Next strip delayed
News entry for Friday, 19th February, 2010

I feel absolutely terrible writing this, more for myself than anyone else, but I won't be posting a new strip, which would have been my 200th one, on Sunday. Trout has been a constant idea that has been with me since the early years of college when I was beginning to learn animation, and it morphed into the comic strip I do today. More importantly, it's a reflection and outlet of my current life. I'm able to speak through the different characters and it helps me sort of cap an idea that may be with me at the time of writing any given strip. They're characters I love because, perhaps selfishly, they're each a little piece of myself. The last few weeks have been some of the hardest weeks I've had to personally deal with in an especially difficult few months. There's only been one lower point in my life which I hope never to have to relive nor would I ever wish it on anyone. Because of this, I don't feel I am in any right state of mind to continue writing strips because it wouldn't be fair to the characters which I love to draw or to myself. I'm full of anxiety, sadness, and extreme self-doubt and teetering on the edge of financial ruin. I can't possibly write a comic strip right now. I'm hoping things to get better in the next week or two, and I absolutely want my 200th strip to be short, sweet, and absolutely funny, and I can't write that strip, no matter how I've tried over the last few days. I'm taking a week off while I try to salvage what's left of my personal life, and hopefully will post the next strip on Sunday, the 28th. I'll update this news post if that changes. I'm not disappearing again - I'm just trying to make my life work right now. I hope anyone who still reads this [and God bless you for doing so after so long] understands, and accepts my apologies fully.