I can see how this comic can be confusing, mostly if you’re a new reader. So I suggest that you read these particular issues…

Issue 202, Issue 231, and Issue 234. Actually, Issue 202 explains it all =)

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, all that jazz. ;)

Now, since we didn’t do Christmas material, I’ve decided to mooch it off of everyone else.

Dominic Deegan: Truly, Mookie, you are the King of Puns.

Professor Chugworth has provided his readers with a creepy Christmas card. No, Dave, it’s creepy.

Little Gamers provides us with the most deformed Santa Claus there ever was.

So I finally swung by Hawk’s house to check out the Cintiq. All I have to say is, what the fuck. I’m so pissed at myself for not coming by to check it out sooner. Hawk had been telling me all about it, and I think in the back of my head I had been thinking, “Well, it sounds cool, but it can’t be that cool.” Man oh man, was I wrong.

There is almost no learning curve, because once you sit down with the tablet, it’s like drawing on paper. Hawk had me fool around with Alias Sketchbook Pro, which is meant for TabletPC, but it adapts beautifully to the Cintiq. Drawing with it feels a lot like drawing with a pencil - it responds to pressure and tilt very much like the real thing. After Alias, we pulled my file into Painter and fooled around with it. The Cintiq adapts especially nicely to Painter - since Painter is so deeply based in real media, being able to interact with the tools like you are using the real thing is a great advantage. I did a quickie sketch of Shannon … I have to say, though, someone who sits down and learns the ins and outs of this equipment will be able to do some amazing things.

And here’s a picture of me messing with it - the lighting in Hawk’s room is sweet.

I confess that I mostly just wanted to see Hawk draw the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

It has been pointed out to me that a funny Wikipedia reference is here. If we could not tickle your funny bone, I’m sure they will. ;)

The comic is up. I’m pretty tired and I have to wake up early for work, so I’ll post the color version later.

Yes, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is on Wikipedia.

Enjoy.

Applegeeks shirts are now available at the Megagear site. We are now selling Power Shirts, Silent Nut Attack shirts, andbabydoll RAWR tees for the ladies. Hopefully,the Power bandanas will up on the site in the nextfew days. Once again, I would like thank Fred and Sarah forhelping us out with the store and merchandises.

I ended my Fall semester last Saturday and now I’mon my Winter Break for about a month. I wish Icould say I’ll be resting during the break. But weall know the truth, I’ll be working full time. Ihave to pay for college somehowright? I got one more semester to go, after thatI’ll be done for good. Don’t worry, I’ll try mybest to keep up with the comic schedule.

In the next couple of days, I’ll be setting up apre-order page for “The Art of Hawk” book. Themoney from the pre-orders will help me pay theprinter. I’ll link to the pre-order page once Ihave that up and running.

Well, I better get back to work. So I’ll end thispost with a picture of Gabby. She an AG reader anda Mac user. Rock on! =)

Haha, so they found these fake iPod shuffles from Luxcorp. Real … uh, real good job not looking suspicious, guys. Keep it up! *thumbs up*

This is a fascinating read: The story of cells that will live forever

My parents tell me NYC is a madhouse right now

Also, I found this stupid site on the internet. Check it out.