Gobo Gazette

Happy second anniversary to you, Gobo Gazette! Time sure flies when you’re putting out a comic each week for two years (minus one day a year for the holidays). It might not be a three-strip a week comic, but the story has developed quite a bit since the gobos had left their cave behind and entered the larger world. And explored it en masse or in groups of four. No idea what I am talking about? Well then, you need to catch up where last year started. Or start all the way from the beginning. Wow, the art has changed but nothing too extreme, it hasn’t been that long. As I mentioned, this is only the webcomic’s second anniversary.

And we have another year ahead of us. With the immediate threat behind them (or beneath them), what new misadventures await our dirty dozen? The next ten chapters could be anything! And, unlike Tik and Tok here, I’m not still chiseling it out of raw concrete thought. I have this next year all plotted out, and have plans for the next ten chapters after that. I just need to sketch, ink, color and post. So… I guess I’m still smoothing out the concrete. But I promise that I am further along than those two gobos.

That’s right! It’s that special November Thursday where everyone fills up on fine food and finer company! It is Thanksgiving time! And, as it says in its name, it is a time to look back at what we have and give thanks for it. Seems easy enough, right? Just go to your big chain grocery store, load up on all the goods, and then cook it up. Sure it may take some time to prep and get everything ready, but you’ll have help. And there will be plenty of socializing as things warm up, both in the kitchen and on the television as the big game kicks off.

But what if it wasn’t so easy? What if, say, you had to personally hunt down, forage, or cultivate all that food yourself? As Fip is learning here, turkey hunting isn’t a sure thing. Those birds can get ornery (at least from what I hear). And what if we were to cut out all the tech? Forget freezing that fowl for later, you have to get that all cooked before it spoils. It would be difficult to reach out to others without a phone, or even make it in a timely fashion without our planes, trains, and automobiles. And entertainment would be word of mouth, not fourth and goal. So when you are giving thanks on Thanksgiving, try thinking about what it would be like without when you are being thankful for what you have.

I do believe that I may have misspoke in an earlier article. A few weeks turned into half a year. But, since they have made a return appearance in one of the most recent comics, the Snake Gorge Raiders have been added to the Gobo Gazette cast page. Unlike the Party of Adventurers™, the Snake Gorge Raiders will have only one entry… for now. And although there are nine pictured, there are a few more to come. As mentioned soon after their first appearance, these characters are based on those from an earlier, short-lived comic. These, in turn, were based on some of my friends. Except for their leader. He is based on something completely different.

Now this is the time I would normally announce that I will be updating the cast again or developing a locations page really soon. My track record for this has not been the best so lets instead state that I will get to those when I get to them. Instead I want to remind everyone that October is right around the corner and that means it will soon be time for Inktober! That’s right! Next month, I will be inking 31 drawings. One for each day. I will post an update on October 1st. See you then.