Sorry for the silence. I’m in a major shit hole right now. My wallet was stolen over the weekend. It had all my credit cards, cash, bank numbers, etc. So I have been dealing with a lot of crap right now.

I really dont have anything else to say right now.

Again, sorry for the lack of update.

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Comment by Arienna
2007-09-24 20:39:08

Oh gee’z, Hawk! O_O That’s awful. I’m impressed that you managed to get the Lite updated - I’d be in the corner howling.

 
Comment by Edward
2007-09-24 20:45:09

stolen you say that sucks. good luck shoveling all that crap.

 
Comment by Jason
2007-09-24 20:45:55

…That’s rough, man. Just…wow. I hope things start to look up for you soon.

 
Comment by Superkid11
2007-09-24 20:48:04

Oh fuck…
Man, I’d go insane had that happened to me. What about your ID card?
I hope it all works out soon, best possible luck with it.

 
Comment by Eudora
2007-09-24 21:05:51

oh dear…I’m sorry…
much much kudos for updating the AG Lite anyway. My wallet’s been stolen before too so I know a little bit what you’re going through. really hope it all works out in the end.

 
Comment by DUBA
2007-09-24 21:08:53

Sorry to hear about that, dude! I keep a chain on my wallet. And not just because it looks cool, either. It’s for the purpose of practicality…think about it…

Comment by Reynard
2007-09-26 18:16:09

Same here. More than once I’ve caught someone eyeing my back pocket, trying to figure out if they could get my wallet; but the chain seems to deter them and make them look for an easier mark.

 
 
Comment by HaloPure
2007-09-24 21:28:40

Hawk that sucks man, I hope everything works out and you brought a big enough shovel for all that shit, lol

 
Comment by Alaric
2007-09-24 21:29:54

I had my wallet stolen at gun point. It really sucks. I felt like I was somehow at fault when I had to go around proveing my identity to reclaim my driver’s license and bank account.

 
Comment by Kevin
2007-09-24 21:40:29

Dude that seriously sucks. No blame from our quarter, I’ve never had that happen but I can imagine that it would be tough. Best of luck to you man.

 
Comment by Kt
2007-09-24 21:45:39

It’s not been much of a good month for anyone, has it?
Go well, Hawk. It gets better. Go get some ice cream.

 
Comment by Diem
2007-09-24 21:47:53

That’s horrible! Ugh, I’ve had that happened. Good luck with everything and you’re doing an awesome job with the comics. :]

 
Comment by Tirnan
2007-09-24 21:53:07

I’m really sorry to hear that. Hope everything gets worked out, man.

 
Comment by Cowboy Jess
2007-09-24 21:57:08

Everything will get better.

 
Comment by Claudia
2007-09-24 22:19:09

Sorry to hear about that. Man you love us to much to still even put up the AG lite… Hope you get everything back to normal soon. :hugs: feel better Hawk…

 
Comment by weatherguy
2007-09-24 22:50:59

Aw man, that sucks! Perhaps you can invent some sort of “paperwork crap shoveling machine?” ;)

Hmmm…. I think it must be the full moon… I’m sitting here working on my laptop, as my apartment key stopped working…. It worked fine this morning, and when I return home tonight, it won’t turn to unlock the door! Now to wait for Maintenance to let me in…

And this comes after failing a major midterm exam this morning, finding out I just barely eeked by on another test, studying for one that’s tomorrow that I don’t expect to pass, and then there are two more tests on wednesday and friday…….. That, and my 2.5-year-old Nintendo DS decided that it doesn’t want me to use the top screen anymore - there’s a big green stripe right across the middle of the screen…. Anyone know of a good place to get a used DS Lite? Oh, and I can’t forget my nice, tiny, iMac-white 2 GB flash drive that failed - taking about 10 hours worth of homework and other work with it… and a file recovery tool I used couldn’t recover all of the files….. What a crappy day.

Anyway, I’ve never had anything stolen - apart from a GBA game (Rest in piece, Golden Sun… wherever you are…), an umbrella, and an insulated water bottle… (honestly, what jerk steals a water bottle??) Good luck, Hawk.

