There are days when I just want to KILL HIM! No wait, I want to kill him everyday!

AIM 7:54 PM Thursday 08.25.05

Hawk: clay sculpture thread: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18287&page=1&pp=60
Ananth: nice
Hawk: makes me wanna model really bad
Ananth: What’s that Hawk???
Ananth: You want to be a male model?!
Hawk: YES!
Hawk: I WANT TO MODEL NAKED
Hawk: I want to turn AG to a Hawk Porn site!

Hey guys! We really appreciate how quickly you hooked us up with the information we asked for, but WE NEED TO HANDLE THIS ON OUR OWN NOW. Someone already contacted the French Embassy, and it could prove detrimental to us further down the line. Please please please, under no circumstances take any more action on this (this means no contacting authorities, lawyers, or sending e-mails to this company on our behalf … if you’ve already done so, PLEASE LET US KNOW). From hereon out, this is something Hawk, myself, and Fred have to take care of.

Thanks again, please leave the rest to us!

Rant forthcoming.

Issue 211 is up.

My main computer, the one I use to color the comics, is still dead. I’m still waiting for the new parts. The scanner wasn’t working correctly on my laptop, spent an hour trying to fix it.

I’ll color the comic whenever my main computer starts working again.

EDIT: Wow, you guys are AMAZING. I take the Metro home from work, and by the time I got home, you had these people tracked down. We’ll handle it from here! THANKS SO MUCH!

This is a notebook that the reader found in France. There was this one and a few others with out images. I’ll copy and paste from the reader’s e-mail, because it outlines the situation rather well:

But the reason I’m mailing you… I went to France not long ago and I found a most peculiar item.

Now, given that the notepad I - admittedly - bought features an image of Pirokiko with a poorly added logo on her forehead, I assumed you’d probably not given your permission for the images to be used. Also, the image didn’t exactly look like it was printed from a high-def original PSD.

Now, as you guys know, this is pretty infuriating to any artist. We’re not going to flip out and type a stream of expletives in caps, though … we’re going to get to the bottom of this. To that end, if you’ve seen these around and have any information about them, please let us know immediately! This is not a small infraction; this is someone deliberately ripping off our work and then using it to make a profit.

IMPORTANT: The only lead we have is the barcode number on the bottom left … if anyone knows how to track that, we would be delighted to know.

Thanks in advance for the help. We’ll keep you guys updated …

Also, Fred Gallagher (Piro) of Megatokyo has been informed of this as well.

Longest shout-out list ever … in no particular order, except for this first part:

John Heaton + Otakon Staff: Thank you so much for being so accomodating! The whole con was a pleasurable experience thanks to you guys - we really appreciate it. *tips his hat to you*

Here’s some cool cats I met or re-encountered along the way:

Jodan: Was cool to chat w/ you - can’t wait to see Aesir Corp!
Shannon: Man, it was awesome meeting you! Cartwheels in the hall, right? You’re actually close by, so we’ll have to chill.
Arafel: Finally got to see you again! I’ll have to come out to some West Coast con to catch you and Meghan. ^_^
Melissa: Ahaha, without you, Dave Lister would dissolve in a sea of forgetfulness! It was great to meet you - I hope you come to future cons!

Okay … now, here’s shout-outs to comics + artists:

WTF HOW DID I FORGET Jamie Noguchi … I LOSE
Comedity
Dominic Deegan
Konsekai Swordwaltzer
Bunny
Mac Hall
Paradox Lost
Little Gamers
Instant Classic
Fallen
Chugworth Academy
Paper XI
Megatokyo
8-Bit Theater
Ctrl Alt Del
VGCats
Katie Bair
Morlock Enterprises
Joy Mason
Novablade Studios
Punks and Nerds
RPG World
Skirting Danger
Sic Productions
This Comic Sucks
Onezumi

WOW. LONGEST LIST EVER.

SO I SAW ALL THOSE PEOPLE THEY WERE AWESOME OH YEAH AND THEN STUFF HAPPENED K THX BYE

I’ll … post a report about what actually happened later this week. Also, if I left you off that list, just e-mail me and I’ll add you on … it’s nothing personal, I’m just rather scatter-brained.

More to come!