We had a small glitch this morning. Apparently, the pnhcomics.com domain name had expired without my knowledge (and w/o any warning!). So, those of you that wanted to check out the site this morning might have been a bit confused why the site had upped and disappeared.

No worries. I got the domain issue resolved (as you can probably tell), and the site is back up and running.

For those that missed the whole thing — you didn’t miss much.

The Grand Rapids Press reported on April 27th that David Pirkola, a comics owner/operator in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was robbed at gunpoint at his store and then shot by his assailant. He’s currently in stable but critical condition.

To help out on his medical bills (as well as keep his store afloat), the guys over at iFanboy have set up a fund where you can donate however much you want. I went and donated a bit of cash, and I hope you can too.

[Link to the donation page, with a more in-depth explanation of what happened and how you can help]

Just another FYI..

While I still have the old sketches page on this site, I decided to post all future sketches and completed works (comic pages excluded) on my DeviantArt account. This was more of a consolidation thing than anything, as I was just posting the same work in two different places anyway. The DeviantArt sidebar will keep track of (and show thumbnails of) the most recent work here, but it’s been flaky recently. So, in case you don’t see anything, just head on over to DA just in case. I’ll try to post any art updates to Twitter as well (look at me trying to be all social and stuff).

Lookit that…three days, three posts. That has to be some kind of record for me.

The Twitter updates on the sidebar (to your right) isn’t working all that well (though granted, there haven’t been any new updates in a while :P).

So, if you happen to use Twitter, and would like to keep in touch with the goings on over here, you can find us here. I’m going to post updates for the site, Chibi Cheerleaders, the Manga Studio For Dummies subsite, and other items you’d like to know.

I’n a semi-related note, I’m really liking this Scribefire plugin (though I’m using an older version called Performancer because there’s a plugin that will post to MySpace). It’s making it a lot easier to post (obviously, since I’m posting here for the seocnd day in a row), so I guess I’ll stick with this for a bit. Let’s hope I’ll actually get around to blogging a bit more frequently (though I won’t be posting what I had for lunch…sorry. :P). The only problem is that I haven’t had much to talk about. The good news is that the next couple of months should provide some blogging fodder, so stay tuned.

Apparently there’s a extension for Firefox that will allow for easier blogging, so I thought I’d try it out. Because I have blogs and social sites all over the place, it’d be nice to have an all-in-one place to quickly post to all of them without having to visit each site individually. If this thing works out, then I may finally get around to actually…blogging.

If you’re interested, the plugin is ScribeFire, and you can download it here. I’ll play around with it, and let you know how it is.

I’d totally waste what free time I have on this. I just need to wait until late this year.

So Sunday night was fun.

Turns out that what I initially thought was indigestion or food poisoning was actually a severely pissed off appendix. So, I went down to the hospital and had it put down (and taken out of my body). I’m all better now…with three significantly smaller incisions than I was expecting to have.

Funny thing is, when I explained what happened to family and friends, the only thing everyone keeps focusing on is “you drove yourself to the hospital with appendicitis? The hell is wrong with you!”

So the blog’s now up…but there’s still a bit of work to be done. I still need to fix up the Chibi Cheerleaders site, and add a few links here (like a contact page). But for the most part the new site/blog is up and ready for your viewing pleasure. Granted, there’s not much here yet…so you’ll have to use your imagination for the time being.

One of the reasons that I’ve been off the radar here and elsewhere (aside from just being a poor communicator all around) was because I was busy for most of 2007 writing my first book.

A Dummies Book. On Manga Studio.

For those that don’t know what Manga Studio is, it’s pretty much like Photoshop. Except (mostly) focusing on black and white work, like manga. And it does a really good job of mimicking various pens and brushes. And you can add screen tones. Oh! — and it has virtual rulers and guides.

Trust me, it’s a really good program. In fact the last half of Chapter 6 of Chibi Cheerleaders From Outer Space was done entirely with Manga Studio. And now I’ve written a book on the program to help both new users and ones who might not know of the full potential the program has.

If you’re interested, check out the Manga Studio For Dummies Blog. I created it with the intention of answering questions, and elaborating on topics within the book that I didn’t have time to cover due to page count restrictions. Plus, there are links to where you can purchase the book online.

It was really an interesting experience, and I hope you get to check it out at your local bookstore.