var dates = new Array() var rants = new Array() var updates = new Array() var frontupdates = new Array() updates.push("053007 COMIC0001"); updates.push("060507 COMIC0002"); updates.push("061207 COMIC0003"); updates.push("061707 COMIC0004"); updates.push("062307 COMIC0005"); updates.push("062707 COMIC0006"); updates.push("063007 COMIC0007"); updates.push("070207 COMIC0008"); updates.push("070507 COMIC0009"); updates.push("071007 COMIC0010"); updates.push("071407 COMIC0011"); updates.push("072007 COMIC0012 Revamped the comics area of the site!
The comic now has an archive along with other ease-of-use features.
Now you can link to:
http://www.warnerburg.com/imagepages/comicpage.html
and always be able to see the latest comic, if you're into that sort of thing."); updates.push("080307 COMIC0013"); updates.push("080407 COMIC0014"); updates.push("082107 COMIC0015"); updates.push("083107 COMIC0016 Changed \"Stories\" section to \"Comic\" section.
Originally I thought I'd put more than just the Ranji comic there, but I'd rather do the Ranji comic than anything else right now. SO THERE. Perhaps someday I'll make a \"Dreams\" section and illustrate my odd dreams. It'll be neato."); updates.push("090507 Updates page now updates automatically. Whee!
This is currently accomplished via code that adheres to the Dr. McUglygross programming paradigm.
Also replaced my latest Dark King image; the last one was grainy for some reason. Clearly solar flares are to blame."); updates.push("090907 COMIC0017"); updates.push("091807 COMIC0018"); updates.push("092507 COMIC0019"); updates.push("100107 COMIC0020 Added comment functionality to the comics page! Now you can leave a friendly comment! Basically I'm like a machine that's powered by compliments!"); updates.push("100707 COMIC0021"); updates.push("101407 COMIC0022 Added new comic.
Added a place on the comic page for me to speak out on my Ideas. Marvel at my hubris! If \"n00bris\" isn't a word yet then it should be!*RANT*I'm short in real life! That means I can use all the shortness-related humor I want! It's kind of like how you can often get away with slurring your own ethnic group! Not really! Don't do that!

Anyway, I might write text here, if I think I have anything important to say, or a strong urge to say something. In any case, it's another step towards making this website a worldwide phenomenon, or perhaps the beginnings of my very own personality cult! Exciting! My goal will be to write morbidly cheerful things here all the time.

KYLE HAD SUCH A GOOD IDEAAAA!!! The picture might not look so good enlarged, so here are several size options. WHEE!

WHOP! 600 px wide
WHOP! 800 px wide
WHOP! 1024 px wide"); updates.push("101607 Added RSS feed for the comic! I don't know if it works yet, because I set it up to update every week, and it seems like that update point hasn't occurred yet. It will eventually work."); updates.push("102207 COMIC0023 Added new comic.*RANT*Hopefully you're able to understand who's talking in the parts where they're behind the door. If you find this difficult, just pretend you're reading something by Ernest Hemingway! Then you'll feel like you're becoming well-read.

Being like Ernest Hemingway would imply that I'd have to do all sorts of unpleasant things, so never mind."); updates.push("110407 COMIC0024 Added new comic.*RANT*School is hungry for my time!

Thankfully, though, I AM RAVENOUS FOR SCHOOLWORK! Bring me more, school!

BRING ME MORE"); updates.push("111007 COMIC0025 Added new comic.*RANT*It's the twenty-fifth comic! That's what some people like to call a quarter of a hundred! hmmmmmmyez

The RSS is looking less and less like it's working! This is my fault, but fixing this isn't really my top priority. STILL one day its great gears will turn, delivering choice, steaming LOLs straight to the reader of your fancy."); updates.push("112207 COMIC0026 Added new comic.*RANT*Thanksgiving!



...WOO!"); updates.push("113007 COMIC0027 Added new comic.*RANT*
12/04/07 UPDATE: The calendar is now available here!

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11/30/07: Soon I'll put a calendar up for sale through CafePress! It'll have my favorite gallery pictures, along with some new favorite pictures that will be in the gallery soon, as pictures for each month.

