August 9, 2010: Precocious is going MWF

Sorry, everyone. I hate to do it, but I am scaling back Precocious updates to Monday, Wednesday and Friday for a while. If you haven't been following the blog or my twitter feed, know it's for a darn good reason: I'm going to grad school! Grad school for CARTOONING! Er, I’m sorry... "Sequential Art."

So in order to do this whole grad school thing, a major life overhaul is in order. For one, this school thing requires me to move, which it turns out is a HUGE undertaking. Then there's that whole SCHOOL part. This is a crazy intensive program and my free time will be bye bye for a while.

How long is "a while" anyway? I HAVE NO IDEA. It could be a few months, until I fall into a good enough rhythm to balance school and Precocious production. It could be for the full two years of the program. Ideally, I get encouraged to produce and get course credit for doing daily doses of awesome! (IT COULD HAPPEN! Right?) All I know is while it may be a step back now, it'll be a great leap forward for me in the end. Thank you all for understanding.

August 3, 2010: I made another guest strip!

I did a guest strip for Ginger's Bread! If you missed it, he banished it to the bottom of his fan art page. I swear. Where's the love?

June 28, 2010: Guest strips! Shirts!

I drew a few guest strips for Also, Bagels, which are running this week. Go check them out! And do read though the archives, because they won't make sense otherwise.

There's also two new shirt designs up in the store! Go take a gander if you haven't already. Also, if you want to see something specific on a Precocious shirt, there's a thread on the forum just for that! Come share you ideas!

June 17, 2010: I can haz forum?

OK, folks, I have given in. There is now a Precocious forum for all your discussion and community-building needs. You were so good about keeping active on Formspring, I decided you could pull this message board thing off. DON’T LET ME DOWN! So go! Post! Interact! Build the world! Don’t be afraid! This is all about you guys, and I hope you have fun with it!

June 8, 2010: You can still ask me things!

It's been over a week since I returned from the break, so a new news post was due.

I'm still over at Formspring answering your questions. If there's anything left you'd like to know about me, you have your outlet. (Or have I driven everyone away at this point?)

The sketch blog is back in operation, and will be updated as fun art progresses. You know the best way to ensure daily updates over there? COMMISSION ME! Get yourself some original artwork and keep me alive! I have room for a couple projects right now. If you desire some art, drop me an email and we can work something out.

May 2, 2010: A few changes

As you may have noticed, this Sunday's comic is not your typical Sunday fare. This is because I'm changing things up a bit with the comic. I've been working with a traditional newspaper comic update system for a while, but this is the internet! I don't *have* to be traditional! Thus, I am killing off color (for now) and turning Sunday into just another day. This is a bit freeing, as it means I don't have to juggle things to make sure the bonus-sized strip always lands on Sunday – I can put super-sized strips wherever they should fall! The loss of color is a bit disheartening, but hopefully it won't be gone for too long. It'll take me some time before I'm competent enough on my new tablet to do *anything* well, much less color quickly, but I hold out hope for my eventual awesomeness! You patience is appreciated until then.

March 23, 2010: Party week!

Woohoo! Not only does Precocious hit 500 strips this week, but it's my birthday tomorrow as well. (I'll be 30! Ack!) How should we celebrate? Oh, I know! GIVE ME GIFTS! Readers with deep pockets, I direct you to the shiny donation button to your right. Donations go to the art supplies needed to produce Precocious and Copper Road - and potentially towards the purchasing of a Wacom tablet, which will open up new cartooning possibilities for me! Readers without deep pockets - which is all of you, isn't it? - I direct you to the three voting buttons above. Throw Precocious some love! Do it every day! Seriously, I'm getting a bit annoyed that I seem to be the only one voting on some of these sites. Where are my loyal minions when I need them? Is it tacky for me to use these occasions to beg? Whatever, man, it's my party and I'll do what I want to!

February 5, 2010: It's kinda a store!

Yes, it's lacking in the classics, but you can now purchase some merchandise at the Precocious store! Let's see how this goes. This print on demand stuff is a bit expensive, but think of it as a donation to Precocious with a bonus shirt! (For those not into the shirts, there's a handy donation button to the right.) Who knows what can come of this store thing? If I get some activity, I can upgrade my store and start offering more designs.

January 1, 2010: Precocious is one year old!

I did it! I survived!

It's been a crazy year for Precocious. Just think, I started off thinking I'd be another Monday/Wednesday/Friday strip – and I ended up with more comics in the archive than days in the year. That, friends, is PRECOCIOUS! (For those confused, I launched the site with the Gender Wars arc in the archives, putting me 60 strips up on day 1.) How can I possibly top that in 2010?

The goal for 2009 was lofty: I wanted to hit the ground running and establish Precocious as something special. I wanted a large archive with lots of stories for people to read. I wanted to craft my own unique world and bring all of you into it! Precocious was new and fresh, and there was so much to learn about the huge cast of crazy characters. I think I've been successful.

What's the goal for 2010? Refinement and expansion. Now we go for gusto! The comic itself remains the top priority, but now I have start working on other things – such as upgrading the website and (finally) getting a Precocious store up and running. It's going to be a lot of work – and I'm quite intimidated – but I'm optimistic. These things will happen *sometime* down the line. I hope it's sooner than later.

Since I'm nothing without you readers, I now turn to you. What would you like to see from me in 2010? What features should I add/remove/change? It's your support that keeps me going when times are tough, and I want to make sure I keep you happy! You can let me know in the shoutbox to the right, today's comic's comments or via email.

Thank you all for reading. May 2010 be good to us all!

December 21, 2009: Merry Chrispmas!

On a whim, I created a new wallpaper for you! Check out the wallpaper page to download it. Enjoy!

December 2, 2009: New interview!

Check out the interview I did with the Xcentrikz! It's a self-indulgent good time!

October 30, 2009: Precocious in a Crowd!

Everyone, go look at today's Alone in a Crowd! By mandate of the people, my buddy Tom has drawn his cast dressing up as Precocious characters for Halloween! How sweet is that? There's also a wallpaper of the drawing available, which is adorning my desktop at the moment.

On the *other* Precocious Halloween wallpaper front, expect it tonight or (more likely) tomorrow.

August 3, 2009: Interview is up!

Now available for download: My Webcomic Reviews and Interviews podcast interview. Listen to my sexy voice, marvel at my ranting and gawk at the trainwreckiness of it all!

June 17, 2009: The Precocious Sonata

How's this for the second-ever piece of Precocious fan art? The amazing Daniel Distelle composed this amazing theme for Precocious, and I am still awestruck by its beauty and his generosity. It took me weeks to work up this post purely because I could not find the proper words to express my thanks. I still can't, but it's better to fail and words and SHARE THE AWESOME MUSIC than fail at words and let genius go unappreciated. The subtitle of the piece is very Precocious = "Everyone is a moon, we all have a dark side."

Edit: Here's an mp3 version if you can't play the other file.