Bardsworth

Bardsworth Update

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:45:52 -0800

2/1/12 - I suppose I should make a comment about the emperor's new clothes or something, but I'm not that witty or well-read. Case in point, I use nakedness for cheap laughs.

A major heads-up: In the next few weeks this site will be undergoing changes. The first will be to make the initial changeover to Comicpress, which will take place soon. Then the archives will be incomplete for a while as I go through and tag and publish each one to the site. I will try to keep a link up for the old archive. There will be other changes as well, but I'll go over them as we near them.

I will be trying to whip out a new wallpaper this weekend, so bear with me.

Lastly, I just want to say thank you to those of you have stuck around even though I've dropped down to one update a week. I have grand delusions of eventually getting back to two-a-week, but every time I think I might be able to, I learn that being a stay-at-home dad is harder than one would think. Not to mention my several other creative projects taking up time. But anyway, thank you. You people mean the world to me.

On that sappy note, I'll see you next week.

APPEARANCES

NonCon
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Feb. 18-20

Bardsworth Update

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:24:48 -0800

1/26/12 - I think this one speaks for itself.

I want to take a moment to mention that I have been asked to be a guest at NonCon this year, a convention that takes place at Vassar College (in New York) from February 18 to 20. This is the first con I've ever actually been asked to attend, so I am honored to go. If you live in the area please stop by to say hello and exchange fist bumps. I'm still unsure if I'm doing any panels or whatever, but I'll let you all know what's what when things are finalized.

I am steadily making progress on the file renaming. I'm about halfway through them all. Once that's done I have to tweak a few more things and the new site can go live. Huzzah!

See you next week as our grimble adventures continue!

APPEARANCES

NonCon
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Feb. 18-20

Bardsworth Update

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:55:30 -0800

1/19/12 - Would it have been funnier to have Danyel say, "Let's go fishing, chum!"?

I do apologize for yet another black and white strip, especially since I never colored the previous one. My time constraints have not let up much (Katie is still sick and now Gareth is cutting another tooth) and I've been working on a number of other projects at the same time. One of those is an overhaul to the site; I will be switching to Comicpress. For those of you who don't know what that means, basically it means that my site will be easier to maintain and it will provide a lot more functionality (like commenting on strips). I'm in the laborious process of renaming all of my strip files to the appropriate nomenclature, but as I have almost 700 strips at this point it's a long, long road. So stay tuned.

Also, I realize I have't put up a wallpaper for this month and I apologize for that as well (especially to those of you who still donated). I will try to have something good up for February. And one of these days I'll have one whipped up for a free download. It's been a while since I did one of those.

Now I need some sleep. See you next week.

Bardsworth Update

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:42:41 -0800

1/13/12 - Boom.

Backgrounds and colors to follow.

I may have scared some of you this past week with a particular tweet about a possible indefinite hiatus. I had a hard drive failure that was not fixable and ended up having to reformat the whole thing. Long story short, I lost my copy of Photoshop and wasn't sure I'd be able to continue doing the comic. Averted that crisis and I'm back on track. However, I lost time between all that and taking care of a sick wife and baby, hence the lack of color.

And I do apologize for continued lack of a shoutbox. I will be working in the coming weeks on a solution for that, but bear with me as it'll be slow going.

See you next week.

Bardsworth Update

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:35:01 -0800

1/5/12 - Starting the year off the way I didn't want to. I fully intended for this to be colored and up sooner than this, but I just got hit with my first cold/flu of the year, and I'm discovering how much it sucks to be sick and a stay-at-home dad. You can't call in sick for that job unfortunately. I will try to have the colored version up as soon as I can.

I'm also sorry about the lack of a shoutbox. Apparently the company that I was using it through, Shoutmix, has decided to no longer support the free version, which I was using. I will look into options, but it may take a while. In the meantime, if you want to leave comments about the strip, you can email me, tweet me, or leave comments on the Facebook page. The forum is still open as well, but that will be coming down one of these days, so don't rely on it.

By the way, in case any of you are interested and read my first ebook, Dark City, Dark Magic, I released the sequel over the holidays. It's called Dames and Diviners, and it's the continuing adventures of private investigator Rick Walker. You can pick up a copy at Smashwords or Amazon. As with the first novella, this story is a more adult one than Bardsworth, so expect some strong language and adult themes.

