I promised some news, so here you are, although there's not much to write about.
The strip was a bit late, we had to do some last minute tweaking, rearranging the text bubbles and so.
Now I'd like to mention all the references we've made in this strip. It's not just that many people won't get them. I'd hate to be accused of stealing other people's ideas. I'm not good with these legal issues, hopefully providing sources here will be enough. Or maybe I don't have to do it at all...
'Have you tried turning it off and on again?' is from a brilliant british TV show IT Crowd. The characters woud pick up the phone and say 'Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?'
In the bottom-left frame, Vicious (his name is Vincent but he nicknamed himself Vicious, cause he thinks he's all kewl like Vicious from Cowboy Bebop ^_^) is holding a Death Note. Death Note is a Japanese manga, which was made into Anime (now airing) and two liveaction movies. I strongly recommend it, it's highly addictive and never fails to surprise.
Incidentally, in case you didn't know, there really is an error message in Windows Vista that says 'The operation completed succsessfully.' Just google images for 'vista error' or something similar.
Coolman's been complaining about lack of action in the comic so far, which makes the comic rather boring. I have to admit he's right, so I'm rethinking the few following strips. The result should be something actually happening in the comic. Coolman's right, there have been enough 'introduction shots', it's time for some storyline to emerge, even if it has to be done forcefully.
This comic was a bit of an experiment from the start, so we'll se where it leads.
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