Zoo Street | Almost A Riot (A webcomic updates: Mondays & Thursdays)

Yesterday, Tuesday, August 23, Lion announced that he purchased the URL morecandythanyou.com, to boast about his candy supply. Thank you to those of you that were curious to see if the URL was real and visited. I hope you were not disappointed or confused, as I would be, when the site redirected you back to the Zoo Street home page. I am bit behind on production. I moved about a month ago and I was out of town last weekend. I updated the site last night and plan to add more goodies in the coming weeks.

The world watches soccer/football every four years in a tournament to be named best team/country in the world. I have my money on Costa Rica. What’s that? The U.S. beat them in the qualifying rounds. Oh well.

Friday, the World Cup started. Everyone set your TVs to stun. The games are on. It’s going to be good.

Cheers,

Starting next Monday, June 7, I will change the writing format of Zoo Street. The comics will be written in a 3-act story structure, or my best attempt at one. All stories will start with a stylized title page, then continue to a story of no more than approximately 24 comics and wrap up with a return message and a fake commercial.

The comics you know and love will remain in a 3-panel gag style comic, but the story arcs will be plot driven. No more dragging things out and seemingly never-ending sagas that take a year to conclude, that got out of hand. The new format provides good quick punches.

It’s better this way. Trust me. This is how the pros do it.

Cheers,

Last night I bought three CD’s. Why? Because I love music and I love CD’s. They are a rare opportunity to get a piece of music experience without going to a show. Not every musical act you care about tours to your neighborhood, town, city, area within a reasonable driving distance. Other ways to “get” the music experience, excluding the internet, are T-shirts (or other apparel) and posters. I rarely wear T-shirts, not really my thing, and when I do they are plain. And for posters, I don’t really need a picture of 4 guys on my wall, also not my thing. If it works for you, kudos.

If a CD is done well, it can give more personality to a band who has something to say. They can create a world for a fan to buy into. Great CD’s for their packaging are; Radiohead (kid A, In Rainbows), Tool (Lateralus, Aenima, 10,000 Days) and Nine Inch Nails (The Fragile, Broken) are the first that come to mind.

I know what year it is. I know many people disagree with me. If I tell people I want a CD. People tell me to “Just buy it from iTunes.” Sure, I can. Then I must keep track each song’s 3 computer limit. With a CD, I have a hard copy. If my external crashes, I have back-ups.

Either way, I believe CD’s are better and iTunes unless someone convinces me otherwise. That has yet to happen and I have yet to buy a song from iTunes. Yesterday, when I went to the store, I meant to buy one CD. I bought three. They upsold me and I love it.

What did I buy?
Stone Temple Pilots – Stone Temple Pilots
Metallica – Death Magnetic
The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die

Reviews of each to come …possibly.

If you visited the site this Sunday evening, it may have appeared different than usual. I tinkered with the backend and broke it for a few hours. After becoming dejected, my girlfriend saved the day with her awesome trouble-shooting skills. Everything was fixed in 45 minutes or less. Keep enjoying Zoo Street.

Thanks,