Well, I threw this page together - which, although it looks kind of crappy, is very necessary to explaining where the story is going from here.  Also, it explains why Susie "powered down" when she came to attack me earlier. 


Charlie has just established himself as a villian.  Also, as he's gaining power by you reading the comic (yeah, I know how to reward someone for readin, right :P) and by Susie noticing him, he's becoming more tangible.  Perhaps a little easier to see.   Perhaps...inked.  Friday's comic will show a little more of what he can do, which will be a cliffhanger issue, lead into guest strip week, and then start off with a new story arc the following Friday.

I'm a little nervous, as I was scanning in G-Man comics over the weekend, and my scanner stopped working.  I'm hoping that the humidity just over heated it (it's an old scanner), and by shutting the computer down and unplugging / replugging everything scanner-related, it will fix itself.  However, it's also possible that the bulb blew out, in which case I need a new scanner.  The good news in all this is that I have the next 3 @$$hole strips already scanned in.  The bad news is, I don't want to cough up the money to buy a new scanner right now....

Exile 3 had a new page go up today (Monday), done by Scott.  Exile 3's ending has been scripted, and most of the pages have been claimed already - but if you're interested in helping out, there are still a few openings available.  Also, there's an Exile 4 around the corner.  Plenty of time to participate, if you so desire.

In any case, that's about it for now.  Sorry the post is so late, but I've had quite a difficult / jam-packed weekend, and still plenty to do this week.  No worries though, as @$$hole has been updating on time and will continue to do so for at least the first year (my goal to myself) at least.  Here's hoping this scanner issue doesn't set me back a bit, though....

T