Remember those Katsucon panels I mentioned?  Here’s one of them.  See me look like I know what I’m talking about early in the morning on a weekend!

Katuscon 15: How To Make Webcomics: From Sketch to Posting and All Points in Between. from kaiki on Vimeo.

I don’t think I’ve ever come out and said this, so here it is: THANK YOU.

To all you Systemics out there who send in things for System in the Wild. All you guys who post comments (ScottieC, Otto, Rossmom, Chibby, Michelle, and the rest of you regulars, I’m looking at you).

Everyone who posts The System on Digg, StumbleUpon, Buzz Feed, Reddit (thanks, Quasiperiodic) and your own blogs (Gary, Rick, and the rest of y’all).

To the biking enthusiasts who keep wondering when I’m going to do another comic about biking to work (ANSWER: When something funny happens while I’m biking).

To all the other webcomic artists who have been kind enough to let me know I’m on the right track.

Finally, to everyone else who just reads the comic. I honestly appreciate all of it.

Why am I saying this now?  No great reason.  Just looking back on how far the site has come in the 8 months it’s been going.  Heres to much more.

A few weeks ago, comic / webcomic journalist Brian Warmoth started a series on the site Comic Book Resources called “Webcomics to Watch”.  First up was Goats, then Penny Arcade.  Yesterday, the third in the 5-part series went up, about yours truly.  I wonder if I could call Rosenberg up and say “Hey, we’re both Webcomics to Watch, so let’s hang out.”  Probably not.

I have to thank Marty “F’n” Day, who got a mention in the article for helping write the ketchup comic, but did not get proper linkage.  His two current sites are both mucho awesome.  I also have to thank Rick Marshall and Gary “Fleen” Tyrell, whom I understand reccomended my coverage in the series.

Anyway, the interview was lots of fun to do, and I honestly think turned into a pretty good read.  So go check it out.  Then come back and keep reading my shit.

I missed out on meeting Ami from The Glass Urchin at Balticon by mere minutes.  For months after, every one of my webcomic friends got to know her and I feel I missed the boat since I have become a huge fan of her little comic.  But no longer! Thanks to the Twitters, we have had a chance to chat a bit, and turns out we are both fans of each other’s comics (or will pretend to be at the least).

The Glass Urchin is a autobio comic about Ami, though she is portrayed (as are her friends) as cute woodland creatures.  NO THIS IS NOT A FURRY COMIC.  It is, however, fun and hilarious.  Here’s my fav.  Go check out the site, it updates often and does not disappoint.

Ah, Is It Funny Today.  I have to give you at least a shout-out.  This new site lets you see tons of webcomics, and vote on whether or not they are funny today.  I find it clever because it automatically updates based on a comic’s RSS feed, and is run by ratio of Funny / Not Funny (not popularity).  I also have to say, it has doubled The System’s audience, so no complaints there (hi there, new people!).  Anyways, you should check it out, and keep an eye on my page there (also listed in the blogroll on this here site).  You can always vote for The System there. (The pic above, btw, is a quick screen shot.  #113 has been on top for the last 2 days!  I’m not-so-secretly thrilled.)

Yes, another reminder.  Super Art Fight, an event that I myself will be attending, is tomorrow night (8pm, $10, The Ottobar in Baltimore).  You can see more info on the site, as well as the many plugs we’ve been getting for the show.  Highlights include Baltimore Examiner, Washington Post, and a quick jaunt on Wonkette where she made fun of us.

My google alerts are a funny thing.  They tell me a little bit about myself, but a lot more about other people.  Here are two people that Google thinks I am (or would otherwise like to know about):

Apparently there is a UFC fighter who shares my last name (I try to just keep things to my first name on the site but you get the idea).  He needs to stop coming up in my Google alerts, no matter how well he’s doing.  No, I’m not related.  I come from a long line of non-ass-kickers.

UK Baroness Ros Scott.  She has just been elected president of the Liberal Democrats and is a member of the House of Lords.  She has a blog (“Because Baronesses are People Too”), and even her own official website.  As a political figure, I wonder if she or any of her aides have run across my workings under the name “Rosscott“.  I am sometimes more popular than her on the Internets (confound her and her blog for beating me in Google)!  Still, she has a wiki and I do not.

Let me start by answering the question that is on the minds of lots of you bikers out there.  Yes, I’m a cyclist.  I have a Univega touring bike that used to be my Dad’s, and I’ve been biking to and from work and around town (DC) for the better part of a year.  I tried it for a bit last year, then got hit by a taxi and gave it up for a bit (not from injury).

I mention this because a few biking sites have been finding the many bike-related comics that are on the site.  How many sites?  

• Bikecommuters.com
• Cyclicio.us
• Palm Beach Bike Tours
• Triathablog

I appreciate it, and I’ll be sure to keep the biking comics up as I think of them.  They are all tagged accordingly with “bikes”, so you can always look on the site for those.  Otherwise, the rest of the comics are funny too, so keep coming back.  Thanks again, all.

Looks like The System is spreading.  Rosscott, Inc.’s internet crush Rick Marshall seems to be reading enough to see when I post on the blog.  It always amazes me that anyone reads the blog.  Hi Rick!

Greetings, to all the readers of BikeCommuters.com!  They had some nice things to say about the comic, and some accurate things to say about me:

Based on the cartoons’ content, I can gather that the artist is a bike commuter, graphic designer and a serious smartass — thumbs up all the way around! There are several other commuter-friendly strips in his collection, too.

Commuter, graphic designer, and serious smartass?  Sounds like I should make business cards.

A new site has come across my radar, a place for you to vote on comics on a daily basis, tag, comment, etc.  It is powered via RSS and has a nice interface, which is also pretty awesome.  Better than that, Scott over at IIFT was kind enough to put The System on the site (in under 2 hours)!  Click this link to encourage you to vote for The System, but then please do check around the site.

We are quickly closing the gap to comic #100 here at Rosscott, Inc.  So far the site has been a huge success!  It has brought together a lovely little community (If you comment at all frequently either to me in person or on the site, I’m looking at you) and I’m loving doing it.  So here come the part where I transision into what  I really want to say.

Keep an eye out for comic #100, because there will be some big news on the site when it hits.

And by the way, if you wanted to send some linkage my way and maybe some fan art, I wouldn’t complain. 🙂

How did you come across The System?  Post in the comments how it is you got to be here.