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arrComments["20051226"] ="<h4>12/26/2005- My co-worker Cecilia and I started doing hippo murals in our shared office <a href='http://www.partyrentalltd.com'>at Party Rental Ltd.</a> A new one every few weeks!</h4>";
arrComments["20050815"] ="<h4>8/12/2005- Pez and I put this little masterpeice together.<a href='http://esh.comicgensis.com/images/pez_ESH-2005.jpg'>Large size version here.</a> Another one is now in the works.</h4>";
arrComments["20050808"] ="<h4>8/8/2005- Are we back? I think we're back. Hello? Anoyone reading this? This thing on?<br>Ron and Fez will be on Opie and Anthony tomorrow, heard on XM channel 202.  They will be heard on their own show on the same channel, 11AM - 2 PM, starting in September. See <a href='http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=104566'>http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=104566</a> for details.</h4>";
arrComments["20050418"] = "4/18/2005- Miriam in the hotseat:<br><img src='/images/Miriam_verysmall.jpg'>";
arrComments["20050228"] ="<h4>2/28/2005- Love you, Nana. We miss you and we're still thinking of you.</h4>";
arrComments["20050221"] ="<h4>2/6/2005- WOO HOO! Super Bowl Sunday!!! Go &lt;Insert team of choice&gt; !!!</h4>";
arrComments["20050207"] = "<h4>2/15/2005- I got <a href='gifts/gifts.html'>THESE</a> fine presents from my sister for my birthday. Did I REALLY just turn 28??</h4>";
arrComments["20050124"] ="<h4>1/24/2005- For those who enjoyed the books and <a href='http://www.unfortunateeventsmovie.com/intro.html'>the movie, </a> I urge you to have a listent to <a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/324/audioCD/unabridged/103-6624029-6145459'>Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events on Audio CD</a>, narrated by Tim Curry. Mr. Curry, as we no doubt know, is a brilliant actor, and has a unique voice for every character with lines in the book.  Excellent listening, highly recommended.</h4>";
arrComments["20050110"] ="<B><FONT COLOR='#ff0000' LANG='0'>ESHbyESH<!-- (3:12:05 PM)--></B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#ff0000' BACK='#ffffff'>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> yo yo<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:12:13 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> hey yo Esh!</FONT><BR> <BODY BGCOLOR='#ffffff'><B><FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>ESHbyESH<!-- (3:12:32 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> Opinion question for ya</FONT><BR> <BODY BGCOLOR='#ffffff'><B><FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>ESHbyESH<!-- (3:12:48 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> someone just offered me a gmail account.  Any suggestions on names?<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:13:10 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> do you want the Esh tag in it?</FONT><BR> <BODY BGCOLOR='#ffffff'><B><FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>ESHbyESH<!-- (3:13:31 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> probly. not sure<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:13:43 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> okay, how about Eshtonic<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:13:47 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> eshterize<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:14:01 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> communesh<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:14:15 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> eshtrodinary<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:14:25 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> magicaleshman<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:14:32 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> or magical_esh_man<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:14:41 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> robot_esh_loves_you</FONT><BR> <BODY BGCOLOR='#ffffff'><B><FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>ESHbyESH<!-- (3:14:50 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> fascinating<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:14:58 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> eshtronaut<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:15:19 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> esh_not_steak<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:15:43 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> uncle_esh_and_his_marmaset</FONT><BR> <BODY BGCOLOR='#ffffff'><B><FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>ESHbyESH<!-- (3:15:47 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> lol<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:16:01 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> tresh_can</FONT><BR> <BODY BGCOLOR='#ffffff'><B><FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>ESHbyESH<!-- (3:16:16 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> DavidKorESH<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:16:18 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> wesh_you_were_here</FONT><BR> <BODY BGCOLOR='#ffffff'><B><FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>ESHbyESH<!-- (3:16:23 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> that's awesome<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:16:32 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> or just esh_you_were_here</FONT><BR> <BODY BGCOLOR='#ffffff'><B><FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>ESHbyESH<!-- (3:16:47 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> behold, the genius that is Case</FONT><BR> <BODY BGCOLOR='#ffffff'><B><FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>ESHbyESH<!-- (3:16:52 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> or GeniESH<BR> <B></FONT><FONT COLOR='#0000ff'>Hell Eats Ch<!-- (3:16:59 PM)--></B>:</FONT><FONT COLOR='#000000'> *radiates light*</FONT>";
arrComments["20041227"] ="<h4>12/27 - After all this time, forgot how to use this comments box thing. Anywho, comic for next week is scanned and just wants lettering.  The ideas are there, folks. Let's see if the time allows. ESH out.</h4>";
arrComments["20041224"] ="Hey folks. Sorry for the sporadic updates.  It's bound to happen - things are crazy at work and at home, plus rushing around for classes leaves no time for comicky goodness.<br>But to prove I actually intend to update one of these days, here's some sketches and ideas I am planning to put into comics real soon. Enjoy and thanks for hanging in.<br>(Oh, and thanks to my friend Ari of PilotYid of <a href='http://www.pilotyid.com'>PilotYid.com</a> for helping me out with a temporary hosting problem.)";
