The last time I worked on NBD I decided to start writing the strip in what I call a “never ending storyline” style. That means that the story would just flow from comic to comic, instead of the gag strip/storyline/gag strip style I was using. It’s more fun to write, gives the comic more forward progression and lets the characters grow in a more organic way.

As a result, today’s comic features two characters who aren’t even in the About page and is the last part of a plotline that had been going on when I stopped working on the comic two months ago.

Ooops.

For those of you who want to get caught up, you can start with comic #168. That is the point at which I started writing the comic this way and it will explain what is going on and who the two people in the comic above are.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled webcomic.

- A new Comic Roundup is now live on Geekadelphia. This week I review Fathom #1, Amazing Spider-Man #666 (the prologue of Spider Island) and Ultimate Fallout #3.

- Over on The Geekery Online I have Webcomics 101 – Formatting. In the five years I’ve been working on New Book Day, I’ve learned a lot about the right and wrong things to do when getting started. This is my attempt to share and help others avoid my mistakes.

Check them out and let me know what you think. And come back tomorrow as New Book Day continues with new comics three times a week.

A couple weeks ago I was lucky enough to interview Jeffro Kilpatrick, the co-founder of the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society, as the Geek of the Week for Geekadelphia. He’s a hell of a nice guy and a really talented artist.

Turns out he has a limited edition t-shirt going on sale Tuesday, August 9th at teefury.com. The shirt is only 10 bucks, is cool as all get out and only on sale for one day. So mark your calendars and plan on getting yours. I know I am.

Welcome to The Write Stuff.

Over on Geekadelphia, my weekly column The Comic Roundup is live and waiting for you. This week I look at the new Punisher series from Marvel, the latest book from the minds of Robert Kirkman and Rob Liefled, The Infinite and the anxiously awaited new title from Terry Moore, Rachel Rising.

On The Geekery Online, it’s Diversity in Geekdom week where all the articles will look at Geekdom in different ways. My contribution is all about female leads in comic books and titled “Where have all the Wonder Women gone?” I’m really proud of it and I hope you enjoy reading it.

That’s all for this week. Make sure you come back tomorrow for an all-new New Book Day.

The really nice thing is knowing that not only are next week’s comics already uploaded and ready to go, but half of the following weeks are also done. Getting a little ahead really helps and enables me to keep new content coming to you on a dependable, regular schedule.

And this is just the beginning. I have big plans for the future of the comic and this site. Nothing I can talk about yet, but if things keep going this well you could see some new stuff around Thanksgiving. We’ll have to wait and see.

Just know that you have my thanks for reading the story of Diego and his friends. Without you, this wouldn’t even be possible and a colossal waste of time.

See you tomorrow.