In between regular postings of This EMPIRE are “yesteryear” strips and sketches. 

Please note: For more information click on an image or text highlighted in Navy Blue.

Or in this case another episode preview of the next week’s comic. Enjoy!

Minor quibbles…

February 2′s Doonesbury poses the question, “What happens to comics if newspapers go away?” – Jamie Noguchi

Then the internets blew-up 🙂 Did Gary meant this as a slight to online comics or was this over action to Doonesbury by online cartoonists? 

Read More:

*Comic Alliance –  ‘Doonesbury’ Mourns The Death Of Print, Is Promptly Clowned By Webcomics Community

*Fantastic Realities Art –  Artz Pushb4ck

*Daily Cartoonist – Gary Trudeau urgers ‘Stick With Print’; Webcartoonists react

*Adam the Alien (Adam J. Manley) – #@*$^, Trudeau” meme

Kickstarter is b-a-nan-a-s

Sometime ago I mention Chloé C crowd funding project for Hiveworks Comics “Go Get A Roomie Book One” well it did exceptionally well. 

Launched: Jan 6, 2013

Funding ended: February 6, 2013

2,469 Backers  $94,502 Pledged of $20,000 Goal

This project is in good company of most funded comic projects rating at No.16 on Kickstarter.

Go Get a Roomie!

*Please note not safe for work viewing

Milestone – 10 Years later 

On February 10th, 2003, I posted a shitty little comic to a shitty little website.

10 years, 3104 Daily Strips, 223 Beginnings Strip, 18 Books, 14 Site re-designs, 2 slogans and a supportive readership I never would’ve thought existed.

And here we are. 10 years later… 

Ryan Sohmer

…More at Least I Could Do

Thank you for reading, back to making comics.

DGC