arrComments["20041225"] ="Hey folks. Sorry for the sporadic updates.  It's bound to happen - things are crazy at work and at home, plus rushing around for classes leaves no time for comicky goodness.<br>But to prove I actually intend to update one of these days, here's some sketches and ideas I am planning to put into comics real soon. Enjoy and thanks for hanging in.<br>(Oh, and thanks to my friend Ari of PilotYid of <a href='http://www.pilotyid.com'>PilotYid.com</a> for helping me out with a temporary hosting problem.)";
arrComments["20041226"] ="Hey folks. Sorry for the sporadic updates.  It's bound to happen - things are crazy at work and at home, plus rushing around for classes leaves no time for comicky goodness.<br>But to prove I actually intend to update one of these days, here's some sketches and ideas I am planning to put into comics real soon. Enjoy and thanks for hanging in.<br>(Oh, and thanks to my friend Ari of PilotYid of <a href='http://www.pilotyid.com'>PilotYid.com</a> for helping me out with a temporary hosting problem.)";
arrComments["20041018"] ="<h4>11/3/2004 - Bla... no time, no time. Sorry about that. Got a recent bid for a multi-lingual Voiceover job. On-hold messages, to be precise.  Also suffered a recent hiccup in my keenspace account, such that there was no front page to my site. All fixed now, as you can see. Hang in there, I've still got more to say.  Keep watching this space.</h4>";
arrComments["20040823"] ="<h4>8/26/2004 - Thankfully, the tide seems to have subsided slightly at work, but also thankfully, the voiceover biz seems to be picking up.  I've been busy with several productions and recording voiceover for a corporate CD-Rom, so even when I'm at home, there's not always so much time for a cartooning session.  I will do my best, though. As long as there's things that annoy me about work, there will be a cartoon to tell the tale.  But what would happen if I switched into a career I actually liked? Hmmm, now there's a thought......</h4>";
arrComments["20040726"] ="<h4>7/26/2004- Holy crow.. between being swamped at work at Paint Shop Pro throwing a spaz fit on me, I just had to resort to desparate measures (known in these parts as MS Paint) to get this friggin' comic out.  I feel though, that posting this comic is getting over a hump that's been blocking my creative progress in this comic.  Once I got rehired in real life, things started happening that I wanted to put in the comic, but since the comic charater was still in the unemployed phase, I felt some of those ideas (which would've been better done fresh) dried up a bit on me.  I don't know if you can relate, but that's what it's like when you're doign an autobiographical work that's update about 9 months behind real life.  Some of my best comics are teh ones I jot down, sketch, script and draw out within a week of the incident occurring. The comics I will post over the next few weeks (hopefully) are some of those, and I think they're good shtuff.</h4>";
arrComments["20040720"] ="<h4>7/19/2004- Well, I tried to get this week's comic up and out there, but my computer was giving me guff this weekend.  Things are crazy and busy, so even when I get a chance to actually do a comic, it's a time-crunch situation.  I have got some good ideas on paper, but it just tkaes forever to turn them into a comic.  Usually, I am so pressed for time it ends up at about half the quality I'd like.  Seems more and more that my life is not my own and no time may be devoted to something I enjoy. Something's gotta change....</h4>";
arrComments["20040720"] = arrComments["20040720"] + "<h4>7/20/2004- Met me good mate <a href='http://www.pilotyid.com/pez/index.htm'>Peretz (AKA Pez)</a> last night, in from Manchester for the summer.  Here is the result of little get-together.  The idea is he draws something, I draw something else killing it, he draws something killing my creation and so on.  We've done three of these over the years, and are in the midst of a fourth, but this one was just a quickie on the paper table cloth of the restaurant.  It was great to see him and we had some good grub. Shame we had to fight off the swarming hoards of tourists clogging the sidewalks of NYC.</h4>";
arrComments["20040510"] ="<h4>Yep, the allergies have been pretty nasty this Spring. Bah. I envy the poor foo who doesn't get sneezy this time of year.. tho they are saying that even non-allergenic folks are sneexin it up a bit this year.. serves em right. What, you think you're better than us? You think you're too good to sneeze at the ragweed and pollen, punk?";
arrComments["20040322"] ="<h4>3/22/2004- First of all, happy birthday to my dad.  Secondly, happy birth to my new son Zaki. Third of Lee, this is one <a href='http://baltimore.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/26853950.html'>great rant</a>.  And please enjoy this:</h4><br><img src = '/images/door.gif'> (Not by me)";
arrComments["20040301"] ="<h4>3/1/2004- Ladies and gents, <a href = 'http://www.gluemeat.com'>Gluemeat is back. <br><img src = 'http://esh.comicgensis.com/linkimg/returnbox.gif'></a></h4>";
arrComments["20040112"] ="<h4>1/15/2004- <a href = 'http://movies.flabber.nl/Gellieman.Aicha/OMFG.wmv'> Fun,</a><a href = 'http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wrader/slang/a.html'>Fun,</a><a href ='http://www.trevorvanmeter.com/flyguy/'>FUN!</a> </h4>";
arrComments["20040105"] ="<h4>1/5/2004- High speed internet is GOOOOOOD! Here's another very cool link that will only come up short if I try to describe it: <a href='http://blather.newdream.net/' target='_new'>JUST CLICK HERE.</a></h4>";
arrComments["20040101"] ="<h4>1/1/2004-Happy 2004, everyone!.</h4>";
arrComments["20031215"] = "<h4>12/15/2003-Anyone who's ever been to one of these knows I am hardly exaggerating.</h4>";
arrComments["20031222"] = "<h4>12/23/03- OK, OK. I have a good excuse this week! I claim illness: I have.. an EAR INFECTION! Can you believe it? I haven't had one of those since, like, diaper school, man.  Anyway, what with running around and getting perscriptions filled, add a dash of feeling like liqufied crud, I just haven't gotten to finish and post this week's comic.  But thatnks to the addition of <b><i>SUPER HIGH SPEED CABLE INTERNET ACCESS</b></i> which found its way into my home and heart, I will be able to post soon and maybe do some other fix-up stuff I have been too lazy to do for a while. Thanks for understanding!</h4>";
arrComments["20031222"] = arrComments["20031222"] + "<h4>12/29/03- OMG! This is just.. Well it's simply.. OK, 'defies description' just doesn't do it justice. Just <a href ='http://www.freshsensation.com/samorost.swf'>Click here</a> and see what you make of it.</h4>";