I've made a trial calendar and looked at it, and they are very cool. I'm going to buy one myself and hang it on my wall. After the next trial set I'll sell them here! Buy one if you want one! My livelihood doesn't depend on you buying calendars, so don't feel all awkward about it!

What I'm trying to say is: YOU WILL BUY ONE, MIND SLAVE. YOU WILL BUY ONE MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN ONE."); updates.push("120407 Added a link to my new CafePress store, where I will provide sweet, sweet wares!
\"What's that, Paul?! YOU'VE BOUGHT INTO WANTON CONSUMERISM LIKE THE VILE REPROBATE YOU ARE?!\"
Actually I just like it when you give me your money!"); updates.push("120607 COMIC0028 Added new comic.*RANT*What? There's a store here now! It sells a sweet 2008 art calendar! You can see what the pages look like at the store site. If you want to buy one that would be awesome.

It would behoove you to do so, because I'll have you know, the money is going towards a good cause. That's right: every cent I make will go towards purchasing blocks of sharp cheddar cheese, from which I intend to construct a Mighty Throne of Cheese. From that throne I'll be able to more effectively tell everyone around me what to do. SUPPORT MY DREAMS! SUPPORT MY CHEESE THRONE!

I meant for the A's and I's to be pronounced the Japanese way for the names Akairi and Ranji. So the A's are like AH in Bah-humbug while the I's are like EE. Akairi is pronounced AH-KAEE (like \"guy\")-REE. Kind of like Ranji is pronounced RAHN-JEE like \"Kanji,\" not RAYUN-JEE like \"I ran(ji) ten miles.\"

But you know what, you can pronounce these things however you want! If I were following consistent pronunciation, Gunrick would be pronounced GOON-REEK and nobody thinks that that's cool."); updates.push("121307 COMIC0029 Added new comic.*RANT*To get how this guy's voice sounds in your head, imagine James Earl Jones speaking, except from a mouth overflowing with rancid, juicy taco meat and slightly browning canned corn.

Or, you know, don't imagine that, if you want."); updates.push("122007 COMIC0030 Added new comic.*RANT*Christmas break!

A marvelous time to start reading more SCIENCE FICTION. That's what I've been doing."); updates.push("122707 COMIC0031 Added new comic.*RANT*Tonight, on a very special holiday episode of Warnerburg..."); updates.push("010308 COMIC0032 Added new comic.*RANT*SO: The code demons are strongest in the month of January, and threaten to swallow me alive! This means I'll probably not be on time with the next few comics. Please forgive me some large lateness until the end of January, as I wage grim war with my ancient binary enemies. Normal schedule will resume at the end of the month!

I went back in time and \"gussied up\" the first three comics during Christmas break. For some of my first comics I was rushing to make several pages so I could look at them all in a row and see if I liked them. Now I'm modifying those comics drawing-wise to attempt to bring them up to speed (this is now lower priority than making new comics). So now I'll be trying my best to work at utmost quality, this being an extension of my lifelong goal to get up early and take it to the max every day."); updates.push("011708 COMIC0033 Added new comic.*RANT*UPDATE 1/31/08 - Sorry that the next comic is so late. I expect to finish it this weekend.

Put that it your pipe and smoke it, CODE!

Haha... but it really is time to go back to the computer labs. Extremes of coding will end in about a week."); updates.push("020108 COMIC0034 Added new comic.*RANT*UPDATE 2/10/08 - Sorry again; though the code beasts lie slain, I'm still studying for oral exams for my major and am driving around doing interviews. I'm excited to continue once these tasks are finished.
- - -

I awoke this past Saturday surrounded by bloodied code beasts, myself a hollowed-out husk of a man, a gore-spattered sword still clutched in my aching hands. It was all I could do to stagger back to the comicking chair and press on.

