It is just me or has this been the longest year ever? What the hell even happened this year? I think I remember vaguely.

• We had our very first convention! (Jan – [Amazing Arizona Comic Con])
• We had our second convention! (May – [Phoenix Comic Con])
• I [lost my artist]!
• I went to [San Diego Comic Con] (July)!
• I had a [mid-life crisis] at 23! Let’s be honest, at this rate I won’t make it past 46.
• I had my [wisdom teeth] removed!
• I reached a whole new audience with this [Depression comic] and this other [Dealing with Depression comic]. It has given me this strange sense of responsibility I am still trying to process.
• IDK Survived its [2^nd birthday]!
• And more recently, I had lunch with a real, live IDK Fan!

Her name is Katie Hoy and she came all the way from Missouri! She was in Arizona for other reasons, not just me, but still! And she totally brought me gifts!

Obviously, she's the one with the beard

That’s an Oscar Wilde action figure, a Pi-Pie Jigsaw Puzzle, and the Pi wrapping paper they came in! That’s also a comic/card she made for me!

Now to answer the question you’ve wanted to ask this whole time, if you want to have lunch with me you’ll have to enter the upcoming Have Lunch with IDK Comics Contest! Details below!

Just ask

But seriously. If you are a fan that lives in Phoenix and you want to talk about the comics, the business, or have me sign your (man)boobs, it can totally be arranged. For those of you that don’t live in AZ, there is hope! Sometimes I travel! I’ll be going to San Francisco, CA and Tucson, AZ this winter. For those of you outside the country, sorry! You’ll have to settle for a Skype conversation or kicking my ass at an iPhone game like Ethan from Australia.

Oh, and please don’t murder me? kthxbi!

I think I did pretty damn well for 2011. Now let’s see what I have in store for 2012!

Maybe a [shirt]?

I’m working on a test print of a book!

Working on new types of IDK merchandise!

Also I am working on new IDK Button designs and getting a new button machine/thingy!

I’m rewriting and compiling my short plays into a book for possible publication!

I’ll be back at [Phoenix Comic-Con]! If you live in Arizona, keep an eye out for my [commercials]!

2012 is sizing up to be an exciting year! Are you along for the ride?

Happy New Year!

-Will

“How about you make your own quote for 2012?”

-IDK

It is just me or has this been the longest year ever? What the hell even happened this year? I think I remember vaguely. We had our very first convention! (Jan – ) We had our second convention! (May – ) I ! I went to (July)! I ...

…For now

I’m still not at 100% but I blame the fact that I’ve had a hellish cold on top of the surgery.

I was a little worried that after the operation I’d be like this

Or maybe this

But it looks like the combination of Xanax and anesthesia lead to me waking up and instantly doing the robot. From what I am told, I robot-ed all the way out of the office and into the car. Once in the car, I shifted into high gear by transforming those robot hands into fearsome fingers and I proceeded to flip everyone off on the drive home. While the brunt of the “bird” fell upon my girlfriend and my own reflection, I can’t help but wonder who else was insulted by a glossy-eyed, bloody-mouthed, dude in a Daewoo. Once home, I finally passed out on the couch—After several debates as to whose face I was wearing of course.

Now back to your regularly scheduled IDK!

-Will

…For now   I’m still not at 100% but I blame the fact that I’ve had a hellish cold on top of the surgery.   I was a little worried that after the operation I’d be like this Or maybe this     But it looks like the combination of Xanax and anesthesia lead to me waking up and instantly doing the ...

This past week I spent a lot of time writing notes and blogs about how I was going to stop doing IDK Comics on December 1^st, 2011–our second anniversary. Obviously I didn’t post any of them because I felt like the “reasons” were whiney excuses. Finding reliable and decent people to work with is much harder than it should ever be. Readership is dropping, there are little-to-no comments/likes/tweets, and for the first time ever the number of Facebook fans has actually decreased. Aren’t those how you measure success—by the feedback?

No.

If you measure happiness/success by something quantifiable, you will never have enough. I used to be ecstatic to have 100 readers and now that I have 1000 readers I’m dissatisfied and shutting down? Fuck that.

You know what? I’ve never been good at taking a hint and I’m even worse at quitting things. I can not please the faceless, voiceless masses so why concern myself with the impossible? I started doing this as an outlet for myself and over the year I somehow lost that. Somewhere along the line my hobby became a business and my fun became work. I don’t need another job; I just want to play.

So…

Let’s play!

-Will

“Happiness is always a by-product.  It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular.  But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”

~Robertson Davies

“Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy.” 

~Cynthia Nelms

This past week I spent a lot of time writing notes and blogs about how I was going to stop doing IDK Comics on December 1st, 2011--our second anniversary. Obviously I didn’t post any of them because I felt like the “reasons” were whiney excuses. Finding reliable and decent people to work with is ...