Grab Bag Media: a blog of cartoons, design, and process by Charles Riffenburg IV

Making the case for managing expectations.

I apologize for my absence her last week. I’ve been working 10 hours days between my two jobs, and I’m working on getting a third one, plus freelance work. It’s ca-razy! Hope you had a good weekend.

And here it is: Dumbstruck’s seven year birthday!! I’ve finished almost 1100 strips to date. That’s crazy. I’m kinda exhausted. But true to my word, I’m caught up (caught up meaning only about a month behind. I like being a few weeks behind so I can get a feel for the shape of what I’m writing).

Also, you might have noticed a subtle switch to the site. Well, Blogger has decided to discontinue their FTP support, so I had to switch over to WordPress. You might notice a few bumps along the way as I learn this new platform, and there are still some features I have yet to finish work on (like a link for older posts, and a tag cloud). But we’re moving forward!

And my final surprise is that I’m finally getting on the bandwagon with the social media. Grab Bag Comics is now on Facebook, and you can become a fan to learn about news, projects, and art posts. Why not check it out now? I’ll go get some sleep.