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Hey kids: my original plan was to keep posting witty commentary right up to the moment of my impending nuptuals this coming Saturday (Sept. 10). However, with all the last-minute stuff to do, it’s become increasingly clear that this isn’t going to happen, especially considering that I’m already like five days behind. In addition, I just heard from my Web host that I have to upgrade my install of WordPress within the next week or so or my site will be shut down, which will eat into my valuable futzing-with-the-blog time.

Thus, I hearby declare today to be the beginning of my soft hiatus. I will probably post another metapost or two over the next few days, pertaining to the WordPress upgrade, the long-awaited Ira-themed tank tops, a contest for readers, and an exciting new concept which will be called the “ultra-post” and which I cannot reveal details about at this time. Then on Sept. 11 the future Mrs. C and I jet off for two weeks in Greece, sans laptop, so: no comics updates at all, till Sept. 26. But till then: keep watching this space for non-comics-related but hopefully still riveting material.

Update: Oh, yeah, I meant to ask: is there anyone out there who’s had experience moving a heavily tweaked and modified stylesheet from WordPress 1.2.x to WordPress 1.5? If so, please e-mail me. You’ll be remembered forever as “the person who helped Josh move The Comics Curmudgeon from WordPress 1.2 to WordPress 1.5.”

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OK, so there are going to be some real comics posts later tonight, but for the moment I have a question. A quick glance at my referral logs indicates that I’m getting dozens of hits today from people asking Google “What was the first comic strip to feature someone being shot to death?” or close variations thereupon. (Putting that text here on the front page of course ensures that I’ll just get more hits from people searching on it, of course.) I don’t know the answer, but I’d love to know why so many people are out there searching the Net for this tidbit when they should be working hard to boost the American economy. So can someone, possibly someone who is looking for this piece of information, tell me why everyone is so hot and bothered on the subject today? As a reward, I promise to post likely answers that people send to me.

Update: For those of you too lazy to look in the comments, apparently people are looking to win “points” of some sort by entering a trivia contest run by a radio station’s Web site, which posed the above brain teaser. Smart money from the smart folks who read this site is on Dick Tracy as the site of the first comics-cide. For the humor-impaired, pleased do not enter Love Is as your guess, as you will only embarrass yourself.

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You may think that you’re a dedicated fan of this blog: you comment on the front page, you comment in the forums, you wear your Comics Curmudgeon gear in public to the embarrassment of your spouse. But have you sent me an umbrella decorated with comic strips? No, of course you haven’t — unless you’re Sam Garst, that is.

Sam claims in his e-mail signature to be a “VP of Engineering” at a company that shall remain nameless to stave off its humiliation. Apparently, once you’re at the VP level, you’re just made of umbrellas. Many thanks, Sam, for helping me keep dry and watch Ziggy get all wet at the same time.