My Poorly Drawn Life News

New story up today! I think this may be the first time in recent history that I've actually updated on a Monday!! Thanks to my bro for putting it online for me. Soon I hope to have a little shop where you can purchase the MPDL book! Just waiting on said brother to put it together...*cough*.

My Poorly Drawn Life is back! And where have I been, pray tell? Well, I've been working on making a collected volume of my stories! I'll soon have a store set up on my site where you can purchase 400 pages of MPDL goodness! Also, I'm currently in the process of redesigning the site. I'm not sure when that will be done, though - hopefully sooner rather than later. But I bet I've lost all your trust so don't listen to what I say. Because I am a liar pants! I keep promising new updates and I don't do it! But this time I mean it. Really. Stay tuned...

Ok..... so far my 2008 resolution of updating weekly has not proven to be effective. And I do realize that the comic I just put up today is for Hourly Comic Day which was 2 MONTHS AGO EXACTLY!! AAAAAAAHHH!!!
But- it is one of my longest comics yet, so I hope you'll enjoy, nonetheless. And next week there will be an update... about a black dog. You'll see!

Hello hello! So far so good with my 2008 update-my-webcomic-weekly-resolution (even if it's a day late...) My next goal is to figure out how to put an RSS Feed button thingie on my webcomic so people can become quickly aware of updates. But, alas, I have no idea how to do that. I better ask my nerdy friends for help...

I'm baaaaack! Yes, I said back, and with a 2008 resolution to be more timely with my web-comic updates (sounds familiar, doesn't it?). I do apologize for letting My Poorly Drawn Life collect dust but I have to focus on my other commitments before this, which sucks, but that's life. I know a lot of my friends and family are wondering how my life in LA is going and depend on my webcomic for updates on my life. Which is probably why they probably think I've vanished off the face of the earth. But fear not! I have lots of Californian stories to tell and new people to make fun of! Stay tuned!

The results are IN! I know you people have been waiting a long time. I appreciate the very vocal (and increasingly angry) emails and personal phone calls and guilt trips I've been getting the past two months. I couldn't have done this without you all! ^_^/
I know excuses are no excuse, but I have never been so busy with (paying) work in all my life! I'm sorry to say I've almost fallen behind on some of my job-related stuff, so I've pretty much been scrambling to catch up on things and there has been no time for fun hobby comics like this. Plus, it's hard to write a funny comic when all I feel is bitterness inside. Ha! Just kidding. However, I DO appreciate all of you participating in my last comic's voting process and I'm sorry I made you wait this long to hear the results! I'm going to try and be better with future entries... even if I miss a day or two, I'll try to not let that turn into two months! o_O! I hope you'll still be reading!

I'm currently in Hotlanta, visiting my folks and preparing for a trip to Disney World! Weee! This week's slightly belated comic introduces an interactive element! Be sure to take part and let your voices be heard! Those with LJ accounts can also vote here! In other news, it turns out my trusty MPDL pen did not respond well to the plane flight here. This is the second time I've had this particular brand of pen explode on me following a flight! Geez! Now it looks like I have some cool wine-colored birthmarks all over my hands! It is my mark of shame for being so late with this week's comic!

It's back! After weeks of being in transit and searching mountains of boxes for my scanner, My Poorly Drawn Life is back with a MEGA update! That's right -- it's my longest story yet -- 21 pages! By the way, for a comic that is intended to be a "quick" exercise, it took me all friggin day to draw! Oh well, guess I had a lot to say! Thanks everyone for your patience and for your (frequent) reminders that I hadn't updated in a while! ^_^

AAAH! I am SO sorry I haven't been updating the last couple weeks. I am beside myself with STRESS!!!! I'm on the verge of making The Big Move, but all these comic conventions keep getting in the way!! And then when I return from said comic conventions, I'm scrambling to keep up with my Sabrina work. AND I just signed on to do a project for Tokyopop! There is just way too much on my plate right now. But trust me, once this all simmers down I WILL be making Poorly Drawn comics about the insanity of it all!

Anyway, I had a fun time in Toronto last weekend, but forgot my Poorly Drawn Sketchbook so I wasn't able to draw new stories in my downtime. T_T

I won't make that mistake again as I attend the Heroes Con in North Carolina! I'm definitely going to get some of these stories out of my brain and onto paper where they belong!!

(I do apologize for the over-zealous use of exclamation marks! I am going into meltdown!!) See you soon. ^_^

It's been a while since I've added anything to the News page, so I'd like to apologize in advance if my webcomic is not always on time these next few weeks. As you know from reading My Poorly Drawn Life, I'm getting ready to move to sunny California and I have a lot of packing to do and conventions to attend within the next month -- plus a visit to LA to see Will over Memorial Day weekend! Yay! I'll finally have more fodder for my stories!

Also, I'll be a guest at:

Toronto Comic-Con, June 8-10
Heroes Con, North Carolina 15-17

and Will is going to return to NY to share a table with me at the MoCCA Art Fest, New York June 23-24! We'll be selling Mangaka Americas, his awesome posters and a new top-secret project we've both been working on!

Con season is always a good time. Come visit me, ok?! I'll do a poorly drawn sketch for FREE! Woooo.