Thursday — February 12th, 2009
I’m so tired of hearing about the recession. It’s all forecasts of doom and destruction these days on the tv and radio and I suppose that’s half of the problem. I understand that people should be informed, but perhaps people should also be intelligent enough not to panic when the media tells them something. It ends up in a frenzied circle of people wanting to know more about the horrible things and the media feeding more horrible things to them until everyone sits at home moaning about how everything is wretched and destroyed.
Don’t get me wrong - I feel sorry for the people who lost their jobs and houses and I wish them all the best, but I don’t really care about the bankers and their bonuses or any of that crap. Maybe they do get too much money, but is it really necessary to pin the blame on someone foe this whole thing? Maybe we weren’t careful enough in our own finances. Maybe we were living beyond our means. Maybe we contributed half of the problem by not just carrying on as normal when the first reports came out instead of hiding our money in mattresses and counting pennies. I realize there are problems, but FUCK people, calm down! Maybe I have a weird stance on this stuff but I was poor before. I can honestly say that things really aren’t that different for us. In fact, we’re probably better off now than we were before. Maybe I’ve just simplified all of this and I don’t really understand things at all. That’s actually fairly likely to be the case, but maybe I’m a little bit right too.
February 20th, 2009
I’ve been sick since we got home from a trip this weekend so I haven’t done the comic yet, as you’ll notice. I’ll try to have it up this weekend sometime. Sorry.
February 5th, 2009
Just to let everyone know, I’m a bit late on the comic but it should be up tonight sometime. People from the US probably won’t notice anyway.
January 24th, 2009
Just wanted to quickly let you know that since I uploaded this week’s comic early, that’s why there wasn’t a comic on Thursday. I may do 2 comics this coming week, but it depends on how busy I am. I have a few comics written but I need to get time to draw them, but there will definitely be one up this week. Until next time, I’ll just remind you to take a look at my blog if you want and let you know that you can stay on top of news and updates using the following methods.
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December 29th, 2008
I’m happy to announce that some changes are coming. I’m relaunching the site and starting the production of the comics again. This time, I’m doing it on my own. What this means for you is that the art will be different, because I can’t draw as well as Steph. I’m going to do my very best to make it look as good as possible and I’m working with different software and the Wacom tablet as well as trying various things on paper and then scanning in the images. The first of the new comics will be published to the site on January 15th, 2009. Until then I’ll be getting the art down, looking into how the site is run, possibly changing from wordpress to something else, etc. We’ll see what happens, but if you show up on the 15th you’ll at least have something new to look at. For those of you still around, thanks for hanging in there. If you want to stay informed I can recommend a couple of options for you.
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December 7th, 2008
Dear all of the people who still look at this,
I’m doing a bit of shameless self promotion here. Like many people, I’m out of a job. I’m trying to get into freelance writing and I’ve got some information on ridingthewind.net about my services.
What I really wanted to find out was whether there are any poetry fans here. I’m conducting a poetry experiment at my website (which I just posted above) in which I ask people to send me themes and titles for poetry and other writing forms and then I’ll write and post the results at the site. If you’re interested head on over there or just send me a title or theme to mj@ridingthewind.net. You can also Follow me on Twitter or Become a Fan on Facebook. If it isn’t for you, that’s fine too.
As I’ve said before, I would like to come back to HandRooster. I just don’t think I can convince Steph to do it. Thanks for the support.
~Mike
EDIT: Sorry for anyone who saw the first version of that. Stupid Wordpress Visual mode was on and I thought I had it in Code mode. Should be fine now.
November 19th, 2008
Here is the deal. I’d like to continue making this site, but the fact is that we’ve moved again to the Norwich area and Steph has found a job. I have not but I’m looking for work in a coffee shop or book store or something and I intend to work on my writing in my free time. I don’t think Steph is going to have the time to work on this comic anymore, despite the fact that I’d like to continue to write it. I can’t draw, and I wouldn’t want to try to draw it since Steph gave it her own style. The comics won’t go away. Maybe I’ll try to rearrange the site so that I can continue to write things to you all while still keeping the comics available for viewing. I’m not sure, but I want to thank all of you for sticking in here and pestering us and reading the comic. It was a great time, and I’m sorry it had to end this way. If we all had our own way I’m sure it would continue and we’d make money off of this and not have to live in the regular world. Who knows - maybe we’ll be back someday.
~Mike
