So Here's The Deal.

Today is the last day of February, which means that it will be the second month in a row where I've failed to meet my obligation for Sunday strips for our premium members. The last two months have been a blur of travel and freelance work, and I've fallen behind on just about everything that is important to me. Those of you who follow these sorts of things know that I've been freelancing as a web developer for the last year or so. I had quit my full-time job in the hopes that freelancing would allow me a more flexible schedule and permit me to work on Goats inbetween projects. That strategy completely failed. Demand for my freelancing services continued to increase, and I was unable to keep the flood under control. It began to eat into my cartooning time. After I missed the Premium deadline last month, I knew it was time to do something about it.

So, after some heart-to-hearts with Arnaud and Mike, they've agreed to bring me on board their design firm for three days a week, providing me with some stable income, but more importantly, providing me with two days a week that I can fully devote to Goats. Combined with evenings and weekends, I'm hopeful that this will allow me to catch up on all of our various projects and fulfill my responsibilities to you guys.

My primary goal is to catch up on Sunday strips; hopefully by the end of the month we'll be back on track. I want to thank all of our Premium folks for not lynching me and being so understanding. We've got a lot of great stuff planned, and I'm itching to work on it.

As a reward for your patience, I want to share with you a piece of work that's taken up a lot of my February. My friends Marc and Marjorie are getting married next month, and they've honored me by asking me to illustrate their Ketubah (a central part of a Jewish wedding is the signing of the Ketubah, a marriage contract granting the woman various rights in the partnership). Click the detail below for the full illustration.