Sorry it’s been a while.  Been a crazy busy year so far.  There has been many an evening spent cleaning, dining, gaming, and shopping these last few weeks with no sign of stopping anytime soon.  Well, I can hope for an end to cleaning but I know that’s probably never gonna happen.

A few status updates:

Currently playing: Lego Harry Potter 2.  Gearing up for the final showdown with little Voldemort.  He’s so darned cute, I almost feel bad for destroying all his LEGO Horcruxes!

Listening to: lots of Broadway; American Idiot, Rock of Ages, and Book of Mormon.  Excellent albums all.

Reading: Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin.  Compelling human drama set in a far-off land where dragons once existed.  If only all fantasy novels were as riveting.

Planning: A trip to New York.  Oh yes, trading one coast for another.  Looking to book our place right now so any input would be greatly appreciated!

And that’s been my life lately!  Also, there’s a new Geek Theory up today.  Sorry for the delay but this week has been nuts.  This week’s strip continues the (not-so) epic iPhone Chronicles and is actually two whole pages, instead of the usual one.  It’s also being published in black and white to give me time to complete each installment in advance so I don’t have any further delays.  I may color it someday but for now I’m happy with it as is.  Hope everyone else is too.  See ya next week!

Sorry for the delay, folks.  Decided to take a longer holiday than I had originally planned.  So here we are, in the year 2012.  We may not be getting flying cars or jetpacks in every home but at least we’ll see Avengers, Spider-men, and Dark Knights rising in theaters this calendar year.  And speaking of calendars, thanks to those crazy Mayans, people everywhere are thinking this could be the last year of humanity’s existence.  But I say don’t believe the hype.  And don’t believe bad sci-fi movies starring John Cusack either.  The fact is, the world’s not gonna end.  At worst, the country will face financial ruin, people everywhere will lose jobs, and we’ll end up in another Great Depression but, hey, at least we have one more “Twilight” movie to look forward to, right?

On second thought, I’m building my bomb shelter now and waiting out the coming apocalypse.

Well, here we are in the final week of 2011.  What a crazy year it’s been.  I’ve had surgery, went to Comic-Con, started my own website, and done probably close to two hundred loads of laundry.  Man, 2011 rocked!  Except for the surgery and laundry parts.

My last strip of the year has just posted and I couldn’t be happier with how “Geek Theory” has turned out.  The gang will be back in 2012 with even more pop culture references, dorky humor, and an expanding cast of characters, starting next week with my first sequential storyarc entitled, “Geeks of the Future Past.”  Should be a blast.

Anyway, thanks as always for visiting, and I’ll see you next week/year.  Happy Holidays!

Seriously, it’s freezing out there.  You’d think living in Kansas all my life, I’d be used to it, but no.  Hate hate hate the cold!  I would rather be standing out in a field with no shade in 100 degree weather, wearing the uniform of a Civil War-era soldier, under a fur coat (not a real fur coat, that’s cruel), and drinking a mug of hot ale.  Seriously, that is how much I hate the cold.

Anyway, with the cold comes the inevitable four-letter word we all know we’re going to have to suffer through at some point (you know the one that rhymes with “know”), as well as the knowledge that a certain holiday is upon us; I won’t spell that one out either since I choose to remain non-denominational but bare in mind, I’ll be celebrating the one that rhymes with “Gristmas”.  So when you’re out there in Retail Land, spending money you don’t have on crap for someone that doesn’t need it and probably won’t appreciate it anyway, be sure to be safe, try not to trample people (that’s cruel, too) and make sure to give some change to the lovely people standing outside ringing the bells.  It may not be for them but they certainly do appreciate it.  Plus, I’m sure they don’t care much for cold either.

Well, it took a whole week but I finally managed to recover from Thanksgiving, Black Friday and all the fun baking, selling, buying, and crazy merriment this time of year always brings.  Got a little behind in my work as of late and I do apologize.  Tomorrow officially begins the final month of 2011 and I, for one, am in complete disbelief.  Wasn’t it just Halloween?  And Labor Day before that?  And Comic-Con before that?  Yes I know, Comic-Con isn’t actually a holiday but is it any less important?  Btw, the answer is no.

So I guess now that the holiday is over with, I can finally catch my breath and figure out what I’m thankful for.  To start, I’m thankful for my wife for her unconditional love, support and the ability to put up with me day after day.  I”m thankful for family and friends who provide more of the same.  I’m thankful for my health and sanity (what there is left anyway).  And I’m thankful for each and every one of you that stops by here, whether it’s every week, every once in a while, or just now while you take a break from your Netflix queue.
Happy Belated Holidays and be careful out there.  Shoppers be crazy!!!!!!!!

