There will NOT be a Guffaw comic on the 26th. I'm taking the week off for vacation. The Guffaw will return after the first of the year. :) Merry Christmas, everyone!
Friday, December 22, 2006
Festivus--For the Rest of Us!
In honor of the holidays, I've decided to do a special comic for y'all. And since Festivus is traditionally celebrated on December 23rd, I hope all you geeks have a good one. Lemme know how the wrestling matches fare! LOL
There will NOT be a Guffaw comic on the 26th. I'm taking the week off for vacation. The Guffaw will return after the first of the year. :) Merry Christmas, everyone!
There will NOT be a Guffaw comic on the 26th. I'm taking the week off for vacation. The Guffaw will return after the first of the year. :) Merry Christmas, everyone!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Monday, December 18, 2006
Just Poppin' In...
Just popping in real quick to let y'all know that I've figured out a schedule for this blog. It will be updated every Tuesday with a new comic, unless for whatever reason, I cannot draw a new Guffaw due to time constraints. If it ever happens that I cannot update The Guffaw with a new cartoon, I will update it with an older cartoon you may have seen on www.3rdedition.org. The updates will still be on Tuesdays (unless I forget, lol, and it should be up by Wednesday).
Oh, and just in case you 3ebb'ers were wonderin' why I suddenly stopped posting after coming back to the forums to tell you of this blog, Jim and my IP address has been banned for whatever reason from the 3EBB. Never thought I'd live to see the day. I actually think it's kinda funny to be kicked off the forum you created... Ah well. At least you still have the Guffaw to chuckle over.
Update will be tomorrow. And yes, it's a brand new comic! YAY!!
~~Becka
Oh, and just in case you 3ebb'ers were wonderin' why I suddenly stopped posting after coming back to the forums to tell you of this blog, Jim and my IP address has been banned for whatever reason from the 3EBB. Never thought I'd live to see the day. I actually think it's kinda funny to be kicked off the forum you created... Ah well. At least you still have the Guffaw to chuckle over.
Update will be tomorrow. And yes, it's a brand new comic! YAY!!
~~Becka
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
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Welcome to The Guffaw!
Hello! My name is Rebecca Goings, and I'm a romance author. I'm also a "cartoonist", if you can call The Guffaw a cartoon. :P It all began back in the year 2000, when my husband started a website called http://www.3rdedition.org. That site is dedicated to the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Back then, I used to draw a comic called the "Gamer's Guffaw". Same basic premise of the single paneled comic, stick figures, and lame humor, but with a spin toward D&D and the gaming world.
When my husband sold 3rdedition.org, it was a sad day. However, he simply couldn't keep up with the workload--without being paid to do so. Therefore, we walked away and I stopped drawing the comic. Then my writing career came into play, and I never looked back at the "Guffaw", as the locals on the 3rdediton forums called it for short.
As my writing began to get popular, I considered revising the comic as a tongue-in-cheek look at the world of a romance author and her readers. But the more I thought about it, the more I thought that would limit my material for the comic, not to mention change the dynamic of what I had originally created the Gamer's Guffaw to be.
A long time ago, my husband suggested I branch out and make the comic about other geeky things, as people who are into role-playing games--9 times out of 10--are also geeks. I've freely admitted that I'm an Uber-Geek (echo echo). When my hubby suggested it, I didn't want to do the extra geeky things because I wanted the comic to stay focused on gaming and D&D. Now, though, its a most excellent idea.
With that seed of inspiration, I went back through my old comics and pulled the ones that most suited an overall "geekiness" rather than gaming. I also plan on making future comics surrounding the central theme of what it means to be a "GEEK". This means movies, TV shows, music, and pop culture are all fair game. You'll notice a lot of my comics have a "fantasy" flavor. This is pure preference. I've always loved fantasy, so if you see the random wizard or longsword, now you know why. :P Hopefully with this new take on the comic, it can speak to all of us.
I thought about changing the comic's name from the Gamer's Guffaw to the Geek's Guffaw, but why bother? It's always been known as "The Guffaw" affectionately by "the masses" of 3rdedition.org. Therefore, it's new name isn't really "new" at all.
I don't have a set schedule of when I'm going to be updating this blog (yet), but check back often. I'm thinking at least once a week, maybe twice a week. We shall see. Once I figure out fitting this blog in with ALL my others (lol) I'll let you know what day(s) I plan on updating it. :)
I hope you find my quirky humor amusing, and maybe you'll stay for a bit and check out my other blogs. I've never claimed to be a stellar artist with the computer, therefore all the Guffaws will be drawn in MS Paint as they always have been. There's just something nostalgic about keeping the art silly, corny, and downright crappy. :P
Welcome to The Guffaw. May you find your inner Uber Geek.
~~Becka
When my husband sold 3rdedition.org, it was a sad day. However, he simply couldn't keep up with the workload--without being paid to do so. Therefore, we walked away and I stopped drawing the comic. Then my writing career came into play, and I never looked back at the "Guffaw", as the locals on the 3rdediton forums called it for short.
As my writing began to get popular, I considered revising the comic as a tongue-in-cheek look at the world of a romance author and her readers. But the more I thought about it, the more I thought that would limit my material for the comic, not to mention change the dynamic of what I had originally created the Gamer's Guffaw to be.
A long time ago, my husband suggested I branch out and make the comic about other geeky things, as people who are into role-playing games--9 times out of 10--are also geeks. I've freely admitted that I'm an Uber-Geek (echo echo). When my hubby suggested it, I didn't want to do the extra geeky things because I wanted the comic to stay focused on gaming and D&D. Now, though, its a most excellent idea.
With that seed of inspiration, I went back through my old comics and pulled the ones that most suited an overall "geekiness" rather than gaming. I also plan on making future comics surrounding the central theme of what it means to be a "GEEK". This means movies, TV shows, music, and pop culture are all fair game. You'll notice a lot of my comics have a "fantasy" flavor. This is pure preference. I've always loved fantasy, so if you see the random wizard or longsword, now you know why. :P Hopefully with this new take on the comic, it can speak to all of us.
I thought about changing the comic's name from the Gamer's Guffaw to the Geek's Guffaw, but why bother? It's always been known as "The Guffaw" affectionately by "the masses" of 3rdedition.org. Therefore, it's new name isn't really "new" at all.
I don't have a set schedule of when I'm going to be updating this blog (yet), but check back often. I'm thinking at least once a week, maybe twice a week. We shall see. Once I figure out fitting this blog in with ALL my others (lol) I'll let you know what day(s) I plan on updating it. :)
I hope you find my quirky humor amusing, and maybe you'll stay for a bit and check out my other blogs. I've never claimed to be a stellar artist with the computer, therefore all the Guffaws will be drawn in MS Paint as they always have been. There's just something nostalgic about keeping the art silly, corny, and downright crappy. :P
Welcome to The Guffaw. May you find your inner Uber Geek.
~~Becka
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