Rich is sick; comic delayed until Tuesday

[The Giant]

Today's strip is going to be delayed until tomorrow; I've been sick all day with a fever and can barely sit up without coughing my head off. I actually slept right through the time the comic was due, and now that it's late anyway, I'm going back to bed and working on it tomorrow during the day. No promises on what time, but it will be up before Wednesday's strip, so there will still be three this week.

Sorry for not alerting you guys earlier, in case anyone waited up for it.

[Scarab83]

I hope you feel better in the morning. :)

[Zienth]

Get well, Rich. We can survive until you're feeling better.

Zienth

[denelian]

get better. that is an order.

(hehe, i'm punny!)

[Professor Tanhauser]

Try taking lots of vitamin C and Zinc, in good doses they can reduce the severity and duration of a cold/flu if taken early.

As to the symptoms, I use alkaseltzer+ cold medicine, it works for me.

[Green Bean]

Hope you feel better soon, but take as long as you need to get better.

[Icewalker]

awwww gotta wait till tomorrow.

Good luck on getting better.

[BobTheDog]

Sorry for not alerting you guys earlier, in case anyone waited up for it.

That would be me, and it's okay. I did take the time to get a few pages of the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer behind me.

Get better soon.

[Shadic]

And please Rich, get a great deal of sleep. That's the best remedy.

I was looking forward to this comic today to get my out of my Depression Day, but I suppose I can live until tomorrow, which should be a better day.

[spoonodoom]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! Get better, Rich.

[MReav]

Is cool man. Get better.

[Hario]

Ganbate Rich, hope you feel better, I've been sick today as well, I assumed it might not go on today due to the real life problems in VA today, which is so saddening, I have friends who go to a christian college in the next county over.

[Imrahil]

Take some Nyquil; it comes in red and green, and is the only thing in the world that tastes like 'red' and 'green'.

[Archonic Energy]

Get well soon Giant.
i think we can all wait till later

[Dabble]

Giant,

Hope you feel better. I had actually fallen asleep earlier, woke up and thought I would check for the strip. (And make sure that my cats had food) so with both of those done, back to bed I go!

Get better soon Rich!

[Frosty]

Best wishes to you. Beat those viruses!

In the future, have you considered storing up a buffer of 2 or 3 strips?

[Nerd-o-rama]

You're lucky I have chronic insomnia, Mr. Burlew, or I would count hours of sleep wasted.

No, I'm kidding. Not about the chronic insomnia, but the implication I'm upset.

[Fawkes]

Crud. Well, at least I don't have to get up early tomorrow like I usually do.

[Kreistor]

Getting the strip done tomorrow might be optimistic of you, Rich, if you are that sick today. You don't owe us anything. Heal first, draw later.

[moscatabaco]

We can survive until you're feeling better.

Speak for yourself (j/k)

Seriously now, take your time and get better. We'll (or at least I'll) manage 'til you get better. Somehow.

[NotHear]

I hope that you are feeling better soon.

I always appreciate your good work.

[Rift_Wolf]

Get well soon Mssr. Burlew.

*Though I thought a fever-induced comic would've been entertainingly trippy* :-)

[Jazzvader]

GET BETTER!!! Do you hear me, man??

[kpenguin]

You better not dissapoint us fans, Mr. Giant, with #440. Making us wait like this is bound for some very eager ninja death squads.

[silvadel]

Get better and do not worry about the strip -- 2 updates are more than generous even in your condition...

[Jazzvader]

Where I am it's already 7:30 so i'll get it probably this evening

[oball]

Get well soon Mssr. Burlew.

*Though I thought a fever-induced comic would've been entertainingly trippy* :-)

We've already seen what that would be like (http://www.giantitp.com/Images/fanart/ootslate1.gif).

[Leohat]

Ah, I see that we are back to the summer time tues, thurs, sat schedule (if we're lucky).

Here's what I recommend. Get a couple of guest artist to do about 3 weeks worth of filler strips. Then when Cons, or sicknesses or plane delays or whatever causes the strip to be late, post one of the filler strips.
Better yet, get about 3 weeks of strips in the can as a buffer. That way we never see that the strip was late because there are several strips all ready to go.

I will say that I'm impressed that the strip was able to get back on schedule from last august's scheduling disaster

[Rad]

Get well...

[Darkxarth]

Aww... now I feel bad for hiring that hit- :smalleek: er... for, um. Nevermind.

Get well soon, and don't take any wooden nickels.

I wonder if it's too late to put a stop on that check...

[Mute]

Get well soon Rich! I need my next fix...

And where is that nurse-smiley when you need it? :smallfrown:

[Lemur]

Don't die, Rich!

If you die, there will be no one left to feed the cat :smalleek:

[V Junior]

Awww... poor Rich. Get better soon. I know it's awful having fever.

