You know what I love about all my friends and contacts who are reenactors?  They always sign their emails, “Your Humble & Obedient Servant.”  There is something about emails that sound like they ought to have a wax seal on them that makes me smile…

This time off has given me a chance to not only see family and friends and recover from a really insane year, but it’s also allowed me to slow down enough to get some creativity back.  I’ve been working hard on the issues 7 and 8 scripts, and getting vision/direction for the rest of the first Act.  I’ve also had a chance to do some more research on the Rangers, Nathan Hale, and Dr. Joseph Warren and his family.  It’s been a really good break for me and The Dreamer, behind the scenes at least!

So Happy New Year everyone!  We’ll be starting back next Friday with Pages 1 & 2 of the new Issue #6 but if you VOTE for The Dreamer, you can preview page 1 now!

Merry Christmas, everyone!  In  lieu of a story update I give you the 2008 Christmas Funny Strip!

(Clicky on picture or link to read the whole strip.)

If you weren’t a Dreamer reader last year, this will make no sense unless you read last year’s Christmas Funny Strip first.

You might notice the little picture boxes next to your comments!  Sign up at Gravatar and upload an image, and every time you post a comment, your avatar will automatically pop up!

We had a little unexpected trip to the hospital this week in the Innes home…  Everything is okay, but as you know life just stops when that happens. So regular updates will resume on January, 9th.  See you then!

Enjoy your holidays!!

So… I like the Revolutionary War, right?  Over the past year, I’ve accumulated some pretty cool Revolutionary War-themed gifts from people who know and love me.  And, well, since Christmas is right around the corner, I thought that some of them might make really good gift ideas for you!  

Enjoy!  My top six picks for Christmas 2008!

#1:  Life-sized bust of George Washington (or any founder really).

Sure, you could settle for a small, six or twelve inch bust of your favorite Founding Father, but why?  A miniature bust of your favorite Founder only suggests that you like history enough to be public about it, but not enough to be gaudy.  Well, imagine this piece of thrift-store magnificence when I have guests over for dinner!  Nothing says, “What-the-crap-is-that??” like a giant George Washington next to your Television.  Believe me, this one is a crowd pleaser (or reducer) for sure!

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Hey, everyone!  The Issue #6 Cover this week!

(I hope this cover answers at least one of the questions you all have been asking me!)

Everyone have a fantastic holiday!  Merry Christmas and God Bless Us, Everyone!

Yesterday, when I got back from Kinko’s, I checked my email and there were several new messages from Mike.  The first one said this:

“You aren’t ready.
You aren’t ready. 
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I don’t think you’re ready yet….”

The rest of the emails were pretty much the same, lol.  So of course he peeked my curiosity, and after I finally pried it out of him, he sent me a link to this.

Are you a comic book geek, too?  Then you’re not ready yet either!!!!

Hey, everyone!  It’s December 16th, huzzah!  235 years ago today, those Boston Rascals, The Sons of Liberty, assembled on Griffin’s Wharf “disguised” as Mohawk Indians, boarded the three ships carrying the despised cargo and dumped 342 cases of tea into the Boston Harbor (in a surprisingly orderly, and non-riotous manner). The Dreamer’s favorite Patriot, Dr. Joseph Warren, and his friends Sam Adams, John Hancock and Paul Revere were some of the masterminds behind the protest.

While we were in New England in October, Mike bought me this at Old Sturbridge Village:

Oh, the man knows the way to my heart!  It’s tea from the original shippers of the tea that was dumped into Boston Harbor on that fateful night!  (He was so excited to give it to me.)

Well, I had been saving it for today, when my awesome friend Asha came over and we had a Boston Tea Party this morning!

Asha is a great friend, because even though she’s not an American citizen (she moved here when she was like 9 months old, lol) she lets me drone on and on about American history and such and even… pays attention!  The poor woman can’t even vote here and yet she got the brunt of my political rantings this election season.  (ha ha, at least that nonsense is over…!)  I told her if she ever wants to go for citizenship I’ll let her wear my tricorn hat to the exam.  ;)

Well, The Old South Meeting House in Boston actually has a great page set up with information on the Boston Tea Party if you’re interested.

Hip, Hip, Huzzah! Boston Harbor a Teapot Tonight!

This wraps things up for Issue #5!  The final three pages, 26, 27 & 28!

(Caption:  ”Oww.” )

Dreamer Colorist Michael Motter helped with page 26.  I never give him the scripts when I have him work on a page, so he always tells me his own dialogue after he’s finished!  He had some funny ones for this page.  I think he should start publishing them as “The Dreamer According to Motter.”  haha!

Well, I wanted to formally apologize to all of you.  I know that Issue #5 took a long time to finish.  At least it has felt that way to me.  Convention season hit me hard, as well as a lot of things going on in my family, and I just had to take a few weeks off for my sanity.  There has a been a ton of stuff going on behind the scenes that was involved in getting The Dreamer ready for print.  I have been working really hard on The Dreamer, and I know that is difficult to see when you don’t get an update every Friday, but I assure you my devotion to this webcomic, and to my updates hasn’t changed a bit.

But I’m ready to rock & roll on issue #6!  Next week we’ll kick it off with the cover, and then I’ll take a week off for Christmas (but I have something else in store for you, hee hee!) and we’ll start off the new year with a brand new issue.  It should be smooth sailing for awhile after that.

Thanks for all your patience, and your continued devotion to my little story.  You guys are amazing!  

VOTE this week to see my original rough layout for the fist fight on Page 26.  Sometimes I like these a lot, and this one had some great energy to it!  See you next Friday!