Yes, it’s back, but not the way it was before. I decided I was not going to do a comic strip blog if I was going to do it half-assed, so I got fully assed, prettied up the place a little, changed the domain name to the more obvious “FUNNYPAPERLESS.COM” and am prepared to blog til I drop. So, if you vame here via the auto-redirect at ClownsAround.com, please bookmark the new improved site.

It just seemed extra appropriate that I drop the ClownsAround title when I saw the ’sneak preview’ of wishful webcomicker Dan “Imperator” Severn’s upcoming title “The Pleather Throne”. First, it’s a much more workable title than his previous attempt “The Armenian Caper” (which was about a small-time con with a talking cat joining a band of wackos plotting to rob Santa Claus - once he realized the story wasn’t going to play out in time for Christmas, it was time to try something else). But “Pleather” is a good silly word for a comic title, better than its synonym, Naugahyde, which would have had trademark issues, as well as the requirement that the cartoonist draw some Naugas:

Ah, the Nauga, one of nature’s most unnatural creatures.

But also the preview strip at Severn’s Pleather Throne contained an image that convinced me, once and for all, that relating clowns to webcomics was NOT a good idea.

Sev, you are a deeply warped individual, and I eagerly await the debut of your comic in January. In the meantime…

Scott Kurtz is one seriously sneaky bastard. He posted another one of his “so lame they’re funny, but getting less funny the more often they’re repeated” Flash-based PvP Alive! Blamimation! clips. But if you sat through the whole patience-thinning thing, you got a link at the end to this:

(for some reason my WordPress doesn’t play nice with embedded YouTube, so just click the picture and go to the site… I’ll be here when you get back)

Yes, it’s REAL ANIMATED PvP (complete with a semi-surprise ending I just spoiled for you with this screengrab). Coming in February. 2007 is gonna be a cool year.

Note: Time posted, 12:49AM Pacific Time. I believe I have scooped EVERYBODY on this. Feel free to shatter my illusions in the comments.

Hazel in Girls With Slingshots is becoming a Real Blog Girl.

Someone in Wondermark has read your blog.

In Diesel Sweeties, Indy Rock Pete’s relationship with God is like a blogger’s with the internet.

User Friendly brings us the Web 2.0 MeatBlog.

And Goats‘ favorite vegetable, Brock, requires constant infusions of popular culture and bloggers blogging about popular culture in order to survive.