music of the year: 2012

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to top my music purchases of 2010; I had acquired close to 70 albums that year. It was a perfect storm of great sales, great releases from bands I know and a flood of great music from bands I’d recently discovered. I even wrote in my opening that the amount of albums I bought in 2010 doubled any of the previous years.  

So like every year the way I present the albums, of said year, have changed…a bit.  Similar to 2010 where I did a straight forward numerical list and still keeping with the tradition of listing a few greats from previous years, that will all be the same but, everything will be drastically shorter. So, I present to you the top 12 of 2012 and a couple honorable mentions. Enjoy.

12. Murder by Death – “Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon”

Great album, I even just listened to it today with my wife but, I got the album so close to my cutoff on doing these lists that I really didn’t have the time to fully appreciate it. I’m sure it will be on next years Top Albums not from 2013 list.

11. Lamb of God – “Resolution”

This was my first metal album of 2012 and my first Lamb of God album since Ashes of the Wake.  Resolution was a great way to start out the year and rekindle a love for a band I thought was lost to me.

10. Between The Buried And Me – “The Parallax II: Future Sequence"

I always love Between the Buried and Me and I’m always excited for their new albums to come out. But, sometimes their albums take time for me to fully absorb which is not a bad thing; it’s actually a quality that makes for some of favorite albums of all-time. Look for this one to creep into a musical list of mine in the future.

9. Grizzle Bear – “Shields”

An album mixed with tracks I immediately fell in love with and tracks I’ll full in love with down the road Shields is the perfect mix of Grizzle Bear's Veckatimest that I devoured from the beginning and Yellow House which I savored over a long period. 

8. High on Fire – “De Vermis Mysteriis”

It was a long road without some new metal from the time Resolution dropped until April when High on Fire came to save me. This is one of those albums I’ll put away and forget, like a fool, and then one day play it and remember how truly great De Vermis Mysteriis is. I know this album will grow with me over the years and like all the albums I hold in high regard change and hold different meaning at different times in my life. I look forward to rediscovering this album again and again.

7. Converge – “All We Love We Leave Behind”

I’ve always liked Converge but this is the album that made me love them, and now those previous Converge albums have a whole new meaning to me now. It was a fluke I even picked up this album considering I was looking for The Parallax II (Number 10 on the list) but I’m so thankful I stumbled across it. This is simple a powerhouse of a hardcore album and shows a band growing and expanding with the miles they’ve worn not the other way around.  

6. Rise and Fall – “Faith”

Faith is the first album on this list from a band that I’ve never talk about before. I discovered Rise and Fall off Deathwish Inc. and instantly wanted their album. A raw hardcore experience that kept me going through some long training runs, Faith was on a constant loop this summer. But, it was months later when I heard the song Escapism and it felt like my first time hearing it, I knew then that Faith wasn’t an album I’d forget or simple remember for the one or two heavy songs on a workout mix but truly an album that would stand the test of time. 

5. mewithoutYou – “Ten Stories”

It’s beautiful and a rare thing in modern music to grow along side the bands we love. Comparing mewithoutYou’s first album A to B: Life along side their latest album Ten Songs would be almost impossible without placing the three albums in-between navigating where they started to where they’re at. Ten Stories tells the tail of a 19-century traveling circus crashing in the hills of Montana and all the intertwining folly and fancy that takes place. Over the tens years of creating music mewithoutYou’s lyrics have grown from literal depictions of life to imaginative folk tails that still manage to create as much gravitas as any of their earlier works.    

4. The Chariot – "One Wing”

Not very often can a band catch lightning in a bottle, so to speak, with me from album to album. When a band releases an album that completely engulfs me like The Chariot did with Long Live the follow up has to contend with regular expectations along side the mammoth expectations of their predecessor which most often doesn’t end well. But, One Wing holds it’s own against Long Live and comes away a unique piece of music blending melodic yet gritty tracks like Speak, thought provoking moments in Cheek and even pushing the boundaries of how a song should be presented in First.  

3. Every Time I Die – “Ex Lives”

I dig anything new by Every Time I Die and although I wasn’t the biggest fan of their previous two efforts, The Big Dirty and New Junk Aesthetic, I was excited for Ex Lives.  And all of my excitement paid off from the opening track all the way through to the closing track. Ex Lives has all the ingredients that make a great Every Time I Die album from the blistering dueling guitars, thought provoking lyrics, and song structures equally melodic as they are maniacal making such a beautifully thunderous noise. I love every minute of this album and love that an Every Time I Die album is being played as much as Last Night in Town, Hot Damn and Gutter Phenomenon.

