Howdy folks, I registered when I found out I couldn't renew my Defenders pledge. Feels odd, it's been a tradition in early August for a decade or so, I think. Sent money in for that when I really couldn't afford much, but the laughs here were well worth it for me.

I've been following things since '97, so probably stumbled upon Pete's work not long after sluggy.com first came to be. Never been big on forum posts, but here I be. Really about the only way for the ending of Hereti-Corp to be any sweeter would be for the Sam Cirkail Mamajama(tm) to somehow save the day. That would be truly epic.

Welcome to the forum lebarron!

Always wondered what it would be like getting in on this webcomic without having to first read through thousands of strips to reach the current time. At one time I was keeping track of exactly how many strips there were in the archive per chapter and, but it's been a while since I was doing that. I estimate that there are around 6800 at his time.

It would be interesting, but I think Sam will show up again in the 20+ Sluggy after they have rebuilt the Circail. How long he'll be unstaked and out of the closet is a bit iffy.

Anyway, a lot of new people signed up recently, so I will have to keep this short (and amazingly identical). There used to be Pesterers to pester you for poetry, but who knows if that will happen. Even though you may not be pestered, if you do post an original poem--usually haiku but any (clean) type is accepted--written by you, you may also receive a gift in return. The "gift" may be useless or fatal, but it's a surprise. Lastly, the pestering is the tradition here, not the poetry.

Now go forth and mingle!

Will do Zillatin, thank you! Not sure about the poetry, I'll see what I can come up with.