N.U.S. August 11, 2004

Well, as some of you may have noticed, I didn't update on Tuesday. I thought about doing it, but realized that since I posted on SUNDAY not everyone may have read Nienna's introduction and it is kind of important seeing as she's not going anywhere for awhile. So I thought I'd use the downtime to get ahead on some comics. I have attempted this before and it always ends in total failure. But perhaps THIS time, I will triumph!

In the meantime, I am totally angry at my computer. I was running Photoshop yesterday and the machine crashed. Not a HUGE deal, but when I rebooted, the )4\/n screen went all wonky. I run on a 1024X768 setting and now everything on both sides is squished and the middle is all stretched out. Also, I can no longer go higher than this current setting but I can go down to 800X600, which appears normal. I can't figure out what is wrong. I can't PAY someone to fix it, and I have no one I can ask for help! THIS pH4r91\ piece of 5-4+ is REALLY making me mad! IF YOU KNOW HOW I CAN FIX THIS, PLEASE EMAIL ME!

In other news, I have been enjoying Tales of Symphonia (Gamecube) on my downtime and I have to tell you, it's friggin incredible. Not only is it a lot of fun especially for an RPG, but it's got a great stroy and exercises the full potential of the Gamecube graphics chip. This game is sweet! The best thing is it does a lot of things right that I think Final Fantasy (another great RPG series) does wrong. For example, you can set yourself as any character, even though the main one is, and will always be, Lloyd. What I mean is, you can switch out which character you control in the overworld and in battle (the battle is a real-time Soul Calibur 2 style) which can lead to different types of levels for your characters and titles, and...oh, just try it out already! I took a chance buying it and I have not been disappointed.

Well, this was a long one, so I'd better get going. Kev OUT!

N.U.S. August 8. 2004

Okay, I probably should have waited for Tuesday to upload this one, but I decided that if I dated it yesterday and uploaded it today MAYBE no one would notice. I am of course, undoubtedly mistaken cause you people are smarter than that.

Okay, okay, so I just wanted to post it and get it over with. I like this comic a lot. It's actually been done since last week, but the layout has been KILLER. I finally had to re-arrange the entire thing and cut out one of my favorite panels. Ah well, such are the hazards of a forced-limited layout space.

I still haven't gotten any new shirt pre-orders. I guess no one wants them, so I suppose it WAS a good thing that I didn't have them run after all. The problem is, SOMEONE (you know who you are, N2) already sent me some money despite the fact that I can't take any cause I don't really plan on RUNNING the shirt until I get all the pre-orders filled.

*sigh* It's such a hard life being a poor web comic artist.

N.U.S. July 27, 2004

As some of you may be aware, the comic is a little late. I'm not sure what happened, but some negligent fool on my ordinarily crack team of comic...er...people....forgot to write and draw the darned thing. A full investigation has been underway for hours and my team is closing in on the one responsible. I'm being told now, via radio, that my team is about to deliver the notice of the poor saps' notice of termination.

What? Oh thanks. What's this? Oh....It appears I have just been fired.

Well, the comic will be up soon anyway. I guess I'd better clean out my desk. Wait! I don't EVEN HAVE A DESK! MY LIFE IS A LIE!

Oh yeah, there's only ONE Newscast shirt left! If you want it, you'd better hurry up and order it! Good luck!

N.U.S. July 24, 2004

Greetings Newscast fans!

Well, first I want to express my sheer joy at creating a comic that I actually am quite happy with. I mean, that middle panel, I don't like to gloat, but I get a tingle up my spine when I look at it. I am just really really happy with it. *sigh*

I feel really bad for T.B. I mean, every other day since Kioko fell from the sky, he's been blown up, and had his wardrobe reduced to shreds. I guess it's not so bad when you only have one white shirt, purple tie (?) and khaki pants but still, pretty inconvienient.

Speaking of shirts, we are up to 9 pre-orders which means there are only a handful left! If you want one, PLEASE make sure to submit your request via the link on the shirt page ASAP! I would like to stress that these are PRE-ORDERS and that if they don't fill up, the shirt will not get run.

Anyway, back to the drawing board. Enjoy the Newscastery for today, I know I am.

N.U.S. July 22, 2004

Well, it's Thursday again, and we all know what that means. Yes, I have been up since 5 a.m. and I'm in a MURDEROUS mood. The comic is going slowly this week, cause I have been a tad behind on homework, but I should have a good bead on it before I go to bed.

Last night, I tried to watch Saint Tail, what a load that was. Now I'm trying out "All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl: Nuku Nuku DASH!" I'll give a report on that as soon as it's done.

 

N.U.S. July 20, 2004

Well, the comic is finally up. Better late than never right? Thing is, I had a major internet outage lasty night which prevented me from doing ANYTHING let alone uploading a comic. The other thing of course is that the A/C units all over my complex have gone out rendering it approxamately 4,000,000 degrees ferenheight in my apartment. YOU try drawing a comic when you stick to every surface (including the carpet).
 
However, on the plus side of things, I picked me up an SNES last night for an undisclosed price that can only be described as "Kick Ass". It was totally refurbished, and works great. I also got some games I've been sorely missing:

Super Mario World
TMNT 4: Turtles in Time (best TMNT game EVER)
Aladdin
Jurassic Park
Ranma 1/2 Hard Battle
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
 
Yeah, I own LoZ:LttP on GBA but man, I have an SNES now! Gotta have the card man. It's my patriotic duty! Anyway, back to the gridstone I guess. Enjoy the comicage.

N.U.S. July 19, 2004

Well, it's Monday (2:30 a.m.) and I have been as unproductive as ever this past weekend. I usually have Sundays to work, but I was called into GameZone to help shoot a commercial and will probably be spending the next few Sundays down there working on a special project. I urge any of you that have the ability to get to 35th Ave and Peoria here in Phoenix Arizona to come down and see it when it's done.
 
The T-Shirt information is finally all up and the comic will be done ASAP. I already have it written and I just really need to spend some time drawing it. Of course, that will be tommorow most likely, sometime before or after work. I am gonna work on it a bit before bed so I can be all ready for tommorow.
 
School is back in full force and true to my nature, I have not done a single one of my homework assignments yet. HA HA HA HA HA...ha ha ha......ha.........ha.......... I need to get into the swing of things and I will. Oh yes, and the comic is going to start being done weeks in advance so I don't have to worry about it so much.
 
Here's hoping those shirts go well! I hope everyone who wants one gets one.
 
-Kevin N.

N.U.S. July 17, 2004

This is the first post on the Newscast Update Status Blog. I don't know if I'll keep this, but I may and for now I am just trying it out so...deal with it.
 
I finally got done with Newscast #32 which has been over 3 weeks in the making. I am not entirely happy with it or proud of it, but it's done and that's what it's important. The next one is already in the works and it's going well.
 
Hobgoblins is now on my computer! r0><><0r!