Hola! And a happy Sunday to you fine folks. Today is the eve to Christmas eve. And that means we are doing our last Christmas pinup. Although I guess you could say that this one here is not so much a Christmas themed one as it is a winter themed one. But either way, I liked the way this turned out and thought it would make a fine little pinup for today.

Well I guess it is time for the last letter to Santa.

Dear Santa,

Hello there you chubby bastard. In case you don't remember me, I was the kid that kicked that mall Santa in the nuts after dropping his pants. You thought I was a bad boy for doing that, as I received a lump of coal that Christmas with a note telling me where I could stick it. Well I just wanted to let you know that this year I was just as bad, as I am sure you already know. But this year I will be up waiting for you, so I can take your advice on that lump of coal, but I will be sticking it up your furry butt. Then I plan to cook me up some reindeer steaks as you scream from the pain of passing that kidney stone you fat bastard. See you soon Santa.

-Greg

Well that is one terrible little pain in the ass. But I have to admit, it would be funny to see that happen. Well that is it for today, check back tomorrow for my Christmas Eve special, until then, I am off to find me an elf hat that says "Gandolfs little helper"

-DVid

And a good Thursday to you all out there. A wonderful welcome to all the returning people, and a special thank you, for all the new comers. Well let's get right into the reason you are here.... Shoofly.

I forgot to bring up yesterday the introduction of our new character, the love interest as Marty calls him. I brought him in for a couple of reasons, one because I wrote myself into a corner with the giant cockroach. At first I liked the idea of the a giant cockroach, but then I was not too please with the way he turned out, and also thought that I had too many giant animals as it is right now. So I brought in the exterminator to take care of it. Then I thought it would be a cool idea to have Sasha fall for him, which would give me to opportunity to turn this into more then just a joke a day kind of comic strip. I could add a bit more depth with my stories. It is something that I hope everyone will like as much I am I liking the idea.

Alright let us crack open the old mail bag and see what we can find.

Dear DVid,

I like the new look of Shoofly, it has a bit of a 

comic book feel to it now. I remember you saying 

that you were a comic book fan and that you were 

inspired by comic book artists. What are some of your 

favorite comics and who are some of your favorite talents?

-Carl

Hey thanks Carl, and by the way you share the same name as one of my favorite under used Simpson characters. I am glad that you took the time to write, and I like that you are feeling the new look to the strip. I love it myself, it gives me alot more freedom with the panels and makes things super simple to draw now. Which is funny to me, that three panel strip was harder to do then a comic book style strip. As far as some of my favorite comics and such, I just finished up Jonathan Hickman's run on Fantastic Four, which I loved. I am also reading, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Batman, Wolverine and the X-Men, The Walking Dead, Invincible, and anything I can find by James Robinson. There are so many writers and artists I am fans of that it is hard to name them all so I will just name a few here. I love the works of Darwyn Cooke, Alan Moore, Todd Nauck, Mike Wieringo, Jeff Smith, James Robinson, Peter David, Mark Waid, Scott McDaniel, Sam Keith, and of course Will Eisner and the king Jack Kirby.

Well folks, that is going to do it for today, thanks again for dropping by and I will see you all back again tomorrow.

-DVid