PS: That Applegeeks Lite really brightened up my utterly crappy day - thanks!

Comment by Squeeks
2007-09-27 11:33:25

hey weatherguy, would you like a copy of Golden Sun? I’ve got one kicking around (GBA) that I haven’t played in years. Free of charge, no strings. Just send me an email: the.forward.thinking.duck@hotmail.com

Squeeks

 
 
Comment by Jay
2007-09-24 22:55:45

Dood. . .i’m prayin 4 ya man…you will get it back!

 
Comment by Suki
2007-09-24 22:58:14

damn cancel all credit cards asap! hope you get it back though there are people like that. one way to not let it be stolen is those chain wallets so its always connected to your pants

 
Comment by Jason Kidrowski
2007-09-24 23:51:00

man, that blows hawk. no food now this. :( thats some shity luck on your part. i’ve never had anything like tha stolen, but i can imagine the pain i would be in if i did. :( good luck on sorting things out bud.

-Zeig

 
Comment by Robert
2007-09-24 23:52:26

I bet it was the turkey! Or maybe the squrriel! Yeah he always shows up this time of the year! JK! But don’t worry much. Cause Credit Cards only have your name and Card number on it nothing else. As long as you cancel them right away you should be fine! But I say GET THAT TURKEY! HE IS MOCKING YOU!

 
Comment by Robert Maxwell
2007-09-24 23:54:27

P.S. I forgot to add that you should really turn around and change your account number to be on the safe side for your bank stuff! Otherwise watch out for the squrriel he is tricky! One Stole my corn nuts this morning! I’ll get him for that!

 
Comment by Chris Giddings
2007-09-24 23:54:59

DUDE!!! That sucks major! I had my wallet stolen in San Francisco last winter. Sucked balls. Ended up waiting a while and dealing with more security at the airport… but at least I put holds on everything with my CC companies and my bank so they could track whoever stole it. As far as I know they didn’t do anything with it. Must have just wanted cash.

Hope yours turns out like mine.

Comment by Ananth
2007-09-25 10:09:49

Huh - were you able to get on the plane, in the end? How did they ID you?

Comment by Chris Giddings
2007-09-25 14:16:37

I was able to get on the plane in the end. Apparently you’re not required to have ID to travel within the US, just outside of it. As a response though, the put you through a lot more security.

I was only able to get on the plane as a result of having my return ticket with me. Otherwise I would have been SOL and maybe have had to take AmTrak or something.

Comment by ugh
2007-09-25 17:10:55

I know when I was flying and had just switched my license over in Texas (where they mail you your photo version, talk about antiquated) they issued a temp Id piece that with that in addition to having the photo ID issued from my work they let me on the plane.

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Comment by Patrick
2007-09-25 00:31:41

Get your credit frozen or your credit cards outright cancelled. Warn the bank, open a new account and transfer most/all of what you have to those new accounts. Keep some in the old accounts if there are any automated payments pending (pending would be in the next 2-3 months. Some places take a -long- time to register the paperwork). In six months, contact one of the big 3 companies and put your credit on alert or on the watch list, however they call it. Basically they’ll keep an eye on anything financial with your name on it. Card thiefs and ID thiefs are known to keep some informations and cards silent for about six to nine months before using them, hoping that the original owner didn’t notice and thought s/he just misplaced those cards.

Good luck, going through that is never fun. I really hope you didn’t have anything with your SSN in your wallet otherwise you’re in deep doo-doo.

Comment by Key
2007-09-25 07:25:48

This guy makes a lot of sense. Here’s hoping they just wanted your cash though. Good luck Hawk.

 
 
Comment by Zanaan
2007-09-25 00:50:02

Sorry to hear about that Hawk, hope you get everything straightened out, I know how much of a pain it can be.

 
Comment by Cael
2007-09-25 01:14:03

Hey many, don’t worry about it, real life happens, we understand that, or at least we should. Hope things get sorted out.

