March 26, 2003
This is the first of many strips that I have designated to only appear in print collections. I first sketched it out in March 2003, but for whatever reason I never finalized it and put it online. Then November came along and I was putting together my first Dumbstruck collection and thought “Hey, this would be cool to include.” It was one of three strips that year that I put into the print edition and labeled “never-before-seen print-exclusive comics!” Not one to go back on my word now, this is a wonderful, hilarious, earth-shattering strip that will only be available in print and PDF collections that will be for sale later this year. 🙂