For the record, PINEAPPLE STREET Season 2 is just days away from beginning. Wait'll you see what Frankie is up to! However, here's the surprise. It will NOT appear here on Deviant ART. Not even a little bit. And if you have any kind of sense of humor, you're going to want to follow along this season. They'll be exclusively on the Facebook page. Don't have a Facebook? Get one; the rest of the world has one and you're not some kind of cool anti-hero because you don't. So nanner nanner.

So why no more Pineapple street for Deviant Art? Well, a lot of reasons. A few I'll actually share. For one, the purpose of the strip was never to share with the world -- for free. Honestly, I should never have posted any of these up for web consumption The end goal was always to work up samples to send to syndicates, but yeah, I like sharing with friends. So sure, the odds of getting picked up by a syndicate for newspaper distribution are worse than trying to hit the lotto, but it's on the bucket list. On the other hand, employment would be nice right about now.  So what the heck, I'm going for it. Also, on DA, the only people looking at my work are other artists. Honestly? Not the crowd I'm trying to reach.  And what happens is that folks who watch me here figure it's redundant to watch Pineapple Street both here and there. And Facebook is where I need the likes and shares. So then the Pineapple Street Facebook page doesn't get as much love as it should -- and it should get lots.  So I'm tossing all the eggs in one basket for this season.  Here's the link: [link] all your friends, your enemies, your frienemies. Spread the word, share, shout, scream... kill if you have to. If you do, there's bound to be good karma in it for you.

In CLOCKGIRL news, issue one is and has been complete. I uploaded to both ComiXpress and Ka-Blam for printing and such... so far neither is breaking any speed barriers to get back in touch with me. I'm curious to see who puts out the better and quicker product. I'll say this, there isn't a lot of love for ComiXpress on the web, though. Everything I've read about them is pretty much loathing and hatred. Too bad, because they look a bit less corporate than Ka-Blam/indy Planet.

Also, I uploaded THE ART of DAVID AYALA to createspace.com and I have to admit my experience there is 900% better than LULU. In fact, I can't imagine ever using LULU again for anything. Ever. For one, I was able to drop the cover price of my art book to $7 -- that's $2 cheaper. Plus they have WAY better proofing features. And they kicked down an ISBN; my book will be available through Amazon at no extra charge to me, you or the Pope. Sweet. Meanwhile, at LULU, the website is down half the time and their books are just ridiculously overpriced. So good news there. So yeah, all my writer friends seem to prefer Lulu and I highly recommend jumping ship. And hey, why not check out my art book on Amazon here: [link] doesn't it look all cool and professional like? LOL

The MERMAID TALES anthology is hopping, and I have plenty of submissions to read through which is good news. It also means I have a bunch of mermaid drawings to work on, many of which I won't be able to display here. How's the saying go? If you give the milk away, no one will buy the cow. OH who am I kidding, the mermaids will probably surface here in one form or another.

Finally? Well, life is still pretty rough. I was supposed to graduate a week from Saturday, but won't be able to attended due to a snafu with a job doing caricatures (and even I don't believe how much they pay me to do those). Basically, I have a boatload of projects to work on while I either A) find an amazingly high paying job B) suddenly "make it" as a freelance artist or C) am forced back into college to chase after some alphabet soup and rack up more student loan debt. That same debt has pretty much ruined my life in several ways that I can't even begin to speak about. Just remember kiddos, you heard t from your Uncle Fritz ... college ain't worth what it used to. If I could change one thing in my life, I would never have gone and I'd have been a better person for it.

Oh, and one more thing.