Well, I'm only on strp 2 of season 9 and I already missed the coloring deadline. Fridays strip was in black and white because I just couldn't set aside any time this week for a number of reasons. However...next week's comic is already in the bag, color and all, because I did it in a six hour marathon color extravaganza, with a magical pen, on top of a flying unicorn.

Iron Man was fantastic. I really liked that they took Tony Stark, a character I always thought was fairly lifeless, and let Robert Downey Jr infuse him with this quirky, glib appeal while still making it believable that he could be a hero. Downey's performance carries the film and is the reason to see it, though the suit looks great, too. Overall, one of the best comic book movies ever, up there with Spider-man 2 and V for Vendetta, and the most fun I've had at a movie in awhile.

The idea behind the reset was to get back to what I think made Downfall what it was, and that was a very personal outlook and main character. With Curt gone, I had no real voice for the comic and it became less focused. Which wasn't neccessarily a bad thing, it was just sort of getting away from what I wanted it to be. And if it doesn't work out, well, I can always just do the whole thing as an arc and return things to "normal" with more timeline magic through alien technology!

The other reason for doing this is to provide a jumping on point and starting point for a new format I'll be using that's closer to actual comic-book format, since I want to start shopping the comic around to various comic small presses. Even a couple pages in an anthology would be awesome, and while this will tie into established continuity, it could also be considered a new start. I even considered changing the name of the strip at one point, but that seemed more trouble than it was worth.

So sit back and enjoy the new strips, I think readers will be pleased.

Monday's mini comic was a freaking joke (not in a good way) and tomorrow's will be late. I meant to get it done tonight but instead only ended up completing pencil roughs for two panels and watching the 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake. Which I did enjoy, though it lacked the subtle bits of dark humor that helped make the original one of my favorite movies of all time. Add my mini-comic deadline issues to being completely defeated by the php email list feature and I'm feeling very burned out. I'm in a lot of back pain and I'm out of it from the ambien I've just taken to ensure sleep. Tomorrow's my day off, thank god.

Steph provided me with a link to instruction on how to set up a php email submission form. So I have been working on that here before work. I've set it up on my practice page and tested it with one of my other email addresses, but it doesn't seem to have worked. There's still so much I don't know with html, I may have messed up the code, or maybe it just takes a while to send the form? In any case, I'll be working on it later. There doesn't seem to be a lot of webcomics with an email update option, so hopefully this will be something I can get to work.

The new comic is posted on time, and next week's is also done, so I've been working on 8.26 which is coming along nicely. I'm really excited for the next few, since I'll be trying to get back to a more "classic" feel for the strip. Interestingly, so far this weeks poll, while few have voted, "Bring Curt Back" has gotten the most votes for favorite character. The comic does feel more directionless without a true main character. However, it has given me a chance to draw and expand other characters. Still, big changes are coming. Keep reading!

This is the first entry of the Downfall livejournal! My name is Jay, I'm the writer/artist of Downfall, a webcomic that I've been doing for the last few years about politics, punk rock, and relationships. This livejournal account will be used to talk about the strip from a behind the scenes perspective and provide news!

For the main site, I finally got tired of using the pre-formatted site layout I’d been using for a number of years and decided to put my knowledge of html to the test. I am actually really happy with the new look of the site, and it’s very satisfying to know that I put it together completely on my own.

I’m currently 2 weeks ahead and planning big things for the strip! I don't want to say much in the way of details, but there will be HUGE shakeups coming. While I'm maintaining a good lead on the color strips, I am slightly worried about doing two additional mini-strips each week. The last one was rushed and looked fairly crappy. If I can't keep on top of that, I may have to drop to one mini comic and the main color comic each week, better to update less often but more reliably, I figure. We'll see how it goes. For now, I'm pretty happy with things.