arrComments["20031208"] = "<h4>12/11/03- Sigh... I have a comic all ready, but I keep forgetting to post it, and today I forgot my portable drive at home with the comic on it.  I'll just wait till Monday at this point.<br>Some cool new gadgetry for the holiday season: a handheld trackball-and-trigger mouse (Figure 1), a color PDA (Figure 2), and all manner of <a href='http://homestarrunner.com/store.html'>Homestar Runner merchandise!</a> Happy Holidays, everyone!<br>Fig. 1 <img src = 'http://esh.comicgensis.com/images/misc/microtrac2.GIF'>,<br>Fig. 2<img src = 'http://esh.comicgensis.com/images/misc/clie_sj22.jpg'></h4>";
arrComments["20031117"] = "<h4>11/18/03- Seems like Tuesday has become my regular update day. Hmm, no matter as long as they keep coming.<br>This comic celebrates the three-year anniversary of <a href='http://www.gluemeat.com' target = '_new'>GlueMeat</a>, by good ol' Case Yorke.  With a fresh new site design and the Altbrand <a href='http://www.altbrand.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewforum&f=7&sid=f2a97c31470b381cb45dd9777a47819c' target = '_new'>Forums</a> back up, things are shaping up for this to be another great year for him.  Stop on by and wish him well!</h4>";
arrComments["20031117"] = arrComments["20031117"] + "<h4>11/24/2003 - Sorry, folks. I have a comic scanned and finished, but I just thought of a way to punch it up a little, so I am going to hold of on posting it till I am happy with the result. Soon, kay?</h4>";
arrComments["20031013"] = "<h4>10/13/03- This one was done on a foreign computer and with MS Paint.  Not a very versatile program, but got the job done.. It was a bit of a cut-and-paste jobbie, but the words (lots of em) were all divinely inspired.  True story, remind me to tell you guys some day.</h4>";
arrComments["20031006"] = "<h4>10/5/03- Well, the search is over. After contemplating 2 job offers I have accepted the one in Midtwon Manhattan. It's another programmer job, with a growing company.  I spend part of a day last week hanging out with them, seeing what kind of projects they do, until I was pretty much kicked out. They had to get some work done, I guess. So I start Tuesday! Exciting.. now I'll have some inbound cashflow again. Thanks for your support!</h4>";
arrComments["20030925"] = "<h4>9/25/2003-I'm back... Let's see how this goes. So I have been seing some promising results from my intense job search. Some interviews, mostly good ones. It's scary, but hopefully it'll all work out cheery and rosey.</h4>";
arrComments["20030925"] = arrComments["20030925"] + "<h4><i>Later</i>-This is a hiatus strip- a word which here means some stuff I scanned and put up, even though it wasn't a full comic, but put up none the less so I would feel good about myself.  I have Monday's comic drawn, scanned and uploaded, so hang on tight, here we go again...for a while at least.<br>I now have 2 job offers on the table, so it remains to be seen how much time will be left in which to create the ol' comic.<br>Let the happy times roll, everyone.</h4>";
arrComments["20030901"] = "<h4>9/1/2003-Whew..devoting fulltime plus to the Job Search. Having difficulty producing the comic and even relating to it, not that I am not actually working.  I need a break.  I'll be back.</h4>";
arrComments["20030818"] = "<h4>8/21/2003-Job Search is going swimmingly.  It's like a full-time job all in itself.  Updates are becoming chronically late, but I hope you folks are hanging in there.  Not really much time these days to check out webcomics, so go out and discover your own!</h4>";
arrComments["20030803"] = "<h4>8/5/2003-Short News Brief- lost my job the week before last. Last week's comic suffered horribly as a result. I don't have the heart to go back and try and fix it, so I am concentrating on the job search while forging forward with the comic ideas as planned. This week's got delayed due to the turmoil that ensues when this sort of thing happened. Thanks for bearing with me.</h4>";
arrComments["20030721"] = "<h4>7/21/2003 - Anticipating that I would have a hard time finding the precious time needed to do a full-fledged comic, I decided this week to go with the ol' copy and paste trick. Hopefully, this won't happen often, but it is good to know that the results aren't hideous. Let me know if you disagree. <br>Y'all are gonna <a href='http://www.shynola.com/movies/j_s/j_s_download.htm'>LOVE THIS.</a></h4>";
arrComments["20030714"] = "<h4>7/14/2003 - Sound effects are in the style of <a href='http://www.homestarrunner.com/404.html'>Teen Girl Squad</a>.</h4>";
arrComments["20030707"] = "<h4>7/7/2003 - Hope everyone had a happy fourth.  Went to Baltimore for the big weekend- got a little chance to sit down and draw, and here's the results.  The Penn and Teller thing... It's supposed to be a caricature of Penn and Teller against some random background. Well, let's just say Teller was vacationing in Chernobyl. That'll do.<br>I have been having some weird stuff going on with Keenspace (site down for a whole day, passwords resetting themselves, passwords working in FTP but not siteadmin (for 'spacers who want to fix that last problem, <a href='http://forums.comicgensis.com/viewtopic.php?t=52382'>see this forum post</a>), but I think in the long run, they are enabling me to do my comic, as the updating would take too much time out of my week. So... thanks Keenspace! I'm sticking with you despite the hardships.</h4>";
arrComments["20030703"] ="<h4>7/3/2003 - Bonus Thursday comic this week and next! This re-release of an old favorite got a lettering and line smoothiness makeover, plus a touch-up to the dialogue. Original is <a href='http://esh.comicgensis.com/d/20020422.html'>HERE</a>.</h4>";
arrComments["20030710"] ="<h4>7/10/2003 - Bonus Thursday comic this week! Classics get better with age. Or at least when you re-scan them.  This one needed it- it was quite choppy and made me sad. Also added a little extra shading on this one for good measure, but I left in the original lettering. Original is <a href='http://esh.comicgensis.com/d/20020415.html'>HERE</a>.</h4>";
arrComments["20030630"] ="<h4>6/30/2003 - I am immensely fantasmically happy this morn. No, I didn't drain the precious lifeblood out of any officemates today..that comes on Wednesdays.  No, my joy this morn is due to The Short Guy and J'Dan from <a href='http://urcult.comicgensis.com/'>UR Cult</a> who did this <a href='http://urcult.comicgensis.com/d/20030630.html'>too good to be true and should be illegal cameo</a> of yer ol' pal ESH. I won some contest they were running but that's not what matters. What matters is how perfect the cameo is, and how stunningly wonderful these 2 fellows are for doing it. Not only is it the very first ESH cameo, it's absolutely spot-on perfect, from the artwork to the content, rigth down to the trademark dialogue box (and by trademark, I mean stolen from <a href='http://www.damonk.com'>FRAMED!!!</a>) I hardly know what to say. Cheers. Thanks. Graze'. Marry me. I can't get over it. I'm openly weeping. People are staring.<br>Oh yeah, I did a comic too. Whatever.</h4>";
