Doings and Such

Item 1: Today I gifted Kirsten's office-mate, Cristina, with "Sequential Life Onesies" that I made special:

There's Blue,

Red,

Lil' Frijole,

...and new character, Yeller.

Enjoy your maternity leave, Cristina. Kirsten and I wish for happiness and health for you and the lil' one.

Item 2: On top of moonlighting at Awesome Hospital and doing guest strips for better web comics, I've also been participating in a group called Twitter Art Jam. The group is the brainchild of Rusty Shackles, and issues a monthly challenge to artists. In January, we recreated posters for our favorite movies. February saw us putting our own take on a favorite album cover. In March, we tackled video games.

All the participants are top notch guys, and the whole thing is a lot of fun. It's a good way to blow off some creative steam, plus, no one mocks me (openly) for my choices. There's talk that the whole venture may soon have its own website, so stay tuned.

C'mon

Bonk

So... What's Going On With You?

HEY FANS! WANT YOUR OWN LIKENESS IN A SUPER-STAR SEQUENTIAL CARTOON? You DO?!? OF COURSE YOU DO! Read on!!!

Fans of Sequential-Life--We need your help!
Many Sequential-Life fans who know Me & Kirsten in real life know that Kirsten's mom, Marla, suffered a massive stroke the first week of May. You can read here for details on Marla's condition and updates on her progress & recovery. It's been quite a roller coaster ride the last 4 weeks as we've traveled most weekends from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to take care of Marla's affairs.

We've had a lot of support from a lot of wonderful people throughout--friends and strangers have come forward with information and have volunteered their time and energy, but we need to ask for a little more. Doctors have determined that Marla will be disabled at least a year, and will need long-term, assisted care. Right now, our first priority is to keep Marla's insurance going while we're waiting for Medicaid and Marla's disability to kick in. Unfortunately, to keep that insurance going, me & Kirsten are faced with paying the monthly insurance premium for up to 9 months while the Medicaid paperwork makes its way through the health care system.

So I'm asking you, dear reader, for your cash--although I'm offering something in return! Here's what I'm going to do: a donation of $20 will get you a signed sketch of your favorite Sequential Life or non-Sequential Life cartoon character. That $20 will go directly to paying Marla's Insurance premium and so that she will continue get the long-term care that she will need until Medicaid kicks in.

It will also prove that Sequential Life is good for something other than your premium outlet for jokes about robot-dancing, farting bears and unfinished 80's love stories. If you've enjoyed Sequential Life, then please consider this donation to Marla. She's a pretty great lady--if you're in the Vegas area, she'd love you to stop by for a visit!

You can LEAVE A COMMENT HERE OR CONTACT ME: sequentialmail (at) yahoo (dot) com

Perhaps you'd like your very own likeness in a Sequential Cartoon! You'd be made INFAMOUS!

I also urge you to check out the blog Kirsten has set up to disperse information regarding Marla's situation and status.

Thanks, everyone.

And thanks, too, for all of those phone calls and comments and emails and text messages and facebook notes and @twitters--even when we can't return them, it means so much that you are just thinking about us and sending good thoughts. We're so thankful that you're here.

Personally

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Unused Character Showcase

H.U.G.G.E.R. Bear is available for parties.

Hard to Find

Fight the Funk!

Pest

Bad Ideas

Roll Call '08

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Well, it's been about a year since I've done roll call around here. Last time it was my way of flushing out all the lurkers by giving them an opportunity to come forward, introduce themselves, ask questions, share their opinions, turn-ons, turn-offs... whatever they felt like sharing in the comments section.

After having come off the high concept* of Bad Kirsten/Bad Mathew (described as "brilliant" by one reader and "unfair" by another), it seemed like as good time as any to check in, get to know who's out there and have a little fun.

Also, it's a cheap and easy way for me to generate content by relying on you, the lovely reader. So, don't let me down, baby.

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*yeah, I snickered when I reread that, too. Ooh, look at the cartoonist and his high-falutin' words and ideas. I'm sorry.

F%@# the Blues

Holiday Blues