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When I first started this blog, I wasn’t sure if anyone other than my friends would read it, let alone comment on it. As the 100+ comment post below demonstrates, today the Comics Curmudgeon has a large and chatty readership. Though I rarely respond to the comments, I love reading all of them — they provide the ego-stroking that powers this blog, and are frequently funnier than anything I have to say.

This last does give rise to one side-effect, though: frequently, if I don’t get around to doing a comic for a day or two, someone will post something to the effect of “I sure hope Josh does Tuesday’s Wizard of Id” (or whatever) and then goes on to describe that strip’s horror in vivid detail. Generally speaking, if I don’t do that comic, it’s not because I’m ignoring you: it’s because you did such a good job commenting on it that I don’t have anything to add.

Take this past Sunday, for instance: I had originally planned to do Curtis, but then a dare in the comments section of an earlier post led faithful reader Saint Chree to record this dramatic reading, upon which nothing I can say could possibly improve. If your media player won’t play this audio file (it’s in Ogg Vorbis format), you can download Audacity for free for all major platforms. It’s sooooo worth it.

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We’re leaving tomorrow morning for New York City to take part in the Christomania craze that’s sweeping the nation. Then we’re flying to Bermuda for a not-quite-as-cold-as-the-East-Coast vacation getaway. New comics return on 2/25. Hopefully.

My original plan was to do a comic today and tomorrow to stave off your suffering, but you know what? It’s 2:38 a.m. and I have still have to do a ton of work and pack and clean the kitty litter box and OH THE PAIN, THE PAIN, so: no more comics for you until next Friday. Sorry.

Something to tide you over, though: can anyone, possibly Hungarian speaking, explain what this is, and why it linked to me? I sure would appreciate it.

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I’m guessing that there are a lot of you who often read this site and think to yourselves, “Gosh, I’d love to kick a buck or two Josh’s way,” but you haven’t purchased any of the Comics Curmudgeon store items because:

1. You think they’re poorly designed or in bad taste.
2. Your religion considers the logos to be “graven images.”
3. You’re not going to be a walking billboard for some jerk on the Web, man.

Well, fear not: now you can just send me your money directly and get nothing in return! I know, it sounds to good to be true. The only catch is that you need to set up a PayPal account to do so, which you know you’ve all already done so that you can buy antique Hummel figurines on eBay and what not. Just click on the donate link on the sidebar.

Of course, if you have purchased some Comics Curmudgeon stuff, I again urge you to photograph yourself using it, so you too can be world famous like Dalton here. And speaking of Dalton, I urge any of you who are troubled by any questions whatsoever to pose them to Dalton on his exciting new Website, askmeanything.org.