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And a good Monday to you all, fellow Gluemeaties! Yes, I know it’s been a little since you have been supplied with an adequate news updated, so bite me. I mean, um… so here it is!

I’ve actually been busy quite a bit developing some new material for a couple of comedian friends of mine, and I’ve also been solicited to write a script for a short film. Exciting stuff! I’ll keep you posted on all the juicy juice, of course. Provided I still have time to write anything else than one-liners and lighting-quick introspective psychology.

Indeed! Gluemeat will be participating in the 2004 edition of Monkey Day, a unique celebration of all things simian, showing the appreciation for our closest evolutionary cousins. Spearheaded from former Fetus-X drillbit Casey Sorrow (he enjoys the “y”, I loathe it), the Monkey Day effort this year will include webcomics! Yes, through the very guileful use of flattery, Sir Sorrow has successfully drawn (HA!) me out of my self-imposed exile from the webcomic fraternity community to embark on a thrilling contribution of proportions not unlike we have seen before, but which will still hold some kind of amazement. In the meantime, go visit the Monkey Day website. It is an cornucopia of knowledge and news on chimps, apes, ‘illas, and the rest of the simian kin which will enthrall you to the first few minutes of daybreak. And why not take part? Huh? Why not take part? Now, please remove the sweat from your palms. Your keyboard and mouse will thank you.

I’m still rather amazed at the amount of people who have come forth to demonstrate their affection for the lack of a Moko browser by repeatedly beating me down either on the Glueboard or though instant messaging (AIM: Hell Eats Cheese; MSN: gluemeat@hotmail.com; Y!: gluemeat). I didn’t know the little round thing had such a following.

Last but not least, I don’t know if you knew this or not, but I started back my Tasteful Future weblog along with the new website. Furthermore, I’m being accompanied this time by fellow Gluemeatie TN who has been contributing since the rebirth of my place of politika. Enjoy.

Have a great week everyone!

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Here it is, fellow Gluemeaties. Happy birthday to us all. Three years old!

What a year this one has been. It’s probably been the most defining year of the comic to date as far as direction goes, as well as my own personal views as to what Gluemeat.com represents as well. I really like the idea that Gluemeat groups in a few different tangents to the main “Orange vs. Blue” gimmick, like Safetypin (no, he’s not dead), Always Sparkle, and, soon enough, Captain Slick. I’ve always said that I started Gluemeat because it seemed like a fun idea to do, and that I’d keep at it as long as it remained fun to do. In a way, this is my way of keeping it fun by touching on other things.

However, as some of you who have been around Gluemeat for a long time already know, I don’t consider myself to be a cartoonist. I’m well read in the comic style and its mechanics, having been introduced to Scott McCloud’s books and the like, but I just don’t have that extra little something that would make me consider such a visual form of creativity as an artistic outlet. I’m somewhat limited in my illustrative capacities, and that sometimes limits me in the ideas I come up with. Principally, I’m a writer. That’s what I like to do and it’s what I’m good at. I prefer presenting ideas, situations and dialogues to people who have the vision and the talent to make those things come to life, like for what I was commissioned for with Paranoland. Video has always had more appeal to me. I feel I need to experiment more on that level, and what better way to see how it goes by using Gluemeat.com.

It’s no mistake that I’m starting the new year of Gluemeat with No Time Like Scent. Some of you may have already guessed that I’ll be placing a certain emphasis on non-comic content with the appearance of the Media Browser in the new design, and that is kind of the direction I want Gluemeat to take. No, I’m not going to abandon the comic strips, don’t worry. But don’t expect solely two-dimensional presentations from hereon out. I have a head full of ideas which only moving pictures can help bring to life. Hell, who knows, maybe I’ll learn how to do Flash and we’ll all live our wet dream to hear Blue and Orange speak…

As always, thank you all very much for coming over a few times in your busy weeks to take a look at what I have to give. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and enjoyment of the comic with me. No ads and no donation buttons mean this is purely a labour of love which I do simply for the gratification of knowing that I get to share my imagination with others, who hopefully, will enjoy it as much I as do making it. I appreciate and value each email and comment, which serve as food for my massive ego actual payment for maintaining this site.

Here’s to another year!

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So let there be a fourth year of Gluemeat!

Indeed, folks, this week marks the third anniversary of my little waste of bandwidth, making its way full-force into its fourth year of existence like respiratory disease through a chain smoker and his live-in family. So we kick off the week with the new Gluemeat website right here, right now.

As I mentioned to you, I wanted the site to give viewers the chance to get as much information in with as little clicks as possible, like, for instance, being able to check out the news right on the front page. Or how about the Glueboard up there in the upper-left corner? A fine replacement to a discussion area, wouldn’t you agree? Not that I want the comic commenting to become obsolete, au contraire! Continue on with your comments on the comics, they’re my lifeblood. At least we all have another space to shoot the breeze.

In reality, I wanted Gluemeat.com to have more of a portal feel to it, since there are many different “sections” to the comic, like Safetypin comics and the Always Sparkle storyline. I felt it would be right for readers to access them with ease. And while I have very different ideas now concerning the direction of Gluemeat than I did a year ago, I’m going to save that very discussion for the actual anniversary update which will be this coming Friday. In the meantime, get accustomed to the new site and I hope you keep enjoying the main reason why the lot of you come around here thrice-weekly.

And I’m always open to chat with you all, unless I’m really fucking busy:

I’m keeping this short because I do want to go over things more in detail on Friday, and there’s still much to do before bed. So until later!

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I guess the big news today (aside from all this Halo 2 nonsense) is the release of Firefox 1.0. Now that is something to get excited about. Although I still have a wee preference for Apple’s Safari browser mostly for personal reasons, Firefox is the perfect engine to have a safe and fast web experience, without continuing to back an ugly megacorporation (like those Halo 2 buyers did), especially if you run under a Windows machine.

Go on. Try it.

And we are still just a few days away from the new design… excited yet?

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Okay. I feel better. Much better. The reality of it all has seeped in and there’s nothing much more to say about it… for now.

Although I would like to note to you all that my boy and my girlfriend, this past weekend, whipped up a batch of delicious pumpkin cookies, as per the following snapshot:

I admit that nothing helps me get through a rough spot more than pumpkin-based foodstuff. Yum.

Indeed, fellow Gluemeaties, as you have no doubt already noticed by the banner which rests atop the main Gluemeat page, our little slice of the internet pie will be entering its fourth year of life, chiming in a full three years of existence. Now-now, it is not time yet to become misty-eyed and chest-swollen. Let’s keep the sentimentality for next Monday, as it will doubtlessly counter-balance the to-be-expected cries of rage as the new website design makes its way into our collective consciousness. I may be exaggerating a little, but I didn’t quite provide the most conventional of site designs for the next twelve months, but it is the best concoction I have come up with for the new direction I want to take Gluemeat on. Ooh, did I mention a new direction? I wonder what I mean… leaving such a cryptic statement unaddressed would be so cruel…

Have a great week everybody!

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