This past twelve months have flown by so fast, I barely got a chance to know it.
Its been a ride, for me, consisting of many ups and downs, though I could have happily done without the downs. But, that’s life.
Much has gone on in the geek-centric world. The DC reboot and the hoopla surrounding the god-awful redesigned costumes of their female characters, Marvel unveil a new Spiderman (but only in the Ultmiate Universe) Neil Gaiman writing a Doctor Who episode (and boy what an awesome episode it was), filming started on The Hobbit (God, that trailer just really hits the spot), Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in Dark Knight Rises (and boy she looks good in it), the passing of both Nicolas Courtney and Elisabeth Sladen (if you’re Doctor Who fans, you should know who they are), the death of Steve Jobs, Captain America and Thor movies, a pretty uneventful San Diego Comic-Con, Gareb Shamus quitting WizardWorld after almost all but killing the company. The list is quite extensive.
As for this humble comic strip, well, Chris now has eyes, Gopher’s real name is Michael (though it’s short for Michaelangelo) and his a twin brother named Leo (yes, there are Turtles jokes there), Tim continues to get abducted by aliens, Lee has a secret life, there was a trip to a mysterious town named Dual Hills (and a return is planned for 2012), Justin left for college and Chris finally makes peace with Santa Claus after a lightsaber fight.
Now, what will come in 2012… well, there could be podcasts and there will be a new book (which was meant for 2011, but couldn’t get it finished in time), new additional material running along-side the main strip (all going well) and more of the usual tom-foolery and hijinks that befit this comic.
I wish you all a Happy New Year and I hope 2012 will be a good year for all of us.
