No Style No. 44: Isn’t the first supposed to be paper?
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That’s right, today marks one year that I’ve been writing for 451 Press - ever since this site was called “Pride and Opinions” (not my idea) until I said “oh hell no” and asked The Powers That Be at 451 Press to change the site name (even if they rather botched my intent, but no, we’re not going to go there…) It’s been fun, for the most part. Everything has its rocky points, and sometimes it was a pain in the arse, but I can’t ever really say it wasn’t worth it. Sure, it’s a lot of work for very little money, but I never did this for the money. I did this because I wanted to make a career out of something I love - writing - and I was happy to find even a small job that would let me do that. Since then I’ve moved on to much bigger things and become a full-time writer, but Darkside Rainbow is still something that I enjoy and that I’ll keep doing for as long as I can find something to say. In the past year the reader base here has grown; not by leaps and bounds, maybe, but by some pretty decent-sized bunny hops. Thanks to everyone who dropped by and decided to stick around.
Well. Sap out of the way, you’ll have to pardon that I didn’t bother hand-drawing this one. For some reason the computer is refusing to detect the pressure sensitivity on my old tablet (again, even after reinstalling the drivers and multiple reboots), and as far as the Cintiq…well, it’s currently a $1,000 paperweight sitting on the desk in my office while I wait for Wacom to “overnight” me a replacement converter box so we can test and see if that’s the faulty part. (They’ve been “overnighting” it since last bloody effin’ Tuesday, while I’ve been stuck waiting at home and unable to go to the library or bookstore to work - and although I keep asking them for the FedEx tracking number so I know what day it’ll come, they keep fencing around actually giving it to me. Adri is not happy.) Hopefully by next week the Cintiq will be working, and I’ll see about hand-drawing another comic.
…well, hand-drawing on screen.
Oh, you know what I mean.
Well, I’m out of things to say, so…see you tomorrow.
Ciao,
~Adri
If you start singing, I will shiv you.
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March 31st, 2008 at 12:41 am
Yay one year!! *does a happy dance* Happy birthday DR!! *gives it a happy pole dance*
Sorry about IMing you the other day, but the button was there…I apologize!! I’ll never do it again! *hides behind a rock and shackles my hands to a root*
March 31st, 2008 at 3:25 am
Happy one year! And good luck with the Cintiq. I hope that it doesn’t cause too much more irritation.
Adri S.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:21 am
Cake =D
Congratulations on a job well done, I hope DR will celebrate many more years.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:36 am
Well done on a whole year! Yay for cake.
PS. Again with the shivving? Have you ever considered widening your threat repertoire?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:01 am
*grins* Congrats, Adri! I’m one who definitely is happy he stuck around!
And don’t encourage him, Shirvona…the things he threatens me with in private are…the horrors are unspeakable…
March 31st, 2008 at 7:43 am
It’s called a catch phrase, Shirvona. Besides, “I will have you killed for meat and fed to the dogs” just doesn’t sound as elegantly simple as “I will shiv you.”
And Lynn, that’s not the first time you’ve said “I’ll never do it again”.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:58 am
Paper isn’t as fun as cake.
But if you want, I could send you another one of my glitter-bomb Christmas cards in commemoration!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:09 pm
*idly ponders pros and cons of singing to shivving*
Maybe if I got a pool going as to how many words I got out before the inevitable shiv to the trachea, I could recoup some of the loss.
*feels evil eye*
Or I could stay here and say nothing.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:24 am
Mmm… Cake…
Can we hum?
April 1st, 2008 at 6:42 am
“I will eviscerate you”?
“I will render you incapable of fathering/bearing children”?
“I will lobotomize you. With a spoon.”?
“I will ritually disembowel you to expunge the shame you have brought upon my family”?
Sesquipidalian verbosity beats elegant simplicity every time, catchphrase or no. In my opinion, anyway. But then I am inordinatly fond of baffling people with my vocabulary.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:48 am
As am I. But all of those are…er…no. Just no. ~shrugs~ I like my line. It’s simple, direct, and to the point, and recurring jokes are one of the themes of a comic. If the chalk outline one isn’t enough of a variation for you…eh. Good lord, it’s almost 7…why isn’t there coffee yet?
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