2. Deftones – “Koi No Yokan”

Just like with The Chariots One Wing I was a bit nervous when I first listened to Koi No Yokan after the Deftones completely knocked it out of the park with their previous album Diamond Eyes. But, once again, I was pleasantly proven wrong. Diamond Eyes is often compared to the Deftones second album Around the Fur and I would dare compare Koi No Yokan to their third release White Pony. Both albums are melodic and heavy and both albums show the band growing together and exploring what they can do musically yet keeping pure what the Deftones do great. And similarly to White Pony this new album, Koi No Yokan, will age well.  But, I don’t mean to simple say that Koi No Yokan is a rehash of White Pony just as much as Diamond Eyes wasn’t a rehash of Around the Fur. It’s just refreshing to see a band release a seventh album and ignite a passion as hot and fresh as the music they where releasing more than a decade ago.   

1. Baroness – “Yellow and Green”

I was a bit late to the Baroness party and it was really hard to pick a number one album for 2012 with a Deftones album in the mix. I finally had to figure it out by the amount of plays for each album in my iPod. And, Baroness’ Yellow and Green (double album) destroyed albums from summer even though I bought Yellow and Green in November. I think Yellow and Green was the right Baroness album to discover at the right time. They where often put into my amazon.com list because of bands like Mastodon but I never really gave them a look until now and, I’m thankful I did. Yellow and Green is a double album full of heavy rock songs wavering from smooth melodies and layers of metal and even stripped down rock. Yellow and Green has me belting lyrics like “Take me too a lazy Sunday morning,” rocking out to Take My Bones Away and felling introspective with Twinkler and that’s just Yellow. Another big bonus is Green, after I’ve exhausted Yellow I have another masterpiece waiting for me and after a few weeks off I’ve begun scratching the surface.

Honorable Mentions of 2012

Motorhead – “The World is Ours Volume 2: Anyplace Crazy as Anywhere Else"

What can I say, it's Motorhead, they're live and they play Rock'n Roll...loud.

Mumford and Sons – “Babel”

Got this album way to close to my cut-off and couldn't give it a fare shack. Look for this one, definitely, next year.

Over the past few years I've notice that I've delved into musical history and plucked out a band to fall in love with. Even though I may know their popular work I take it many steps further and really become a fan. In 2010 the band was Motorhead, last year it was The Talking and Heads and this year it's Thin Lizzy. Which leads us into...

Music of the year not from 2012

3. Fucked Up – “David Comes To Life”

2. Voodoo Glow Skulls – “Southern California Street Music”

and no surprise if you've read the previous paragraph...

1. Thin Lizzy – “Vagabonds Of The Western World”

This year of music could simply be summed up as a year of discovery and future discovery.  Considering the amount of albums I know I’ll pick back up in the future I’m confident I’ll be writing, sharing and recommending these albums far in to the future. Like I stated previously, some of my favorite albums aren’t ones I love right off the bat but sometimes are albums that take longer to uncover all the little moments that truly make up a great musical work. What ever 2012 lacked in numbers it more than made up for in quality.   

 

X-Treme Fun

As the Marvel and DC universes get shaken up, yet again, new titles will be launched and some will be cancelled. With all these changes I have been taking advantage and really looking at these new titles and deciding what books I want to add to my monthly pull list and what ones I do not. With some of the flagship titles on both sides (mainly Marvel though) raising their book prices and doing more and more tie-ins and crossover story arcs, price point and a self contained story lines are two parameters high on my list of critiques for new books.

I’ve been getting into Green Lantern lately and with Brian Wood writing Ultimate X-Men (as well as X-men) it’s hard not getting pulled into The Ultimate’s and Ultimate Spider-Man with the United events as well as Green Lantern Corpse, New Guardians and Red Lantern with the Rise of the Third Army event. It seems like very few titles are homogeneous onto themselves anymore. I’m not saying crossover stories are bad, I think that having the other titles can extend and deepen story telling but, I’m just stating that too many crossovers can where thin my comic dollar.

