Kevin Wilson interviewed Kelly about Betty Blonde for a very nice post he put up on his blog here. I hope he does more of that in the future as it seemed quite professional both in the questions he asked and in the way he introduced the article. Kelly was excited because she thought it might translate into more people signing up for the Betty Blonde daily emailing. We added Kevin’s blog, Uncle Dub’s Rambler to our blog roll.
I finished writing my program that accumulates the scanned panels into a finished comic with a title, by line, copyright, drop shadows, and a thumbnail image. It also uploads the images to my website automatically. It works well on Windows, but I have to make a few adjustments to handle the different directory structure for Linux (and Macintosh, Bryan). That should not take too long. Next, I will add the ability to post the daily strip and update the archive. After that, if I am still inspired, I will add the ability manage the daily emailing. It is a good, stand-alone program now, though, and has cut the effort required to administer the daily comic by about two-thirds. I named the program BleAX for Betty Blonde Aggregator of Comix. Catchy name, don’tcha think? If anyone wants to publish their own comic, let me know and I will send out (or post) the program with some instructions on how to use it. Here is a screen shot of the finished program:
BleAx
Update: Andrew, my buddy from work, brought me three Wendell Berry books this morning. They are Fidelity, Life is a Miracle, and Jayber Crow. I am really looking forward to reading them.