No news would actually be—ooh! How cute!

Have you gotten tickets for Saturday’s Super Art Fight show in NYC? No? I know you haven’t, I’M WATCHING THE TICKET SALES. Buy them here!

I’m not happy, you guys.

I had this great nugget of a joke. “Farting at the gym.” And on Friday, I wrote a comic about it. While I’m proud of that comic, it didn’t go just right somehow. Like a fart in the wind, as they say. So this week, I’m rewriting this joke until I get it right.

Friday was a strictly visual approach. Today, we try the narrative similar to that seen in Oatffee. We’ll see what Wednesday has in store.

The CARSCADE, also known as the Karssler Effect, has been known to plague most urban and suburban areas, especially around rush hour. The Karssler Effect is (of course) a reference to the Kessler effect, also known as the ablative cascade. If you don’t know what that is, look it up. It’ll scare the bejeez out of you.

Danger: Trap 3 Days to Go

This shirt is still in PREORDER SALE through Wednesday, April 20th. That means it’s only $15 instead of $20, all for a little extra wait time. Also, you help support me and gauge how many shirts I should order. So order now here »

Welcome to comic #400, and the 2-year anniversary of The System! I know what you’re saying, comic #1 was posted July 1st. True, but it went live somewhere around July 8th and y’know what? Close enough.

Since then we’ve seen lots of changes to the site, from some recurring characters to comics that have been across the internet and back (with varying amounts of credit thrown my way). I could not have made it this far if not for the help of my many friends (both those with websites and without) and fans who have encouraged and supported this project along the way.

Over the next few weeks you will start seeing some improvements around here, as some new personal opportunities have come up that will allow for some more time and effort to be put on the comic and its various accoutrement. If you’re a fan of the site and would like to do your part, check out the online store and consider supporting the comic and taking something home while you’re at it. If you don’t see something you like don’t worry, preorder for BOOK 1 of The System will be going up soon along with other pieces of amazingness.

For those of you less monetarily inclined but with plenty of free time, it always helps when you share comics on StumbleUpon, Reddit, forums, blogs, BoingBoing or any other sites you frequent. Or for that matter just participating around here by commenting on posts and talking back as I use this site (and Twitter, and Tumblr) to talk at you. I know RossMom always appreciates it, and at this point I think we can pretty much call her a moderator. And yeah, that’s my mom.

Also upcoming, I’m going to start posting a bit of a retrospective on how The System is doing in an effort to show you guys what goes on behind the scenes and also get some thoughts out. Posts about how I’ve gotten this far (if you call this far) and what I’ve learned along the way. For those who like that kind of inside baseball I think you’ll appreciate them. For those that don’t, well, there’s always the comic.

Speaking of the comic, can you pick out where all the panels are from? The art is all from previous comics starting between comic #304 and #399. See what you can do and post it in the comments!

A followup to yesterday’s comic.

BUY A COOL SHIRT: Remember, the “My body is just a (coffee) filter” shirt is still in preorder sale. Preorder Now »

WIN A COOL SHIRT: And the Coffee Wins Shirts contest that kicked off yesterday is on like Donkey Kong! I’m hungry for entries! Seeing as how I’ve received 0 so far, as of now any 3 entries are garuanteed a win. So now might be a pretty good time to do so! Learn All About It »

What would you call the product that described in the comic? And what if you could see everyone’s farts? I wonder what color you would want them to be…

Store News: The Coffee Filter Shirt is still in preorder, and you should preorder it! Not only do you get an awesome shirt, but it shows what a great patron of the arts and of caffeinated beverages you are. PREORDER NOW »

Site News: The RSS feed issue you guys have been having? I’m still working on it (with the help of techier people than myself). I have the problem too, so it isn’t lost on me. Bare with me.

Contest News: Did you see Wednesday’s comic about lattes? Fancy yourself a barista? I’m running a contest on the site for you! Details will be up in a separate post later today. When it is, I’ll add a link to the details here. Here are all the details on the contest! Make coffee-related art, win shirts. Check it out »

UPDATE:  I’m afraid you won’t be seeing any updates until Monday, I’ll be at Otakon all weekend.  See you then!

Ah, my second fart joke.  Any chance to use the ol’ “fart” tag in WordPress, count me in.  Of course, vote for it here.