This year, you can help insure I can keep bringing you my sporadic updates by bidding at my awesome Heroes Inc. Charity Auction!!!

Here’s the item:

That’s right, IT’S THE ACTUAL RING FEATURED IN HEROES INC #0287!!

You can now own a piece of webcomic history by bidding on the ring once worn by none other than Japanthewoman, who has now left me for Japan and some Malaysian guy.

BUT I’M NOT BITTER.

Anywho, it’s a .55 ct. round brilliant cut diamond in a 14 K yellow gold band. Even if you’re not a webcomics fan, you can appreciate the value of this deal. BUY IT NOW FOR HALF ITS ORIGINAL PRICE.

Getting engaged? BID NOW. Want a piece of authentic Heroes Inc. comic history? BID NOW. Want to help me pay my rent buy a new computer pay my web hosting bill?  BID NOW.

BID NOW!!!

All proceeds from this auction go to the GRSC Fund (Get Robert Some Cash).

Edit: If this is too pricey for you, you can always  help by buying a t-shirt…

I have to say, that blood on the sidewalk looks beautiful.

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Anyway, I have to apologize again for the lack of comics. I hate when I let this comic go for so long without an update, because I hate letting down all my fans.

However, I think I need to take some time look back at the origins of this comic, and how both it and I have progressed. When I started Heroes Inc. in 2004, I had just graduated high school. I lived with my parents, I had lots of free time, only a part-time job, and no girlfriend. I used this comic partly as an experiment for me to learn Photoshop.

That was 6 years and several versions of Photoshop ago. It’s now 2010. Heroes Inc. has progressed from a simple sprite-comic to a full-blown multimedia online graphic novel. I graduated college 2 years ago, and now I have a full time graphic design / production job. I have my own apartment. I have a hot girlfriend who just got out of school for the summer, and will likely want to spend as much time with me as possible. In addition to these real life activities, I have a handful of other projects I’m working on, some of which I’ve shown you all, some of which are still under wraps.

Long story short, I don’t have as much opportunity to work on Heroes Inc. as I ‘d like. Despite being the Photoshop wizard I am, it still takes about 3 solid hours to make each comic, and in my current station in life, 3 solid free hours aren’t always easy to find.

I want to make one thing clear, I am not going to quit Heroes Inc. any time soon. I have a complete story to tell, and even if I could put out 3 comics a week, it would take a few more years to finish. But as things stand, there’s no way this can be a 3-per-week comic. Best case scenario, once a week.

But I’m not abandoning you. In addition to the actual comic, I’ll keep you updated on my other projects as they become relevant. Look for: new drawn comics, videos, new literary work, and potentially some new business ventures you may be interested in checking out.

So anyway, the tl;dr version: Heroes Inc. isn’t dead, but from here out updates will likely be sporadic. I suggest you subscribe to the RSS feed so you don’t miss anything.

Just letting you know I’m not dead…

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This is only comic #1 of 12. Click here to see the rest.

I originally created this comic in the fall of 2009 for a comic strip contest sponsored by Amazon.com and Universal Features Syndicate.

I was good enough for the top 250, but not good enough for the finals…

Anyway, I figured I’d post it here (since I’m lazy, and haven’t updated HI much recently). If anyone likes it, I might make more.

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In memory of Steve. You will be missed.