Sorry if I’ve been spamming you with t-shirt designs lately… Just a new found joy of a mine. (Speaking of which, check this out.)

Ahem

Anyway. I’m going to be getting back to posting sketches here a couple of times a week, so be on the lookout for that!

However, as long as I have you here… I may as well mention my new service.

As opposed to adding a donation button and throwing myself upon your mercy (“Please sir, may I have another?”), I’d much rather give you something (besides a fun webcomic) for your hard earned dollar bills. So, following the lead of others, I’ve added a “Buy a Sketch!” section to the site. Now you too can have a custom drawn sketch of your choosing (within reason) for as little as $3! You can find all the nitty-gritty details here.

Well, it’s a new weekend, so it’s time for a new Shirt.Woot entry! This week’s derby theme is “Sun”.

My shirt design is called “Van Gogh on Prozac”:

What if Vincent Van Gogh had been on antidepressants? Perhaps instead of painting “Starry Night”, he would have painted “Sunny Day” (complete with a smiling sun — Prozac is strong stuff).

If you like it, please vote for it!

Today I submitted a design to shirt.woot.com in honor of my grandfather's favorite poem, which was "Sea Fever" by John Masefield:

"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, And a gray mist on the sea's face, and a gray dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over."

Have a look! If you like it, please vote for me it.

So the 100^th celebration story was so much fun, it overran the week! So I'll be posting the remaining strips in this story arc on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Next week, everything should settle down and I'll return to my regular bi-weekly schedule.

So here we are, mid-way through ZdC's 100^th strip celebration week! Yaaaay!

As you now know, I decided to put the gang on The Muppet Show. Why? Why not! I've always loved The Muppet Show. Also, I always felt like I could to a decent job of drawing them. As it turns out, it's not quite as easy to capture their essence as I thought (especially Kermit), but it's been a lot of fun trying!

I wonder why big entertainment companies (read D I S N E Y), or the like, don't invest in developing webcomics for their various properties? It seems like a fairly cheap and easy way to have new content that draws in repeat visitors. Then they could advertise their new movies, merch, whatever.

I know they used to publish comics in Disney Adventures. But that's been cancelled. I think they could just move it to the web. Have five different comics that each update once a week, or something like that.

And I'm not just saying this because I'd love to do a Muppets (or Ducktales) strip. *ahem*

That having been said, this ZooDotCom story arc is still going strong. Keep checking back this week as hilarity ensues!