers at the same time! Well done, old man!

At any rate, expect guest strips on Wednesday and Friday as well. I'd tell you who is doing them, but I don't want to spoil the surprise!

This has been the third time this year that I've sprung guest strips on you guys and I feel kind of bad. I did it once when Cami and I visited relatives in Texas back in April and did it again when Cami and I moved into our new house back in July.

On the one hand, I think it's really great that there are enough artists out there even FAMILIAR with Theater Hopper to do a guest strip and WILLING to do so that I shake my head in disbelief. I've made a lot of great friends through web comics and I'm thankful for every artist that takes the responsibility in tandem to the responsibilities of their own comics to produce something extra for me.

But on the other hand, it makes me feel like I'm asleep at the switch - that I'm not providing the content that you guys come here for. I have no excuse. It's been one of those years, y'know?

Hopefully things will start settling down soon and I can go back to providing you with regularly scheduled content every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Hey, if anything positive came out of this, I was able to take the time I would have otherwise used to make today's comic and package up all of the shirt orders I had that were piling up. The only two I weren't able to get to were those for Sarah Cathey in Gainsville, FL and Christoper Orme across the pond in the UK. I'm name-checking you guys now because it might take a little while before I get your orders back in stock. But everyone else can expect to see their stuff in the next few days. International orders might take a week or two.

It's a very strong possibility that once I get back from my business trip that I will take the weekend to reorganize the store and increase prices on all t-shirts, baby-doll tees and hoodies. I have a lot of these items in stock right now, but some of the shirts that have multiple colors, I had to order in larger quantities - so I ended up sitting on some extra merchandise. Along with the price increase, I will also likely return to doing pre-orders so I can get a better sense of where the demand is.

Anyway, that's probably enough blubbering for now. Be sure to check back through the week for more guest strips from exceptionally talented artists!

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GUEST STRIP – DAVE BUIST

by Tom on July 18, 2005 at 12:00 am
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guest strip, Dave Buist, Taking the Bi-Pass, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, costume, dress up, MadMup, AdSquirrel

I know you guys were probably planning on a new comic from me today since that what I've been promoting since last week. But the move to our new house took more out of me than I anticipated and I have the Web Comic List incentive sketch to prove it!

Basically after five days of picking up heavy things and putting them down again, my hands are totally wrecked - not to mention the rest of my body.

It wasn't just the physical move that screwed me up, but all of the little things you need to take care of as soon as you walk in the door. Installing the mailbox. Hooking up the washer and dryer. Reassembling furniture. Let me tell you - If I don't see another cardboard box, hammer, screwdriver or flight of stairs in the next two weeks, it'll be too soon!

My hands are in really weird shape at the moment because I think all the gripping I've done has screwed up the tendons in my thumbs. They're very tight. It's like my thumbs want to fold in and lay flush against my palm. Nevermind the inch-long blister on the underside of my index finger I got from using a lousy mallet to pound a stake. Or the dozen or so gashes across my knuckles from scraping them across door frames while carrying furniture…

Not to sound like a big crybaby, but holding a pencil isn't the most comfortable feeling for me right now. Plus, just getting things set up in the house so we can find them when we need to go back to work on Monday… guys, I'm just drained.

Anyway, the plan is to go back to work on Monday and hopefully start to slip back into a groove. I would like to have a new comic ready for you on Wednesday. Partially because - as a means to escape, Cami and I saw both Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Wedding Crashers this weekend and I have ideas. The other half of this ambition is to get back into the habit of drawing so I don't get rusty.

Switching gears, someone who certainly ISN'T rusty is Dave Buist, the nice gentleman who provided today's guest strip!

Dave is actually the first person to do a guest strip for Theater Hopper ever! Normally that kind of thing would reside in the Bonus Materials thing - but lazy me, I haven't set it up since I redesigned the site back in April. It never ends, folks.

At any rate, I thought Dave's guest strip was very timely considering Charlie's $50+ take at the box office this weekend. It would be a shame to waste it. Extra points for getting Jared into an Oompa-Loompa costume!

Dave has a comic called Taking the Bi-Pass that you guys should check out. It's really great and has only gotten better with age. It's been a lot of fun for me personally to watch Dave develop as an artist and storyteller. As I recall, Dave didn't even have a full-time web comic until after he did his guest strip for me. So we kind of have a cool link that way. Check out his site!