I also say: I'm thankful, because I'm done with the hardest part of getting my degree now."); updates.push("021708 COMIC0035 Added new comic.*RANT*hahaha! WHAT A TERRIBLE PLACE TO STOP

It's agonizing for everyone that I have to go slowly now, so sorry about that! I'm glad I didn't start this comic sooner in my school career. I have to dedicate lots of time to school still, so please forgive me if I make a comic about every two weeks for however long it takes to break out of this busy spell. It may well be that things will start being less busy after this week. ALLOW ME TO TANTALIZE YOU WITH THAT FRAIL STRAND OF HOPE

At the very least, God willing, I'll be able to make these faster after school - perhaps even faster than one per week. I'm looking forward to it!"); updates.push("022308 COMIC0036 Added new comic.*RANT*YAYYY... so I passed my comprehensive exams and have nothing left but normal school stuff now. This is good for the comic and for EVVVVVERYBODYYYYYY

I want to put more continuity into this comic for a stretch, here. Doing so can be frustrating for you, because it means you might have to deal with cliffhanger-y comics, like the last one (and this one, perhaps?). I usually read comics with this sort of material in large gulps instead of in single doses, but it still seems best to release these one at a time (otherwise there'd be big waits between comic chunks). And I still plan to try to make most of these funny. Please enjoy when I sometimes leave you hanging. WE ALL LOVE HANGING OFF CLIFFS, RIGHT? YES?"); updates.push("030308 COMIC0037 Added new comic, then changed it.
Changed title text to be more descriptive and less ridiculawesomez.
Moved to new hostingzorz.*RANT*UPDATE 3/05/08 - White-on-black text? WHAT white-on-black text?

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, life goes on, BRAAAAHHH!

I've changed the comic's text and this text more than once since I posted this last Saturday; I think the changes are improvements. I also think I'm done doing that now (for this one).

It's nice to be able to do this kind of thing, but later I'll work one comic in advance, and it won't affect you, dear readers, as well it shouldn't."); updates.push("030808 COMIC0038 Added new comic.*RANT*The comic before this one has been changed a lot! Check it out, yo (it may require a page refresh).

I looked at my charts the other day and noticed a completely unacceptable shortage of something in this comic!

That's correct! There was a decided lack of female characters exploding heads!

Well not anymore, THANK GOODNESS. And hopefully the changes in the last comic cleared up some confusion. I did away with the interleaved text (nobody's going to read it, it will just seem to be in the way, it will fit more naturally elsewhere) and I hope the other changes help answer some questions that may have confused people (such as \"What is that thing?\" and \"What just happened?\").

If I confuse you in the future, PLEASE tell me what it is I confused you about! I'll try to help or make changes, but I'll only be able to if I know what you're confused about.

"); updates.push("031608 COMIC0039 Added new comic.*RANT*Spring is in the air, and Smash Brothers is in the Wii!

IT'S THAT SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR"); updates.push("032808 Redesigned site front.
Added two new color pictures.
Added many sketches.*RANT*What the heck have I been doing?

I wanted to take a break for a little while, and I also just got back from a spring break trip with my family! Please enjoy the site redesign and the new gallery pictures; I'll try to get the next comic done soon.

Basically I redesigned the site front so I could tell you the next comic would be late. This is an example of what I like to call \"giving the fans what they want.\""); updates.push("040108 COMIC0040 Added new comic.*RANT*If I've learned anything from Miyazaki movies, it's that the show's not really over till some kind of gross blob shows up.

I stalled drawing this comic, because I knew it'd be a difficult one to draw, and I really don't yet like drawing buildings or text. I especially dislike drawing text; it usually takes longer than I think it should. Maybe I should take a typography class, or just learn more tricks in Inkscape. Whee!

Also: APRIL FOOLS! This update didn't actually happen!

Or rather: APRIL FOOLS! The comic is over a week late! Sorry about that."); updates.push("040408 *RANT*School's busy, so the next comic will be late, probably arriving next Sunday."); updates.push("041308 COMIC0041 Added new comic.*RANT*This comic took an absurdly long time to make, because I kept making very invasive changes to the pictures and to what happens in it. But now I like it; yayyyyyy.

Curse my domain name issues! But now they are ok."); updates.push("041508 Moved to new hosting for real!*RANT*We've moved to new hosting now! The site can be accessed at both warnerburg.com and kingranji.com. Sorry about the downtime; I wasn't expecting that."); updates.push("041608 CUTE LITTLE BUTTONS"); updates.push("042008 COMIC0042 Added new comic.*RANT*WHEEEEEE"); updates.push("042708 Added new sketches section to gallery.*RANT*You know, sometimes you've already bought that taco, but there's nothing up at the counter for it but Weak Sauce. In other words, sorry, but school is busy again and is preventing me from comicking, so I added a bunch of sketches to the gallery instead (in a whole new section).

