On the Spectrum #92: Who's Your Alpha?

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I assume we're not the only ones with a wanderer at meal time?

Jacob has a habit of getting up about fifty-seven times a meal.  So he's always the last one finished.  He's also the ONLY one who ever leaves food unattended (Michael's learned) so Haley pretty much knows who to camp out near at dinner time.

You'd be surprised how often this still happens. LOL

Oh, and... first appearance of Haley, our dog.  We've had her since Michael was about one and a half, before we knew he was autistic, and just after Jacob was born.  She's a Border Collie - Australian Cattle Dog mix.  She's a good dog (apart from her table manners) but she hasn't really figured into any of the stories so far, so I've never drawn her in.  (Also because she's kind of hard to draw! LOL)

On the Spectrum #91: A Woman's Work...

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No, I'm sure he didn't understand the irony in what he'd said.  He is pretty good at making vacuums though!

As for me, I'vs still got a lot way to go before I'm used to this new software.  For one thing, I don't know how Michael ended up so much darkwer in the right hand panels.  I'm pretty sure I was using teh same colors.  Oh well.  I'll keep practicing! LOL

Yep. Finally took the plunge and got a tablet and some decent drawing software! Unfortunately, while there are some amazing tools available, figuring them out and getting the hang of the tablet itself isn't as easy as I thought it looked.  Oh well.  So I don't have a full comic this week, but once I get a few things figured out, regular updates will resume. 

Oh yeah... and just so you know, I didn't realize that Blogger was moderating everyone's comments.  So yesterday I stumbled (purely by accident) across about two dozen comments (not including the spam) that were pending approval.  It should be back to unmoderated  commenting now, with a spam filter, so we'll see how that goes.  In any case, if you've left a comment in the past month or so it's now been posted, along with my responses.  I really appreciate everyone's feedback and stories, so thanks a bunch for your support.

On the Spectrum #90: Family Geography

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Just in case it's unclear... No, we're not related to Barack Obama. :) Oh, and my apologies to anyone who doesn't think what I drew looks much like them.  This is harder than it looks. LOL.  ;)

Needless to say, we end up doing a LOT of traveling on the holidays.  Luckily the kids are really good in the car and on the plane.  Getting through security... not so much, but they are really good considering how far we go.  (We live in Michigan, and this doesn't even mention anyone up in Massachusetts!)

First apperance of Nana, Grandad, Uncle Mike, Aunt Lorie, Baby Cousin Paige, Auntie Lauren and Uncle Dave.  (And Barack Obama.)

On the Spectrum #89: Jurassic Lark

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Poor Jacob! 

This is the last of our trip to D.C. (Natural History Museam, if you couldn't tell!)

On the Spectrum #88: National Treasures

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A word of advice to the curators at the Smithsonian: If you’re going to secure a National Treasure with a fence that has an opening in it large enough for a small child to fit through, at some point a small child is going to cram himself through that opening!

“It is possible, however unlikely, that they might find a weakness… and exploit it.”
~ General Taage

Now how my wife got through that same ‘small, thermal exhaust shaft’ I’ll never know.

One more thing... To better understand the little joke in the first panel, please see #71.

On the Spectrum #87 - The Washington Rocketship

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Well, I'm back.  This is probably the longest it's been between updates. (Sorry!) I don't have any plans to stop anytime soon, it's just been an incredibly busy summer, so it'sbeen hard ot find the time (and energy) to do these.

This is the first of at least three strips from our trip to Washington D.C.  D.C.'s a great city for the kids, because there's a lot to see, pretty much everything's free (except parking) and, after all the walking around, by the end of the day they're pretty well worn out.

Oh yeah... and I did a little experiment, trying out doing it in color. Im not sure if I like it, or if I'll stick with it, but we'll see how it goes.