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Jan 2nd, Beginnings and Endings…

The next LoF comic will be posted on Jan 2nd. Some veteran readers might be a bit irked by the direction I take the series in 2012. I shall call it the year of experimentation… So long Comicgenesis/Keenspace. You were a great friend for many years!

Spam and Mcdonalds…..

Found out this morning that Mcdonald’s free wifi service blocks out forbez.net (at least here in Canada). I wonder where else my domain is forbidden? And how does Mcdonald’s decide what sites to block out? Forbez.net is relatively new and, to my knowledge, never hosted anything over PG-13. Do they just block out sites they’ve never heard of? On a

Added a bookmark feature..

If you browse through the archives you will notice some bookmark links under the comic. This allows one to, well, bookmark the last comic they were viewing so they can continue at a later time. Not really revolutionary… a ton of comics have implemented a similar feature for years. But for LoF it’s unprecedented!! And yes, I realize the bookmark

If you’re using IE6 then this website looks like sh*t…

Not just IE but perhaps some other older browsers. I used a ton of newer CSS code to customize the look of this site (and I’m still not done). Again, if something looks awkward let me know. And don’t be afraid to let me know if I overdid some elements (like the transparency).

A little color…

Progress update: – added background space image. Not sure how this looks on bigger monitors, though. Please let me know if it looks messed up. -added title graphic featuring everyone’s favorite green-skinned mother.    

Progress…

LoF’s entire archive was uploaded to the new site. Still to work on: – character descriptions (text and pictures. I think I’ll redraw the portraits and add some color to them) – break the archives into chapters or storylines so that new readers aren’t so overwhelmed with the 300+ pages) – create a special story summary section for new readers.