arrComments["20030626"] ="<h4>6/26/2003 - This is a rescan of <a href='http://esh.comicgensis.com/d/20020620.html'>an old one</a>. Just wanted to give it a cleaner look. Also gave it a little rhyme at the end. Yay!</h4>";
arrComments["20030626"] =arrComments["20030626"] + arrComments["20030630"];
arrComments["20030623"] ="<h4>6/23/2003 - Notice anything different? New glasses! I debated changing the look in the comic to reflect my new real life glasses, and decided: why deny my character the luxury of some nice new glasses? Doesn't cost me anything extra, and I think the poor guy deserves a present.<br>For those of you who have not ever heard of <a href='http://www.homestarrunner.com'>Homestar Runner</a>, you must go there now. NOW. Stop working, stop eating, stop BREATHING and go there now. <br>Less urgent, but also fun is <a href='http://www.worth1000.com'>Worth<sup>1000</sup></a> (as in the exchange rate of pictures to words). Photoshop contests, with great, funny results. Cheers.</h4>" ;
arrComments["20030623"] =arrComments["20030623"] + "<h4>6/24/2003 - Almost forgot about this. Weird message on our machine the other day. Something about a snapping turtle on our porch..we never reported any form of reptillian wildlife on our porch. We don't live anywhere near the water. I don't know what twist of fate brought this strangeness into our home. <a href='turtle_message.wav' target='_new'>LISTIN HEAR</a></h4>";
arrComments["20030616"] ="<h4>6/16/2003 - Today's comic brought to you by whim- I felt like coloring, for some odd reason.  As usual, the comic is based on real life events. The guy who spells <b>scanner</b> 'S-C-A-N-N-A-R' is the one who sends out the reminder to spellcheck your emails. The tips document he sent around was this one: <a href='http://www.bcentral.com/articles/enbysk/150.asp'>Link-o</a>  Enjoy.<br>Father's day was groovy. Izzi got filthy trying to walk in the muddy park grass, but no one minded, meself included.  Good burgers and hot dogs, family fun times, what could be bad? Oh yeah, the hour drive to the park, in traffic. and back. Well, t'weren't bad o'ermuch. <br>I am getting new glasses- should I reflect the change in the way I draw my character? It <b>is</b> supposed to look like me, you know.. Email me, let me know what you think.</h4>" ;
arrComments["20030612"] ="<h4>6/11/2003 - Sorry folks. Power outages plus birthday parties prevented the comic from getting done on time. I will hopefully have it up tomorrow. Meanwhile, enjoy <a href='http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen2/full1.html'>THIS!</a></h4>" ;
arrComments["20030612"] = arrComments["20030612"] + "<h4>6/12/2003- Well, as promised, here's this week's comic. Hopefully I'll be able to have Monday's up on time, despite the big Father's Day picnic me and the Izman will be attending.  This is an 'onsite' comic, continued from last week. I actually am being sent onsite again next week- apparently they really <u>do</u> love me as much as this comic claims. Go fig.</h4>";
arrComments["20030602"] = "<h4>6/2/2003 - Well, I guess I haven't been too verbal on here lately.  Oh well. At least I keep the comics comin'.  <br>Here's a fine publication that came to our apartment a while back: <br><img src = 'http://esh.comicgensis.com/images/bargin2.jpg' width=381 height=228><br>  Note the carefully chosen title for this fine publication. And they're advertising to quite an upscale crowd, too. Just look at a typical ad:<br><img src = 'http://esh.comicgensis.com/images/bargin1.jpg'>  <br>Oh yeah. I'm there in a heartbeat.</h4>";
arrComments["20030428"]= "<h4>4/29/2003- I know I can't just post a comic like this without an explanation, but time is too short for what I want to say and how I need to say it. Michael Schreck, executive director of S/A/R Academy (my elementary school), father of 2 of my friends, long-time member of my hometown community, and all-around loved person, has passed away from a sudden heart attack. No warning signs, no history of heart problems- just gone.  This has been devastating for the Schrecks, as well as for me, my family and community, and I felt the need to express the loss in some way. Mike made S/A/R run, brought it to life and managed the details of its day-to-day existence, and this comic is set within its hallowed 'walls.' (for those not in the know, you're going to need to accept that as an inside joke. Sorry)  <br>Audrey Schurgin was the assistant principal who knew, loved, cared about and affected EVERY SINGLE KID that attended S/A/R during her run there. She passed away a few years ago and at the time, I created <a href='http://www.angelfire.com/super2/eshworld/dedicate.html'>this dedication.</a> These two pillars are gone, and I needed to let the world know how I felt.  Life will resume next week.</h4>";
arrComments["20030428"]= arrComments["20030428"] + "<h4>5/5/2003(early) - Today's comic will be up soon. <a href='temp.html'>HERE's</a> a preview.";
arrComments["20030505"]= "<h4>5/5/2003- Sorry, no color this week. If enough people email me, I'll do a color one next week. Heck, if <font color=red>ONE</font> people emailses me, I'll do it. But at least there's a comic for this week. This week was another deadline situation- busy Sunday with the family, seeing people, buying things, etc. Have you seen this man lately? <img src='http://www.angelfire.com/super2/eshworld/chris.jpeg'> I have.</h4>";
arrComments["20030421"]= "<h4>4/21/2003 - Demo samples are up <a href='http://www.angelfire.com/super2/eshworld/vo/'>HERE</a> until I get something a little easier and more permanent. I sincerely hope you enjoy them a great deal.<br>CAVEAT (perhaps long overdue, given that I've been doing this comic over a year) - as per <a href='http://esh.comicgensis.com/d/20020221.html'>THIS COMIC</a>, my comics are all drawn on recycled paper.  Recycled paper means 'paper I bring home from the office which otherwise would've been thrown out due to having three lines accidentally printed on it.' Paper is like gold to us cartoonists; wasting it is a sin. I try to pick the paper with the lightest print on it and use the backs, but sometimes it still comes through and is visible in the comic.  I try and correct it when finishing a comic, but sometimes you may see a little hint of a barcode on someone's shirt. Please understand that these are the risks we run when trying to save the environment.<br>Lastly, I'd like to say that little Izzi man's first trip to the zoo was fun for his father and grandparents, and I hope he enjoyed it as well. He may be a little young to enjoy the majestic wonder of the animal kingdom, but he certainly did enjoy the gift shop. I guess stuffed animals are his real animal kingdom.<br>Looks like something big is about to happen at <a href='http://www.killroyandtina.com'>Killroy and Tina.</a> Check it out.</h4>";
