01-23-2012 - FEELING BETTER; UPDATE ALMOST READY

Thanks again everyone for your patience while I recovered from my winter bug. I've got my energy back and I've been working very hard to make the next pages as good as possible. I was trying to push for a Monday update, but I need some extra time to get the page to a quality that I'm satisfied with. It's almost finished, though, so a Tuesday update is guaranteed and I hope you feel it was worth the wait. UTC continues on, albeit at a sadly scattered schedule. See you tomorrow!

01-16-2012 - SICKNESS SCHEDULE SOURPUSS

I've been hammered by a nasty cold this week. It's holding up progress on the page, but I'm slowly working at it and I hope to have it uploaded by Tuesday or Wednesday. If nothing else, you can be sure that next Monday's update will not be delayed. I'll release both pages next Monday if it comes to it.

01-05-2012 - A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES

And we are caught up again! The regular once-weekly-on-Mondays schedule picks up next week and UTC ought to be on time for the forseable future. As a consolation for making you wait, I LiveStreamed my work coloring and word-ballooning page 90. The three-hour video is full of random conversation, including an impromptu Q&A with the only person to stay awake all the way through the stream with me, as well as some random "VH1 Storytellers"-type anecdotes. There ARE minor spoilers about future UTC plot points in this video, so be warned!

Click here to view the LiveStream.

01-03-2012 - MMXII

Happy New Year!

Apologies for missing updates the past two Mondays. As you can see, last week's page has finally been posted, and this week's page is coming on Thursday. The holidays were a busy time for me and I had to focus on a lot of personal things and then get some serious relaxation as the year wound down. But the new year is here and I am back with renewed vigor. I'm already at work on page 91 and it will be here on Thursday, and you can expect regular Monday updates from here on out. Thanks for waiting and have a great 2012!

12-23-2011 - HOLIDELAY

I really tried not to let this happen, but the unfortuante reality of the situation is I cannot make a comic page when I only have half a week to finish and upload it before leaving to visit my family for Christmas. You will still see a page of UTC next week, but it will be coming either Wednesday or Thursday after I've returned home. Thanks for your patience and have a Happy Holiday!

12-12-2011 - ABOUT FLINT'S PANTS

If you're curious about the title to page 88, it's due to the fact that Flint is rarely seen from the waist down and, since he can't wear shirts anymore, it can easily be assumed (especially by someone whose mind is in the gutter) that Flint is "nekkid." Well, now he really is wearing nothing but briefs. And that is already more time than I wanted to spend dwelling on this topic.

12-05-2011 - DOUBLE WEEK

I wish this could the the rule instead of the exception, but there will be two pages posted this week. In truth, I wanted to get both done for today, but I just couldn't make it happen. Page 3 of chapter 5 will be posted tomorrow, and page 4 will follow next Monday.

11-28-2011 - PHASE TWO

Nearly two years after Chapter 4's final page was posted, UTC is back! Chapter 5 kicks off Phase Two, the second round of stories set around the fictional Jennifer Attic School. The comic will update regularly on Mondays for the forseeable future.

Thank you all for your patience and unwavering support. The past two years have been a harrowing journey for me, and I hope to bring all of the new experiences and techniques I've accumulated during the hiatus to make UTC better than ever before. Enjoy.

08-31-2011 - UTC VOLUME 1 RELEASED

After nearly a year of trying to find a decent printer, I am ecstatic to announce the release of UTC Volume 1: Changing Times at Attic High! Click here to purchase the book at IndyPlanet!

A downloadable digital copy will be made soon, once IndyPlanet Digital begins its service. Furthermore, copies of this book will be sold at New York Comic Con, which is happening at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City on October 13-16, 2011. Look for the Fenix Gear table in the Artist Alley, where my creative partner Josh and I will be hocking our wares.

I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for your patience during this long wait. November will soon be upon us, and Chapter 5 will arrive to finally end the UTC drought. See you in NYC, and if not, see you back here in three months!

05-08-2011 - FREE SHORTS

UTC: "Sister" is available now in the annual Catomix Free Comic Book Day free comic book, but you can read it here in glorious color! This is a simple story highlighting the relationship between Cass and Flint. It takes place in the days following Chapter 4.

Chapter 5 will premiere this November, kicking off Phase Two and featuring more fun, more rogue science projects, and more Flint. Because people love Flint.

01-10-2011 - BOOK 'EM, JIMMO

If you follow me on DeviantArt, you know by now that I've spent the past several months developing UTC into a trade paperback. The collection is called "UTC Volume 1: Changing Times at Attic High."

Here are the contents:
All four chapters of UTC: Phase One, as seen here on this website.
6 pages of bonus art, 2 of which will never appear on-line.
Reflections from the author about developing UTC and what the comic means to me.

This February, the comic will be available for purchase, either through me, or through ComiXpress.com.

Please don't think that creating this book has been holding up production on UTC: Phase Two. That is entirely not true. Having UTC collected into a trade paperback was a personal project that I had been dying to do for quite a long while. The time I spent putting this book together would not have otherwise gone to writing and drawing new UTC pages. It would have gone to another comic project, or I would have used the time to sit down and finally finish watching Firefly.

UTC: Phase Two IS coming this year. I want to work on it. I'm dying to work on it. But I'm also dying to make some other comics as well, which are first in line. As the year progresses you will see more announcements about what progress I've been making with UTC.

Phase Two will have a different format over Phase One. I am now treating the series like a traditional comic book and not a strip-by-strip webcomic. The pages will match standard comic book dimensions and the page count for each chapter will be 22. The storyline is taking shape, but I want to have most, if not all, of the scripts for Phase Two's chapters written before I release the first chapter online to ensure that the story is tight and proper. I care deeply about these characters, and if your e-mails are any indication, you do as well. I want to make their story worth reading. But I don't want to make you wait any longer than you have to, either, which is why I pledge that you will see at least the first full chapter of Phase Two released online before the end of 2011.

And for anyone who may worry about how a print version of UTC will affect the website content, let me assure you that every page of UTC will still be available on this website FOR FREE. The publication of the book is a convenience to those who prefer to read comics on paper. The full online archives will continue to be available for everyone at no charge.

Thank you so much for your continued support of UTC, be it expressed through buying this new book, sending encouraging e-mails, or simply by enjoying the online version and passing word about the comic on to others. Thank you for your patience while I continue to sort out my life, my 9-to-5 job, and my other comic projects. When UTC returns, I hope that I can properly repay your patience through new stories with Cass, Flint, Morty, and everyone else at Attic High.

Stay tuned!