Gobo Gazette

Well, hasn’t 2020 been something? We are three-fourths through the year and it doesn’t look like it is going to get any better. Although one thing that is coming out of this is some long overdue awareness and recognition of discrimination, the price is quite steep. And it shouldn’t cost that much or take this long to make sure that everyone is provided an equal footing, no matter their background. To say that normal routines have been disrupted would be an understatement, and the same applies here at Gobo Gazette. I had plans to maintain Instagram posts (other than update alerts), updating the Cast page, implementing a Locations page, and changing the overall look of the website to better match the social media alerts. As you can see, all that went out the window around mid-April.

But good news, everyone! I’ll be updating the long neglected cast page! A new cast entry will be added to the Gobo Gazette Instagram account, today and the next three days! You can see the first entry in this post (talk about overdue)! On Friday, I will be adding these entries to the cast page as well as going through the archives and updating each with new tags. The plan is to get back on schedule. Along with the neglected cast, I am hoping to get those other changes in place by Christmas*! And on top of all of this, there is Inktober! For all of you artists new and old, I believe tomorrow is when they post this year’s prompts. If you have never checked it out before, do so!

So, despite everything going on out there, there is some good news out there. It’s just unfortunate that you have to dig for it under a heaping pile of hot mess.

Stay safe out there!

*emphasis on hope

“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” I used to hear this a lot growing up, or the alternative “You can never tell a book by its cover”. I don’t hear it as often now, and that is unfortunate. It is some good advise. There is quite a bit of misconceptions out there. There are also a number of individuals who would try to pull a trick or scam on somebody else. Or they might not be as knowledgeable as people think they are. This is not quite the “Happy April Fools’ Day” opening I was going with but, here we are.

We should always do a little fact checking before we jump to any conclusion. And we should get that information from more than one source. We should be aware as we go about our business, less you get pranked or swindled. Would you be happy if you ordered an impressively thick print copy of Gobo Gazette, only to learn that Tik and Tok had just pasted on a cover? (The image today is larger so the cover text is a bit more readable).

Or worse, we could give into fear, snap-judgement, or stereotypes. A lot of the world’s issues wouldn’t exist if we just took a moment to un-cloud our eyes, unstop our ears and perceive things truthfully. So before you judge another, try something that seems too good to be true, or but a disguised copy of War & Peace from a pair of shady goblins, take a moment to be aware. At the very least, April Fools’ Day will be less eventful. And that is a good thing.

Yep, that is “Hug Line”, not “Hot Line”! When it comes to embraces, the word “hug” is more G-rated. If you go around saying “hot” on Valentine’s Day, people’s minds might race. Some will run into an R-rated gutter (or worse)! That’s right everyone, today is Valentine’s Day! It is the most well known of the “Hallmark Holidays”, beating out Grandparents Day, Secretaries Administrative Professionals Day and Boss Day by a landslide. I am not a romantic and neither are those loved ones in my life (thank goodness). This holiday was great back in grade school when everyone got or made cards for everyone and you got a box of those chalky hearts. Unfortunately, the expected price tag gets bigger and bigger as you get older. Let’s talk about the image instead of listening to me rain on Valentine’s Day.

So I almost had the webcomic timed so that the Hob-Pat Hug would be released today. Don’t know what I am talking about? Check out the comic! Since I couldn’t justify making that arrangement, I present to you instead… the hug line! Nob is not one for public displays of affection. That goes double when the PDA is directed at the little gobo leader. Not me! If Valentine’s Day was the day hugs were given, every day would be Valentine’s Day for me. And remember, if you are all alone on this special day, you can always give yourself a hug!