arrComments["20030130"]= "<h4>1/30/2003 - happy 26th birthday t' li'l ol' me! This was originally a drawing for my friend Mike's 1/2 birthday (hence the 'half a cake' I offer him), but since it comes out a day before my birthday, I assumed he wouldn't mind if I used it to celebrate mine own birthday. Party Harty Marty! That is, if your name happens to be Marty, and your partying preference is of the heartier variety.</h4>";
arrComments["20030324"]= "<h4>3/24/2003 - OK, sorry about this, but it looks like I will be taking a 2-week hiatus from the comic, in order to concentrate on my new career as a voice-over actor. More on this will be posted here when I have the time, but I spent yesterday getting to, returning from and sitting in a 4-hour marketing session in Albany. We learned all about how to market ourselves (shamelessly) as voice-over talent.  Next Sunday I record my demo CD and so things are a bit tight this week and next. Hopefully after that I will get back on track with the comic. Check here for updates- I will be posting <font color = red>FILLER</font> once or twice a week for you to enjoy. So, thanks for your understanding- see you soon!</h4>";
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arrComments["20030331"]= arrComments["20030324"] + "<h4>3/31/2003- Just checking in to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Justin Pierce of <a href='http://www.killroyandtina.com'>Killroy and Tina</a>!  This is my little tribute to the fine comic he puts out, and I even gave Killroy a funky new belt.</h4>";
arrComments["20030404"]= arrComments["20030331"] + "<h4>4/4/2003- My demo taping <i>(CD-ing?)</i> went AMAZINGLY, and John Elliot of <a href='http://www.voicecoaches.com'>CVDG</a> and I breezed through all my reads in an hour and a quarter, instead of the slotted 2 hours.  Efficient and talented, yup, that's me. In 2 weeks or so when the CD is sent to me for approval, I will put both tracks up here for the world to listen to.  If you like what you hear, <a href='http://www.angelfire.com/comics/eshcomic/email1.html'>EMAIL ME</a> and offer me work. <br> Thanks to all those coming over from <a href='http://www.killroyandtina.com'>Killroy and Tina</a>, and thanks to everyone for indulging me in this hiatus I decided to take. I have a comic that may or may not be ready for Monday. We shall see....</h4>";
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arrComments["20030410"]= arrComments["20030324"] + "<h4>4/9/2003- Well, got my demo CD in the mail, and the folks at <a href='http://www.voicecoaches.com'>CVDG</a> did an amazing job.  I got greate feedback from my instructor and his supervisors, so I am pumped and looking forward to getting this thing out to as many studios and recording type people as possible. <a href='http://www.angelfire.com/comics/eshcomic/email1.html'>EMAIL ME</a> for feedback, to offer me work, or just to say HI! I will get the tracks up for your listening pleasure ASAP.<br>Comic is ready and uploaded for Monday. Enjoy this final filler as my way of saying Thanks for putting up with my hiatus.</h4>";
arrComments["20030310"]= "<h4>3/10/2003 - Color (albeit a week late), cuz the wife insisted I owed it to the world. First of all, congrats to my sister and brother-in-law on the birth of a wonderful (but cranky) baby boy- I'm an uncle now! Izzi and the new one are already planning all sorts of mischief.<br>Next item: Dinky Bomb! The joy of bored office workers everywhere. Find it <a href='http://www.gamer.tv/page/game_launch/3123769.htm'>HERE</a> <br>Lastly, <a href='http://www.killroyandtina.com'>Killroy and Tina</a>, that spectacular webcomic and famous singing duo, will be starting a new chapter of amazing adventure come Wednesday, so this may be a good time for you to jump in, if you haven't already. That will be all.</h4>";
arrComments["20030306"]= "<h4>3/6/2003 - Bonus Thursday Comic -this is a redo of <a href='http://esh.comicgensis.com/d/20020304.html'>This</a> comic, which never seemed to convey exactly what I wanted it to.  This is closer, but still...Any way, I left in the hand-written letters and old-school logo, just for old times sake. Hope you're enjoyin'.<br>Good luck to my sister, who is in the throes of childbirth as I write this. Push 'em out, shove 'em out, WAAAAAAAY out!!</h4>";
arrComments["20030303"]= "<h4>3/3/2003 - OK, no color this month. I am just not finding the time for it. Pretend I said something really interesting here, kay? Thanks so much.</h4>"
arrComments["20030303"]= arrComments["20030303"] + "<br><h4>3/4/2003- Added a link to my current <a href='#top1'>playlist</a> of fantastically awesome music, which helps get me through the workday (coupled with the aid of the mighty caffeine).  If you don't have a player, I recommend Winamp (follow link above for v.2... they really messed up with version 3).  It's mostly instrumental guitar, some mood synth in there, some Jazz fusion, and occasionally some Classical and Celic tunes.  If you ever find me listening to music with words, I give you full permission to smack me with a halibut.</h4>";
arrComments["20030224"]= "<h4>2/24/2003 - Sorry, folks. Due to rampant illness running like wildfire thru the ESH household, Monday's comic will go up Monday night or Tuesday morning.  As I blink away a conjunctivitis-laden tear from my eye, I do humbly beg your forgiveness.  Big booooo goes out to CVS, by the way, for having me wait in line for an hour Saturday night to fill a prescription. BOOOOOOOO! ...and such like." 
arrComments["20030224"]= arrComments["20030224"] + "<h4><i>LATER...</i> HOORAY! We're up!</h4>"
arrComments["20030217"]="<h4>2/17/2003-Happy Presidents Day! We're all covered by a blanket of snow here in New Jersey, but it sounds like the folk down in the Maryland/DC area have it twice as worser.  It was bitter cold over the weekend, but that didn't stop us from trekking out in the frizzin for pizza.  Prob'ly should have, now that I think about it.<br>What to do today? Well, the wife and I came up with a whole list of things to do, ranging from chores to puzzles.  Good thing, I'd hate to be snowbound and bored.  Oh well, there's always Nesticle.<br>Feel better wishes go out to Justin Pierce, who draws <a href='http://killroyandtina.comicgensis.com'>Killroy and Tina</a> - who apparently ate some meat that went bad on him. If you'd like to join his crusade against lousy restaurants, I think he has some sort of sign-up sheet on his site or something.  Just don't hurt anyone.   We're already going to war, people, we need to stick together in this country. Ah, but I ramble.  Enjoy your day off, everyone!</h4>";
