Latest changes to http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/ 2004-04-09: network trouble on the list. Sorry. _______________________________________________ 8c8 < Augh! Doctor Fun emergency break! See below!. --- > Augh! Doctor Fun emergency break this week! See below!. 44,70c44,72 < Canceled! Well, sort of. This is an unplanned break. The next < planned break wasn't supposed to be until June, and a gigantic < Peeps Bonus was to be ready to go by this Sunday. So what's < going on? Good things, actually (no, I'm not having a baby). < As you may have heard, there have been rumors of a Doctor Fun < book, and the rumors are true. Unfortunately, through no < particular fault of anyone, the Doctor Fun book has been < drifting about in the Horse Latitudes for some time. But it's < drifting no more, in fact, there's a bit of a typhoon, and the < final, ready-to-go-to-press version of the book needs to be < ready next week. After all this time, of course the book is < all ready to go, right? Um, sort of. In a better, more < organized world, the book would be ready, but it's not quite < there, and I've got to get it done. Finishing the book does < not involve drawing anything new - just a lot of tedious < desktop publishing-type stuff, but stuff I need to do myself, < although since we changed the format to landscape I will < probably draw a new cover (maybe a bit punchier than the < proposed one). So, that's the way it is. I will finish out the < cartoons this week, but Doctor Fun will be off next week, and < the Peeps Special will run after the book is ready and I can < finish it, hopefully all by the end of next week, if not < sooner. Unfortunately, I don't have a supply of old cartoons < on standby ready to upload for these types of situations, so < it's cold turkey this time around. On the other hand, the < world is crying for a Doctor Fun book, right? Right. And lest < you complain too much, may I remind you that I have a day job. --- > Canceled! Well, sort of. Peeps Week is delayed, ok and the > Doctor Fun studio has "gone dark" this week, to use tv talk. > This is an unplanned break. The next planned break wasn't > supposed to be until June, and a gigantic Peeps Bonus was to > be ready to go by this Sunday. So what's going on? Good > things, actually (no, I'm not having a baby). As you may have > heard, there have been rumors of a Doctor Fun book, and the > rumors are true. Unfortunately, through no particular fault of > anyone, the Doctor Fun book has been drifting about in the > Horse Latitudes for some time. But it's drifting no more, in > fact, there's a bit of a typhoon, and the final, > ready-to-go-to-press version of the book needs to be ready > next week. After all this time, of course the book is all > ready to go, right? Um, sort of. In a better, more organized > world, the book would be ready, but it's not quite there, and > I've got to get it done. Finishing the book does not involve > drawing anything new - just a lot of tedious desktop > publishing-type stuff, but stuff I need to do myself, although > since we changed the format to landscape I will probably draw > a new cover (maybe a bit punchier than the proposed one). So, > that's the way it is. I will finish out the cartoons this > week, but Doctor Fun will be off next week, and the Peeps > Special will run after the book is ready and I can finish it, > hopefully all by the end of next week, if not sooner. > Unfortunately, I don't have a supply of old cartoons on > standby ready to upload for these types of situations, so it's > cold turkey this time around. On the other hand, the world is > crying for a Doctor Fun book, right? Right. And lest you > complain too much, may I remind you that I have a day job.
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