Taking a break

Hi all,
Thanks for reading Spam of Dom!

I'm going to take a break from doing comics for a little bit. The whole process of drawing/inking/scanning/coloring/writing/posting is taking far longer than I really want to spend each day doing, so I'm going to do a little discovery effort to streamline my production.

It should improve my quality as well. I'll post what I've decided to go with along with my next comic.

Anyone know of or have any guest comics handy?

Thanks!
Dom

Dangers of Facebook 6

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Here's a six panel for today!

I played Bangkok on Mafia Wars.  It's good - a logical next step for the game with the introduction of Factions.  The ability to send envelops of Baht (money) is great too, especially as the jobs themselves don't give you enough money to even buy equipment, much less property.  I don't have enough friends that send me money though, so I'm forced to do mastered jobs until I get enough.

I was able to complete my money laundering collection though!  The reward seems pretty...  an increase in property take would have been better.

Annoyances: the "Get Help" link exists after you have requested help.  It should disappear - it works in all the other cities, why not here?  It's called reuse of code Zynga!

I would really like to see the following features added - a way to change currency from one city to another, even if it is in an incredible ratio ($1000 - 1Baht), and a way to change my politico corruptos into cell phones and the such.  Please, Zynga?

Prison Shower Scene

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Thanks Mandy for the guest comics!

Now, back to Dom, who's stuck in his jail themed comics still.  Don't worry, it's coming to a close soon.

My original idea was to have the other prisoners be confused to what exactly the anatomy of a giant pencil monster was like and not know where to place... it.  But I thought I'd bring the old lady's arm back into existance!

On a unrelated note, I had a great weekend =)

hope is illegal in big corporations

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Mousetrap

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First guest comic! Yay me!

Blog Addict 5

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I've been... detained for a while.  Busy with all sorts of things.  I haven't had time to draw much - lots of scribbles and ideas, but nothing much offically drawn and inked.  Here's the latest:

So, while I'm in my mental jail, I had a friend offer to do some guest comics.  I thought that was the coolest thing ever!  Woot!

I'm going to go see Eddie Izzard this weekend in San Jose/San Francisco with the wifey's sister and parents, so there will be no updates from me this weekend. That said, everyone have a great weekend!

Benevolence, Part 2

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Yeah, so I fell off the face of the earth for a while there.
I'm going to give up the date portion of the title, as I haven't updated in a while. Well, hopefully, this gets the ball rolling again. I should change my description to: updates sporadically...

January 13, 2010 - Benevolence

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Ah, why not make todays be on time(ish)?

I've decided that old ladies are hard to draw... especially ones missing an arm!

January 12, 2010 - Blog Addict 4

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I've typed the words instead of writing them out by hand.  Does it look more readable, or is it just an excuse for me to try to cram more words into the comic?

I meant to get this out earlier, I really did.  As soon as Mark McGwire made his announcement, I was like, "That's awesome!  It fits!"
But then, I was told of GameStop's trade in deal ($40 off certain games when you trade in Borderlands).  Considering I bought Borderlands for $40, this was an awesome deal for me!  However, I did like the game, and decided to give it another spin before I traded it in (deal ends the 24th of January).  And I played it, so I never got around to actually doing the comic yesterday.  But it's in today!

Sigh, day late, dollar short as they say.  It's already old news =(

January 11, 2010 - Rule 34

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Ah, good old rule 34 for the internet!

Here's the obligitory link to the Playmobil site.
Here's the site that I stole the photo from - SHHH!

We swapped out our guide dog in training Turner today for another guide dog in training. Her name is Zesty! And she's a handful - so much energy! I'll take a picture tomorrow and put it up with the next post. She's cute!

January 10, 2010 - Muse

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So, apparently I've decided to call my giant pencil a muse.  The theory is, they have the inspiration, but instead of just giving it to you, they absorb you and become you.

We had the Insight holiday party last night at Mulvaney's B & L last night.  The food was superb and the service fantastic!  The drinks were strong too, so I had a blast!

Our Christmas gifts from Insight were portable hard drives, so yay!  I can now back up all of my comics :-P

Anyways, I just wanted to get this comic up really quick before I go see my little from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.  I'm already late as it is!  (and just a plug for them, it's a good cause - your little becomes as much a part of your life as you become of theirs.  Very rewarding)

January 9, 2010 - Blog Addict 3

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So, another late post - is getting eaten by a giant pencil monster an excuse?

