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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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Hagar the Horrible, 8/31/05

I am waaaaaay too tired and fried to say anything coherently funny tonight, so I thought I’d bring up something that’s been bugging me all week. Does anyone else think that this week’s Blondie-themed Hagar the Horrible strips look like they’ve been drawn by someone different from the person who’s been drawing them for the past few years? Two possibilities come to mind:

• The usual team walked off the job, refusing to participate in this corporate whoredom.
• The original team was so excited by the crossover concept that they were lured off the golf course and back into the studio.

Thoughts?

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Family Circus, 8/30/05

I think that, about ten years from now, we’ll see Dolly sitting on the curb outside a 7-Eleven repeating this exact phrase. Except instead of “Smelling these crayons,” she’ll say “Huffing this paint.” And instead of “think of school and Mrs. Clarke,” she’ll say “dizzy as hell, yo.”

I’m betting the MMMMMMM!! will still be hovering over her head, though. Or at least she’ll see it there.

Meanwhile, I don’t have time to futz around with the CafePress store tonight, but I think we’ve found a hilarious phrase to print on workout clothes:

The great thing about these out-of-context panels and quips from Gil Thorp is they don’t make appreciably more sense in context.