In today’s first bonus strip, the contestants for this year’s edition of Rumormonger Idol are revealed! The judges definitely put some thought into their decision…

Today’s second bonus strip is an alternate version of today’s strip, in which Linton gives the proper Commodore Decker-style response to being told there is no third planet.

Thanks for voting, and Thank You to everyone who voted for Station V3 last month!

Here are two bonuses while we wait for the judges to decide who goes on to the next round of Rumormonger Idol: A sprite strip in which two rumormongers talk about the judges, and a bad translation of today’s strip.

And if you can’t wait for the polls to get started, there’s an updated favorite character poll over on the forum!

For the past six months or so, my printer has been telling me it’s about to run out of black ink. I’ve been using it every day to print out the comic borders and text, and it hasn’t happened yet! (But I have a feeling it really will start to run out soon – fortunately I have the replacement I bought six months ago…)

In other ink-related news, my fine-point pen has dried out. It always seems to be the first to go, and the store where I usually get them was out of them, unless I felt like buying the whole set, including the ones that haven’t dried out yet. So I’ve been doing the comics with the super-fine and medium-point pens for the past week or so.

Ink from the printer AND the pens was involved in the production of today’s new bonus strip showing another Rumormonger Idol tryout – but not in the bonus photo of another potential contestant!

…And that’s all I have to say about ink right now.

I’m working on giving the site a new look – most of the pages have been updated now, though there are still a few more to go. (And then I’ll probably update the sites for Z7 and Ebb’s Children too!) If you see anything not working, please let me know.

In other news, Rumormonger Idol continues in today’s new voting bonus strips: In the first one, an unsuccessful contestant tries out. The contestant in the second one might be a little more successful. Thanks for voting!

The end of the universe (?) in today’s strip won’t stop Rumormonger Idol! In today’s bonus strip, the host explains one of the changes for Season 2, and in today’s bonus photo, a potential contestant considers entering.

In other news, Z7 is back on something resembling a regular schedule, and will update on Tuesdays and/or Saturdays. (And that includes today!)