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March 30: Easter has come and gone. Summer is coming and while I still have to work every day, some of my other commitments slow down, so it'll be a nice break. I got another request for usage, this time from a Christian site in Germany — who'd a thunk it? When it starts, I'll make a note here, because they will be translating the comics as they use them. March 23: This week I just started posting Finding Elim on a site called Comic Sherpa. It is part of a bigger comic site that represents tons of familiar comics and therefore has tons of readers. Readers of that site will be catching up with my old strips day by day as I upload archived strips. One cool feature is an email service that automatically sends people the latests strips as they become available. Even if you are up to date with Finding Elim, you might be interested in some of their other strips like B.C., Garfield and Fox Trot. March 15: I missed updating last weekend, because I was at Camp Cho-Yea with the youth from our church. It was a little cold at night, but the days were sunny, so over all a good trip. If you have camp experiences to share, get 'em to me this week! February 17: Ah, the beauty of the internet! Through Facebook and MySpace I found a guy that I was friends with in grade school. We exchanged a few emails and you know what? He still seems like the same great guy I knew all those years ago. He's living in LA now, and when I get out there, I'm definately going to look him up. The social networking sites are great for me since I don't tend to write letters and therefore don't get any in return. But beware! Your kids probably have a MySpace account, and their friends can leave any kind of message they want, so don't go too hard on them when you finally make it to their page. And if you're a grandparent, you're probably better off not knowing ... February 9: Finding Elim is popping up in newsletters and might even be in a magazine in Pakistan of all places. Thanks to Rachel and Jeff for some recent inspiration. Your family rocks! January 26: Nothing new to say, but 3 new comics for you! January 21: This weekend was a whirlwind of activity, including one of the best lock-ins I've ever attended as an adult. Ashley's itinerary kept everyone so busy that there wasn't time to get bored or even very sleepy. I stayed up for 39 hours, with an hour nap in the morning, so needless to say, I slept well Saturday night! January 12: I had a busy week in comics-land. Finding Elim is now listed on a few more websites, and I've added 4 comics to the site. Enjoy! December 29: 3 more comics bring me to 58 strips for 2007. That's not a lot for most cartoonists, but I've got a day job and VERY demanding wife ;) December 21: Merry Christmas to everyone! If you don't celebrate Christmas, I'm so glad you're here and I hope you have a great holiday! More comics in January, so stay tuned! December 9: Closer and closer... Christmas is looming and I still haven't bought any presents. I know it'll be another Amazon shopping spree this week. Too bad I can't order live trees on line, I'd be all set! Be looking for the December newsletter, it'll go out this week. December 1: Another three new comics! In my opinion, it is now officially ok to play Christmas music and put up the decorations. I can only handle the same jingles and spangles for about a month before I start to get a little queasy. If you are one of the Christmas-all-year-types, please don't hate me! Nov. 24: Three new comics this week. I probably could have done more considering the 4 day weekend - Yay pilgrims! If you have any funny Christmas or New Years stories, now's the time to get them in! Nov. 17: This Christmas I'm working with Rev. Bob Gray from PA to make some panels that he can use as sermon illustrations. They aren't literal, but just a little humor inspired by the topic. It's a little bit of a challenge, but then the writing is always the hardest part of comics. It's actually pretty fun when the a-ha moment comes. Let's hope Bob's congregation gets it too... Nov. 9: Thanks to everyone for your emails this week. I appreciate the encouragement! Thanks especially to Ann for your inspiration. I'm always happy to hear new stories. Nov. 2: I think I'm back on schedule now with 2 new comics. Have you used Finding Elim in your newsletter yet? If so, let me know so I can list your organization in my friends section! Oct. 28th: New comic today - finally. I went on a great vacation to CA and came back to a desk full of stuff to do, so now I'm playing catch-up. Once this week is over, things should be back to normal. Oct. 6th: Today I fixed a lamp that has been broken for about 10 years only because my wife threatened to go buy a new one. It took about 15 minutes. Did I mention that I like to procrastinate? Sep. 29th: Bob's desire to connect with the teens in his church didn't go so well ... Oh well, bones heal a lot faster in cartoon-land! Sep. 23rd: Check it out! I just added a forward-to-a-friend option to the comic pages, so now if a comic reminds you of someone, you can send it in a cool email. Try sending one to yourself, it's cool! Thanks to everyone who gave me good comments and asked to be on the mailing list. I think I'll send out a monthly email with that month's comics and any news that anyone might care to hear. I do plan on adding a list of churches that are using the comics, so if you use Finding Elim in your newsletter, let me know so I can be sure to include you on the roll. Sep. 11th: I've started the laborious task of emailing whatever publications and churches I can find on the web. If you are here because of my email, welcome! Please know that I probably won't be sending you another email unless you ask to be on my mailing list. I certainly don't want to annoy anyone! Sep. 7th: Whew, the site is officially live with it's own URL, contact page, donation button and, of course, a few comics. This weekend I'll start adding comics and linking up with the comic collections. Sep. 5th: Work on this site is going slow. I keep thinking I'm going to learn enough programming to automate the "more comics" pages. I know it would be much better in the long run, but meanwhile comics keep piling up with nowhere to put them. Hopefully, the content will overshadow the ho-hum web layout! |