Thought I’d do something different with the blog today.  Hope you enjoy!

Okay, so you know how I mentioned losing my sketchbook to a bunch of nasty hooligans?  Well, I managed to locate them on Facebook, added them as friends, found out where they lived, drove down to Wichita, and waited in the bushes for them to come home from whatever ad agency/law firm/outlet mall department store they work in (because they were dressed really, really nice).  I sprang from my hiding place, tossing my empty cans of Monster Energy drink at them before attacking them full-on with my Darth Maul double-bladed lightsaber, and knocking them out one by one, keeping the last one conscious just long enough to glean from him the whereabouts of my long-lost sketchbook.

Apparently they had just sold it on Craigslist the day before.  Good Grief.

So, I collected the two dollars they’d made off of my art, packed a bag and flew to Helena, Montana where I proceeded to look for a Mr. Edward Larson who had purchased said art and went about planning a similar attack.  Turns out he was an old, blind man who had never been able to look upon any art since he was a young boy, drawing from his own sketchpad, and wanted something to remember those long, lost days of his youth.  How he’d managed to order it online, let alone why, since he could’ve just bought one at a store, I’m not really sure but since he was old, feeble, and blind, he was easy to subdue so I broke in, punched him in the kidneys and was back home with my sketchbook before the end of the night.

So only a couple weeks late, I’m back and the new comic is posted.  And nobody got hurt (except for the three jerks from Wichita and an old blind guy).

And be sure to come back on Thursday and Friday for two all new comics!  Laters!

UPDATE (11/18/11): Due to an overwhelming work schedule, there will be no new comic today.  Today’s strip was supposed to continue last night’s Twilight inspired comic but that has been pushed to next Wednesday instead.  However, as a treat, I’ll post a special comic-related blog on Sunday so be sure to come back and check it out!

So, it’s a little barren around here right now. My apologies; it’s been a hectic week, plus some angry trick-or-treaters stole my sketchbook.

Between tailgating a football game at my collegiate alma mater (I didn’t graduate but I did go there, so same thing, basically), a post tailgate party/barbecue, a night of next to no sleep and then a day of crazy nonsensical shenanigans, this week’s comic has been delayed. It will be ready to post this Wednesday and as an added treat, the following week will see two brand new comics!

In the meantime, I hope you all had a great holiday, ate lots of candy, and stayed up late watching bad horror movies. Just avoid Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. That one’s just awful.

To be perfectly honest, “Geek Theory” really hasn’t been that funny lately.

It’s more or less intentional as I am telling an ongoing story, leading up to the characters playing their role-playing superhero game. At some point the comic will veer away from the “joke-of-the-week” formula and into a sequential storyline. I wanted to use the traditional comic strip structure to introduce the characters and core concept of my little world. See, “Geek Theory” has been a pet project of mine for some time and I’ve spent the last year or so really trying to figure out how best to create these characters and get them out into the world.

As of now the script for the next storyline is being written and will be available on this site very soon. In the meantime, new comics will still be available every week to continue the arc I’ve started. Today, however, will be a little different. I’m interrupting the gaming storyline to post a comic I was inspired to write after watching a particular video that premiered online yesterday. Hope you enjoy “Geeks Assemble” and as always, thanks for reading!

Whenever a momentous occasion occurs I always use the opportunity to reflect on the past and its influence current events, and how said events can influence the future.

Yesterday I celebrated my third year of marriage to my beautiful wife.  We’ve been together a total of almost seven years but lately I’ve been focusing on the year since our last anniversary and all that’s happened since.  There have been some amazing times, both fun and enlightening, while others have been sad and downright terrifying.  I definitely see myself differently now than I did this time last year.  I can also see how the things that have shaped me into who I am now will continue to do so down the road.  I’m not going to be the exact same person that I am this time next year.  Granted, I’ll probably still read comics, and get endless enjoyment out of speculating on what new movies will be awesome and which ones will suck the big one.  But I think in the grand scheme of the world, my world, that stuff will matter a great deal less.  The things I thought were important will start to become trivial, while the things I used to take for granted will get a lot more appreciation.

This may sound a bit heavy-handed and I apologize for the lack of humor but every now and again, I need to say something poignant.  Even if it’s only to myself.