Yup.

I’ve been working with Lori (who helped me build this shiny webcomic site) to do some housekeeping. We’ve done three noticeable updates:

Back Button Fixed

On the homepage, clicking “previous” takes you to the latest comic minus one. Screw scrolling.

Scrolling Fixed

Oh, you like scrolling? Me too! You can use infinite scroll all the way down the page. This works on the homepage, any search result or tag page, and of course the TURBO READER (see the Archive Page sidebar). Just imagine that The System is like your favorite Tumblr. Or something.

New Commenting System

The site has been running on Intense Debate for the last five years, but the team behind ID stopped updating it about a year ago. This means every day I get notifications and then manually delete about 10 spam posts a day, and I don’t always catch all of them. This is annoying.

We’ve installed Disqus as a solution to the problem, and so far it seems to be working great. No more spam, or definitely much less.

Unfortunately as a result, you will have to make a Disqus account or log into Disqus in order to comment. It’s free and there’s no emails or anything. You can link it to Twitter or Facebook and junk if you’d rather for authentication.

Anything else?

This site was hand coded by myself and Lori. We aren’t perfect (well she is, I take full responsibility for any issues). I know there are more issues and I’m willing to throw money at the problem to fix them. So please, post in the comments if you have any issues. Unless the issue is about posting in the comments, in which case email me at systemcomic at gmail.

Thanks, guys. I appreciate all the support and patience.

Coming TONIGHT to The Ottobar in Balitmore is our big HOMECOMING SHOW. After a summer in LA, Tennessee, DC, and Philly we return to our home base with a can of Natty Boh in our hands and a nerdcore rap song in our hearts. Details from Super Art Fight’s site:

Super Art Fight LIVE! at The Ottobar
Saturday, September 7th, 2013 – 8pm Doors, 9pm Show

The Ottobar
2549 North Howard Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218

Admission: $15 (All Ages Show) – Tickets ON SALE NOW!

Facebook RSVP: Right Here!

The Card For The Evening:

Super Art Fight Championship: Jamie “Angry Zen Master” Noguchi defends against Kelsey “Killer” Wailes

SAF Tag Titles: Team Sexyfulness (The Baron & Duchess Von Sexyful) defend against Ashley “Markermancer” Katz & El Russo Rojo

Ghostfreehood takes on “Charm City Shinobi” Dann Malihom

Super Art Fight Title #1 Contender’s Bout: Red Erin battles Jamie “Brawlin’” Baldwin

Also Appearing:

• Your Super Art Fight Hosts Marty Day & Ross Nover
• Live DJing from The Megadrives

Musical Guests:

Adam WarRock

Tribe One

In case you’re semi-new to my site and wondering why I’m posting about Super Art Fight, I’m one of the owners / MC’s / design director of the thing. It is something very close to my heart that I absolutely love, and if you ever get the chance to attend one you very much should.

 

The other day I was on morning radio. On the way into the studio, I was listening to the show so I knew if any segments had some running jokes that we could reference on the air. What I heard was a poll about honking at women on the street. Do ladies appreciate it? What’s wrong with letting them know they’re looking good? Come on, it’s an ego boost, right?

To quote Kristen, I got quite the “feminist rage boner” over this one. Nope. That’s not how that works. You shouldn’t honk at women on the street. It doesn’t make women feel better about themselves. Even if some girls claim that it does (they called in to that effect), you shouldn’t do it. Why? Because you’re doing that because you’re in a car and you know you can get away with it. Would you say that to someone if they had the ability to kick you in the balls? Because that should be a baseline for words and actions. If someone had the opportunity to kick you square in the nuts right after you opened your mouth, would you still say those things? If the answer is “no”, don’t say those things. Don’t do those things. It makes people feel at the least creeped out but at the most unsafe.

And the thing I always come back to, what in the world do these people think is going to happen next? Will the woman just turn around and throw her number at them, knowing that now, after years of searching and dressing up for the sake of others, she can finally rest easy knowing that a man in a car thinks she’s attractive and has conveyed this through the level of communication worthy of her intelligence, the horn honk?

I think the “Nad Shot Test” is my new litmus test for all things. Teach it to your children.

I’ll post in a separate post with some updates, but in short there’s a Super Art Fight show on Saturday that y’all should attend. But I’ll let that be elsewhere.

Let me be clear here, guys. You should bike. You should bike on the road. But you should bike with traffic. Just because you’re a cyclist doesn’t mean you don’t have to obey laws. Well, at least that one because it’s really irritating and dangerous.

Kickstarter: The Final Kick

This is the last 3 days of the Kickstarter! If you want a first edition copy of The System Book 1, support the Kickstarter before Friday at 5pm. My mom wants you to:

Back the project and find out more here »