Johnny Saturn

Hi, Folks!

Today is Voting Day. I’m not going to give you a civics lesson on why you should vote. It’s simpler than that. It’s a question of being heard or not being heard. There is much that is rotten with the system, but don’t ever surrender your right to be heard.

Well, running without a buffer of comics, and getting new episodes ready on a week by week basis, has become my standard of late. Usually I keep a four or five week buffer of strips prepared in advance, but lately that’s just not been an option. Running this close to the wire has had one positive effect, though—I’ve come to respect the individual episodes more! I’ve always been about producing the best work I can, but now it really has become a quality over quantity issue. I plan to build a buffer of pre-prepared strips as soon as I may, but I hope to keep the focus on the individual episodes as well.

I’ve been pretty active on podcasts lately. Last night I joined in on the TGT Podcast that is associated with the Frumph Webcomic List, and that was a lot of fun. Today I called in on Art & Story Live, hosted by Mark Rudolph and Jerzy Drozd, and that was a real treat as well. I plan to keep doing this as often as I am able, because I’ve really come to believe in the comics and webcomics community to which I belong. The fans are great, the creators are great, and I’m proud to have found a group of people like this.

Scott.

            

Good Morning!

I voted this morning, and it was relatively painless, and only took about an hour. I would have liked seeing a lot more young people there, but that was not the case. They marched kids through the gym we were in to see us standing in line, teaching them their civic duty while young, I suppose: most of the kids were quiet and respectful, but the last kid in line was dancing up a storm! She was partying like there was no tomorrow! I figure she much knows something we don’t, and it made me smile.

I signed up with Dreamhost earlier today, and I have high hopes for improved functionality and speed for this website. I can’t do anything with it yet, because apparently there is a short approval period that has to pass, but tomorrow I should be able to start setting things up.

Well, I’m going to go purchase a little advertisement for Johnny Saturn. Remember, help us spread the word about this strip, because webcomics live and die based on audience attention!

Scott.