December 3, 2006, Some breathing space

Observant readers will have noticed a decrease in the frequency of updates lately. Or more acurately, a complete failure of updating on my part.
Unfortunately, I've been a bit too busy with other things lately, actually, far too busy.
I managed to find some time to do the comic, but I noticed the quality has been plummeting. So, instead of doing a lot of bad a comics, I'll try to do a few good ones. So, I'm sorry for the sporadic updates, but it'll just have to do for now.

October 2, 2006, Rock bottom?

Where do we draw the line I wonder? Last thursday the US government passed legislation that allows torture. Bush can now have just about anybody he wants arrested, thrown into a secret prison, tortured, and then convicted by a military tribunal based on the confessions gained through said torture and 'hearsay' (for Christ's sake) without even showing the defendant that evidence.

Clinton was nearly impeached for having an intern stick a cigar in her vagina, but a president who unlawfully wiretaps his own people, invades not one, but two countries, the last under false pretences, who rigs elections left and right, and then -to top it off- legalizes torture, isn't even slapped on the wrist.
And it seems most of the world (including the Dutch government in my neck of the woods) looks away, because it's so much easier to do that than to admit that we're dealing with a rogue nation under a dictatorship. I wonder if people were equally indifferent during the nineteen-thirties when the Nazi party seized control in Germany. Of course, in Germany, the Nazis abolished democracy after seizing power, the US republicans just rig the elections.

All in all, I'm disgusted and saddened that our so-called enlightened western world has to come to this.
And I find myself slightly disquieted, especially when - according to the statistics - this website is visited every other month by the US military. Have I used too many 'bad' words, like "Terrorism", "Jihad", "Bombs", "Weapons of Mass Destruction", and "Osama Bin Laden"? Has some US military computer rated me a terrorist based on this site? If I travel to (or through) the US, will I be janked out of a queue and thrown in an unmarked, unknown jailcell, where I can enjoy the fun of waterboarding until I confess my 'crimes'?

Ugh.... I'm going to watch some 'Die Hard', at least those terrrorists are clearly the bad guys and Bruce Willis is clearly the good guy.
...I wonder if he'll run for the next presidency.

May 28, 2006, No censorship

Well, I added a banner from irrepressible.info, which is an Amnesty International campaign against internet censorship.
Basically, the banner displays information that some governments want censored. I think it's a worthy addition to the site. With luck, the entire comic will be censored, which is probably best for those with a heart condition. And children. And elderly. And most other people.

March 26, 2006, I'm back

Sorry for the big hiatus. No, the moving did not kill me. It's just that getting my new place livable consumed a lot of my time.
But, I'm happy to note that I can now cook, wash my clothes and use the internet. All of which were impossible the day I moved in. Anyway, with the return of my internet connection I can also get back to working on Frank, Hank, and Charles. Hence a new strip is on the way.

March 2, 2006, Busy, busy, busy

I'm running behind with the comic, I know. I just don't have the time to work on it at the moment. I'll get back to it as soon as I can, but at the moment I'm busy preparing to move into a new appartment. I've been painting my walls for days until I got blisters on my fingers and I've been using the evenings to pack. Somewhere in between I also have to work. As a result I haven't found time for the comic.
Have no fear though, once I'm moved things should get back to normal.