arrComments["20030210"]="<h4>02/10/2003 - Blah... Finally got my usual winter cold.  Condolences to my mother-in-law, who lost her mother last week.  Despite being on hand to help out, I still managed to get today's comic out.<br>  The 'tongue twister' in the last panel is actually a warm-up exercise for loosening up the lips and tongues. Try it! Also see <a href='http://www.discussanything.com/forums/archive/27/2002/12/3/20463'>Danny Kaye's</a> tongue twister song, from 'Singing in the Rain' (I think).<br> Had lunch yesterday with an old friend and a big fan on the comic.  In fact, he's the one who came up with 'Office Space meets Dirty Harry.' A shout out and big ups to my man Mike.</h4>";
arrComments["20030203"]="<h4>02/03/2003 - Yay!!! Everything is back the way it oughta be.  <a href='http://damonk.com'>FRAMED!!</a> is being rebuilt by the lovely Meghan Quinn-Cormier, and I am testing out my new lovely comment script.  It allows me to have the comments appear on the correct dates. Cool, huh? and I can also change the comments without needing to request a site update. Javascript- is there ANYTHING it can't do?</h4>";
arrComments["20030202"]="<h4>02/03/2003 - Yay!!! Everything is back the way it oughta be.  <a href='http://damonk.com'>FRAMED!!</a> is being rebuilt by the lovely Meghan Quinn-Cormier, and I am testing out my new lovely comment script.  It allows me to have the comments appear on the correct dates. Cool, huh? and I can also change the comments without needing to request a site update. Javascript- is there ANYTHING it can't do?</h4>";
arrComments["20030127"]="<h4>01/29/2003 - Keenspace is going through major problems, so this update is a hack. Hope everything works out OK, but please enjoy in the meantime.</h4>";
arrComments["20030120"]="<h4>01/21/2003- Please excuse the lateness of my update.  Keenspace servers were down all day yesterday.  This comic was drawn on our brand new dining room table. Well, on a sheet of paper placed on top of the table, but you get the idear.  <br> Voice-over lessons are going well. Recorded a practice demo last session, but I can't post the results here, on request by my teacher. When the finished deal is recorded, I will post the tracks here for the world to enjoy.  Will <a href='http://framed.comicgensis.com'>Damonk</a> ever get back to the USA to continue his comic???? Stay tuned....</h4>";
arrComments["20030106"]="<h4>01/06/2003-Ah, color... without you, life would be so much... easier.  Oh well.  Nothing fancy this time, so I got off lucky.<a href='http://www.damonk.com'>FRAMED</a> and <a href = 'http://grimbles.comicgensis.com'>The Grimbles</a> are still on break, but <a href='http://www.killroyandtina.com'>Killroy and Tina</a> and <a href='http://www.gluemeat.com'>GlueMeat</a> are still going strong. Give em a try!<br> <i>later..</i> - The alternate ending to the <a href='d/20021230.html'>December 30th</a> comic is up!!</h4>";
arrComments["20021230"]="<h4>12/30/2002 - This comic has an alternate ending, which hopefully I'll be able to throw up for you sometime later in the week. <a href='mailto:eshworld@welcome.to'>Let me know</a>. which ending you liked better, eh?  Went to see a <a href='http://www.schickele.com/concerts/dec2002index.htm'>PDQ Bach</a> concert in Lincoln Center yesterday.  Good times, for those who can appreciate it. </h4>";
arrComments["20030101"]="<h4>01/01/2003 - HAPPY FRIGGIN' NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!</h4>";
arrComments["20021226"]="<h4>12/26/2002 - BONUS THURSDAY COMIC!!!!!!!! WOOOWOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!</h4>";
arrComments["20021223"]="<h4>12/23/2002 - Woop de doo, it's Monday, aint it?  The beat goes on.  New <a href='#top1'>logo</a>- what do ya think?</h4>";
arrComments["20021216"]="<h4>12/16/2002 - Insert interesting text here. Inform about weekend goings-on. Link to <a href='http://jwalkin.comicgensis.com'>Some interesting comic</a>. Nag people to <A HREF='http://www.topsitelists.com/topsites.cgi?ID=59&user=RocketBox&area=start'>VOTE</a> for me in the Rocketbox comic list. End Anecdote.</h4>";
arrComments["20021209"]="<h4>12/09/2002 - Howdy hi! This comic marks the transition from Company A to company B. Will the annoying quirks of office life go away with the switch to a new company?  Will new ones crop up in their place?  Do they have Nestea or Snapple in their soda machines? All these questions and more answered, in the weeks to come. Stay tuned....<br> New fantastic comic - not overly fancy but certainly nothing to complain about- <a href='http://sandwichworld.comicgensis.com'>Sandwich World</a>.  Took him a while to get the comic's storyline off the ground, but that really made it all that much funnier.<br> PLEASE <A HREF='http://www.topsitelists.com/topsites.cgi?ID=59&user=RocketBox&area=start'>VOTE</a> for me in the Rocketbox comic list.  I'll love you oh so berry much if you do.</h4>";
arrComments["20021203"]="<h4>12/03/2002 - COLOR! To atone for my lateness.  Also, because it's the first Monday of the month, so I guess I would've anyway.  Thanksgiving was shweet, thanks for asking.  Wife and kid came back from their trip bearing large amounts of gifts, so it all worked out great for everyone in the end.  Happy Chanukah, to those who are so inclined.<br> Oh, and Dante from <a href='http://www.inktank.com/AT'>Angst Tech</a> appears once again as a co-worker/supervisor.  Don't let the comic fool you- Dante and I really get along well. This is just an act.</h4>";
arrComments["20021202"]="<h4>12/02/2002 - This week's comic will be late.  Check back first thing tomorrie.</h4>";
arrComments["20021128"]="<h3>11/28/2002 - HABBY THANGSGIBING EVERYBUGGY!!!!!!</h3>";
arrComments["20021126"]="<h4>11/26/2002 -  HOLY CORROSIVE BAT GUANO! <a href = 'http://www.gluemeat.com'>Gluemeat</a>, that slap-happy webcomic by Case Yorke (now in its second year), has been nominated for 2 <a href = 'http://wca.no-ip.org/'>AWARDs</a>!! He's finally getting the recognition and monetary compensation he's bee- oh, wait. No money. Well, still.<br> Also, <a href='http://www.choppingblock.com'>Chopping Block</a> comes back in a big way. Yay and H'ray.<br> The wife and kiddo are away for the week, so it's PAAAAAAAAAAARTY for me! and by that I mean going to sleep early and reading and drawing a lot. PARRRRRRTY!!!! </h4>";
