Screaming “Taste my open source fury!” while forcing your Android-powered phone into their face also works for people who won’t shut up about their iPhone.  Although, you usually have to also physically hit them with the device in order to achieve maximum effect.  Blackberry users however, based upon my research, are immune.

I’ve been really excited recently by the adoption (and love) of Android by many of my family and friends, with little or no direct encouragement from me.  When the G1 was released over a year and a half ago, I was hoping for this broad sense of community that has only recently been achieved (I’d say The Droid was the main catalyst for this broader awakening, although buzz about the Nexus One has been pretty good as well).  The Android community was strong and close-knit from day 1, but in the last 6 months it has begun to move beyond the tech geeks and early adopters and into the population at large.  It’s also nice to see the broader data support my unscientific observations.

The question of superiority between Android and iPhone OS is needless.  The dismissal of either camp as kool-aid drinking fanbois is self-defeating.  What is exciting to see is the innovation and improvements being made, and that the two platforms doing the bulk on innovation are also being adopted and supported by consumers – who, regardless of market share, are the real winners.

I haven’t said much on here lately.  Work & Classes – you know, the usual distractions – have kept me busy.  I have to say, though; In looking at this most recent comic, I’m pretty sure the skinny upside-down guy is Steve Jobs.

Not to give too much away, but we’re getting closer to meeting The Oracle, the whole reason our heroes are on their adventuuuure.  I haven’t seen the finalized look he’ll have yet, so I’m pretty excited to see him come to life.  It’s funny to look back and see these comics we have created, to see them in ‘print’ and realize that there was a point where we didn’t know how the comic would look or even what the characters were going to say.  Some of my favorite works of art – songs, paintings, even films – seem less like a creation of a person and more like something that was plucked, fully formed, from the air.  Working on this comic has reminded me that art is created by mortals, and gives me all the more respect for people who do it well.

We’ve been glued to this Health Care thing, sorry.  The new comic will be up tomorrow.

Even though I’m on board for all of the concept work, and even though I write the freaking words, there’s still surprises and things about our comics that make me laugh when I finally see them in the flesh.

Sometimes I wonder if posts like this are too self-conscious, but I can only say what I’m thinking and feeling.  Right now I’m really enjoying the process of making this comic, and I hope all you all are enjoying the output.