So, when I picked up X-Treme X-Men I was pleasantly surprised that the story sends a group of vagabond X-Men from other dimensions through different periods of existence and time. A fantastic sense of speed, especially in the first comic, helps pull the reader quickly into the story. There’s enough quirkiness to the premise proving it could only truly exist in the pages of comic where Emma Frost, James Howlett, Kurt Wagner and Dazzler hop through different dimensions tracking down and killing an evil Professor Xavior that inhabits said dimension all in order to save the multiverse. Did I mention a floating head of Prof. Xavior rounds out the group? Juxtaposing the weird is enough gravity to the characters that make the book feel real with some great character development between the characters; already Howlett and Kurt shown hints of their lives and hardships from their own periods of time. Dazzler acts like a good anchor to a familiar reality and a window to the story, with all the other cast from alternate Marvel U’s while Dazzler’s from the familiar Marvel U that we’ve all grown to love and relate to it as our own actual Earth and home. Once the story is concluded she will also be the one character that carries the weight and deals with the outcome, whether good or bad, so her presence in the story carries some weight.

In a shorter response, in a way, I’d use in casual conversation and, really could’ve saved you all from reading this by saying it at the beginning. But, the easiest way to explain this book is: Doctor Who meets the X-Men. Definitely give X-Treme X-Men a chance especially if you like fantastically weird premises, science fiction, comic adventure and great character narrative. Enjoy!

Music for the Masses: 0003

My lovely wife and I were at the mall, that wretched place, for a bit today and I remembered that F.Y.E. was having a used media sale. I saw this a couple weeks back when I picked up The Chariot's One Wing but I digress. So, I mentioned this to my wife and being a huge music person too we decided to swing by and see if there where any good CD's to pick up and, oh where there. I piked up Shadows Fall Threads of Life and Motorheads Snake Bite Love, just a couple of great bands to fill the holes in my collection. I also picked up RZA's Bobby Digital which I remember coming out when I was a senior in high school. There was a lot of great hip/hop coming out in that time and I always regretted pacing this one up but, now I have it. I also pick up a CD from a band my partner at Side Quest Comic turned me on too.

It's a rare and splendid treat when someone introduces me to new music. The bands called the Meat Heads and they're an old-school punk/alternative band. My friends and I where up north canoeing over summer and we needed some tunes but we all had iPods and no one had a way to hook them to a busted-old stereo so, we had to resort to actual Cd's. I love physical media but I don't carry it with me anymore. But, my comic brethren did and had a Meat Heads CD (in my drunken state I don't remember the title) but I dug what I was hearing and when I saw one of their albums today I had to pick it up. I added Meat Heads No Joke! to my CD stack.

Side Bar: The thrift stores, Sal, and Goodwill are going to be on my radar a bit more when looking for some music scores. I picked up Voodoo Glow Skulls South California Street Music a few weeks back and it is a great ska album by a fantastic band. I haven't picked up one of their albums since Firme and it's great to hear that they haven't let up in the twelve years since then.

Oh, yeah...I'm back!

Think Beautiful

"Think Beautiful" a quote used to describe the philosophy of woman that gave a life time of love to her family but through her hobby of gaming and solemn passing bring an entire community together.

I found this article the other day on the gaming website Destructoid. This little known fact would have never been found if it wasn't for the contribution and poise of a member of the retro gaming site Racket Boy.

It's a quick read and I hope everyone reading hit on of the links above and read the article before reading any further.

After I read the article I felt an incredible sadness that this little old lady had such a love for video games and especially a love for a game series that has roots in my life, and she had lived such a long life and just as the game she wants is about to come out she passes away. Edith lived a long and full life and anyone would be blessed to live to ninety-one. With that said, it doesn't make her passing any easier, I'm sure for her family, and her death in itself has a grief that the family will weather at their own pace. But, in the gaming community a wave of sadness is rippling threw because of the sad twist of fate that she passes one month before the game is released and the uniqueness this gray haired Hero brings to the gaming community.

I hope I can live to ninety-one and be a great great grandparent like Edith and I know when I die the fact that I played video games will be very trivial. Almost everyone my age games and when I die know one will care that I played games. But a ninety-one year old grandmother gamer now a days is a pretty amazing thing.

I was really pumped for Dragon Quest IX this summer and at the beginning of winter I saw that Dragon Quest VI, never seen in the States, was finally coming out for the Nintendo DS I was really excited. Now that I know one less fan, especially a fan like Edith that loved the Dragon Quest series for so long, wont get to play it I feel like there will be a somber mystique to playing this game once it comes out soon. After reading the article on Destructoid I felt like naming my game character Jeter would be a nice homage to the late Edith Jeter and as I read the article a second time a gamer posted the same idea. I guess some great gamers think alike.