Some sketches from the classroom sketch page got moved to this new page, but there are many new ones. PLEASE TO BE ENTERTAINED. Sometimes when you eat a whole lot of Weak Sauce it turns out to taste a-real nice."); updates.push("050108 COMIC0043 Added new comic.*RANT*SO! My wrists hurt from drawing way too much (I haven't typed extensively for a while, so I can see it's from the drawing), so I'm going to slow down. I'm going to shoot for a comic about every week and a half, but I'll still be going as fast as I can, since I love doing this. Sorry, but it can't really be helped.

But this is helpful, because now I can exercise more and develop more relationships with people (I've neglected both in favor of drawing more). I say this is God's way of telling me to slow down, and it's helpful that way for a variety of reasons. So praise God!"); updates.push("051308 *RANT*I'm still working on the next one; sorry. My wrists hurt, and it's finals week; I have to go slow or I'll injure myself. WOOOO"); updates.push("051508 COMIC0044 Added new comic.*RANT*READ MY TEXT IF U WANT, LOL!

I could give you a heap of excuses for this lateness, but whatever. This comic is actually shorter than I originally planned. This means that much of the next one is done already, which is good for y'all. My wrist pain slows me down and frustrates me immensely.

I think I'm going to make the Ranji comics shorter (by putting fewer panels in each page, that is, with the pages staying the same size). I'll ONLY cut down on the amount of panels if it doesn't hurt the comic's quality. I can draw a panel in about 3 to 5 hours, I think, depending on how complicated they are. Doing 12-15 panels (like in this comic, depending on how you count them) is unrealistic as a weekly goal. My earlier comics were more reasonable. If I like an idea I'll do however many friggin' panels it takes, though, I assure you!"); updates.push("052008 *RANT*The next comic will be delayed until I figure out why my wrists hurt."); updates.push("052308 Added new sketches to Class Sketches section.*RANT*NEW SKETCHES IN CLASS SKETCHES SECTION! READ ON if you're interested in my wrist state, etc.

Apparently I have some pinched nerve/tightness/swollen tendon issues in my wrist that came from overuse, lack of stretching, and general hardcoreness (foolishness). I'm addressing this with rest, ice, and doctor's advice (and silly, unintentional rhymes).

This means no drawing (and no video games) for a while (two or three weeks?), so I've scanned about a hundred things and will release them at times to ease your comic-less pain. As it stands, I can safely type a bit and can still use a mouse with my left hand.

Once my doctor says it would be harmless to draw again, I will! I'll also beef up my wrists with weights and draw more slowly, listening to my body when it says it's tired of drawing instead of drawing more. Hopefully I'll be able to build endurance and wrist strength in order to draw for longer intervals. I shall speak with Astro Boy and ask him how he developed HIS enormous wrists. Things will soon be A-OK!

I ALSO GRADUATED! PERISH IN MY WAKE, LOUD AND HORRIBLE DORMS! HA-HAA~!"); updates.push("052908 Added new sketches section.
Divided sketches into chunks
Changed front page; can comment on front page rants now and view new comics.*RANT*More new sketches for you! Now they're arranged differently. This page is also different! Now you can see new comics from this page AND add comments to these little announcements. Soon I'll add the ol' buttons and add some usability stuff.

My wrist is doing better! I've done lots of different things at doctor's orders, going from icing it to heating it. Now I've got exercises to do also. I also realized that I crack the joints in my fingers and wrists an awful lot, and that this probably doesn't help. I'm still going to take my time before drawing more.

My job starts this coming Monday! Exciting!"); updates.push("060608 Added new sketches section.
Added new pencil sketch.*RANT*YET MORE SKETCHES for you! And there's a new pencil sketch in the gallery. And I accidentally erased the comments from the last front page entry, but whaddyagonnado.

