Too little time...

I still live, believe it or not, and I really wish I could say the cause of a lack of DM strips is that I've been fucking around.

Money got tight, so I decided that I'd take a work-for-hire gig, and write a chapter about 3D cameras, composition and movement in games for a college textbook.

This, is by far, one of the dumber ideas I've had in my life.

There are two types of sideline work I do as some of you know. Projects I do because I love it, or am challenged by it, regardless of how much (if at all) it pays. These are indugences and things that keep me artistically sane... the masturbation type of art.

Then there's 'Ho' work.. This kind of work is done strictly for the cash. The rule of thumb being, the amount it pays is directly proportional to how much of a pain in the ass, or how much work it will really be, because there is nothing enjoyable about it. The textbook goes into that category. Now the texbook was due in DECEMBER...

It's just NOW off my plate.

When I start calc'ing the rate that breaks down to, dividing what I'm getting paid, by how many hours I've spent on this... Well, it's below minimum wage. They like the work I did, and it came back with the least amount of editorial changes of any writing I hae ever done, passing the independant verification group with flying colors... but this was work. Like homework without the kegger party waiting for you saturday night to even it all out. Never again.

Deathmarch is now back in production and I hope to have strips back up soon. All I can tell you is, I'm sorry, the cause of the abscence hurt me more than the lack of strips hurt you.

hope everyone is well, and I hope your new year is full of exciting prospects and fun.