I don't really know how to end this. I never knew Edith but in a weird way we shared a common interest and passion and that connects us. We need more Ediths in the world and this world, I think, is a lot brighter with her and her memory in it.

Think Beautiful
-Edith Jeter

music of the year 2010 part 2 of 2

Lets get to the music.

Albums 15 - 1.

15. Fucked Up “Couple Tracks”
I listened to Fucked Up’s The Chemistry of Modern Life a lot at the beginning of this year and when I found out that they released a collection of rare tracks from 7” and 12” vinyl from 2002 to 2009 I knew picking this album up was a great way to get to know the bands earlier works. This is fantastic album for new and old fans of Fucked Up. Year of the Ox EP is also a great album that came out this September.

14. Acid Tiger “Self Titled”
Another one of the bands found off Deathwise Inc., Acid Tiger, is a hardcore super group of sorts featuring members of United Nations (among other accolades). They’ve been described as a progressive rock/punk hybrid, which is true, but they are completely unique in the same breath. The seven track album has powerful and expedient rock/punk/hardcore songs but with track like Big Beat and Feel it stretch the bands progressive range while the diamond on this record is easily the nine-ish minute political and environmentally relevant Death Wave. I hope to hear more from this mash-up of talent.

13. Murder by Death “Good Morning, Magpie”
Murder by Death’s Red of Tooth and Claw ruled the roost last year when it came to a non metal or hardcore album that I played the most. Saying I was excited for their follow up would be an understatement. I’m definitely not disappointed with Good Morning Magpie but it isn’t the bands strongest effort, but it doesn’t really need to be. A solid album and even if I could skip a few tracks there is still about half the album that I love.

12. United Nations “Never Mind the Bombing, Here’s Your Six Figures”
This is the album that started my love affair with Deathwish Inc. I’ve been a huge fan of United Nations since their self titled release back in 2008 and once I found out the band was releasing a four song vinyl EP I had to find it, which led to me finding Deathwish Inc. and about six other new bands. United Nations’ Never Mind the Bombing, Here’s Your Six Figures is a gigantic work in a small package. Four powerful songs that demand to be listed to multiple times, but that’s okay. There are only four songs and worth every listen.

11. Johnny Cash “America VI: Ain’t No Grave”
Being raised on Johnny Cash his passing was a dark day in my family. Picking up some of the American recordings at the beginning of this year was a sad moment knowing I was completing the last of the work from the man in black. Then when Valentines Day came and my awesome girlfriend preordered America VI for me it was a very bitter sweet moment. A fantastic moment of new Cash but the final blow of knowing that this album was truly Johnny Cash’s last new work. A haunting album that is hard to listen to because of the lingering weight of his passing yet equally poetic and magical. Country Album of the Year.


10. High on Fire “Snakes of the Divine”
Three years after Death is This Communion the fiery three-piece from Oakland California create an album that can transport you to the early days of metal and still trample new ground. In the times of what ever trending genre mash-up it’s nice to see a real metal band kick as much ass as these guys.

09. The Roots “How I Got Over”
The greatest band in late night returns to form with a hip-hop masterpiece. Critically hailed as the groups best work too date How I Got Over feels like the closing of one chapter and a new chapter beginning for The Roots. To me Things Fall Apart is still the greatest Roots album but How I Got Over is right on it’s tail. Hip-Hop Album of the Year.

08. End of a Year “You are Beneath Me”
Once again a band off Deathwish Inc. enters the countdown. End of a Year is one of those amazing bands that break every mold and label. Being able to blend in with punk and hardcore and still stand out like a flashlight in a dark room End of a Year are truly a monster of their own creation. Just listen to them. Any more descriptions by me will ruin their good name more than I’ve already done.

07. Coliseum “House with a Curse”
If High on Fire brings thrash, doom and stoner metal to an era not representing those styles then the same can be said for what Coliseum does for puck and hardcore. The raw feeling of recording an album live and with art and breath has been lost on this age of Pro Tools. It’s great to still hear a band plug in and lay down raw aggressive yet polished work that will sound just as good live as it does in your car.

06. The Chariot “Long Live”
We call them The Chariot. The Chariot bring a flavor and an experience all their own to their work and to the stage. From the cover art to the liner notes and even taking the CD out the images of The Chariot live feel like and experience of not-so organized chaos yet there is a beauty to the madness. Long Live is the album that all future Chariot albums will be judge against.

