Apologies if today’s comic isn’t knee-slappingly funny. But much like my illustrated avatar, I too am suffering the ill-effects of Spring. So things that sound funny in my head probably don’t translate well in the real world. Damn you, pollen!

I don’t have a very strong opinion about the Scary Movie franchise. I’ve seen the first one and the third one and they were alright. Not especially clever, but a mild distraction. Really, is the horror genre still as large of a powerhouse as it was during the days of Scream to continue lampooning?

It seems to me like the creators of Airplane! and The Naked Gun – two of the funniest modern comedies – would have something better to do with their time than scoop up the Wayans brother sloppy seconds. But then again, David Zucker also directed BASEketball, so maybe he’s lost the capacity for original thought.

Since I’m feeling a little under the weather, I’m just going to cut to the chase and remind everyone about the book – "Theater Hopper: Year One" – available for pre-order now. You might have seen the little bar graphic in between the comic and the blog – The one that charts pre-orders of the books? Well, it’s slowed down a little. I can’t fill up the bar without more pre-orders! So, please – pre-order your book today. Do it for the bar! Help him grow up to be big and strong!

As always, the street team offer is still going on. Shocking that no one has taken advantage of it yet! I know it may seem impossible to round up five friends and get all of them to pre-order the book. But if you travel in web-comic circles or post in forums other than ours, you should be able to root out other Theater Hopper fans who might not know about the book! Spread the word and you might find yourself twenty Fandango dollars richer!

That’s about it for this morning. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to empty a quart out of my head.