Item: On the left sidebar, please note that there is now a Comic Archive list of links. Each link will take you to the beginning of one of the eight books/chapters in Johnny Saturn. Phil Hofer of Frumph dot net suggested this.

Item: I’m almost caught back up to the point the site was at before the server move. All MP3’s now have onboard players, all broken links and pictures are repaired (I think—crosses fingers), and the store is up and functional.

Item: I had a phone conversation with Bob Hickey of Blueline Pro today, and I’m pretty sure that Benita and I will be appearing at his store Comics2Games in Kentucky for Free Comic Book Day. In related news, I just sent off my fourth article to Blueline Pro’s Sketch Magazine, so I’m well on my way to becoming a regular contributor. I’ll be honest, I’m really proud to be associated with this fine publication, because it fills a valuable niche in guiding apprentice and journeyman cartoonists in developing their skills. In other words, Sketch Magazine is an excellent teaching tool. (I really am a fan–I have a complete run of this magazine, from issue 1 forward.)

Item: Today, I was distracted by outside issues, and I didn’t feel quite like myself. The result is that I had a false start on the next page. This rarely happens to me, but it did today. I couldn’t wrap my head around an effective storytelling approach, and the page suffered for it. I don’t do half measures, so I’ll begin the page again tomorrow. The reason I mention this is because off days aren’t just limited to beginners. I’m a journeyman, and I have off days. Even cartooning masters can suffer from this, so don’t put yourself down or give up if you have a tough day!

Item: As far as podcasts go, I interacted on TGT last Sunday by way of their chat room, and on Art & Story Live on Monday by Skype. In the latter case, I wasn’t on the whole show because my connection wasn’t that great.

Lots of interesting stuff going on.

First up, today is my birthday.  I was born on an American Air force base forty-four years ago in Seville, Spain.  I’m not sad to see another year come and go, because my forties have been the best decade of my life.

Next up, I changed my old Myspace page into a satellite Johnny Saturn site.  I was more than pleasantly surprised at how flexible Myspace has become!  It was quite fun to format this page!  Through the magic of RSS, the comic strip and the blog will appear on Myspace as it updates, but if the reader wants to see the full-size comic or the comic’s archives, he need only click on the image there and be transported to this site.

http://www.myspace.com/scott_story

It should be noted that we have similar RSS feeds to Comixtalk, Xaviar Xerexes’ excellent webcomic site.

http://comixtalk.com/

Tomorrow, I plan to spend some time filling out the Zen Cart Johnny Saturn Store.  The video tutorials have been excellent, so I should be well on my way to establishing this new hub of Johnny Saturn swag!  If you want to see Zen Cart in action, please visit Comics2Games new site.

http://bluelinepro.com/storecomics2/

Finally, I would like to draw your attention to the Amazon.com “I recommend” link in the right column.  It’s not too late to order a copy or two of “Johnny Saturn: Synns of the Father” for Christmas!

Scott.