chuckles austen http://chucklesausten.com Most recent posts at chuckles austen posterous.com Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:54:44 -0800 It's Dead Jim... http://chucklesausten.com/dead-computers http://chucklesausten.com/dead-computers

I've been limping along with an old iMac for quite a while, now, being endlessly entertained by intermittent crashing, graphics problems, screens that suddenly go black, and the odd, distant sinister laugh...the usual pains and glitches of owning a computer, only moreso.

Well, apparently it was a bad logic board that finally quit hassling me and just lie down in the grass for a long rest. Sadly, finances being tight these days, and finding myself entirely reliant on technology to create my art and the ability to post, that meant no more Kirby and Me—or any other personal work—until I could buy a new one.

Well, I'm typing this on my brand new Mac, and all my old programs are up and running again, faster and better than before.

Kirby and Me returns...starting next week.

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Kirby_pants

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Kirby_frdeige_undies

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Kirby_remote_web

 

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Kirby_spell

 

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Kirby_errk_splat

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/798195/Chuck_Head_avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4TkaTc9tEX9n Chuck Austen Chuckles Austen Chuck Austen Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:41:25 -0800 Cute Drawings, part 2... http://chucklesausten.com/cute-drawings-part-2 http://chucklesausten.com/cute-drawings-part-2

Today is a second part to yesterdays strip. Read the one below, first.

Kirby_bunny_bones

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Kirby_theblood
I'm starting to get the hang of this.

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Kirby_words

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Kirby_dumb_cluck

My computer's working again.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/798195/Chuck_Head_avatar.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4TkaTc9tEX9n Chuck Austen Chuckles Austen Chuck Austen Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:57:06 -0800 It's Been A While http://chucklesausten.com/its-been-a-while http://chucklesausten.com/its-been-a-while

Hey! There hasn't been a Kirby in a while!

Kirby-and-bun
Here's the scoop.

I've been working out a process where I can do three to five strips a week, part-time, and I think I've finally got it nailed. But it requires a computer, a least one that works, which mine currently doesn't.

Kirby_new

But that may all be over. A week of repairs, an additional 2T of storage, several gigs of RAM later, and I may be back in business as soon as this Wednesday with regular updates. I'm getting excited!

Stay tuned...

 

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Guns are a controversial subject and always will be. I kept these down because of the recent events in Tucson, but decided to put them back up. There's no avoiding the controversy, even within my own home (and I'm betting within a lot of other homes) no matter when I put them up.

This one below was from when I was planning to add Kirby's stuffed animals to the strip as his imaginary friends. But I couldn't think of any way to do it that didn't feel like a Calvin and Hobbes rip-off, or pseudo Winnie The Pooh.

Of course, seeing Kane talk to and play with his stuffed animals in ways that absolutely crack me up—especially having the cute little guys fire imaginary weapons at each other, and pretending they blow each other up—alternately getting kissed and cuddled, or shot with darts, pellets, and popsicle-stick RPG's—it's just too funny, and I don't think there's any way I can avoid including them at some point, but I need a new angle before I do.

Kirby_and_friends

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Kirby_garage_door
Here's one I never posted because I imagined it as a part of a series. Then I never drew the series.

This all started as a way to get down the fun things my son does and says. Taking the time to make a series means I don't record the latest giggle, so I keep moving forward. Someday I'll put down the other ideas.

It's interesting to see the development of the art style in just these few months. I'm glad to see it's going forward in a direction I'm liking more all the time.

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Kirby_naked

 

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Kirby_old_man
Well, I've decided to submit Kirby and Me to a syndicate. To that end, I'm going to do them as more traditional, side-by-side panels here, for a while.

I'll let you know how it goes.

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I did a little cartoon last week and set it to auto-post here. But the auto-post failed to go up when it was supposed to, Friday afternoon, which perhaps would have been for the best.

It included a joke about guns. It was ironic and began an issue I wanted to deal with in Kirby, that of a mother who objects to her son playing with toy guns.

Saturday something obscene happened because of guns, and I was unaware because I was editing my post to get it up, which I finally did late last night.

Bad timing to say the least.

I have removed the cartoon and the blog and feel nothing but sorrow and sympathy for all affected by Saturday's events.

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Starting with this one, I changed the title to Kirby and Me.

It just sounded better.

I also formatted the art differently, which should make it look cleaner.

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Thank God for insomnia!

Shoulder problems, computer problems and the busy holiday season have kept me away from scanning and uploading for a while. But a little sleeplessness goes a long way. I'm hoping to get to a lot more personal stuff done in the coming weeks, including more Kirby.

Spacebar or the arrow to go forward, back arrow to go back.

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