Archive for 2008














Okay so

Here is the deal. I’d like to continue making this site, but the fact is that we’ve moved again to the Norwich area and Steph has found a job. I have not but I’m looking for work in a coffee shop or book store or something and I intend to work on my writing in my free time. I don’t think Steph is going to have the time to work on this comic anymore, despite the fact that I’d like to continue to write it. I can’t draw, and I wouldn’t want to try to draw it since Steph gave it her own style. The comics won’t go away. Maybe I’ll try to rearrange the site so that I can continue to write things to you all while still keeping the comics available for viewing. I’m not sure, but I want to thank all of you for sticking in here and pestering us and reading the comic. It was a great time, and I’m sorry it had to end this way. If we all had our own way I’m sure it would continue and we’d make money off of this and not have to live in the regular world. Who knows – maybe we’ll be back someday.

~Mike


Shameless

Dear all of the people who still look at this,

I’m doing a bit of shameless self promotion here. Like many people, I’m out of a job. I’m trying to get into freelance writing and I’ve got some information on ridingthewind.net about my services.

What I really wanted to find out was whether there are any poetry fans here. I’m conducting a poetry experiment at my website (which I just posted above) in which I ask people to send me themes and titles for poetry and other writing forms and then I’ll write and post the results at the site. If you’re interested head on over there or just send me a title or theme to mj@ridingthewind.net. You can also Follow me on Twitter or Become a Fan on Facebook. If it isn’t for you, that’s fine too.

As I’ve said before, I would like to come back to HandRooster. I just don’t think I can convince Steph to do it. Thanks for the support.

~Mike

EDIT: Sorry for anyone who saw the first version of that. Stupid Wordpress Visual mode was on and I thought I had it in Code mode. Should be fine now.


Relaunch 15 January 2009

I’m happy to announce that some changes are coming. I’m relaunching the site and starting the production of the comics again. This time, I’m doing it on my own. What this means for you is that the art will be different, because I can’t draw as well as Steph. I’m going to do my very best to make it look as good as possible and I’m working with different software and the Wacom tablet as well as trying various things on paper and then scanning in the images. The first of the new comics will be published to the site on January 15th, 2009. Until then I’ll be getting the art down, looking into how the site is run, possibly changing from wordpress to something else, etc. We’ll see what happens, but if you show up on the 15th you’ll at least have something new to look at. For those of you still around, thanks for hanging in there. If you want to stay informed I can recommend a couple of options for you.

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