Drop the Cow!

And we’re off!! Today’s strip may arguably be a bit of a slow start, but it is after all a preface. The journey over the next few months will take Penny down a road of self-discovery to a few (I hope) interesting places, encountering some interesting characters along the way – first among these appearing Friday! And where she goes, I will either go or have been of late, so I’m looking forward to the ride, at least.

Provided I can get that darn strip buffer built up! I fully expect to keep the “every Tuesday and Friday” schedule for the duration, but a few distractions have kept me from being several weeks ahead into production by launch, as I’d hoped to be.

What distractions? Well, some good, some bad as one would expect. Among them:

• New work customer – very busy few months on some good, meaningful work (good – a refreshing thing after my last gig).
• Adventures in autoimmune disorders, both common and ultra-rare (ungood).
• Tussles with insurance as a result (double plus ungood).
• Family vacation in Florida (double plus good!).
• And… A brand new computer and updated software to do the strip on – Quadruple Plus Good! (If there’s no such thing, I hereby trademark the term, and its corollary abbreviation, “QPG”.)

Computer in question is one I’ve wanted forever (before they even made it), and was my Father’s Day gift this past weekend – how great is that? The Wacom Cintiq Companion – the ultimate portable artist studio. I’ve used a wide range of Wacom drawing tablets in the 15 years since my first Intuos, but always dreamed of a Cintiq – or what it could do. Other tablet PCs never seemed to do the trick to fill that void, and my wife finally got sick of hearing me say so, I guess. 🙂 It’s gonna change everything! Maybe I can even find some aspects of the experience that might lead to a meaningful, fresh review – look for a lengthy post some time soon.

Enough rambling – I gotta make some new strips! Talk to y’all soon – I’m back!!! 😀

Oh – and happy birthday, B3!