Sunday, January 28, 2007

Well, we're on a roll, now! Week number four, and still going strong! Three new strips this week, along with a completed Store and Archive. Now, you can see all the Flash And Iggy strips that have been posted since the site went back up. The Store now features the T-Shirt and a new Baseball Cap. All the links are working now, so you can click to buy anything that's in there. More items are sure to come soon, as I'm working on designs for several new ones now.

I also wanted to give some credit to someone that has been helping me with the site this time around. My wonderful wife, Amanda, has been adding color to the Flash And Iggy strip this time around. The strips are drawn and scanned black-and-white, and she adds color and cleans up any messy lines using Fireworks. I feel that the strip is looking better than ever, and she is a big part of making that happen.

That's it for this week! Take care and I'll see you next week!

---SBM

Sunday, January 21, 2007

One more week down! Welcome back! There are three new strips for you to enjoy on the Comics page.

I'm still working out some bugs with the Archive, so it's still down. It's more to fix than I originally thought. I'm also working out some last minute issues with the Store, so the purchase link for the T-Shirt hasn't gone up yet. I'm hoping to get them both up by the next update.

Well, as little as it is, that's it for this week. Three new ones coming again next week!

---SBM

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Back again! Not much new this week, except for THREE MORE NEW STRIPS!! I hope to keep that trend going pretty much all the time. The third strip this week is even a two-part strip. I'm experimenting with roll-over images, so that's what I used to alternate between the sets of panels. If anyone thinks it's a pain, just let me know and I'll work out something else.

Ok, I guess there is something else pretty big. The first-ever Flash And Iggy T-Shirt is finished! Check out the Store for pictures! I don't have the purchase link up yet, I'm still working on the details, but the finished version of the shirt is up for everyone to see. I'll have the link up before the next update.

I'll also have the Archive finished before the next update. I'm working on the best way to archive the strips, so it may take a few days before you can revisit last week's strips.

Well, that about covers it this week. Thanks to everyone that's posted in the guestbook and E-Mailed me with comments and encouragement! And to those who have visited but not commented, thanks to you as well for at least looking around!

See you next week!

---SBM

Sunday, January 7, 2007

*** HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! ***

Well, here we are! Back once again! After weeks of preparations and promises of updates, here it is! We're just going to run with it this time, and see what happens. Not a whole lot has changed this time around. There have been a few tweaks to the site: new buttons, more drawings and a new logo.

I'm also featuring THREE strips on the Comics page. I've not yet decided if those three will be all new from week to week or if I'll introduce one at a time, and just push one at a time to the Archive. It will all depend on how fast I can crank out new strips. I may mix it up a little, three one week, one the next, two maybe after that. Once I get a good set of strips drawn, I should be able to post more than one new one per week. For the first time around, I'm throwing out three new ones. One completely new, and two that were actually supposed to make it to the site last time around, but never did.

I went with the same overall layout this time around. I kinda grew fond of this one the last time. Flash and Iggy appear on all the pages now (as they naturally should), and the logo has been totally redone. It's a bit cleaner than the last one. The buttons are slightly different, with one bar at the top of each page now to keep things simple and loading as quickly as possible. I'm also going to be trying some new effects in the featured sections, so don't be surprised if little things keep changing from week to week.

Anyone who has followed my recent posts on MySpace know that the portfolio containing every strip drawn since the beginning in 1990 has turned up missing. This is still the case, but I'm pressing on as best as possible.

Well, it's time to wrap this one up, and start working on next week's update. Happy reading, and thanks to everyone who keeps coming back here despite the LONG delays in updates. Thank you for your support!

---SBM