 
Comment by victor vu
2007-09-25 01:35:56

haha, now that you’ve learned your lesson, put a chain on ur wallet connected to ur pants. i lost my cellphone (twice)and my wallet too. it had my social security #. thats the worse thing that can ever happen. but i live in a nice neighborhood with decent people that i know. i got my stuff back without the invasion of privacy. such nice people. well, after that, i never brang a wallet again. i would only carry the amount i would need for each day. nothing more and nothing less.

 
Comment by Joshua Rey Flowers
2007-09-25 01:50:31

Crap, man that sucks. I remember when my ipod nano got stolen, I went around beating the crap out of everyone who had a silver 4 gig nano just to check if it was mine… never did find it though.
Crap, I know its not much consolation, but I feel your pain.

ps Thanks for pushing though, you’re pretty damn tough to continue with updates when you feel so bad.

 
Comment by Luis
2007-09-25 01:59:37

wow, had that happen once, new license and everything, the other time it hapened it wasn’t actually stolen, i dropped it and it got mailed to me, with everything in it, maybe there is luck maybe not, but i hope everything goes alright for you man! life just ucks like that i guess, but there will be better days ahead. i promise.

 
Comment by Walter
2007-09-25 02:02:40

That really sucks, but sh!t like that sometimes happens. Here’s hoping that it turns up with no problems attached. Life comes first and I’m sure all of us, loyal readers, will understand that.

 
Comment by Sarah
2007-09-25 02:12:33

That sucks. Hope nothing else gets taken since they have all your cards and junk. Good luck with that.

 
Comment by TigerZahn
2007-09-25 02:23:08

Damn! It seems to be the season for all the shit to fall, doesn’t it? Second person in about a week I’ve heard something similar happen to….

 
Comment by iHank
2007-09-25 02:35:27

Aww man, bummer, good luck with all that stuff.
Did ya get the cards blocked or something already?

 
Comment by CKOanime
2007-09-25 03:47:48

*Cries* Noo.WAs it at teh con? Cause if I had known it was gone I would try my best helping you man. Sorry to have heard that. I wish I could do something >_

 
Comment by Durshka
2007-09-25 04:23:13

:( Sorry to hear aboot your wallet dude, I know all the extra hassle and crap that comes out of that happening. Times like these though, don’t worry aboot the comic!! We all know that you have a life apart from AG! Even if atm it’s not doing too well :(

*hugs*

 
Comment by Magic Weaver
2007-09-25 04:48:59

*ouch* sorry to hear that, it was nice of you to update us on the lack of recent updates (other than AG Lite that is). Hope things don’t get to rough with the banks and such; also hoping you get things going smoothly again soon.

I know it’s Ramadhan, so perhaps patience is the order of the week :)

*Hands Hawk the biggest shite shovel he has*

 
Comment by Vman
2007-09-25 05:03:20

Nobody messes with Hawk grab the chains bots we got us a wallet to find!

 
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Comment by j4k
2007-09-25 07:12:42

DAMN EVIL NINJA’S!!!

 
Comment by Tal
2007-09-25 07:20:17

Just had my wallet go missing a few weeks ago myself, I know what a pain it can be… and I only had ONE major card of value along with my IDs.

That’s gotta be a pain, sorry man.

 
Comment by Tim
2007-09-25 07:23:32

In the event of stolen credit cards; remember that if you canceled them when you found out they were stolen, you’re only legally responsible for $50 worth of whatever charges were made on them. The companies cannot legally (though they might try) make you pay for the rest of the charges they may have been used for.

 
Comment by EvilLittleGnome
2007-09-25 07:46:16

Good luck getting your stuff sorted out!

 
Comment by InsaneDrako
2007-09-25 08:23:12

I’ve had a few scares of losing my wallet.. Its a feeling I really hate. All the cards, all the important stuff.. But, its all stuff you can get back though ( even though its a shitty process ), and i’m hoping you can get everything fixed up as soon as possible without too many issues. Good luck!!

 
Comment by SpydrTog
2007-09-25 08:41:39

That’s really lame man, Hopefully you have credit/account protection for unauthorized uses.