This is the last batch I've scanned, so hopefully I'll get finished with a comic soon. My doctor said I could start drawing again little by little, so I'm doing it a wee bit each day (about a half hour per day for the past two days).

I'm considering doing these comics differently so they don't take so long; then I'd be less likely to find myself in this dangerous situation again. I could make the comics pencil-style, for instance, but this would sacrifice their crispness and their careful shading. I've had one suggestion to make tiny, easy comics and present them in between the big mutha Ranji comics, and that sounds cool (this suggestion from the dread Drazbaknight, whose obsidian armor strikes terror in the hearts of the code demons).

I've also thought about writing this story in a book, because I think it'd take a lot less time, and I feel impatient. But that'd mean big changes, since I have most of my ideas as specific images that I COULD just draw. And without pictures there would be some big losses.

Or I could hire a well-trained professional staff to help me (wouldn't THAT be nice, but no thanks).

I'll finish this arc in the same style, then maybe experiment. NOW FORWARD, BRETHREN"); updates.push("061608 COMIC0045 Added new comic.*RANT*YEAH!

My chiropractor found the muscle that I needed to stretch to make the pain go away, and it worked! Thank God for chiropractors, and thank God period. Also thank YOU, dear friends, for all your patience, kindness, and well-wishing.

Some of you might not have seen the new front page for the site, if you're more into just checking the comic-only page. The front page is cooler now, and lets you comment on news items and see the comics a different way. CHEGGIDOUT!

I'm never going to try to keep drawing through wrist pain again, so I'll only be on time with comics now if I don't think I'm hurting myself. BUT I PROMISE I'LL STILL FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT"); updates.push("062508 *RANT*The next comic's going to be late because I've been trying to find/get a house. Exciting!"); updates.push("070108 COMIC0046 Added new comic.*RANT*Ranji gets hungry after a hard day's conquering. And nothing goes down quite like the charred remains of your enemies when you're hungry like THAT.

Life is going well! Things are good for me these days, but I've been busy setting up various aspects of life after college. Maybe my next comic will take less time!

*EDIT 7/12/08*
I like the idea of Ranji eating the Smileyburg hand, but think it was too much. I had the idea of him eating it as I was drawing and it felt too good to pass up, but then it led to problems. The biggest problem was that it became ambiguous as to whether his sugar crash happened soley because of all the root beer he drank, and I didn't want that to be confusing. I really like the idea of him exercising reluctant self-control in this regard instead. Yay! I'll put the sequence of him eating the hand up somewhere on the site."); updates.push("070908 COMIC0047 Added new comic.*RANT*YAY! HAVE SOME CLOSURE! Now you can tell people that this comic has a part they can read in its entirety!

\"SNAP\" is, of course, the sound a horrible sugar crash makes. This comic is scientifically sound in every way.

The next chapter's coming up as well, though I haven't decided on how to start it. It shouldn't take too much longer than usual.

SO, a milestone passed! NOW FORWARD, BRETHREN! Now's the time to give me feedback on the chapter as a whole as well, if you feel like it. Whatever carves your totem pole.

*EDIT 7/12/08*
I fixed this one to make Ranji act less cutesy, and I changed the sugar crash. I at first drew Ranji having a self-induced sugar crash (in order to make it clear that it wasn't due to the hand he swallowed), but this made the ending conversation awkward, so I changed it to him flexing and having the crash in the process. But why would he be flexing? Anyway, yeah, I think it's an improvement. This is for those of you who like reading about my thought processes, I guess!"); updates.push("071208 *RANT*I JUST CHANGED THE LAST TWO COMICS SO YOU'D PROBABLY BETTER READ THEM AGAIN. Sorry, but I improved some things that were bothering me an awful lot. Explanations are in the text of both 46 and 47. Actually you may want to read 45 again too, just in case. ALSO I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH"); updates.push("071508 *RANT*I'm going to take a break from this comic for some amount of time. Now seems like a good time to do so, since I probably won't have time to make the next comic for about two weeks anyway. I need time to think about what to do next. Talk to you all again sometime!"); updates.push("072708 COMIC0048 Added chapter 1 title page.*RANT*This is the picture for the title page of chapter 1. I'm going to change the way the title page looked. The name of the comic is now \"Warnerburg.\" The previous title page design reminded me of too many other things, so I'm changing it. Whee! A comic is comic very soon; I'll work on it before fixing this title page, don't worry.