arrComments["20021118"]="<h4>11/18/2002 - *huff, puff* must... UPDATE!<br> *WHEW!* made it!  Had a really great weekend- remind me to tell you about it sometime.  For now,uh, I guess, revel in the memories of your own really great weekend. Thanks for reading!</h4>";
arrComments["20021119"]="<h4>11/19/2002 - This comic is now part of the Rocketbox comic group thingy, headed by good ol' Barry Smith of <a href='http://www.inktank.com/AT'>Angst Technology.</a>  You can now (please) vote for ESH by ESH as one of the top comics by clicking <A HREF='http://www.topsitelists.com/topsites.cgi?ID=59&user=RocketBox&area=start'>here.</A> </h4>";
arrComments["20021111"]="<h4>11/11/2002 - Boy, is it ever Monday!!  This decapitation was specifically requested by my dear old chum <a href='http://www.angelfire.com/wy/rbwein/scams'>Arthur</a>, and I was more than willing to oblige him.  <br> This past Thursday, I had my first professional voice-over class with John Gillogly of <a href='http://www.voicecoaches.com'>Creative Voice Development Group.</a> I'll keep you posted as to my progress, but it's fun so far. Next class is in December.  When I record my demo, I'll try to get some samples up here.<br> I tried sushi for the second time last night, and though it was marginally better than the first time I tried it, I don't see the appeal. I don't like the smell, the taste, the texture - in fact, I don't see what there is to like. Is it a thrill-seeking thing, like: <i>'Hey, look at me! I'm eating fish that wasn't cooked and seaweed that smells like South Street Seaport! Aint I just craaazy?!' </i> </h4>";
arrComments["20021104"]="<h4>11/04/2002 - Yay! Color again!  For this month's color strip, Usagi and Mofo from <a href='http://www.doadesigns.com/warp9'>Warp 9 to Hell</a>, of blessed memory, make their appearance.  Maybe they will even resurface one day to continue the madness they started and so heartlessly abandoned.<br> Finally got to watch Spider-man over the weekend- great flick, true to its roots, fun to watch.  Now I have to watch the first X-men movie and I 'll be all caught up in my Marvel Comic movies.</h4>";
arrComments["20021021"]="<h4>10/21/2002 - WHEW! this one was done just under the wire.  If you didn't catch it, make sure to go back and see this past Thursday's <a href ='d/20021017.html'>BONUS COMIC</a>. I'm so glad I got to give all my lovely readers an extra treat. And you are all lovely. Even you, Mike. </h4>";
arrComments["20021017"]="<h4>10/17/2002 - I type this with one hand as Izzi sits on my lap.  BONUS THURSDAY COMIC!! Hope you enjoy. If you do, tell 5 friends about the comic. If you don't like it, tell 7. </h4>";
arrComments["20021006"]="<h4>10/06/2002 - I predicted a while back that for the first ten years of this millenium, people would be so enamoured of it that we would always be calling the years 'Two Thousand, Two Thousand and one, etc'. Come 2010, we'd be ready to start using the standard convention of the past centuries and start in with 'Twenty Ten, Twenty Eleven.' So far I've been borne out- no one I've heard has referred to this year as 'Twenty Oh Two,' but I heard a radio news report about the Olympics and how they might be in New York in the year 'Twenty Twelve.'  It's nice to be right for a change.<br> Changing jobs next week- does that mean I'll have less to complain about? Stay tuned.  As per my wife's suggestion, I am going to try to do one color comic a month, on the first Monday of the month. So enjoy- Please please <a href='mailto:eshworld@welcome.to'>drop me a line</a> and let me know what you think- about the color comic idea in particular, or the whole comic in general.  Commence the mass emailing......... NOW.</h4>";
arrComments["20021008"]="<h4>10/08/2002 -Well, it's official. I am now unemployed.... until Monday. Gamal appears in this week's comic courtesy of <a href='http://www.meninhats.com'>Men In Hats.</a> </h4>";
arrComments["20020926"]="<h4>09/26/2002  - Hmm. Just playing around.  Comic that's a pretty good read: <a href='http://www.genecatlow.com/' target = '_new'> http://www.genecatlow.com/</a>.</h4>";
arrComments["20020919"]="<h4>09/19/2002 - redid the first ever comic. The original didn't pack a punch, and I think I like this one better. See the original <a href='images/originalfirst.gif' target = '_new'>HERE</a>. Click <a href='d/20020214.html'>Here</a> to see the new one.</h4>";
arrComments["20020910"]="<h4>9/10/2002 - What with the holiday season and all, it looks like it's gonna be a bit of a funky updating schedule, but I'll try to be good about it. Hugh, Yaz and Dante appear without any sort of consent or approval, and are property (mind, body and soul) of Barry T. Smith of <a href='http://www.inktank.com/AT/index.cfm'>Angst Technology</a>. New link in <a href='links.html'>LINKS</a> : <a href='http://killroyandtina.comicgensis.com'>Kilroy and Tina!</a> A newish discovery of mine. Also, no link yet, but <a href='http://www.meninhats.com'>Men in Hats</a> is Aaron Farber (of <a href='http://www.pentasmal.com'>Pentasmal</a>)'s re-emergence into webcomics! Check em all out! </h4>";
arrComments["20020912"]="<h4>9/12/2002 - Sweet Jebus!! Thanks a zillion to Barry Smith from <a href='http://www.inktank.com/AT/index.cfm'>Angst Technology</a> for linking to my site. It's been a real shot in the arm, reader-wise, and I'm hoping all you guys who came over from his site will choose to come back every once and again. You won't regret it! </h4> <h3>The first comic has been redone.. the original didn't pack a punch, and I think I like this one better. See the original <a href='/comics/20020214orig.gif' target = '_new'>HERE</a>.</h3>";
arrComments["20020901"]="<h4>9/01/2002 - Labor dayyyy!! Time for a late lazy update! Another vacation day spent doing nothing in particular.  I guess that's a good thing.  <a href='http://www.gpf- comics.com'>General Protection Fault</a> is wrapping up (?) an intense storyline. Check it out- or see it from the <a href='http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20011104.html'>beginning</a> of this crazy ride.</h4>";
arrComments["20020903"]="<h5>9/03/2002 - Hmm.. Looks like something in the file is corrupted. I'll try to fix it ASAP. The last line is <b>'Now <u>that</u> makes <u>ME</u> laugh.'</h5>";
arrComments["20020826"]="<h4>8/26/2002 - Sorry, busy weekend, no comic yet.  Went wall climbing yesterday and boy do my toes hurt.  Look for an update tomorrow morning or evening.  I hopes.</h4>";
arrComments["20020819"]="<h4>8/19/2002 - Izzi makes his debut in the comic!  He went for his first photo session over the weekend.  I had to keep telling him that those pics are not modeling shots, and this is not going to be his big break. Kids these days. <a href='http://www.damonk.com/'>FRAMED</a> is back!</h4>";
