RELAUNCH!

Man, I hate it when you find an awesome blog (like this one) and then notice that the blogger in charge of updating it is too preoccupied to bother to update it (like me)! So here it is, the first new post in, like, freakin' forever!

I went through a nasty creative slump this past summer, like to the point where I didn't want to draw comics anymore... Just read them... ALL THE TIME!! But now I'm safely back into it, it just took a little inspiration.

Bailey moved out of town, so I don't get to see her all the time anymore, and that's kind of depressing. I kind of attribute her absence to my lack of work ethic, appetite loss and general feeling of lethargy. We visit and have Skype and Webcams, so it's all cool really (get your mind out of the gutter).

Anyhow, I picked up where I left off with Andy The Retard... The only problem was that last Quarter, my strips got printed sporadically, which kind of spaced out my continuity (the last of my strips didn't even get printed, which threw a big spanner into... my face). So I decided to screw the storyline in one big strip and start over with just gags and stuff. Here's the first of many!

INDEFINITE CRISIS/TOASTER PASTRIES

The Andy strips had gotten far too overproduced for my liking. The tones and everything looked cool, but the strip lost that harsh black and white look that I loved about those first strips. I'd gotten too far from what I'd started, so I went back to basics and I think the strip does better for it!

There! Consider this blog relaunched!

Joe Bevill

Yes, the latest Andy The Retard strip features my good friend Joe Bevill! AND HERE IT IS!!
Yes, here it is over a week before the District will print it!

ANDY ALERTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Things are going well enough for me. On Thursday, I'll have been together with Bailey for two years and it feels like a birthday! Fun! I've made peace at work with my hated co-worker. I've bought some lovely out of print comic books. It just keeps getting better!

Bye my darlings!

Andy The Retard: Katfall

A new quarter begins and you'd think that'd mean new Andy, but NOT SO!! I've only got two strips done so far! I blame Larison... and Kneece... and my girlfriend. She's great.

This quarter, I set out on a new Andy story arc called "Katfall," which is loosely based on the Knightfall story arc from Batman in 1994. Here are parts one and two of the arc!

ANDY'S BRAND NEW WII
HAWK ATTACK

News and that

Yes it's true! I haven't been posting and no, I don't love you anymore. I released a new mini comic which was AWFUL! The content was great, but the printing was such poor quality. After going to the Zine Fair here in Savannah, I realized that my minis were not as awesomely made as I though. In fact, they were pretty standard. That's not good enough, if you ask me. I've discontinued all of my minis and will be reprinting them in deluxe editions with color covers and including my Winter Comixtravaganza piece.

Here are the remaining strips to bring us up to date with Andy. I just stopped posting them here, but they've still been being featured in the District. I'm about to embark on a new story arc, so this should bring everyone up to speed (not that it really matters for the new arc). So here's what you missed...

ANDY'S DATE

SCORE
DEPTH

And as for Comixtravanagnza, here is the "Andy The Retard VS. Nathan Pretzelberger: Battle Royal!" I've added some corrections that I didn't spot in time for it being published. So here it is, the version you DIDN'T see that I WANTED you to see...



So now we're even, ok? Stay tuned, my pretties!

Merry Christmas, Baby

I'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas and wish you all the best of luck in the New Year!

The Last Post On October

BEST FRIEND JAMES

AH-HA!

The last post of this month! I've had two Andy strips printed in a row and things are looking good! I've had to start inking them again, as I don't have any saved up any more. Whatever! No big deal.

Comixtravaganza is coming up (or perhaps not, I hear) and I'm starting to think about my submission for it and I've got something fun in store... of course, this is all assuming I can get it done on time.

The strip I've posted tonight might be printed at the end of this week, that is, if seniority and space allow.

I'm starting to realize that "Andy The [Retard]" might get cut off at an awkward point in the slight continuity. To avoid things like this happening, as advised by a mister Joe Bevill, I'm trying to set up each strip as if it could be the first strip that any given reader would see. I mean, doing things like mentioning the character's names, having characters talk about the situations at hand and not having a fully running continuity (nothing like TUNE IN NEXT WEEK!)...

That's that... OH! and also, no more music videos! I promise! This ain't the place for that. If you want music videos, go browse YouTube.

New District, NEW ADVENTURES OF ANDY THE RETARD!

So I'm pretty psyched that Andy made it into The District. Now I just aims to keep him there for a while.

Once again, I had to change the name of the strip, from "Andy The Rertard" to "Andy The" by dropping the "Retard." I finished off a couple of new strips for this and next week's submissions and have two more waiting to be inked! Awesome!

Here's a new strip, number two in the "continuity," it's called

FAT KEVIN

I'm currently in Atlanta! I always like hanging out here. I got to see Hutch and Paige in their new apartment and have Dreamland BBQ, which is delicious. Me and Bailey visited SCAD Atlanta too... Let's just say going to SCAD in Savannah was a good choice!!

The District is way better than The Connector too... and I'm the reason why.

New District, no Andy...

Things look bleak for Andy...
I changed the name of the strip and it still doesn't get printed. Joe says it has something to do with seniority... But I dunno. I can't help but be bummed out about it.

Still, I'm going to keep making new strips and keep posting here.

Just be patient, I guess and wait for it... But yeah, if you know the people at the District, put in the good word for me. I mean, since right now, if you're reading this, you're probably a die-hard Andy fan, right?

Right? Well, whatever. Here's the very first Andy strip which was supposed to appear in the District. It's entitled:

FIRST DAY AFTER THE RESTART

And that's that! Keep checkin' that District and keep rootin' for the Retard!