Er... a comic is COMING very soon. hehehe"); updates.push("080208 COMIC0049 Added BONUS COMIC.*RANT*It's a BONUS COMIC! Watch in terror as reality itself shatters about you! I didn't shade most of it; these types of comics will be more sketchy than the chapter comics. My plan was to release this in tandem with the first chapter 2 comic tomorrow, but we'll see if that gets done on time.

If all goes well, the next (real) comic will come soon (sooner than usual), and it'll be in color. Yay!"); updates.push("081008 COMIC0050*RANT*Time to ask yourself... would you eat a giant, black, hairy space donut if it was looking at you? WHAT IF IT TASTED REALLY GOOD

So, I kept changing my mind about what to make as the first chapter 2 comic. Several other half-finished comics exist that will come immediately after this one or a bit later. Don't worry, color updates don't take so long that I have to make shorter comics like this one. I like the color here, so I think coloring these is here to stay!

I wasn't early with this update after all! The sweet lies just don't stop, here at Warnerburg. Anyway, please enjoy the color, my dears, and writhe in anticipation for the next update."); updates.push("081808 *RANT*Dear friends, I'm moving on Wednesday, and I'm going to be late with the next comic. The color makes these take longer, though it's hard to gauge how much longer. I'll probably stop coloring these after the next few. I think that several comics and manga do that thing where only the first few pages are colored in each installment. Friends, I AM GOING TO BE THAT COMIC TOO. Yay for color, but boo for comics going slower.

HAVE A BACKGROUND. It's sized to fit most screens now!"); updates.push("082208 COMIC0051*RANT*Tastes like lateness!

Color is pretty, but it's just not worth the time cost to me. There'll be only 4 more color comics, to finish this section, then it's BACK TO THE GREYSCALE, DAWGS. Maybe I'll start each chapter with color or something; we'll see.

I spent like a whole day on that big panel! It'd be a shame to only show it at such a small size. This is another reason to drop the color; the detail is lost to a certain degree. HAVE A BIG VERSION."); updates.push("090708 COMIC0052*RANT*I prayed on Friday night that I'd be able to finish this comic this weekend, because I was getting really agitated at how late I thought it would be. Then I got sick and had to cancel all my weekend appointments, so I had lots of free time to draw! I think that's pretty great on several levels, but I was sad to cancel those other plans. Does this mean that being able to do this comic (in color, at least) requires not hanging out with people and not doing anything else?

*EDIT:* NO I GUESS NOT, because for the past two weeks I've been MOVING. I forgot about that and got depressed. Being able to do this comic requires not moving.

One more color comic from scratch, then one that's about done already, then another easy one from scratch, and then I plan to stop doing color. Yay!"); updates.push("092108 *RANT*Sorry, y'all! This last comic is taking MUCH longer than I thought it would, mostly because I did no ahead-of-time design for one of the things that appears in it. Also, last weekend I didn't feel like drawing as much, and work's been busy too. Also: excuses. It'll be better when this color section is over, I promise. This next comic should be done sometime in the next two or three days."); updates.push("092608 COMIC0053*RANT*Two or five or six days, OF COURSE, is what I meant. GYARRRRRG the COLORRRRRR. And thus a pretty section about Lord Raalvos comes to a close. The black beast is, in truth, a cacophony of light and sound.

To reply to your previous comments, with apologies for it not being sooner, my sweet dearies: I LOVE hearing about video games, and kirby brings joy to my heart. It's great to be able to communicate through this like a blog, though it requires a certain amount of vagueness. But so does blogging in general. What I'm trying to say is: what if I dished up your face? Also OH MAN I'm going straight to H star R right now... more on this later cuz I'm really tired OH MAN. I accomplished my goal and it's time for bed."); updates.push("100508 COMIC0054*RANT*If you're having the kind of day where all your problems can be solved by drawings of whole chickens, then HAVE I GOT A COMIC FOR YOU!

Of COURSE they pay using dollars in Ranaya! Try not to think about it too much. Maybe the 'S' stands for 'Screwits.'

