The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret

Hey check me out, a million hits! And it only took me three years. Actually it's verging on 1.1 mil. Cameoing Mindmistress certainly seems to have boosted traffic ... although actually, maybe not by as much as all that.


It's still odd to me that I have readers, let alone faithful ones.

Further Googlage has revealed a glowing review of Special School.

My head is quite big right now.

Phil (the definite ex) yesterday mentioned that he had been chatting to somebody random online who began to proselytise for this great web comic that they had found.

It was called "Special School".

:D

-This week's Special Schools have been completed and uploaded; there is naughtiness. And nippleage.
-stsquad has finally bowed to popular opinion^[1] and bought a big-ass TV. It is good.
-Serenity LRP Event 2 is on its way; bookings are open now for crew from the previous event (like me) and will be in two weeks for everybody else. I am thinking of going, is anyone else? Fancy a lanky long-haired hanger-on?

That is all

[1] mine

For those confused parties looking for Special School - Spiderforest (the collective) is experiencing Interesting Times, but don't fret, you can still see the comic at my emergency backup reserve website.

For regular updates and special announcements such as this, remember you can subscribe to specialschool.

( Weekend in summary! )

wibblefish mentioned he did not know the current Special School address. It is http://specialschool.spiderforest.com - I should put a note to that effect on the Keenspace site, really. And update the links on my homepage. And maybe do something about that comic dropdown I was part of... anyway, anyone who wants to keep up-to-date with my monstrous creation can subscribe to specialschool. (Oh, for reference, here's a link to the most recent strip on the Keenspace site. You can read forward from there if you've not been keeping up.)

That is all.

ETA: Just had my three-month review; mixed feedback. Apparently everybody thinks I'm enormously talented, if only I would apply myself more. This is something I heard right through school. I am simply not motivated. Which is surprising, because I really do enjoy working here and am keen to do right by them. I'm just far too easily distracted...

Net result: Probation extended by three months - they really want to keep me on but aren't yet confident that I will put the work in. On the plus side, boss was making laptop noises this morning.

Huh.

Well I guess you've made it when people start stealing your comic.

Note to self, add URL and thievery message to strip template...

Have created specialschool. Updates will probably go here. Add to your friends list if you don't want to miss out! There may even be SPECIAL FEATURES though I cannot promise nudity sorry John.

So I'm almost decided on buying the V3 phone. I would probably prefer it in silver^[1] but I really don't want to miss out on that three months' half price line rental (before the lovely nattydreadi can fix it on permanently) and it's still quite pretty - and at least I won't get it confused with cuthrose's.

Now, whether to take the insurance or not. It does take it above £20/month but these things are so very breakable/stealable. On the other hand I've never had one broken/stolen yet ... on the other hand I've not had one quite so shiny before. Will probably go for it.

People will be pleased to know I found time during my hectic weekend^[2] to draw more Special School comics so we are good for this week at least. It's tricky, I'm trying to keep a relatively simple style - perhaps even partially evoking Bruce Timm's animated DC style - but it's so very hard. Somebody once said that the fewer lines an artist allows himself, the harder his job becomes ... I just find it very hard to stop drawing.

[1] I might go for on one of the slightly cheaper plans too, because I don't see myself using that many minutes. Of course once I've paid for it I'll probably start trying use the phone exactly 300 minutes every month. This is my mother's influence. Anyway, it's still more expensive for the first 3 months.
[2] I did not get dressed on Sunday, I stayed in my dressing gown all day.

So anyway, as I say, I'm planning to register a Special School .com address. Anyone have any advice on who to register with? Hostway seem to be slightly cheaper than UKReg, for example...