Pink Slip

Well, there you go, another week without a special new feature!  So sue me, I’ve been eating pie.

We’re building our way to the day when this arc finishes and we can get back to the Pokemon… mostly.  In some ways, I feel guilty calling this a Pokemon comic because we spend so much time in the other game universes.  Pokemon takes up a larger role in future plots, but you must admit, we’re not your standard Pokemon comic.  Not once have any of our characters gone on an awesome Pokeventure themed after a game plot line!  (…yet)

This is the first… and hopefully last… time we will ever use the phrase “FOR SCIENCE!” in our comic.  It’s such a hackneyed Webcomic meme.  ”Why are we pushing out couch out the window?” says one stereotypical webcomic character to the other.  The other stereotypical webcomic character strikes a stereotypical heroic pose on a bright background and shouts “FOR SCIENCE!” (in the boldest, darkest font the webcomic artist can find).  We’ve actually made a conscious effort to avoid most webcomic memes… but I was running out of room on the newspaper and besides it actually applies here.  So apologies for that.

Lee’s been having fun this week;  we use Subversion (the version control system for nerds and programmers) to keep our working directories in sync over the 1500 miles between us.  But this week he’s been on call and therefore away from the house.  Any update to the comic involved him redownloading the file, making a change, then sending the file to me through email.  I’d then check the file in and comment on the next step.  It’s been quite roundabout, so three cheers to Lee for getting it done on time.