 
Comment by Synthetic
2007-09-25 08:58:19

Just push on man… hopefully things look up for ya…

 
Comment by David
2007-09-25 09:17:13

that suckz -.- I hope you blocked the cards soon enougth.

peace,
David from Germany

 
Comment by Suzanna
2007-09-25 09:19:23

That really sucks, Hawk. It’s great, though, that you got AG Lite updated, though. I’m sure it’ll all turn out all right in the end.

 
Comment by kwadwo
2007-09-25 09:20:53

I’m sorry to hear this but just keep it all in perspective the sweet isn’t as sweet without the sour and in time things will be right again, I kno how it feels to be on both ends of the spectrum losing the wallet and all and I’m not trying to be an optimist but keep your chin up, happy halo 3 day.

 
Comment by marsonkhan
2007-09-25 10:12:58

Sorry to hear about your trouble. Fortunately there’s only one Hawk - let the thief beware! The net has been mobilized!

One friendly piece of advice for the future: If you don’t have a passport, get one once you get your other IDs back. Since that is something you mostly keep at home, it’s easy to prove your identity if other things get lost / taken.

 
Comment by MHR
2007-09-25 10:41:58

sorry to hear that, I suppose you reported to all banks so they would cancel the CC and denie any attemp to take money off your accounts. At least most of those guys look for cash only and dispose of everything else.

 
Comment by Deooirian
2007-09-25 11:01:01

i think its more important you try to get your life back right now so i think us fan can understand a set back in updates.

 
Comment by Blaze
2007-09-25 11:13:08

Hey man you do what you need to do. We’ll be here waiting for your Triumphant return…

 
Comment by Erin
2007-09-25 11:59:30

ugh, i feel your pain, mine disappeared with my social security card it it! so if anyone finds some stupid gangster posing as a skinny white girl it probably my card. :P

 
Comment by Matthew
2007-09-25 12:42:23

hey man I dont mind waiting, take your time to get everything sorted out. We’ll still be here when you get back.

 
Comment by ladyrazorsharp
2007-09-25 13:15:03

Oh, Hawk, that’s horrible!! D= I feel your pain. I’ve had my wallet stolen once and then I had my car broken into and someone stole my day planner, which had some info in it (along with some CDs, one of which was my Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex soundtrack…jerks)…my wallet had not only my driver’s license and my ATM card (called right on the spot to cancel it) but a pass to get on the military base where I work. THAT was sure fun to try and redo. =P My planner was a little scarier…I changed my account numbers and everything, put my credit on watch…scary. Now I don’t put ANYTHING in my planner except “if lost call this number” and nothing else. No medical plan numbers, no car insurance numbers, not even my school ID.

I even got my vehicle tags stolen off my car once–the little stickers that let the cops know that you’ve paid your registration for the year. Had to go get new license plates. GRRRRRRRR. Mean people.

 
Comment by CyburNetiks
2007-09-25 13:33:19

Man, suck. Look on the bright side though, if they stole your wallet, chances are they were after easy cash and not your identity. Identity theifs typically don’t want you to know something is wrong untill they’ve zipped out with the money. At least this way you can take pre-emptive action.

 
Comment by RichardK
2007-09-25 16:31:31

For future reference, get a wallet chain. a little tedious changing it from pants to pants, but worth it as this situation wont happen again.

 
Comment by Jesse
2007-09-25 17:03:45

And you still manage to get the Lite done. Good job, man.
Good luck getting it recovered, somehow.

 
Comment by quarky
2007-09-25 17:40:45

We live in the same neighborhood Hawk. Let me know if you need a hug.

 
Comment by Don
2007-09-25 18:23:08

That sucks. hope everythin’ turns out ok.

 
Comment by Funnyman
2007-09-25 20:58:47

Your dedication to applegeeks awes me in spite of your circumstances. Someone get this guy a Big Mac with fries and a diet cola!

Comment by Corey
2007-09-26 01:29:48

Dude, no big mac! He needs KFC! And there’s still another 2 weeks left in Ramadan. I feel so bad for you man, hope everything turns out okay.

