I know a lot of you are anxiously awaiting the return of COTC to its full MWF schedule.  That will happen very soon, this February in fact.  First I wanted to inform you of some changes that will be going on here at COTC. Thanks to Frumph from frumph.com, COTC will have a completely new website design.  Here’s a sneak peek: http://comic.frumph.net/

Using this Comicpress design presented a few problems for the Keenspot servers, so I have decided to pull off the Keenspot servers and go with my own hosting.  Currently, we are waiting for the domain to transfer, so please be aware that THERE MAY BE SOME DOWN TIME during the transfer. Hopefully it will only be a day or two at most.  I’ve very excited about this move as Comicpress comes with some very cool features, some specifically designed by Frumph.  One of the most important features is that I will now have a blog and comic on the same page that will allow me to communicate with you cats a lot more. Also, you will be able to comment on each individual comic.  If enough of you want, I will include a small shoutbox on the site, perhaps even keeping the one we have.  Please let me know your thoughts on that and the site in general. 

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The Tutorial is done! Make a banner ad from concept to finished art. It doesn't sound like a whole lot, but I do go over how to draw Sebastian, the difference between drawing Chelsea and Corrine, (it's not just the hair), and my coloring technique.

Next up is more scanning of old art and comics. Then I need to add some bits to the history. Hopefully I’ll get to the commentary on the strips by next week. I’ve got a very nice and courageous person compiling the archives for me. I’ll just have to add the commentary afterwards. After that’s done, I’ll start the pre-orders. I hope to be soliciting for pre-orders of the CD by the end of this month if not before.

And for the news you really wanted to know about, if I can get the archives together by next week, then the comic will be back the week after.

What’s holding the CD up? To make it worth while, I have to have original content. Producing that original content is what is holding the CD up. Since I am the only one who can do this, I figure I have two choices in this matter. I can either cancel the CD outright or go on another hiatus. I realize that most of the people who read this comic have no intension of buying the CD with or without original content. Still, I feel I have to do the CD. Therefore I am taking some time off from COTC. Yes, I have tried this before with little or no success. Every time I take time off, I get sick. Well, I’m feeling pretty good right now and crossing my fingers that doesn’t happen this time. Right now, there is no set time limit, but it will be at least a month. Sebo will continue as normal. I will keep you advised. Thank you all for your support.

A few days ago, Keenspot implemented a feed for all of its comics. Some authors have already displayed their RSS feeds on their sites. Here is the Feed for COTC: http://clanofthecats.com/comic.rss

To add COTC to your livejournal, go here: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/clancats/profile

EDIT: This is just a text pointer to the comic page, not just the comic itself. Otherwise, we all might go broke. ;)