05. The Dillinger Escape Plan “Option Paralysis”
The Dillinger Escape Plan has always amazed me how they could switch from machine gun fire guitar assaults to ambient and melodic moments of grace. From the opening of the album with Farewell, Mona Lisa’s punishing the listeners as well as the band and then Widower growing the range of this unique hardcore juggernaut. Their best work to date. Album art of the year. Special die cut flaps overlapping take you on a journey to the album just like the album itself. One of the many reason physical art is still better than digital media…at least to me. Album art of the Year.

04. Daughters “Daughters”
The best way to describe Daughters is: manic and melody. It is rare a band can make something sounds so frantic on the surface and hid melody beneath it. Sound as if everyone is playing something different yet blending together perfectly. It’s like a great chef tasting a dish as a whole and still being able to pick out the ingredients. Daughter is still a young band releasing only their third full length album and with some lineup changes I hope they come back soon.

03. The Black Keys “Brothers”
It’s been six years since discovering The Black Keys one night trolling the onDemand music video selection. Six years since watching 10 A.M. Automatic off the Rubber Factory album. Brothers feels much like a collection of tracks (well, that’s obviously what an album is) and less like an album going into one direction, sound or idea. It is safe to say that a long time fan of the Black Keys will find portions of this album that sound similar to their previous works plus new sounds that the two piece have yet to previously make. It’s a bit bitter sweet knowing that this is the album that thrust the Black Keys into mainstream stardom and knowing that some uptight yuppie can add some cherry picked collection of Keys tracks to their 2010 jams mix. But, what ever. Brothers is a fantastic album and should be enjoyed by old and new fans alike.

02. Norma Jean “Meridional”
Winning the album of the year award (from me) in 2008 Norma Jeans vs. the Anti Mother was an epic effort from the band while redefining the bands sound without losing anything that makes Norma Jean the aggressive band of a generation. I was excited for their follow-up Meridional but a bit worried that it would fall flat for some reason. I was proven completely wrong. Meridional takes what was laid down with vs. the Anti Mother and pushes further. Leaving behind the guest appearances that were prominent (although fantastic) on Anti Mother Norma Jean is the focus of this album and again create a long lasting piece of art and their next greatest album. Metal Album of the Year.

01. Deftones “Diamond Eyes”
It’s no lie that the Deftones is my favorite band so it might be easy to assume that I would naturally give them the number one spot automatically. If you think that; you’re wrong. The Deftones self titled fourth album and the follow-up Saturday Night Wrist were slouch albums by no means but they definitely showed a band lost between the old and a new direction. Turning into a band where each member would record their own parts to the puzzle without any real cohesion the Deftones probably wouldn’t have lasted too much longer. Then with the tragic accident of bass player Chi the likelihood of the band seems even bleaker. Yet the band persevered and shelved their completed sixed album Eros in respect for their friend, band mate and brother Chi and recorded a completely new album. I don’t know if it was the shared tragedy of Chi bringing the band back together and tighter than ever or just the natural progression of their style but Diamond Eyes is the bands best work since Around the Fur. Diamond Eyes has a way of transporting the old fans back to the era of Adrenaline and Around the Fur and also to new unexplored areas. The band hasn’t been this tight and energetic in years and I hope they keep it up and Chi recovers soon. Seeing these guys perform live in Grand Rapids at the Orbit Room and sharing that moment with my lovely fiancée, who got us the tickets, was easily one of my greatest concert experiences. Album of the Year.

music of the year 2010 part 1 of 2

Now in it's third year and a tradition I look forward too, my favorite music list. If you've been following my previous music of the year awards I've changed things from 2008 to 2009 and this year is no exception.

Will the two previous years awards shared a similar format this year I'm completely reinventing my list and going with a straight forward top 20 list format. I think the new format will be easier to read and a bit more traditional. Although I kinda think lists are a bit ridiculous because how can you really quantify the difference between a 6 and a 5. But, I'm going for it anyway. I really like this new format and hope everyone reading does too.

So here is the list format. There are two lists. The first list is a straight forward list of 10 albums I liked that weren't released in 2010 and that is in no particular order. Just 10 albums I dug.

The second list is a top 20 list of my favorite albums of 2010 that were all released in 2010. And for the very few that have read my lists before you'll see a few familiar awards pop up.