January 8, 2010 - Inspiration

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And this makes me all caught up!  Yes!

 Yeah, I was sitting today on my throne (not the couch as the comic depicts) trying to figure out what to do a comic about.  My ideas come in waves, and I was badly in need of a wave.  So, I'm sitting there, thinking and stuff, and wham!  A weeks worth of stuff hits me!

Enjoy my pencil dude.  You'll be him in a few upcoming strips!

January 7, 2010 - Dangers of Facebook 5

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Ug, let's pretend I put this up yesterday eh? 

I've spent a bit of time lately surfing through my old high school friends on Facebook.  What I do is that I start from someone that actually friended me, and then looking through all of their friends.  If I see someone I knew, I click on them and look through their photos, and all of their friends (security permitting).  It's kind of like cyber stalking, but with no particular target.  And I judge, oh yes do I judge.  It's what Facebook is for, right?

I think I'm being all sentimental about this stuff because my high school reunion is coming up. It's not this year, but 2011. So, I see a lot of friend surfing in this next year! Oh joy...
I wonder if they've found me in the same manner. If they did, then they’re jerk voyeurs that should have friended me! No I’m not a hypocrite! I wonder if they’ve judged me, as I’ve judged them?
Anyways, as you can see, the comic gears are going again. I may have the next one drawn and inked before the day is over (here in California!)

January 6, 2010 - Happy Birthday Card

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Happy Birthday January Babies! Good luck this year!

January 5, 2010 - Five Second Rule

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If you're curious on what Tofuccoli is, please see the Soylent Green comic.

And yes, this did happen at dinner the other night.  Some bread fell on the dog in the restaurant and the wifey just picked it up and ate it!  Ewww!!!! Fortunately, there was no puking wife later that night!
Here's a picture of the dog in question - excuse my jeans.

Looks nothing like my drawing huh? Turner is a 6 month old guide dog puppy (lab) and we're raising him until he's about a year old.  Easiest and best puppy ever, and I hope he passes (mostly because if he doesn't, then we have to contend with all of our friends and family that want him since he's such an easy dog).  For more information on Guide Dogs for the blind, click here.

January 4, 2010 - Blog Addict 2

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Ah, the adventures of my newly bought drug dealer and I continue...

I also finally set up my blue ray player! I had to buy a component cable from Fry's since the HDMI cable requires my HDTV to have some sort of copyright protection on it, which it doesn't. So we got that and Enchanted. I was debating whether or not to make a comic strip about Giselle trying to figure out what a tampon is for when she's in the real world, but figured that it's a little late, with the movie being released in 2007 and all...

And now begins the first workday of the new year!

January 3, 2010 - Out In Public 1

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Here's a double!

We went out to dinner with Sukhi, Aaron, and Joe last night. Tried Fats, but considering the 1.5 hour wait, we decided to eat at Bravo Pastaria across the street (they also catered at my rehersal dinner). We got sat next to this family, and I wish I could have busted out my Nintendo DS to beat down the kid there. He ate dinner while playing - wtf? Learn to control your kids people!

Ahem, anyways, it was a good day, especially as I beat the wifey twice at Boggle. That's right, I know you read this - I win, you lose! Yeah! *does little happy dance*

January 2, 2010 - Blog Addict 1

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Ug, I've spent the day trying to figure out how to advertise my blog more. I must have typed in ANAL in the search bar over ten times today. I'm not a pervert (well, I am, but not for typing in ANAL), it's just the number of letters it needs before it autocompletes to Google Analytics. Apparently, I have a readers from the US, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan!

I'm tacking on Google AdSense (yes, I feel like I'm selling out) onto the blogs. I think it will be interesting to see what it pulls from my blog! BWAHAHAHA! I signed up for a couple of comic lists as well.

Did I go outside today? No! I'm not as awesome as my comic guy:

Would I be doing a public service if I started converting drug dealers to street advertisers?

Oh, and if you think my drug dealer impression isn't very good, I blame Chris Rock.

January 1, 2010 - Happy New Year

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It's the first of the year! Woot!