It's probably the only time you'll ever see a double update here! I really DID have half a comic finished before starting the Raalvos section! I stopped before drawing the panel with Raalvos here, because I wanted to put him in there but felt like I needed to introduce him first. And thus ends my dabbling in color comics, except on title pages... and maybe chapter starts."); updates.push("101208 *RANT*GAWN BE LATE because I went to my school's homecoming this weekend! Surprise! Happiness is being able to find your friends in the school library! You live on in my heart, 2C, and maybe in real life too!

I also drew sketches for calendar pictures for great lateness, but I don't know how willing I'll be to fall behind in comic-making; we'll see. Trying to use comic pictures didn't look as hawt as I'd like, since most of the comic pictures I really like are long and narrow, not calendar shaped. I'd rather make a whole new batch, and I know some Warnerburg likers would enjoy seeing new standalone color pictures here. HOWEVER if there are any comic pictures you're particularly dying to see on a calendar, let me know, and I may react favorably. ENJOY LIFE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN"); updates.push("101908 *RANT*HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN. Sorry this is still late. I worked on the next comic this week, but I realized this weekend that if I want to make calendars this year, I probably need to work on only those until they're done, and this is a better stopping point than right after the beginning comic of a new segment. I'll put up the pictures as I finish them. Feel free to think of me as \"George WishyWashington.\"

In order to avoid constantly apologizing and to feel better about life, I need to change something about this comic. I have too many things to do these days to release even a greyscale comic once per week, and I'm already neglecting too many things in order to devote time to this. If I quit my job, I'd still be at the mercy of my wrists, which I think are already operating at maximum injury-less drawing capacity. So either I slow down, I make these easier to draw, or I switch media (like to writing a book). That's the sort of thing I'll be thinking about while making calendar pictures. I'll probably experiment with easier ways to draw these. Anyway, keep in mind that I often change my mind without warning and in stark opposition to the facts.

Let me know if you have suggestions about this! I'm not quitting my job and I don't think playing WOW is the solution I'm looking for."); updates.push("110908 COMIC0055*RANT*Instead of working on calendar pictures, I kept working on the next comic! Sorry to disappoint you calendar-wanters, but making a new calendar for 2009 would be a joyless chore, and I haven't mustered up any desire to make it. The current for-sale calendar turned into a 2009 calendar. I apologize to those who bought one last year and wanted a new one.

I finished a comic about three weeks ago that was going to fill this slot, but after fenagling it for several weeks I finally realized I REALLY didn't like it. I felt pretty miserable about it because it took a dang long time, but in the end I had to KILL MY DARLINGS like that one guy said.

This one is completely different and I like it. It took far less time to make, because I'm \"working smarter, not harder\" (it's actually true; although I TOO thought that phrase was stupid until yesterday). If I can draw these as fast as I did this one, I'm FAR less likely to go mad with impatience: I'm set to continue in a reasonable manner! For any of you to whom I voiced morbidly discouraging thoughts about this, I claim temporary insanity.

A title page for this chapter would read: \"My Castle is Number One.\" AND LOOK AT THAT, looks like I worked the word \"Warnerburg\" into this NOW DIDN'T I

I guess it's still \"introducing new things\" time here at Warnerburg. Ranji will be back *pretty* soon."); updates.push("111808 COMIC0056*RANT*There are girls there! LOOK AT THE GIRLS

Now I can showcase any misconceptions I have about women TO THE ENTIRE INTERNET

Exciting!"); updates.push("112508 *RANT*Today: clean the house!
Tomorrow: finish the next comic? All I have left to do is shade it."); updates.push("112608 COMIC0057*RANT*Mill's acting the way I do when I like someone...

I changed the last comic a little. I also rewrote it a few times but ended up settling for it being mostly the way it was... and this is why I'm late! SHEEEESH

Enjoy Thanksgiving, everyone!

UDPATE: I GOT GOATS ON THE MIND WHAT CAN I SAY"); updates.push("120308 COMIC0058*RANT*I know all about you girls and your vegetable words.

Brandon's wish came true! Have a big weird picture. Maybe later I'll make a version with just Dyna in it...

