Reservations

Today's post is more than one sentence informing an indifferent internet of the latest page of my comic.  In fact, today's post will have very little to do with said comic (though for those who care, the next page may be a day or two late due to me being busy for a good chunk of this weekend.)  So, with that out of the way, lets get on with it.

A scant two days ago, Tesla Motors unveiled their upcoming Model 3 (here's a link to the video for those who are interested and haven't seen it yet.)  The Model 3 is Tesla's "affordable" electric vehicle.  I put affordable in quotes because, at $35k US there will still be a fair number of people who can't afford it (though electric vehicle incentives available in some jurisdictions may help with that somewhat), though it is still a heck of a lot more affordable than the Model S (or X) which will make it attainable by a lot more people than any of Tesla's previous offereings.  And it appears that there is a good amount of interest in the Model 3 already, if the the 230 000 or so reservations made for it in the first two days is any indication.

I mention all this to say that I made a reservation for the Model 3 shortly after the online reservations opened up on Thursday and I am somewhat excited!  This is a kind of surprising to me because a year ago, I would not have ever thought that I'd be anywhere near this excited for a car of all things.  I am not a car person.  Cars are occassionally useful tools for getting from point A to point B, but they're not really exciting.

Now, I've had it in the back of my mind for a while that whenever I was in the market for a new (or used) car, I'd like to move towards something a bit "greener" than my current car - some sort of hybrid, I figured.  As purchasing a vehicle was always at some undefined point int the future, I never really looked into the details of what was available and really only had this vague awareness that hybrids were a thing.  It was mostly just a thought that I filed away, to be investigated at the appropriate time.

 But things sometimes happen in unexpected ways and my interest in electric cars in general (and Teslas in particular) was piqued by this (rather long, but quite interesting) article about Tesla and electric vehicles that I read last May.  Ever since then, I've been keeping an eye on news about Tesla and electric cars, looking forward to the Model 3 in particular.  A Model S is well out of my price range for the foreseeable future (and possibly always will be) but a Model 3, now that I should be able to handle.

Now I just have to wait two years or so for the Model 3 to actually go into production :P

Until next time,
Freak Out
-TFitC

Sandwiched

I'm a couple of days later posting it than intended, but here is the latest page of The Word Smith:  ta da!

Until some point in the future
Freak Out,
-TFitC

Word Power

And the latest page of The Word Smith comes online.  Yeah.

Freak Out,
-TFitC

On the Inside

The next page of the Word Smith is in the standard location.

Narf.

Freak Out,
-TFitC

Open Book

Short and to the point:  the first page of episode nine of The Word Smith is now online.

Freak Out,
-TFitC

Book Return

Alrighty.  Getting right to the point:  episode 9 of The Word Smith begins!

As mentioned previously, my update schedule is "whenever I can get pages done" but this will hopefully be about once every two weeks, on average.

Do not consider anything I say here to be binding.

So, until next time,
Freak Out,
-TFitC

Punctuation

There are a couple of days remaining in the month and I have yet to post anything for the next episode of The Word Smith which my previous post implied would happen sometime this month.  I expect to get around to this some time over the weekend so as not to perjure myself.

In the meantime, here's some design sketches I did of a very minor character that appears in a flashback in episode 7:

The character is named The Punctuator and is, obviously, punctuation themed.  I was also trying to make his outfit a bit "spikey" because he, well, punctures things, after a fashion.

And that is all for today.  Watch this space for the commencement of the next exciting (exciting!  I say!) episode of... The Word Smith!

Freak Out,
-TFitC

Booklog

It returns....

After an unexpectedly long hiatus, due in part to some unexpected real-life stuff that happened unexpectedly, The Word Smith will be resuming sometime in January.  When it does, the schedule will be something along the lines of "whenever I can get a page done" which will hopefully be no slower than a page every other week, on average.  We shall see.  Until then, here follows a couple of concept sketches for the Episode 9 title page:

Freak Out,
-TFitC

New Car Small

I bought a Tesla on the weekend - two of them even!  Here they are chilling on my bookshelf with Bumblebee:

On the left is a Tesla Roadster, on the right is a Model S and in the middle, disguised as a VW Beetle (and feeling rather old fashioned about it - and perhaps even a bit self-conscious given the recent VW diesel scandal thing) is Bumblebee.  It is probably obvious at this point that these aren't real Teslas (I don't have anywhere near that kind of money), rather these are the Hot Wheels versions which I found whilst doing some Christmas shopping.  Now, I don't personally care much about the Roadster (as it's not the sort of car I would buy myself even if I did have the money) but as there was a Model S available and they were cheap ($1 each!) I figured I'd pick up the pair.

Anywho, that is all for the nonce.  There may be other posts coming before too long...

Freak Out,
-TFitC

The Long Night is Finally Over

Well, perhaps the post title overstates things a bit.  Nevertheless, yesterday's Canadian federal election delivered what is, in my opinion, a much welcomed (and perhaps overdue) change in government.

I have one piece of advice for our incoming Prime Minister, Mr. Trudeau:  don't screw up.  Easier said than done, I know!  To elaborate, there seems to be a desire for a more open, transparent, accountable (and so forth) governement.  I believe that there was a rather high anti-Harper sentiment in this election for a reason, so please don't let Canadians down, the country deserves better.

Sincerely,
Some random guy on the interweebs.

-TFitC