arrComments["20020812"]="<h4>8/12/2002 - If you can't tell who the four bald guys (with the phaser, wheelchair, kite and earring) are supposed to be, I'll be happy to clarify it.  But I'll act severely insulted if you do ask. <br>I'd like to extend a hearty <big>congratulations</big> to my buddy Damonk, who draws <a href='http://www.damonk.com'>FRAMED!</a> on his engagement to his erstwhile girlfriend Meghan Quinn, who draws <a href='http://eattheroses.comicgensis.com'>Eat the Roses.</a> It's a match made in Keenspace!</h4>";
arrComments["20020805"]="<h4>8/05/2002 - Moving day was yesterday! Now we're in a 2 bedroom apartment with a reserved parking space, central A/C, and a half a basement with a washer and dryer! Movin' on up. Grabbed a few minutes to scan and type the comic I had drawn last Thursday.  Talk about under the wire....</h4>";
arrComments["20020729"]="<h4>7/29/2002 - Whew! Busy Busy. Izzi's first baseball game yesterday! Pics soon. Today's update is late, as usual.Big redesign and integration with <a href='http://www.angelfire.com/super2/eshworld'>ESHWORLD</a> planned. Stay tuned. Oh, and who's the guy in the mask handling the violence quota for this week's comic? It's Butch, from <a href='http://www.choppingblock.org'>Chopping Block</a>. Go see him in his natural habitat at <a href='http://www.choppingblock.org'>http://www.choppingblock.org</a>.</h4>";
arrComments["20020722"]="<h4>7/22/2002 - I have a comic all drawrn and inkeded up for you, but due to yesterday's moving hijinks (not that I was particularly moved by them, mind ye), I have not had a chance to scan it. Look for it tomorrie! In your local liberrie! Or even... right now!</h4>";
arrComments["20020715"]="<h4>7/15/2002 - Added a lovely double-ended black brush/fine tip marker to my bag of tools. The more, the merrier.  Here's a safety tip, folks: when trying to post your comics, it helps a bunch not to forget the URL you're supposed to post to.  That one's on me.  Next tip'll cost ya.</h4>";
arrComments["20020708"]="<h4>7/08/2002 - The gray of the guy's pants was done with a new gray brush tip marker I got on July 4.  I got it mainly to use for shading, and it doesn't really work great for fill-in. Live and learn.</h4>";
arrComments["20020701"]="<h4>7/01/2002 - Getting harder to do Thursday strips, but here's a Monday for ya.  I am not thrilled with the artwork or cramped-ness of this one, but it makes my point.  And a dandy point it is!</h4>";
arrComments["20020617"]="<h4>6/17/2002 - Had a great first ever father's day.  Nice and productive.  I hope today's comic accurately depicts how annoying it is to be interrupted in the middle of every sentence.  Happens every day at work.</h4>";
arrComments["20020613"]="<h4>6/13/2002 - Izzi decided there's no Thursday comic for you. Sorry.  He asks if Monday will work for you.</h4>";
arrComments["20020612"]="<h4>6/12/2002 - HA! Nice little navigation buttons, eh? Well, I like em.</h4>";
arrComments["20020610"]="<h4>6/10/2002 - And so ends any reference to Sue. Let us never speak of her again.  Today's Keenspace update was on time! WOW!</h4>";
arrComments["20020606"]="<h4>6/06/2002 - Bonus Thursday comic.. and the Sue Saga continues..  Many thanks to my newborn son Izzi who garciously alotted me enough time to do today's and Monday's comics last night.</h4>";
arrComments["20020603"]="<h4>6/03/2002 - Ah, 'Sue.'  This is the first of three relating to this character.  She's been a great source of inspiration (through aggravation).  Gawblessya, Sue.  Now quit.</h4>";
arrComments["20020527"]="<h4>5/27/2002 - Memorial day... and the latest comic, for you. This one was actually drawn in the hospital, whilst my wife was in early labor.  Does it show?</h4>";
arrComments["20020523"]="<h4>5/23/2002 - My wife had a BABY BOY! To celebrate, bonus Thursday comic! Pics of the kid are at <a href='http://www.onlysimchas.com/galleries/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewgallery&SimchaID=44 28&GalleryID=4271'>http://www.onlysimchas.com/galleries/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewgallery &SimchaID=4428&GalleryID=4271</a></h4>";
arrComments["20020520"]="<h4>5/20/2002 - Got some good ones coming up folks.  Make sure to use the 'email' link below to let me know what you think.</h4>";
arrComments["20020516"]="<h4>5/16/2002 - Special edition THURSDAY comic up for your viewing pleasure.  Let the love flow, people.  </h4>";
arrComments["20020513"]="<h4>5/13/2002 - I am thinking of throwing in a special bonus comic for this Thursday, especially given the fact that my wife giving birth may cause delays somewhere down the road.  Plus, I already have it drawn and scanned.  Time shall tell. Maybe I'll just wait.</h4>";
arrComments["20020508"]="<h4>5/08/2002 - Much thanks to Case Yorke, creator of <a href='http://altbrand.com/gluemeat/main.html'>Gluemeat</a> and <a href='http://arentwereal.comicgensis.com'>Aren't We Real</a> for the lovely review and link to the site.  Case is a webcomic veteran and praise from him always makes me feel all tingly.  I've added a link to Gluemeat below.</h4>";
arrComments["20020506"]="<h4>5/06/2002 - All wording in this comic was done with the text tool in Paint Shop Pro.  It's just easier than trying to write all neatly.  Fonts came from <a href='http://www.blambot.com'>Blambot,</a> an online font resource for comic strips, and from <a href='http://www.themeworld.com/fonts/'>Themeworld Fonts</a>. Still no word on the KeenSpace account.</h4>";
arrComments["20020429"]="<h4>4/29/2002 - Monday's update will be in the evening. Sorry about that.Too much trouble with the JavaScript navigation, it's now relegated to the archive.  Enjoy.</h4>";
arrComments["20020425"]="<h4>4/25/2002 - Thanks to all the pros on their suggestions and comments.  I'm havin' fun and hope y'all are too.  Did I just say y'all? I think I shall shoot for Monday updates, starting this Monday.  We'll see.</h4>";
arrComments["20020419"]="<h4>4/19/2002 - I plan on updating once a week or so. I put in for a membership with <a href='http://www.comicgensis.com' target='new'>Keenspace,</a> a free webhosting service for webcomics, but that takes a while to set up, so we'll see how it changes over time.</h4>";
arrComments["20020408"]="<h4>4/08/2002 - Well, this is my comic.  And this is a comment.  Hope you enjoy.</h4>";
arrComments["20020304"]="<h4>This comic has been redone. See <a href='http://esh.comicgensis.com/d/20030306.html'>http://esh.comicgensis.com/d/20030306.html</a> for the results.</h4>";
arrComments["20020214"]="<h4>ISSUE #1!! This comic has been redone. See the original <a href='../images/originalfirst.gif' target = '_new'>HERE</a>.</h4>";

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