Take care, everyone!

Bardsworth Update

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:25:24 -0800

12/30/11 - Sorry, folks. The holidays are crazy, and apparently having a little one around makes it even crazier-go-nuts. So in the meantime, here's some fan art from shoutbox regular imafart. Many thanks for the artwork, sir! In the meantime, rest assured that the new strip has been started and should be up early next week (if all goes well).

Everyone have a safe and happy New Year!

Bardsworth Update

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:01:00 -0800

12/22/11 - Or, in the words of Bugs Bunny from days long since past: "Of course you know, this means war."

Well, I managed to get this one up before the week's end, but next week might be another story. Because of the holiday madness, traveling, and over-eating, I may have to resort to fan art once again. But we'll see.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

Bardsworth Update

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:49:08 -0800

12/16/11 - Yes, that's me in the second panel. If I were Mike I'd be horrified, too.

Just for giggles, here's a strip with an alternate fourth panel (some of you will get it, some of you won't).

Sorry this one was late again, but until the holidays are over I can't guarantee strips earlier in the week. I'm going to try, though, because I have some funny strips coming up soon and I want to get them out as quickly as possible.

See you when I see you.

Bardsworth Update

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:40:13 -0800

12/8/11 - In the words of Bart Simpson: "I can't promise I'll try, but I'll TRY to try."

Sorry about the very late strip this week, folks. The boy cut his first couple of teeth and we started the week on a rocky upward slope (read: very little sleep or time to do anything during the day). I will try (or TRY to try) to have this colored and a new strip up a little earlier than Friday next week.

See you when I see you.

Bardsworth Update

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:36:50 -0800

12/1/11 - A wonderful reader bought me some time this week by providing some awesome fan art of everyone's favorite grumpy fairy! It's been a while since I got fan art, so it was a welcome gift for this holiday season.

Speaking of the holiday season, I have a new donator wallpaper for y'all.

I know it's kind of cheeky to start asking for monthly donations when I didn't post a strip, but please keep in mind that not only is this a busy time of year, but monthly donations are helping us stay afloat financially. Besides, it's a really cute wallpaper.

See you next week with a strip (I promise).

Bardsworth Update

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:18:22 -0800

11/25/11 - It's not easy getting a compliment out of Danyel. You gotta take what you can get.

Managed to get this up before the week was over. I'm really trying to do more than one a week, but it's been a really tough (and stressful) couple of weeks. Hopefully soon I can get back to two a week.

In good news, I have a possible con appearance on the horizon. More details as things progress.

See you when I see you.

Bardsworth Update

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:12:01 -0800

11/18/11 - Wah-choo talkin' 'bout, Mike?

I had wanted to get this strip up in color earlier this week, but it's been one heck of a bad week for me. I'll spare you the details. However, more things are cropping up on the horizon, so bear with me as I navigate these crazy seas.

Thanks to everyone who has donated this month. I know it's a lot to ask of you to donate when I'm barely getting one strip done per week, but it's helping us out at a very rough time. As always, if you donated and you didn't get your wallpaper, please let me know.

See you when I see you.

Bardsworth Update

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:48:57 -0800

11/10/11 - I find it amusing that Danyel's first appearance in a while happens on strip #666.

As usual, I figured I'd get the black-and-white version up for your reading pleasure, and I will have colors done as soon as I can for your viewing pleasure.

I also have a new wallpaper available for this month, playing off of the current storyline. Here's a preview:

Remember, all donations and merchandise orders help us to continue eating and not get kicked out of our apartment.

See you when I see you.

Bardsworth Update

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:01:07 -0800

11/6/11 - Here's your Sunday/Monday update, depending on what day you saw it first. This strip was supposed to have gone up last week, but a myriad of things prevented me from finishing it on time. I'm going to try my hardest to get another strip up before the week ends, so stay tuned.

I'm also going to be trying to get a new wallpaper finished very soon. I have an idea that should be quick and easy to do, as well as hysterical. Stay tuned for that as well.

See you when I see you.

Bardsworth Update

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:32:32 -0800

11/6/11 - I wasn't planning on doing a Sunday update, but I had so many things get in the way of my completing the strip for last week - a fussy baby, a wedding, computer problems - that I figured I'd at least get the black-and-white strip up now and color it later. As always, thanks for your patience.

See you when I see you.