August

Geeze, how is it August already? And it's going to be a busy month for me, too, with appearances both at Anime Revolution here in Vancouver and at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto... not to mention kicking off a new volume of comics, assembling the print version of Under the Influence, designing some new merch, and trying to get the new website up and running. How on earth did I do all this stuff back when it wasn't my full-time job, again? (Answer: I did a lot less of it, much more slowly.)

Our little prologue to Sam and Fuzzy Ruined Everything wraps up on Friday! Come back then for our next strip, plus a new round of reader Q and A. (And as always, if you have a question you want to submit for the column, just drop it into an email with "Q and A" in the subject line.)

-Sam Logan

Prologue

Our brand new volume, Sam and Fuzzy Ruined Everything, kicks off today! A short prologue introduction will run this week; then we plunge head-on into our first chapter next Monday.

I am super excited about this volume, team. This "era" of the strip is pretty different -- as different as any I've ever done before -- but I've been building to it for a long time, and I think it's going to deliver a particularly big "pay-off" for all you long-time readers out there.

It's also surprisingly new-reader friendly, considering how much it builds off of the previous stories, which probably makes it a good time to spread the word a little more aggressively than usual. But! I've got a little house-keeping to take care of around here before I really start trying to push the comic on newbies in earnest. Our Archive and New Reader sections are more than a little out-of-date, but I've got brand new versions coming along with a completely revamped Sam and Fuzzy website in the not-to-distant future. Anticipate!

-Sam Logan

Today's strip by a ridiculously large number of people

Somehow, I managed to dupe 22 of my comics comrades to contribute to this Sam and Fuzzy guest jam comic when they were all at the height of San Diego Comic-Con insanity. (Or "Stan Diego Comic-Con", as Jeffrey dubbed it after we had all experienced a full week of David Malki, Chris Hastings and Dave Kellett's incredible non-stop Stan Lee impressions.) Drawn one panel at a time with no planning whatsoever, things quickly veered into strange and exciting pastures.

This comic is not just guest strip, but a time capsule. Thank you so much, everyone. EVERYONE BEING:

Me I guess
Becky Driestadt
David Malki!
Jeph Jacques
Joel Watson
David Willis
Spike
Diana Nock
Tyler J Hutchison
Lars Brown
Phil McAndrew
Kel McDonald
Dave Kellett
Brad Guigar
Josh Lesnick
Meredith Gran
Phil Foglio
Kris Straub
Scott Kurtz
Christopher Hastings
Andrew Hussie
MC Frontalot
Jeffrey Rowland

Whew!

We return on Monday with the start of our new volume, Sam and Fuzzy Ruined Everything! See you then, team.

-Sam Logan