The sidebar is now on the side!

The sidebar is now to the side of the comics page, which is where I want it (rather than below it, which is the standard comicspress layout). Many thanks to Brian of Breakpoint City for generously creating and sharing the code — I don’t think I would have figured it out myself.

First person to put up a “Hereville” banner?

Yay! Check out the newest Don’t Know Either — I think this is the first link to “Hereville” from another webcomicker since I restarted! Makes me happy. Thanks, Theresa!

As well as creating one of the longest-running webcomics out there (closing in on an incredible 500 pages — it’ll be too many years before “Hereville” reaches that pagecount), Theresa is also doing incredible work promoting the very successful drive to help out Rachel Nabors (which I posted briefly about last week). She’s currently offering a great deal — donate ten bucks to Rachel, and she’ll do an original drawing for you of the subject of your choice. Donate more, and get a nicer drawing — check out Theresa’s site for details.

Click on the image to see the next page

Well, trying to get the new site in order continues. It’s a slow process, but “Hereville” now has a navigation option I really wanted: When reading “Hereville” pages (other than the most recent page), the page art itself is a link to the next page. This makes me very happy.

Many thanks to Karchesky, the cartoonist behind the ultra-quirky strip “Imaginary Daughter,” who generously wrote the code that makes the “click on the image to see the next page” thing work.

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 16

I’ve started rebuilding the “Hereville” site

I’ve rebuilt the “Hereville” site to take advantage of Tyler Martin’s “ComicPress” plug-in for Wordperfect. I’ll still be doing a lot of tweaks as I have time, but in the meanwhile the site is set up enough to look nice and be reasonably navigable.

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 15

I have to admit, I’m very fond of this page. Despite the fact that the doorway Mirka is leaning against must be the world’s shortest doorway!

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 14

Tooth problems! Oh nooooooh!

Not my teeth — Rachel Nabors‘ teeth. Rachel, winner of a Kim Yale award, specializes in girl-friendly comics (not that I think she’s trying — she’s just a girl-friendly person), and her mouth is going kablooey.

Rachel writes:

My surgery and braces will cost between $15,000 and $25,000 dollars. At the encouragement of others, I have set up a special PayPal account that will be used exclusively to pay for the costs of surgery and follow-up care. Leigh Dragoon has kindly agreed to audit. We are hoping to give away shirts with $25+ donations, so please specify your shirt size in men’s or women’s. Also, if you donate $100+, I’m going to send you an art card to a say super-big thank you.

More details and the donate button at the link:

Page 54 — backgrounds only

I thought this “in process” page might be enjoyable to folks — it’s page 54 of “How Mirka Got Her Sword,” but without the figures or the word balloons.

“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” page 13