This is the accompanying post for the Comic#22 which hasn’y yet posted at the time of writing.
Basically heres the story of why instead of writing a (if i do say so myself) damn near hilarious comic about suicidal whales I just randomly through together a place holder because I wanted to save that new comic for when I get my new tablet later this week, and shortly you will see exactly why.
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Since the beginning of time… well actually just since the beginning of November last year I have been bringing you endless hours of epic comic-related hilarity using this tablet.
Yeah its kindof a junker but it was cheap and reliable as all-getout. Its a Hanvon product, meaning it’s a cheap asian knock off of a Wacom Bamboo. I found the little bugger on Ebay for a mere 60 dollars! I was ecstatic at the time having no alternative means of getting a tablet of any quality. Lets just say that the tablet worked very well, my only concern being that it was difficult to produce work that was even remotely competent or even half as good as my illustrations could have been if done directly on paper. It was a cheap, rickety, slippery, shitty little throwaway tablet and I love it to fucking peices.

And now we get to the interesting part of the story. Upgrading. To shorten an already painfully long story I will just inform you that earlier today a conversation ensued with my parents where I ended up explaining the past, future and present of ExplodingWumpus.com. I was metaphorically cock slapped by the news that followed. It turns out somewhere deep in the tangle, cobweb emblazoned inner workings of my fathers mind he had decided that he would invest in my future by buying me a new tablet. Yeah. Wow.

After a short look around the site he seemed to be so impressed by what he saw I was working on that he told me to just look around and pick a tablet I wanted… Let me tell you right now that I wanted to turn him down and be the humble bastard I wish I was, but no I just couldn’t let up on the opportunity to upgrade to a tablet in the range of 300-400$ from a tablet that was in the range of giveaway-60$. I could go on even further but I have no way of explaining what happened next, basically I am now the proud owner of a Cintiq 12WX Pen Tablet a MOTHER FUCKING 1000$ TABLET! After I was finished shitting bricks at the news that he had somehow gone from offering me a “300-400$” tablet to buying this beautiful, elegant machine; I proceeded to order and now the tablet should be here by the end of the week! Im not sure where he got the idea to buy this thing but I was not about to say “no thanks, I’ll work and save up some money and earn it!” his exact words were “I’m investing in your future, and it’s only money”.

I found out later that after he had bought his Yaris the government had sent him a check for 1000$ because he was helping the economy by buying that big blue shoebox with wheels. But I honestly didn’t care where the money came from, it was the thought that mattered and the fact that this is one of the nicest tablets you can get. Heres a video of the goddess being used. And here is a commercial for the lovely thing.

Expect a significant increase in the quality of the comics as soon as this thing arrives!