Frontier

Hey, look at that. A page 2 weeks in a row! People could get used to this!

And not only a page, but a significant page at that. This, as the title of the post suggests, is the 100th page of FRONTIER online. That's a body of work. It took a little longer than expected to get to this point, but we made it. If it had just been me doing this, it may never have happened. Thankfully there are a boatload of people pushing me on, so I'm going to take a moment here and thank them.

Always first is my wife Krista. From the 15 page animation school project typed on an antique word processor to the latest page, she see them all first and has had nothing but encouragement and the best and most constructive criticism for the whole thing. It wouldn't be half as good as it is without you, and neither would I. I love you, Kris. Thanks so much.

My Mom and Dad are huge supporters too. One of the proudest moments of my life was giving my Dad a comic I had created. I knew when I saw him looking through it he got it. He's a handy guy, MacGuyver handy. If the fate of the free world was at stake I'd want him besides me. Between his practical mechanical skills and all that Tom Clancy he's read over the years I know we'd get out of whatever scrape it was okay. He's still my hero.

Then there's my Mom. If Kris is the best set of ears my ideas can have, it's only because I don't live at home anymore. I come alive in the evenings, which lead to any number of nights where I chased Mom up the stairs with plot ideas or new character concepts. FRONTIER was never a part of those discussions, but many of the seeds it grew from were planted in those conversations. Mom also is the first to complain if I miss a week or two or six. I think we're getting back on track, Mom, but give me a week or two to make sure.

Lastly, there's my ever loyal, eternally patient, brother I never had best friend Karl. He helped to make sure there was a site to post to, and continues to make sure I don't break it. If ever I call in a blind panic about a technical issue or hacker attack, he's always ready to jump back into the breach. He's got a family of his own to worry about, I'm just lucky he considers me part of it.

And thanks to all of you who read the strip, or bought the print comic. Who put up with my abscences and fits of pique. I want this to be great, and I'd do it for myself even if there wasn't an audience, its just nice to know there is.

Anyway... a couple of pages left to get to the end of Issue Two. In Issue Three we'll meet some new players and hopefully get to some more exciting stuff.

See you next week!
Jay