 
 
Comment by m.henry
2007-09-25 21:01:51

sorry hawk, that freakin bites. hope you get your wallet & stuff back, without any credit issues to worry about.

 
Comment by Anthony Zirpoli
2007-09-25 21:58:06

Wow, sorry to hear about that man. Good luck with everything.

 
Comment by Nyxii
2007-09-25 22:55:27

I would hunt the fucker down and beat the shit out of him :3

 
Comment by Cihan
2007-09-26 09:05:28

Dude, do what it takes to get your life back on track. We all appreciate that you even updated AG Lite, but it isn’t necessary. Do what you need to do, and when you’ve finally sorted all the worry-some stuff out, then continue with the comic if you so choose :P.

 
Comment by Leslie
2007-09-26 12:29:48

Don’t know if I’ve ever commented but I’m a big fan of your work and I’m sorry to hear that someone did that. I hope you can get everything sorted out. Take your time and come back when your ready.

 
Comment by Ray Duran
2007-09-26 12:30:22

What he said ^^^

Seriously, take care of it. Don’t worry about us! =)

 
Comment by Chronomancer
2007-09-26 13:59:00

Yeah, we can wait. It’s not like we’re rabid fanboys or anything… XD Good Luck with sorting all that stuff out, hawk.

And whoever did that deserves a hulk smash, lol.

 
Comment by nico
2007-09-26 16:03:42

any news on retrieving/salvaging your wallet hawk?

 
Comment by Jay
2007-09-26 16:15:18

User protection rocks most credit and bank cards offer protection like a mug it helps with over the limit fees and theft.other then that cancel change your account number and get a new card isssued and go up to ure bank and personally square it away with ure debit.

 
Comment by Alix
2007-09-26 16:15:36

I’m really sorry about your wallet. *gives hug* I hope you get everything sorted out and that things start getting better. Also, good job on updating the AG Lite. ^_^

 
Comment by Jules
2007-09-26 16:29:21

That totally sucks, Hawk! I couldn’t imagine how much of an annoyance that has to be. I hope all works out. I’m keeping this in my thoughts.

 
Comment by Nanashi
2007-09-26 16:31:06

Oh God that sucks. You have my deepest sympathies. My bf had his wallet stolen a while back so I understand what you’re going through. Good luck with everything.

 
Comment by jessica
2007-09-26 18:33:30

Ill buy a blood hound just to find it for you hawk. and then i will throw my cat at the person who stole it. she was never declawed and is cyco in every way that she would love to kill someone.

 
Comment by Mac
2007-09-26 18:37:45

I hope that you can get everything taken care of before anything comes of it. Never nice to hear someone got something stolen. Hope things get better in a hurry.

 
Comment by stephanie
2007-09-26 19:04:29

wow…that sucks… >

 
Comment by mike
2007-09-26 19:17:52

hope karma treats you better, if you belive it that is… on another note, I’d like to have a one on one email chat with you, I’m starting a project. but to actually do anything I need your ok. cuz I’d like to use “Eve”. you got my e-mail, contact me if you can.

 
Comment by Cyezero
2007-09-26 19:23:00

Sorry to hear about your wallet Hawk. Hope no one tries to steal your identity with that information.

 
Comment by mike
2007-09-26 22:10:42

thanks in advance for contacting me. if you do, that is. I’d really like to get your aprooval on this.

 
Comment by Katelyn
2007-09-26 22:44:14

That sucks soooo bad…sorry to hear about it.

 
Comment by Kida
2007-09-26 23:13:08

Poor Haque D=

Don’t worry, we’ll find him, Holmes style -puts pipe in mouth- >

 
Comment by Lucy
2007-09-26 23:36:48

Man don’t worry! Life first, comic second (or third, twentieth, etc… depending) anyhoo… hope everything works out fine! good luck

 
Comment by Alex
2007-09-27 00:03:21

Dang man, need a few bones? I think I’ve got a five if ya need it.

