*deaddays

There you have 'em. 3 things (other than my loverly wife and DEAD DAYS) that take up most of my non-working waking hours. And, BOY, have I been exposed to alot of good stuff lately! Here's a news ticker of stuff I'm totally into right now:

Am about 35 hours into Okami and I can safely say that I'm enjoying it as much as any Zelda I've ever played. • Picked up the new My Morning Jacket album "Evil Urges" and while it seemed to get off to a shaky start (with the 1st and 3rd tracks being throwaways), it's now one of my favorite MMJ albums yet. It kicks their last album "Z" in the ass. • Had a chance to squeeze into a packed theater and watch The Dark Knight over the weekend and I'm pretty positive it's the best crime movie I'll see in the next 2 or 3 years. And if you're sick of hearing about HOW GREAT the late Mr. Ledger is as the Joker, then you obviously haven't watch the movie yet. Witness his performance and have your mind blown! • Replaying Bully on Wii right now too. It's just as fun as I remember it being on the PS2. • Got the new Beck album "Modern Guilt" and he continues to be one of the most musically talented fellas in the biz. The guy can do no wrong. • When the HELL is the StrongBad Wiiware game coming out? It was supposed to be out in early July! I'm getting a little bit impatient here... • I downloaded the Neo Geo game Ninja Combat from virtual console for some quick and fun 2 player action with a buddy and was not disappointed! Those game are a blast! I'ma totally pick up SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 coming out for Wii this week! • In an attempt to get my wife to endure 2 comic book movies this week (with HellBoy 2 coming up later in the week), Sarah subjected me to Mama Mia this weekend as well. Though I contemplated lying to you all and keeping my cool by saying that the movie was stupid, I actually had a pretty great time! I've been singing ABBA songs all weekend... Dancing Queeeeeen, only seventeeeeeennnn... • And finally, being the obvious Nintendo fanboy that I am, I have to say that their E3 keynote conference was kinda pretty disappointing. Though the announcement of the new Animal Crossing: City Folk game, the DS GTA: Chintatown Wars and the Wii port of Dead Rising did lessen the sting a little. A LITTLE.

There. It was nice to get all that off my chest. Any of you guys enjoying the same stuff or wanna recommend some stuff I SHOULD be enjoying?
-John

Oh man, I'm playing too many great games right now!

I'm having an absolute BLAST with Okami, still in the process of unlocking stuff in Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii (Sarah is stupid good at both), am LOVING the downloadable WiiWare Lost Winds, and won my first Phoenix Wright case EVER last night (what a RUSH)! All this while trying to get to my buddy Adrian's house to play GTAIV as much as possible.

GAME SENSORY OVERLOAD!

If it wasn't for me going out of town for the next 2 weeks (to Denver on business and Chicago for my sister's wedding), I'd probably go into a game induced coma... and love it. Good thing I'ma have Phoenix Wright to keep me company (OBJECTION! Hee hee!).

My leaving town will only affect DEAD DAYS minimally. While I won't post here on DA for the next 2 weeks, I'll have a strip ready for this Sunday on DEADDAYS.net. And next week, my buddy, the hilarious Eli Parker of Tall Comics fame (and formally "Too Far" fame) will be GUEST STRIPPING on the site as well! So be sure to check the official DEAD DAYS site for your weekly DD dose!

Thanks for reading everyone! Go play some games!

Did I say I was quitting DEAD DAYS? I meant I was going to quit playing Zelda: Phantom Hourglass... because I beat it. Last night. Great game.

... you can see where I got confused there...

Just thought I'd join the ranks of the thousands of artists pulling the same crap today and remind you to do something totally shitty to someone you love. It's the APRIL FOOLS WAY!

Sarah caught me offguard last night at exactly 12:01am when she SCREECHED and screamed that our beloved fish Kinsey was DEAD. I figured that fish die if you so much as bump their bowl, so I felt pretty stupid after running into the kitchen to see it eating.

2 years before she told me that our cat had chewed through the Guitar Hero cord. She's good at April fooling me using our pets.

Anyhoo, happy foolings everyone! Hopefully everyone thinks of something better than "Quitting DEAD DAYS." Like that's even the least bit believable. I can't quit, they're sucking less and less every week! Later.
-John

Hi everyone.
Welp, I've thought it over and I've come to the realization that 400 strips is enough. More than enough, really. I'm quitting DEAD DAYS.

I'm leaving my DA account open for another week or so, then I'll be closing it out. Same with deaddays.net.

Thanks for all the great times everyone.
-John

Thanks to everyone who entered the DEAD DAYS Book Drawing over the last week! I know you're all itchin' to know who nabbed the books so here are the 5 randomly drawn winners:

~Ikar1kun - favorite strip: [link]
=Doomsday-device - favorite strip: [link]
~alienbabe - favorite strip: [link]
*pixie-the-gator - favorite strip: [link]
~child-clueless - favorite strip: [link]

Congratulations people! You all get a free signed copy of "Games, Girls & Gags" of your very own. Your luck disgusts us all. You'll all be receiving notes with directions on what to do next soon!

If you didn't win, but want to pick up a copy, they are still available to buy for cheap! Check out this [link] for all the info!
-John