Despite computer issues, we were able to recover the comic and get-’er-dun, as the locals might say.

For some reason, I think Vulpix doesn’t like Dave. Hmm.

Along with the computer confuzulation, Dave (our colorist) got his new job, and he (along with the sketch-est) has started a new commuting arrangement that should realize much fuel savings.

Due to the scheduling conflicts this has created, the comic is now up today. We’re hard at work on next week’s comic, and will see you then.

Oh, for the love of Pete. We’re not a superstitious lot (EDITORS NOTE: Yes, we have become a very supersitious lot.), but perhaps Missing Number was an unlucky name? Have we had enough issues getting this comic done? I was a bit too optimistic last week when I published Virus Alert. Not only did the removal of the viruses not help much, but more exciting things have come up. Our colorist just got a new job up in Plano (an hour away), and the sketch artist’s software company has geared up for a major software release, sucking out all available time from the whole team.

Therefore we DIDN’T get this comic out before the next. Instead, we decided to make this one our regular update.

We will vigorously endeavor to have this comic published every Saturday, on time. This IS our spare time project; alas, the spare time isn’t always there.

However, once the product is launched and the job is started, with luck, things will settle back down.

Hope you enjoy this segment of Missing Number!

P.S. We spent FOREVER trying to get Master Chief to look right; however, none of us over here at Missing Number HQ play Halo (EDITORS NOTE: We do now!), so we had to rely on screencaps from the Internet. Every iteration of Master Chief got better… but in total, we spent more time on MASTER CHIEF than the REST OF THE FRAMES COMBINED! How funny is that? We heard no end of complaints from our colorist that he had to recolor and shade Master Chief yet again…