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I am now up to page 3 of my still untitled webcomic. I didn’t make the 2nd page available when I finished it because I felt it was too dull on its own. Anyway, here’s a teaser panel from the newest one:

It has been a while since I put up that first page, so I strongly suggest readers start at the beginning of the story and read all three pages in sequence. I still don’t have a title or url for my comic, and I haven’t built a finished site yet. Come to think of it, none of my characters even have names yet! Well, one of them does, but I won’t spoil the surprise by mentioning it here. I still have a lot of work to do, so it looks like I am going to miss my March 1 launch date. It’s taking me about a week and a half to do each page from start to finish, and I’d like to launch with at least 5. I hope y’all like what I’ve done so far…

Here is the card I made Vanessa for Valentine’s Day this year:

In case it isn’t obvious, this is supposed to be a reference to the famous scene in the Disney movie, Lady and the Tramp. The gorillas were supposed to be nonchalantly looking away, just as they do in the movie right before they accidentally kiss. However, here it looks as though they are breaking fourth wall, anxiously waiting for the viewer to go away so they can eat their banana in peace. While this wasn’t what I was going for when I drew it, I think its kind of funny.

Here is the card Vanessa made for me:

Today is both Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year, and CNY actually has special significance for the wife and I. We started dating on Chinese New Year 5 years ago. While the date of this holiday changes every year, we like to observe it as one of our anniversaries, along with the day we met, and our actual wedding. Vanessa did a pretty good job drawing the dragons, didn’t she? She is a biology instructor at MIT, and I always say that she’s way better at art than I am at biology!