I hop you enjoy part one of my favorite music of 2010.

I purchased close to 70 albums this year, doubling any previous year, let get started.

Top 10 not from 2010

01. Darkest Hour “The Eternal Return”
02. Danzig III “How the Gods Kill” Rediscovered Album of the Year
03. Horse the Band “Desperate Living”
04. Obits “I Blame You”
05. El Michels Affair “Enter the 37th Chamber”
06. Dr. Dooom “Dr. Dooom 2”
07. Blakroc “Blakroc”
08. Fucked Up “The Chemistry of Common Life”
09. Motorhead “Ace of Spades”
10. Mariachi El Bronx “El Bronx”

Here is the first part of my two part list of top 20 album of 2010. 20-16

20. Against Me! “White Crosses”
Easily the bands most mainstream and polished albums to date and although some punk and hardcore grit is polished off, from start to finish this album is chalk full of poetry, life and puck rock anthems.

19. Bleeding Through “Bleeding Through”
I listened to Bleeding Through's previous album Declaration a lot at the beginning of the year and was pumped for the bands next effort. Their self titled release is great and the band is doing what they do best I just wish I could have gotten into this album a bit more than I did. Still a great listen.

18. The Bled “Heat Fetish”
Anything new by The Bled is great. Having gone through quite a few line up changes in the past few years it's fantastic to see this band persevere and create new material. A great album but it kinda got lost in everything else that came out this year. There is still a "Pass the Flask" or "Found in the Flood" or even better left in this band. I hope to hear more from them in the future.

17. Wu Massacre “Wu Massacre”
It's been quite a few years since the Wu ruled the hip hop scene but the Wu hasn't come close to falling off. Although not their finest work Wu Massacre is a solid effort from Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon and a great addition to the work put out in the past couple years by the Wu alumni.

16. Carpathian “Wanderlust”
My first album from Deathwish Inc. but definitely not the only band representing that label on this list year. It can be said that Deathwish hosts a lot of bands I listed to this year. Hailed as a stand alone work and not just an EP place holder between albums Carpathian's Wanderlust EP was a great introduction to dark, melodic and crushing hardcore band that I will following now for a long time and I think you all should too.

Changes Part One

First I would like to apologize for our last comic being late this week. That crazy snow storm that messed up the Midwest had a funny way of effing up my schedule which is weird because I don't need to leave the house to create our comic. But, all the time spent shoveling snow or taking triple the time to drive anywhere sucked my comic time away.

Second I'd like to welcome all the brave souls that clicked our little link in the Side Quest blog and ventured over to my, somewhat dying, art blog. Maybe with a few extra eyes on this page I'll be forced to post some more stuff. We'll see how things go though.

Lastly I'd like to talk about why we are taking a break from the comic. We are only taking off three weeks and will drop our first comic of 2011 on January 10th. Paul and I have written six comics so far for the New Year and I'm very excited about getting them out for everyone.

Our break from the comic can be broken down into three categories: Holidays, burnout and changes.

The Holidays is easy to explain. It's the Holidays. I've got my Brother and Sister-in-law coming up on the 20th for a week so I'm pretty sure there will be gaming and drinking and merriment but probably very little comic making. Also with Holidays happening and the end of this year rounding out the likelihood of me and Paul meeting up on any substantial amount is pretty low.

Burnout is a little harder to explain. Well, maybe not. I'm tired. Not of the comic directly but just tired. I've been pulling double duty at two restaurants and working my night job and having a social life and putting out the comic which I love doing. But. I just need a week off and some time to get things organized and freshen up for another year of pumping out the insane work me and Paul do. Now the burnout leads up directly into the changes.

If you've been following Paul on the blog you've heard him talk about the changes the comic will make but there has been no real info about those changes. Well, that's what the next few weeks and this blog will be for. We've got major to minor changes going down and as they happen I'll talk about some of them hear. I've talked about this at an extent so I wont bore you but we still have to work so any free time goes to the comic. So if I want to tweak or change something in the comic site or layout or just plan create design for our comic that time is taken away from the actual creation of each weekly comic. So that is a big part of our break. I'm going to start to put that extra time I'll have into those little side projects that get shoved to the back-burner because the comic comes first.

One thing I will start to talk about this week is Paul and I both are lucky enough to add one of the big two systems to our collection. We both got the same one and we are really excited about have the opportunity to write comics through a different and added perspective.

Stay classy,