I decided on what printer I was going to get, and went out to get it… and ran into the slight snag of none of the places I checked having it, including the one where I saw it before. But they said their store in Wilkes-Barre had them in stock, so I’ll probably get it tomorrow.

Fortunately, I’ve been working ahead a little bit, so today’s strip went up on schedule… and so did today’s new reader request bonus strip, which has the Chef’s pet on the loose, following the previous bonus. Thank You to everyone who’s been voting!

Today’s bonus isn’t the next reader request strip, where the Chef has a pet that gets loose on the station… but it’s leading into it. If you want to see what’s been requested (and maybe add a request of your own), check out the forum.

A little background information on how I draw the strip: The first part is on the computer, where I type the words into empty panels. I print this out, draw the strip in the panels, and scan it back in.

This weekend the printer seemed to be running a little low on ink – last time this happened, I discovered printer cartridges for it aren’t as easily available as they used to be, so I used a refill kit instead. I refilled the cartridge again, but the ink doesn’t seem to want to come out. At least not on the paper… on my fingers is another story. Since I can get a new (and faster) printer for less than the cost of ordering a pair of new cartridges online, I suspect that’s what I’ll be doing.

I’ve updated the bonus archive again, adding half a dozen recent bonuses – five strips and the “real life” photo of Ebb doing tech support. (This brings the bonus archive up to date with everything except the current voting bonuses.)

I still haven’t added the guys on the planet to the cast page… I should do that soon. In the meantime, today’s bonus is a scene from the planet.