I want to apologize for not being very involved with George over the past few months, beyond the actual writing and drawing of the strip itself. Late this past summer, life suddenly got very busy and I found it hard to keep up with posting new blogs, replying to comments, Tweeting about this and other webcomics, holding my monthly George sketch giveaway, and generally promoting my strip and being involved in the webcomic community. Since then, I’ve really dropped the ball in regard to all of these things, and I feel bad about it. I was on a great roll for a while there after recovering from hernia surgery this past spring, and I let it crumble. Sometimes when you’re on a great roll like that, and you get derailed, it’s very hard to build up the motivation to get back up to speed. My punishment for these transgressions is that George readership has been slowly declining for the past few months, and I really need to turn that around, now.

To help make up for it, I’m going to be awarding a free sketch to three random readers who commented on any strip or blog entry during the months of August, September, and October (winners will be announced Wednesday). It also goes without saying that I’ll be firing up the monthly sketch giveaway again, so remember to comment on a sketch or blog post to be entered for a chance to win. I’ll be replying to comments more, Twittering more, and trying to get more involved with promoting the work of other great comic artists out there. I can’t promise that life will never get really busy again, but I can promise that if it ever does, I will not completely drop the ball like I did this time. If you can find it in your heart to forgive me, please send one dollar to “Sorry Dude,” 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Or, just tell your friends about George.