Tickling is worse than stealing.
To say things have been busy around the Dernwerks office is a bit of an understatement. It felt good today to sit down, get in some sketching practice, draw up a fully new background, add another character design, and even still have time to draw up No. 45 of the Dear Pirates.
All while listening to the Giants. Beautiful.
There’s a lot of new readers lately, so it’s probably best that I give a quick run-down of how this strip works. The questions being asked are indeed real questions from real people. If you have a question that you’d like answered, all you have to do is hit that “Ask Pete” button, punch it in, and hit send.
I’ve got a semi-extensive list of questions in the to-be answered pile, so sometimes it might take a while before Pirate Pete gets around to answering your specific question. Sometimes, though, a question hits the zeitgeist so well that will bump it up to the top of the queue.
As for updates, I usually start working on the strip either Wednesday night or Thursday morning. I try to cut as few corners as possible and sometimes it takes me a while to figure out how I want to draw up the strip. But you, as the reader, should expect the strip no later than Sunday night.
For those that are looking for more regular updates from me, be sure to check out The Expert’s Guide on How to Kill Things That Go Bump in the Night.
Dern
12 innings of joy