[ref]

Take care, Rich. Hope you get well soon.

[Khoran]

Get well soon Rich!

[Saraah]

No prob, Rich! We can wait. Just get well soon, and take care of yourself!

Orange juice! Lots! And lots of rest, of course.

[Idless]

Untreated cold last a whole seven days

Treated cold last only a week

As always, we can and will make no claims... Rich's to-do
1) get well
2) make great work


...Idless

[Poukis]

Nah, I can see behind this facade... You just want time to make the greatest comic ever :)
I hope you'll fill better soon!
Cheers!

[mec]

Take care, and get well soon.

[Hazelnut]

Hey Rich - take your time and get yourself better man! Waiting just makes the strip that much sweeter.

(I put lots of points in patience last level.. hehe)

[Hazelnut]

oops - double post

[Daneel the Sane]

Yikes! I would hate to see what a coughing giant is like!
Get well soon, bud.

[Sesquedoodle]

Get well soon! :(

[Celleron]

Dats alrite Rich. Get well soon ya?

[Lord Herman]

Don't push yourself, Rich. Get well first, worry about the comic later.

[BisectedBrioche]

Bloody viruses and their inconvienencing of real living things.

[Deathmachine]

Let us all pray to Thor so he will heal our great Giant!

*pray*

err.... tumor? uh oh.....

get well soon, but take your time!

[Hart av Srednak]

I'll share here my medicine cabinet for flu and gough cause I need (and hope) you to get well:

Drink much warm drinks (not much coffee) and drink generally much (not milk). It helps to get the slime out of your system and lessens the painf of goughing.

Take your C-vitamins, it's even better if you take them in form of black currant or honey... those have some other healing cualities too

Don't forget the heavy stuff (carlic and ginger)

Yes and drink much

[Hinton]

Sorry to hear that you're not feeling well, Rich. Hope you get to feeling better.

[Ronsian]

Get well soon Rich, we can wait. *twitch* right? RIGHT???

[Freelance Henchman]

Give us the comic! We want the comic!! <waves torch and pitchfork>

Just kidding. Get well soon!

[blackout]

Get well, oh mighty giant!

[CGM3]

Well, pooh! First my new watch band pops loose, and now this!

Worst. Day. Ever. :smallmad:

(Nah, not really, but so many posts on this forum are so superlative in nature, I figured I should follow suit. :smalltongue: )

Take care and get well as soon as possible, Rich! :smallwink:

Hmm, maybe we can get Vaarsuvius to shrink Belkar down to microscopic size and insert him into the Giant's bloodstream to wreak havoc amongst those nasty virii...

[Baalzebub]

Get well Rich. Take your medicines, sleep.

[pendell]

You realize, of course, that we'll need to see a note from your doctor :).

Take care of yourself, Rich. And PLEASE don't over-exert yourself. I'm willing to wait a few days for a funny comic, as opposed to one that's so-so because you had to rush the deadline while you were sick. That's what filler is for, isn't it?

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[Fungesia]

get well soon.

On the bright side, we get a comic on Tuesday!

[Faramir]

Hope you feel better soon.

[Earendill]

Take your time to heal Rich. Sleep and symptomatic treatment (Tylenol, Advil and the like) are the best solution for common flu. And there was a nasty batch of flu this year.

And don't feel too guilty about the Monday strip (I did check at 1 a.m., you know :smallamused: ). You (and the fans) should think about the numbers of double lenght strips we got the last month....someone should count them. They should compensate.

[Sampi]

Get well, and best wishes!

[Goofy]

Get well soon!

(Or in Thog-speak: :thog: get well soon funny man)

[Bernemer]

@Rich: First of all: Get well soon - and get REALLY well. I've been ill/sick for two weeks and counting by now and believe me, I know by now that it's absolutely not a good idea to try to start working again or to keep up working almost as usual when you're ill... it'll only throw you even farther into illness.
Even if almost everyone around here is starving for a new comic, don't try to force it, okay?



I'm currently learning not to force the ability to go back to work again the hard way - and I don't want anyone else to have to go through a learning process that way...

btw, anyone around who's got some sort of real life "Instant-Cure-It-All"(R)-healing potions like they only exist in fantasy RPGs? :smallfrown:

[spinn]

Hope you feel better.

Oh, and I'd been meaning to come back and post this for a couple months, but this finally gave me enough context to get off (on?) my butt and do so: last time I had posted here I was griping about the update schedule. Just wanted to say that I've been thrilled with the updates, and thank you.

[hilltopple]

errr... uhm... godd*** it where is that "cancel nuclear bomb" button when you need it??? :D
hmmmm..... okay that is IT!!!
from now on my goal in life is inventing a cure for the flu. NEVER AGAIN shall this comic be disturbed by nasty EVIL flu.
naahhh just kidding... I'd never bother inventing a cure... :P

[NeonRonin]

Hope you feel better soon, Rich. Take all the time you need; your health comes first and foremost.

