Muskrat Ramblings

You may want to CLICK HERE FIRST, or the following may not make any sense. Pause. Pause. Long pause. (John strains to hear if there’s any laughter). Pause. Back? Great. So. Here are the rules to Matt’s Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Oscar Night Drinking Game. Matt’s Lord of the Rings: […]

OK…it looks like my schedule for most of 2004 is falling into shape. The good news is, the Dork Tower comic book is back on schedule. Issue 17 goes to press in early March, and everything’s bimonthly after that. More good news: a third strip went up this week here at dorktower.com. I don’t know […]

OK. I don’t do this frequently, but there’s something I need to rant a bit about. I don’t get e-mails like this often, maybe (MAYBE) once every couple of months, but this kinda really got to me. Since i’ve followed the Dork Tower book almost religiously since issue #1, I feel obligated to inform you […]

OK. I need to get outta the office and lift some weights. The one problem with working at home is this sense of cabin fever you develop over winter. There’s not enough snow on the ground to go cross-country skiing, so it looks like the ol’ iPod and I are off to the gym. So, […]

Happy Valentine’s Day, one and all! The lovely and talented Judith and I went out to a wonderful Madison restaurant called Vin Santo last night, for our romantic meal. Tonight, we’ll be celebrating her mom’s birthday with her family. I’m finally happy with my latest compilation CD. Of course, I seldom actually burn these things, […]

First off, it looks like today’s DORK TOWER will be delayed, due to a last-minute Out of the Box Games emergency that had to be handled before most of the company runs off to the New York Toy and Game Fair. I won’t be there this year, which bites, because I had a great time […]

Irish convention-goers are known for their unbelievable generosity. They regularly raise sums of money unheard of at American of English cons. Mostly – I think – this is because the Irish nature is wondrous and giving to a fault. The fact that Irish cons ALSO hold their charity auctions in pubs might have a teeny […]

Remember all those projects I was telling you about? Here’s one I finished off recently…for all you Gilly fans: CHEZ GOTHWritten by Steve Jackson * Illustrated by John Kovalic Angst. Nookie. Roommates. Just another Friday night at Chez Goth. This stand-alone game puts a new spin on the award-winning (and all too realistic) Chez Geek. […]

Unbelievable. I’m here in London, staying with my sister after warpcon (some HUGE news from there, by the way…tune in tomorrow…), and for the most part, I’ve been finishing up a ton of work. Part of this is sending a lot of images back across the Atlantic. To do so, I’ve been lugging my trusty […]

OK. For the next three weeks, comics will be posted on DorkTower.com Tuesdays and Thursdays. After that, it’s back to three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays). I think tomorrow’s comic is pretty good. I hope folks pop by and see it…and the following week, there are a couple of special surprises that will […]