The strip has updated on schedule, but I haven’t said anything here in a week… Without going into any detail, let me just say that I hope everyone had a better week than I did. (Though I know many people didn’t. On that note I’ll put another link to the Webcomic Telethon here.)

As for the lack of new bonuses in the past week, obviously Ebb has been asleep on the job. (See?) But here’s a strip and the record mentioned in it, from the current ComicGenesis/DrunkDuck “war” – Enjoy!

Back in the happier world of webcomics, I’d like to thank everyone who voted and got Station V3 in the top 40 on all three lists for the first time. I’ll have to put up some new bonuses soon (feel free to visit the forum if you have any requests) – maybe I can put Ebb to work drawing some comics and bonus stuff for me… Oh look!

I don’t comment much on current events here, since I don’t think reality is what anybody’s coming to this site for. But I hope things start getting back to something at least resembling normal soon for everyone in New Orleans and everywhere else affected by Katrina. There’s going to be a Webcomic Telethon to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims, so I’ll try to do something for that.

I finally got around to updating the art page – last time I did that was early April, and I’ve given and received a few guest strips and things since then.

I’ve also updated the bonus archive with all the bonuses up to (but not including) the three that went up the other day. (This one, that one, and the other one)

One fun thing with CD reissues of old albums or compilations is when they add on some bonus tracks with alternate versions of some of the songs. Sometimes they’re better, sometimes they’re not, sometimes they’re just different. Sometimes there aren’t any bonus tracks and the alternate versions seem to be unintentional, like when a CD says “from the original master tapes,” but doesn’t mean “you’re going to hear what was on the 45.” For example, the versions of “Don’t Worry Mother, Your Son’s Heart Is Pure” and “Beat The Clock” on the McCoys CD I have are noticeably different mixes/edits from the original (minor) hits. The Beau Brummels’ “Laugh Laugh” always has an ending when I hear it on CD, where the original 45 faded out, and the Seeds’ “Mr. Farmer” fades out on CD when it had an ending on 45. The reissue of “The Who Sell Out” I have on CD managed to include two versions of “Mary-Anne With The Shakey Hands” without including the one that was the flip side of “I Can See For Miles.” And so on.

Moving from music to comic strips: With Station V3, alternate versions are usually first attempts at drawing a strip. Sometimes they didn’t quite work, sometimes I decided to go in a slightly different direction, sometimes I’m not quite sure why there’s an alternate! For today’s voting bonuses (here, here, and here), there are alternate versions of three strips that originally ran in June and July. See what you think!