Better late than never, right? My apologies to everyone for not uploading the comic first thing Wednesday morning. But hey, it makes your Wednesday evening (or your Thursday) that much better, right?

For me, the punch line of today’s strip is totally in the second panel. Just the idea of Tom standing in front of a mountain of Star Wars merchandise makes me smile.

Incidentally – and because I know you will ask – no, that is not my collection of Star Wars figures. I pulled it off a fan site somewhere. Fan boys showing off their collections. Comparing who has the bigger light saber, as it were. I wish I could shoot you a link, but truthfully, I just Googled it.

So, to that random Star Wars fan out there whose image I totally pilfered, thank you!

Another item for the record, Cami is a totally hardcore TLC home improvement show junkie. If Trading Spaces comes on, she’ll stop what she’s doing and watch it. If What Not To Wear flickers across the screen, she’ll tell everyone to shut up or she’ll cut your freakin’ tongue out.

Okay, that last part is a dramatization. Really, I have no room to be critical. I once dropped a baby on its head when an episode of Justice League: Unlimited came on (also a dramatization).

I’m really having fun with this little mini-arc we’ve got going on. I have another related strip ready for Friday, which means I will have to forego commentary on The Ring Two this week. But you can entertain yourselves with a comic I did taking a dig at the first Ring movie from way back on October 18, 2002.

Y’see, kids. That’s when you know you’ve been in the game a long time. When you star referencing comics that are over two and half years old, that’s a long time. Man, look how far we’ve come.

As long as I’m in a self-referential mood, did you guys catch this story about Quentin Tarantino NOT directing the next Friday the 13th movie as previously reported? I guess that shoots this comic all to hell. Man, I hate it when these Hollywood rumors don’t pan out.

Totally switching gears now, can I say something really quick about Aikida? I don’t know what kind of awesome regimen Fenris is operating under, but since he came back a few weeks ago and started doing the comic full-time, it has been better than ever. The art is better. The coloring is better. The storyline is excellent!

I’m putting my cards out on the table. I’m jealous, man. Freaking “I-wish-I-was-as-popular-as-Penny-Arcade” kind of jealous.

This is not lip service. Read Aikida now.

Seacrest, out!