Another site you should check out it is Farawayistan, our newest advertiser. The comic is kind of hard to explain, but they're kind of single-panel non sequiturs. Fans of White Ninja Comics will probably find something to appreciate here. Tell 'em Tom sentcha!

A quick note of apology to all of the creators who had guest strips running last week without blogs telling everyone where to check out their regular strips! I had a bunch of pre-written blogs in the database, but an incorrect timecode (my fault!) prevented them from displaying. The blogs have since been re-instated and the links to the individual creators sites are functional. I suggest everyone click back a few comics in the archive and read up on these talented blokes!

I think I'm going to close for now because I need to get to bed. But I wanted to remind everyone that I will be at Wizard World Chicago this year August 4 - 7 hanging out with a bunch of my web comic buddies on Artist's Alley. Click here for more information. I plan on promoting this pretty much every time I write a new blog, so I'm trying to get into the habit now. ;D

Talk to you all again soon!

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GUEST STRIP – KRISHNA SADASIVAM

by Tom on July 17, 2005 at 12:00 am
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(3 votes, average: 6.00 out of 10)
guest strip, Krishna Sadasivam, PC Weenies, food, snacks, Coke, popcorn

You might be curious about the squat, jaundiced man sitting next to Jared in today's guest strip. Don't worry, I was slightly thrown for a loop as well.

Our new rotund friend is Bob, star of Krishna Sadasivam's PC Weenies. After receiving this comic, I went out to check out Krishna's work and it's great. Top-notch nerd humor. I.T. guys are going to get a real kick out of it.

What I really like about this strip is how true to life it is. I could finish a full lunch - a giant hamburger cooked medium well, juices running down my chin, a side order of fries, a tall soda… and if I take one step into a movie theater not 10 minutes later, I'll be like "Ooo! Kettle Corn! Gotta get a bag of that!"

Thanks again for the great strip, Krishna!

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GUEST STRIP – DAN BEESTON

by Tom on July 16, 2005 at 12:00 am
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(5 votes, average: 5.60 out of 10)
guest strip, Dan Beeston, Batman Begins, Truman, walk, costume, Invisible Spiders

I try to think that if this was a comic I would have written, I probably would have stopped at the domestic punchline of Cami ripping Tom out of his fantasy world to do some mundane chore and leave it at that. But Dan added the cherry to the Sunday when he included Truman (on leash!) in silhouette soaring high above Gotham City. Well played, good sir! I especially like the coloring. Kind of looks like watercolor, doesn't it?

Dan has a regular web comic gig called Invisible Spiders, but he asked me to take a moment to tell you about his new project called Genesis 2. I said "Sure, Dan! Anything for a friend!"

…'cuz that's how ∗I∗ roll.

Thanks again, Dan!

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GUEST STRIP – ALI GRAHAM

by Tom on July 15, 2005 at 12:00 am
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guest strip, Ali Graha, Housd, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, wedding, Pearl Harbor, sabotage

Bonus points to Ali Graham for delivering a rockin' guest strip. Any comic that has fun with Jared's well-document hatred of all things related to Ben Affleck warms my heart. The good lad has been paying attention to the comic!

Unless you live under a rock that doesn't get the internet, Ali is the fevered mind behind the web comic HOUSD. Ali has been consistently knocking out great work since March of 2003 and has a jaw-dropping 750+ comics in his archive.

Ali's really upped his profile lately, churning out not one, but TWO great guest strips for my friend Zach over at Joe and Monkey back to back! So I feel pretty honored that Ali could squeeze me in! ;)

Thanks again, Ali!

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GUEST STRIP – PHIL KAHN

by Tom on July 14, 2005 at 12:00 am
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(6 votes, average: 4.00 out of 10)
guest strip, Phil Kahn, Biscuit Press, Fantastic Four, Dr. Doom, The Thing, dismissive

Although I was a little concerned with the direction the punchline might take after the mention of a "bigger Thing" in panel 3, I thought this guest strip from Phil "Insert Obligatory Shatner-esque Scream Here" Kahn did a bang up job writing dialogue that sounds fairly close to how I typically dismiss lousy movies.

Phil actually has his own web comic. But, honoring his wishes, I'm not going to tell you what it's called! Instead, Phil has asked me to refer you to Biscuit Press - the web comic collective of which he is a member. There are five great comics there for you to check out and Phil's is one of them. How's ∗that∗ for solidarity!

