Breaking the dry spell with a new strip that just came to me, so I had to get it out ASAP. The start of a new season perhaps? Could be.

And warm birthday wishes to Art Spiegelman.

Here’s the story. I got busy with the holidays and didn’t get the New Year’s episode done before the celebration began. I did, however, have access to some napkins, a pen, and a few drunk friends; some of whom were kind enough to help me with the strip.

Here’s a breakdown to help you understand, since these are really a “had to be there” kind of deal.

1. My strip for the evening. Says it all.

2. Jenn did this one first to try to shut me up. She wrapped it up and said “There. Done.”

3. I’m not sure what Jon was going for here. I think it was a conversation going on at the table.

4. This was Anita’s (aka “themistress”) entry. We were bemoaning having to work so hard to buy products with pseudoephedrine because of meth-heads, and the fact we could no-longer buy clove cigarettes because some dolts someplace think it’ll curb teenage smoking.

There. Now you know.

So this explains the missing strip from two weeks ago, what about last week? Well, to be honest, I got a new video game for Christmas, and, well, I’ve been playing the hell out of it. There. I said it. Hopefully we’ll get back on schedule this week. Wish me luck!