Officially old!
Added 2023-06-26 04:32:34 +0000 UTCTWB, as of last week, is now officially old enough to drink! :)
The first posted comic says June 18th of '02, but as I recall, the first comic was posted to the Guild on the 21st. After a day or two, I registered the domain name, but since I had multiple comics, I had to predate the first couple to bring it up to the then-current date. (Note the drawn-in dates on the latter actual-whiteboard comics, of the 22nd. I posted the first one on the 21st, drew the others [at least some of them] on the 22nd, and posted the first ones [manually, no scheduler] on probably the 23rd or 24th.)
Curt, one of our Guild regulars, wrote me a quick-and-dirty scheduler probably within that first or second week, and with only two minor updates, that's been running ever since.
And, I'll readily admit that, without that, I probably would have given up on it early on. :)
I had then, as now, no idea where the comic would go, but it's been a blast along the way.
Now that we can drink, here's to another 21 years! :)
Doc.
Comments
Happy birthday! Love your work.
SneepSnop
2023-07-01 15:10:35 +0000 UTCI started reading in college and I have been looking forward to your new comics ever since. I feel old, I started reading with the first Halloween party comic.
2023-06-27 04:37:52 +0000 UTCCongratulations. It's been fun.
FrankHarr
2023-06-27 02:39:38 +0000 UTCYou have just gotten better with age.
John Fusek
2023-06-27 01:50:00 +0000 UTCCongrats on making it this far, and thank you for sharing it with us!
Catsnightmare
2023-06-26 16:47:05 +0000 UTCAge of Majority is still 18 in the United States. It's just the Age of Vice that is higher.
RivCA
2023-06-26 16:37:43 +0000 UTCCongrats on the 20 years! Don't drink and drive!
allanfranta
2023-06-26 13:06:05 +0000 UTCWhat a coinkidink, 21 years ago last August I was killed by a drunk driver in a pickup truck who took violent objection to my riding a bicycle about 0120 on the same road he was driving on the opposite side of the median. I mean they checked for a pulse and didn't find one but as they found me about 100 feet from where they could see the blood spatter where I got hit they may not have checked real well, and they were already getting the body bag out to haul me away in when I complained about the rough treatment I was getting and how it was making my broken hip hurt. My leg was hanging on by a thread but the broken hip was the only thing I could feel. The part of my leg below the knee was basically blown apart in the initial impact, but I didn't feel that until after they transferred me out of the ICU.
Opus the Poet
2023-06-26 07:53:26 +0000 UTCCorrection, three years ago
Jenifur Charne
2023-06-26 06:20:01 +0000 UTCMy thoughts as well. If you were in Australia, you could have bought a drink two years ago. Of course, you would have had to give up your guns.
Thisguy
2023-06-26 06:14:04 +0000 UTCgood times
webkilla
2023-06-26 05:39:09 +0000 UTCIn Australia, the comic reached its Age Of Majority in 2020. In Australia it's 18 years old, unlike the USA where it's 21.
Jenifur Charne
2023-06-26 05:22:25 +0000 UTCI started reading TWB a little before your 10th anniversary. Time sure flies!
Kyle Scheffler
2023-06-26 04:49:33 +0000 UTCCheers! I'll down one for my favorite lighthearted webcomic at my next reasonable opportunity.
David Axel Hansen
2023-06-26 04:35:37 +0000 UTC