Thanks again Phil for the great comic!

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GUEST STRIP

by Tom on July 6, 2005 at 12:00 am
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I mentioned this on Monday, but I've pulled the blog out of the archives.

In celebration of Rob and Elliot's 100th strip, Clay Yount asked me to draw a guest strip for him. I was only more than happy to oblige.

I get a real kick out of reading Rob and Elliot. It's a fairly pedestrian set up executed with sublime talent. It was a real treat to play in their sandbox for a while.

Anyway, the strip is up and running if you want to take a look at it.

By the by - It's also worth noting that Joe and Monkey recently celebrated their 300th strip and that is an accomplishment worthy of recognition.

Zach Miller busts his hump 7 DAYS A WEEK to bring you guys the funny and he's doing a damn fine job of it. Reward him with your traffic. Go on. Reward him.

Need extra motivation? Zach just celebrated the big 2-4. So click through to his site as a little birthday present, will you?

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I NEED YOUR HELP

by Tom on July 6, 2005 at 12:00 am
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As I've mentioned earlier, I will be going to Wizard World Chicago August 4 -7. If you come looking for me, I'll be in booth 9131-A - in between my good buddies Joe from Digital Pimp Online, Zach from Joe and Monkey and Mitch from Nothing Nice to Say. I'm really excited about this because I've joined forces with nearly a dozen other web comic creators and we've reserved a block of tables together on artist's alley. It's going to be great. And hopefully we'll draw a little more attention to our online genre by showing strength in numbers.

However, my trip to The Windy City is now in jeopardy and I need your help.

As you are aware, Cami and I will be moving to our new home on Tuesday, July 12. Due to some unforeseen/unplanned for expenses relating to the closing costs and moving the moving of all our crap to our new home, pretty much all of the savings I've gathered from advertising and merchandise sales in the last year have to be diverted AWAY from the site and into the purchase of our new house.

There's a chance that I can scrounge up the cash I need for Chicago on my own, but with your help, I can do it faster. I need your help because after we close on the house, I'm only going to have about two weeks to get the money together that I need to pay for the hotel room, gas and food for 3 days and 4 night. Sure it would be nice to have a little "walking around" money to spend on the convention floor. But at this point I'm more concerned with being able to foot the bill for the necessities. I've already made a commitment to going to Wizard World Chicago. Both to myself and to others. I'm not about to walk away from it now that I'm so close. I'm asking for your help so I can meet my goal.

I'M NOT LOOKING FOR HANDOUTS. If you want to donate, that's cool. I will reward you appropriately for your generosity. In fact, there are odds that I will probably start doing portraits for donations again to help make ends meet. Look for updated information about that soon.

What I'm asking of you is to help support the site by purchasing a t-shirt, baby doll tee, hoodie, button pack or poster. These are things I already have in stock and am ready to ship out. These are already proven sellers. What I need is a concentrated influx of orders from you guys to help me recover my loss. You'll be getting exactly what you paid for and helping me at the same time. In fact, you'll be DOUBLY helping me. Because if I can thin out my inventory, that's going to be less stuff we need to move! Don't you feel better already.

If you're feeling extra bold, purchasing some advertising would probably be the quickest way to ammend my situation. Feel free to place orders for spots out into the future. I have an ad tracking system that will keep everything organized and will make sure your ad displays on time. Those ad spots to the right of the comic up there have been kind of lonely for a while, now that I think about it... If you're thinking about spending your advertising dollar with us, I think you'll find our prices very fair.
If you've ever thought about purchasing a t-shirt, baby doll tee, hoodie, button pack or poster and have procrastinated for any reason, I'm asking you to PLEASE reconsider now. I would grately appreciate it and it would help get me out of a real tight spot. If you're wondering what item might be best, the button packs are a good place to start. They're already pre-packaged and easy to mail. I can get those out the door as soon as I get your order. Plus, they are very affordably priced, so you won't feel the same financial sting that I'm feeling right now.

I feel a little bit of shame asking you guys to help pull this together for me. But as I've come to know you as an audience, you've been nothing if not patient and fair. Even if it's not possible for you to contribute at this time, just the fact that you come to the site every Monday, Wednesday and Friday is enough to keep me going. As always, thank you for your continued support. It has been and will always be sincerely appreciated.

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