316: “Hot Tub Hero”
Chapter: 8: The Write Stuff
Good afternoon, all. Given a lot of work I’m doing at home and with the holidays approaching, I’m going to change the day for my weekly updates to Sunday so that I have extra time on Saturday to do final touches before upload. Please expect this week’s comic to appear some time tomorrow. Thanks for understanding.
Hello to all my readers. After a few months getting life back in order, facing the challenges of parenthood head-on and, in my opinion, doing a very good job, I’m ready to return to the creation of “Uncle Sam.” Right now I have a good sized backlog of comics ready to publish, so hopefully this buffer will help me return to publishing while maintaining the time at home to craft new strips. I have chosen to renew my previous schedule of one new comic each weekend, so as not to overwhelm myself based on the needs of my family. I’m excited to continue the crazy adventures of Sam, Rad, Jason, and the rest of my characters, and invite you to follow along.
As “Uncle Sam” wraps up its second exciting story line, it is important to reflect on the past year creating and sharing the witty adventures of Rad, Jason, Sam, and their family and friends. Making “Uncle Sam” is truly a labor of love, something I do out of sheer pleasure with no reward other than knowing that someone out there enjoys the zany stories popping out of my head and onto paper.
Keeping this comic going is not always easy, and requires serious commitment to make my deadlines while having enough additional story ready for publication for at least several more weeks. But each time I pick up a pencil, the ideas keep coming and the pictures all but draw themselves, with me as no more than a conduit for Sam and the gang to bring themselves to life.
In the one year since Uncle Sam popped up online, this endeavor has become a defining part of my life, and I am very excited to keep the story going for as long as possible. So, to sum it all up, thanks to all my followers for sticking with me and supporting me as this project continues to grow. I can promise you now, the stories are going to get crazier with time, so be prepared for some truly awesome – and a little insane – adventures waiting right around the corner.
My sincere thanks to everyone who is happily following this webcomic. I am working hard to keep the site up to date while also producing new material each week, so hopefully we will have lots of content to enjoy for a long time coming.
Please feel free to follow “Uncle Sam” on its very own Facebook page for daily updates. Obviously things are starting small for this fledgling site, but if and when there is a need to make announcements, or any other news arises, I will be sure to post on Facebook as well as this website’s homepage.
Click this link to join us on Facebook. Hope to see you there!
Dear Reader:
Thank you very much for visiting my brand new webcomic. It has been a long awaited dream of mine to share my comedic works with the world, and I hope you are one of many to enjoy what I create. Publishing my story, “Uncle Sam,” is a labor of love nearly twenty years in the waiting, but I am happy to have the opportunity to bring it to life not only for my sake but yours – my guest’s – as well.
My expectations going forward may not include fame or fortune, but simply the chance to entertain those in need of a good laugh. I welcome you to join me as together we meet “Uncle Sam” and his family, and follow the twists and turns of their life. All I ask, in the beginning, is for your patience as I learn the ins and outs of authoring and self-publishing a webcomic.
Starting here, I aim to publish twice a week – Monday and Friday for the time being – however I will be sure to update whether that schedule changes and what to expect in the future.
With all this and much more in mind, I promise not to disappoint.
Let the story begin.
-Michael