[Aethir]

Get well soon :elan:



And here I registered to say about two or three messages in all.:tongue:

[Strengfellow]

I suggest a medicine with codeine or some similar active ingredient followed swiftly by a half a can of beer, now whilst this will not make you feel better per say it will knock you out for a good few hours which is preferable to being awake and flu/cold ridden.

Aside from that I nth the good wishes and hope for a speedy recovery, but in the meantime winge and whine like a bloke is meant to at times like these and annoy your other half/ poor sap you conned into looking after you.

[SolkaTruesilver]

Don't worry. I heard APE is developping the program Rich 2.0, that will design a new comic every 2 days, and be totally up-to-date with the latest pop culture reference and obscure DnD rules

[Uzbad]

I've been sick all day with a fever and can barely sit up without coughing my head off.

Sorry to hear that, man. Get well. Get better.

--

Fevers in Houston are things to fear - with all the stuff that mosquitos passing about...

[Uzbad]

errr... uhm... godd*** it where is that "cancel nuclear bomb" button when you need it??? :D
hmmmm..... okay that is IT!!!
from now on my goal in life is inventing a cure for the flu. NEVER AGAIN shall this comic be disturbed by nasty EVIL flu.
naahhh just kidding... I'd never bother inventing a cure... :P

well easiest way to cure it - to get rid of all the pesky humans who carry it. I mean DID YOU EVER SEE HALFLING TO HAVE FLU? Nope.. And just imagine all the XP...

[Destriarch]

Get well... ah dangit everyone's saying that, I'll feel like a right copycat if I do too. Um...

Enjoy your illness! Get people to wait on you hand and foot while you've got a good excuse! Relax and watch the pretty halucinations! Get out of your head on cough syrup! Yeah!

Ash

[The_Weirdo]

Do this, Rich: Drink some vitamin C, some VERY hot tea with some vodka and get under about eight blankets. If it doesn't kill you, it'll make you stronger.

[Toper]

It would probably make sense to post this sort of message on the front page, as well.

[SupraGuy]

Heh. This thread represents a "Get well soon" card to the Giant from the Internet.

Pull through it man, stay in bed 'till you feel better. Stay in bed for a while after you feel better too. (So if you're reading this, go take another nap!) I always need a bit more sleep after having a fever, I never feel RESTED afterwards, even if I've been in bed all day.

[Tokiko Mima]

Aww... now I feel bad for hiring that hit- :smalleek: er... for, um. Nevermind.

Get well soon, and don't take any wooden nickels.

I wonder if it's too late to put a stop on that check...

Just in general, it's never a good idea to put a STOP PAYMENT on a check you've given to a hitman. :smalltongue:

[Hurkyl]

:elan: Beat, beat, beat that nasty virus!

[1337_master]

Get well soon Rich. (De-activates Death-star)

[Hushdawg]

It's groovy man, just get to feelin' better.

One thing that perks me up when I have the walkin' crud is a very simple mix of @1/2 cup pure honey (remember, darker is purer) with @1 TBSP pure lemon juice and just fill the rest of the mug up with hot water and drink it down smoothly and slowly. The combination of those two things will knock out any gunk in the throat, open the sinuses and 5 times out of 10 will fix a fever as well.

Regardless, the last time a comic was delayed due to illness you came up with some really clever stuff! :D

I'm kinda with some of the other folks who have mentioned that perhaps you should have a few reserve filler pages that are guest strips done by some other webcomic friends or some such.

Speaking of guest strips, are you ever going to produce those in one of the books?
I know that you have done some for other webcomic artists as well as vice-versa and it would be nice to have those.

I have been re-reading the books that you've already provided our hungy stick-figure appetites with and I've enjoyed the added chuckles that the fillers from the 1st book Era have provided.

[SteveMB]

Speaking of guest strips, are you ever going to produce those in one of the books?
That would depend on the arrangements he made with the guest artist; putting them in a book might require a new permission and a share of the book income (i.e. probably not worth it).

[Hushdawg]

That would depend on the arrangements he made with the guest artist; putting them in a book might require a new permission and a share of the book income (i.e. probably not worth it).

I'm aware of that possibility too.

Though I would hope that placing the guest strip and plugging the artist's webcomic would be enough compensation.

Kinda like a TFP arrangement for photographers and models. :D

[Black_Light83]

some notice was better than none :smallbiggrin:

[Tharr]

The undead never get sick maybe take some beer always make things nicer.
However some island herbs can make it feel alot better for medicine.

[PlasticSoldier]

thanks for getting better it was worth the wait.

P.s. does anyone know any Redcloak fanclubs that i could join.
P.p.s. Is there a death knight fanclub yet?