#338 Safe as Houses

#337 Everyone Loses

#336 Pretty in Pink

[Censored]

As you may already know, many major websites, webcomics, blogs, and other internet resources are blacking out in protest of two pieces of American internet legislation, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act), that would heavily regulate the content of websites. I am not tech-savvy enough to black out The Quill News, so I wrote a lil’ rant instead.

SOPA and PIPA, if implemented would just prove to be arbitrary and draconian laws hindering the intellectual and creative capabilities of the internet without actually blocking copyrighted contentent or cutting off sources from which copyrighted content can be accessed. Thus the ability to knock out sites deemed to be in violation of these two acts (should they be passed) would be in the hands of more or less the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) acting as sort of “creativity police” in the name of protecting copyrighted material.

These two pieces of legislation are horribly dangerous to all of our freedoms of speech and the livelihood of many people who work for internet-based companies. At the end of the day, SOPA and PIPA don’t protect anything, they just drop obscene amounts of power into the hands of a few lobbyists that can (and will) be abused to censor free speech and free creativity on the internet.

If you are interested in keeping the internet free and open, I would highly suggest getting in contact with your friendly local representative in government and tell them that SOPA and PIPA are horrible ideas and internet freedom is the x-treme thing for kool kongresspeople.

ILY 4EVA
Mark D.

#335 Joey Hits ‘Em Where it Hurts

#334 Awkward Romances of the 21st Century

#333 Tzusday

#332 Back and to the Left

Hey, that wasn’t very politically correct!

#331 Assassins’ Creep

Just a reminder- new comics on MONDAYS and THURSDAYS.

#330 Here’s to a Happy Ending to 2011

I JUST WANTED TO DRAW CHEESECAKE OKAY

But on a more serious note, I really hate to have to do this, but due to my busy schedule, starting next week (1/2/12), I’m cutting back the frequency of comic updates to twice a week. New comics will come out on Mondays and Thursdays. I’m pretty bummed that I have to do this, but it’s in the better interest of the “quality” of the comics and my sanity in general. Hopefully I’ll be able to up the release schedule in a few months when I’m less busy over summer. Thanks for your readership and understanding! See ya on Mondays and Thursdays!
-Mark