 
Comment by Jared
2007-09-27 09:24:05

Hope you find it man… Do you have any updates on this? It’ll all work out well for ya, one way or another; I’m sure of it! ^_^

 
Comment by Deadeye
2007-09-27 09:31:37

Same thing happened to me once, hope it will end well for ya m8

 
Comment by Hickypuff
2007-09-27 10:04:22

It’ll work out, it’s a matter of paperwork! that’s all! no one died! (perhaps one or two bureaucrats will, during the progress though, hehehe)

Chin up and Cheer up Hawk!

 
Comment by Jowzer
2007-09-27 11:52:29

Things will work out in the end…at least that’s what everyone tries to tell me…Like when I turned my cheek into mush in a bike accident.

As for the wallet, I know it’s been said before, Hopefully good luck will come to you. You seem to be a good person and bad things shouldn’t happen to good people. Make sure that you don’t worry about the comic, because this doesn’t make you any money.

Be well

 
Comment by Cathal
2007-09-27 12:21:34

Holy crap.. sorry to hear about it sir! Good luck, I guess.. hope you don’t lose much to them (besides the wallet, of course).. do you use Chip&Pin in the US yet? :( Bastard thieves..

 
2007-09-27 12:57:13

Oh, wow. @.@ Huge sympathies, Hawk; that happened to me once and it was hell. I hope you get it all sorted out quickly!

 
Comment by Jih
2007-09-27 14:08:23

Stolen from..ugh that sucks, patience man, patience, it happened in Ramadan I’m sure Allah’ll give you something better :)

 
Comment by Arcblade
2007-09-27 14:29:37

Hawk, man… you’re awesome. Chill out, figure out what to do. I don’t want to hear you’ve gotten sick or sommat from trying to do both comic and whatever work you need to do to get stuff fixed up.

Peace.

~Arc

 
Comment by IanJ
2007-09-27 15:04:48

damn that sucks buddy, but things tend to turn around just remember to call up every single CC company and report it all stolen

 
Comment by Jesse
2007-09-27 15:56:55

And though you got all your stuff stolen, you still manage to put up a filler and a Lite. That takes some serious dedication. For the second time, good luck getting it all recovered!

 
Comment by Lairy
2007-09-27 16:11:52

its all good.

 
Comment by chicho
2007-09-27 17:03:40

100th comment. They do love you Hawk =3

 
Comment by Andreas
2007-09-27 17:13:54

Damn that sucks. Hope you can get it all straightened out. I know it can really suck. My mother had to try and straighten out an identity theft case.

 
Comment by Haruko
2007-09-27 17:58:44

If we didn’t live in seperate parts of the country, I could offer my services. I have a way of finding things.

 
Comment by yannick
2007-09-27 18:51:21

oh cheer up, it’s just a wallet, block the cards and get new ones and it’s fixed, it’s not the end of the world you know

 
Comment by JT Cool
2007-09-27 18:58:40

Dude. You are Mohammad Fucking Haque (O_0 I’m freaking out if that is actually what the middle initial is)

I consider you a celebrity and I demand justice!

 
Comment by Izzy
2007-09-27 20:09:42

Wow, I can’t believe that despite the crap you’re dealing with, you found the time and energy to do today’s comic. You’re great! Hope every thing smooths over soon.

 
Comment by Cay
2007-09-27 22:15:29

As you can see everyone here feels for you, and worries about your well-being. Kinda creepy considering that some have never even met you, but fan-dome was never meant to make much sense. I send my regards on your situation, and wish you the best in resolving it. I figure you’ve heard the same advice enough by now, just hope you’ve followed the basics. Good luck with the bureaucratic bull cookies.

 
Comment by Superkid11
2007-09-27 23:44:46

I know I already posted, but man, this happened and you still did a new comic and 2 AG lites through it. You’re a hell of a guy, best possible luck getting through this. :(

 
Comment by underwearninja
2007-09-28 00:57:27

wow man lemme justsay if i was the persone who stole it, after i found out ehose it was i’d stick it in yer mailbox with everything inside it. (of corse there are no big comics, some things are more important than an online comic. do what you need to, the loyal ones (myself included) will be here when you return)

 
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