I also changed this since Brandon saw it; if anyone is still confused in the same way as him PLEASE tell me PLEEEEEASE"); updates.push("121408 *RANT*So, today's update is that I updated the last two comics in an attempt to make it less confusing as to why the word on Mill's cake changed. I'm pleased with the result, but not pleased that I'm not done with the next comic. I need to shade it and put \"finishing touches\" on it, which always takes way longer than I expect!

I think this section about Mill has gone roughly, since I keep going back and changing things, so my apologies for that. For the first chapter, I had four or five false starts before settling on the way it starts now. For chapter two you get to see that happen in real time. Part of this comes from the fact that I didn't have a very solid plan for Mill's introductory comics, but I have a much more solid plan for the comics that come after it, which I've thought about for months already and am anxious to get to (and my haste led to time spent fixing some mistakes and to a false start or two). In two-ish comics, the ride should become smoother. Hooray!"); updates.push("122108 COMIC0059*RANT*I don't know what lots of slang terms mean either."); updates.push("122808 COMIC0060*RANT*AND THAT IS WHAT LIVING AROUND REAL MEN IS LIKE.

I think I finally feel comfortable writing for Mill, though now it's time to switch away from her. I'm VERY happy to see Ranji again; I'm in more familiar waters now. Your late Christmas present is... Ranji?"); updates.push("010909 COMIC0061*RANT*IT'S THE FRIGGIN' NEW YEAR!

I tried to give up coffee this week, and it was MISERABLE, so I decided not to quit. If I try to quit that stuff cold turkey, I stop liking everything. Everything, that is, except the comic Watchmen (which I haven't finished yet) - it reads well when one's depressed, has a headache, and hates everything. I'll bet that's the way Alan Moore feels ALL THE TIME.

This wasn't a new year's resolution - I just wanted to figure out how to sleep less so I can get more things done. Apparently you might get higher-quality sleep, and thus need less of it, when you aren't consuming lots of caffeine. WHATEVER I'LL FIGURE IT OUT SOME OTHER TIME SHUT UP"); updates.push("011809 COMIC0062*RANT*Playing with sleeping people is fun A TERRIBLE THING TO DO.

Recently I've been looking at stuff about polyphasic sleep. On one type of polyphasic sleep cycle you can train your body to sleep for 20 minutes every four hours, and thus be awake longer in a given 24-hour period. It sounds pretty sweet! I'd like to try it someday, if I'm ever at the point where I have no day-to-day commitments. It would restrict my hang-out times and driving segments to four hour chunks, which would be weird. I'd probably have to be willing to take naps in other peoples' houses. WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO TODAY'S COMIC.

UPDATE: Nato is probably right! Don't screw up your body with weird sleep patterns, I guess unless you know what you're doing!

I'm working on a big site update now! I'm hoping to put it up very soon."); //

I attempted to quit in the pursuit of figuring out how to sleep less so I can get more things done. Apparently you might get higher-quality sleep, and thus need less of it, when you aren't consuming lots of caffeine. I decided to try quitting after reading the blog of a guy who quit (and who doesn't sleep as much as me) and who reports to now feel great. I decided to continue drinking upon reading his later posts, in which he talks about his many failed attempts at finding \"coffee substitutes.\" I don't want that kind of hole in my life! dates[0] = ""; var end; for (k=0; k < updates.length; k++) { if (updates[k].substring(7,12) == ("COMIC") ) { dates.push(updates[k].substring(0,16)); // if (updates[k].indexOf('*FRONT*') != -1) { // end = updates[k].indexOf('*FRONT*') // } else { end = updates[k].length // } if (updates[k].indexOf('*RANT*') != -1) { rants.push(updates[k].substring(updates[k].indexOf('*RANT*')+6, end)); } else { rants.push(""); } } if (updates[k].indexOf('*RANT*') != -1) { frontupdates.push(updates[k]); } } frontupdates.reverse(); lat = dates.length-1; latestStr = lat.toString(); var latest; if (latestStr.length == 1) { latest = '000' + latestStr; } else if (latestStr.length == 2) { latest = '00' + latestStr; } else if (latestStr.length == 3) { latest = '0' + latestStr; }