Many readers have commented on the heated debate in St. Petersburgh over the new comics. First off, thanks for all the kind words. You’re the ones I draw the strip for.

Someone asked if the negative feedback in the St. Pete’s Times bothers me. Not really. In fact, I’m glad people are still so passionate about their comics. It’d be a sad day when a paper changes a strip and no one notices.

As far as some of the harsher comments, well, that just comes with the territory in the entertainment world. If I don’t like a particular strip or TV show or movie for that matter, I just don’t read/watch it. That simple. I recognize that it might not be for me but a lot of other people probably do enjoy it. I absolutely love “Lost” but I’ve never watched CSI (I think there’s seven right?). That doesn’t make CSI stupid. It’s just not for me. Calling it stupid would imply that those that watch it are too dumb to realize it’s stupid. Just doesn’t work logicaly.

Anyway, I hope St. Pete keeps DeD. I know they’ve received a lot of positive feedback not posted on their website. We’ll wait and see.

The Albany Times Union will be sampling DeD. So if you’re in that area, keep your eyes open for it and drop them a line. I believe it will start next week.

A happy coincidence that my favorite strip so far runs on little So-so’s birthday. The furry superstar is three today. Time for party hats and homemade biscuits!

The Albany Times Union will be sampling six strips, one at a time, to replace the Boondocks. DeD won’t run until June I believe. So if you’re in that area keep your eyes open and make sure you vote for DeD

Just saw that brian dunaway (Pork & Bean) has a new web strip. I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard from a comic. The strip is updated every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Check it out here:

A Mission Deep (Sci Fi Comic Fun)

If you haven’t heard about this guy, you need to check it out. He started with one red paperclip and is trading up until he gets a house. Pretty cool:

one red paperclip

DeD has been on Ucomics since the launch but it’s now on Comics.com too. You can get it in your email everyday at either site. Course, don’t forget to come visit us here too.

http://www.comics.com/creators/dogeat/index.html

Posted a couple new photos in the gallery. Just had to post this one here too:

Well, this Sunday the St. Petersburgh times will be announcing the results of their comics page shake-up. I’ll miss the drama:

New comics for the Times | ItsYourTimes.com

Seems DeD is becoming more of a documentary then a cartoon. This photo was sent in from Katherine at www.interplaytheatre.com. And the dogs name is Sophie too!

It’s Webby Award time again. If you’ve never checked out the webby’s, you’re missing out. Even if you don’t vote, it’s a great collection of the best the web has to offer:

Webby Awards