SAM & FUZZY, by Sam Logan (updates M/W/F)


Without Sin, Pt. 1

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Nov 20, 2006

Pow!

Today's comic is the first in a three-part series focusing on our favourite record executive. I think you will enjoy this brief window into his world. (And by enjoy, I mean "be horrified.")

I'm a filthy liar! An hour or two ago, I claimed in this space that the new site layout would not be going live today. But I was wrong, friends. Ashton managed to get it all coded up today after all! (Be sure to project psychic kind thoughts his way!)

Basically, I had two major goals in mind when I designed the new site. First, I wanted to give the comic a more prominent and visually-dominant place on the page. Before, sitting in a white box in a black box in a white box, surrounded by little buttons and banners, it just seemed to get lost. So, I came up with this desaturated greyscale colour scheme, where the comic is the only place on the page with large concentrations of pure white and pure black. Then I added a new navigation menu and ad sidebar that are a little cleaner-looking and hopefully a little less distracting than the older versions.

Secondly, I wanted to make the website less intimidating to new readers. So, I've restructured the comic archive into major story arcs, pointing out each and every easy jumping-on point in the overall storyline. I created a new reader page to help guide visitors figure out where to start. And Ashton implemented a cool tagging system that will allow people to mark their place as they work their way through the archive.

I hope you all enjoy the new layout. (Although if you don't, you're kind of boned either way!) Please let me know if you encounter any broken links or other troubles.

As the banner says above, this is the last week to order any hoodies or babydolls in any of our shirt designs. Right now we're offerring them in every design in the store, old and new. If you were hoping to nab one of these for the gift-giving season, be warned that this is the last time we will be making them available until the new year.

Sam Logan


Nov 17, 2006

Chonk!

Tune in next time for the shocking conclusion bypassing of this week's cliffhanger!

Also tune in for the brand new Sam and Fuzzy website, which will finally launch on Monday!

Have a happy holiday weekend, Americans! Do not let yourself be swept away by the season's relentless tide of rampant, unbridled consumerism. (Unless, of course, you would like to do that here!)

Sam Logan


Nov 15, 2006

Flow, flow, flow pancreatic juice, flow, flow into the duodenum


Yikes! I just noticed the word "hilarious" has been mispelled in the banner above the comic since Monday. I have fixed the mistake now. I hope that didn't put anyone off of the design. Please rest assured that on the actual shirts, the word "hilarious" is spelled as it is in the pictures in the shop... correctly.




Something I forgot to mention in this space on Monday is the new Custom T-shirt Three-pack option that is now available in the shop. With this offer, when you buy three t-shirts -- any three, new design or old -- you save nine dollars. When people are actually willing to buy three whole pieces of clothing from you, it is a good idea to be nice to them!



Folks seem to be warmly embracing these new designs, which is quite validating considering how weird they all are. There's no real science to this, after all... I just design the kind of shirts that I would like to wear and hope I'm not the only one!



Sam Logan