Man, that went faster than I thought it would.

I also thought I’d have the book ready to go by now, but formatting in Word has proven to be a bigger pain in the neck than previously suspected. I also have to try to rein in my desire to explain a lot of stuff that no one in their right mind would want to know. And, of course, trying to sort out talking about Eli without making the book a bummer. The comic simply would not exist without Eli, but it’s hard to laugh at a joke when you know the art was done by a dead kid. Part of me simply ignores that fact while I’m writing the strip. Maybe that’s why I’ve had so much trouble figuring out what to say; I hate coming to terms with it in no uncertain terms. (You see what I mean about over-explaining things?)

I work better with actual deadlines, so let’s say July 7th I’ll have a link up for the first 100 book. I’ll have more merchandise available before then. I just have to figure out if it’s worth putting up an actual store page or what I want to do.

That’s it, see you Thursday.