July 12, 2010 | Blog Archive

Weekly this week

If you're following me on Twitter you might already know that for this week, I'll be dropping the comic strip to weekly (today's comic). My wife has been suffering from viral meningitis and has been in the hospital since Saturday. Being 30 weeks pregnant, they can't treat the pain with their normal array of pain killers (it might harm the baby), so they've admitted her and are monitoring both her health and the baby.

Understandably, I don't think I have it in me to find the funny this week. My apologies, faithful readers, and my thanks for your understanding.

 

 

April 12, 2010 | Blog Archive

Where the heck are all my sports channels?!!

It seems that the good folks at Bell Canada's technician's inability to find a signal with the location restrictions my landlord has placed on installing a satelite dish on the property has resulted in me not being able to enjoy the array of sports specialty channels I normally absorb. It's not so terrible for watching the Stanley Cup playoffs this year (or for getting sports news - they got this thing called the Internet now). The Canadiens squeaked into the playoffs and the Maple Leafs didn't so that means I should be able to catch the games over the air on CBC... but what of the upcoming CFL season? What of watching Alouettes games???

The CFL games are currently only broadcast on TSN and RDS, neither of which are available with rabbit ears (or people ears for that matter).

I could cave and get cable installed. But Rogers Communications?!! They screwed us huge time when my wife lost her Blackberry Curve last year ($600 to cancel her account!) So understandably becoming a Rogers client again is about as appealing as cutting off my nads with a spork. I guess when the Alouettes kick off their season in June, we'll find out if I like football more than I fear plastic cutlery.

As a footnote, a huge thanks to Bell Canada for waiving the cancelation fee on the remaining year on our satelite contract when they weren't able to hook up the dish.

UPDATE: I stand corrected. Looks like I won't be able to watch the Habs / Capitals series on CBC afterall.

 

 

 

February 5, 2010 | Blog Archive

A Little Leaguer is Brewing

It was confirmed this past Wednesday that my wife is expecting our first child. My very own all-star, little leaguer is on deck waiting to knock one out of the park. How awesome is that??! Yeah, I know. Pretty awesome. It's understandably got both my wife and I considerably giddy and distracted from our regular day-to-day lives. So much so, unfortunately, that I kind of dropped the ball in getting today's comic strip ready to go.

You guys will cut me some slack today, right? I mean, this week of all weeks you gotta let me be a little absent-minded, no?

Thanks, folks.

 

 

January 26, 2010 | Blog Archive

The Year in Sports (comics) in Review

It's been a long while since I posted anything in the blog. Just haven't felt like I've had anything important to say other that what I'm already saying in the comics. But it's the start of a new year, we're on the cusp of the Super Bowl, the Vancouver Olympics and halfway through another disappointing for the Montrel Canadiens, so it seems fitting to spew out a few words if only to let folks know I'm still here, and the latest sports comics aren't being created in a sweat shop in China.

I guess looking back at the past year would be a good place to start, huh?

In September 2009 I made the commitment to increasing the frequency of Small Market Sports comics from weekly to three times a week and I am happy to say that haven't missed an update. It's proving to be just that extra boost team Small Market Sports needed to steadily increase the ol' fan base and getting more asses in the seats.

Also this past year, to make things a little more visually interesting, I've taken some care into improving the look of the comic strip. Different "camera" angles, different backgrounds, varying panel sizes, the occasional prop, etc... Sometimes it worked better than others, I'll admit, but I think in the end the comic strip is really looking a little more dynamic than it had been.

Last year also saw our little sports comic strip get picked up by a few community newspapers. We're hardly getting the reach of Garfield, Peanuts or For Better or For Worse, but I'm happy with how things are going.

This year, with your continued support, I hope to keep making forward progress and keep this winning streak going as long as possible. That means more readers, more newspapers, more importantly.... more comics! My biggest goals are maintaining the Monday-Wednesday-Friday comic updates until September 2010, and if I can keep the thrice weekly pace, I will consider upping the frequency to 5 times a week. Nifty, eh?

Okay, okay... now that that's out of the way, it's time for something really important: Superbowl. The New Orleans Saints versus the Indianapolis Colts. Who do I think will win the big game, you ask? I don't really make predictions on sports, football or otherwise. I'm not very good at rationally deciding who will win based on the facts. I tend to go with my heart and who I want to win instead of studying the statistics (probably why I'm not a betting man either, eh?) I think Doug's Superbowl prediction from a few year's back pretty much sums up just how far out on a limb I'm willing to go with my predictions.

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