Help save a painting this week, and I'll throw in a random FREE comic book, in honour of FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (this Saturday, May 2nd) [link] . That's right, if you purchase "Orange Man" [link] (or heck, any other of my paintings [link]), FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY, I'll throw in a random comic book from my collection, for NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE!!! WOW!!!

As for "Orange Man", I'll likely be painting over it sometime soon-ish in order to save myself from buying another canvas (the place I used to get my low-cost canvases from doesn't sell any good ones anymore. Bleh.).

Anyway, Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday [link] so I'm pretty excited for it. I've not really taken a solid look at what titles are available (and really, it all depends on what the shops get in anyway), but it's always cool to get some new stuff to read that I otherwise wouldn't be able to afford, not to mention that there's just a really swell energy in the air on Free Comic Book Day. Geeks congregate in the shops in droves, and passerby that have never read comics either ever or in ages stroll in, and parents bring their grubby little kids in (none of who can even fathom the idea that they're about to get comic books for free). It's always so awesome. If you have a comic book shop in your area (check the phonebook's yellow pages, if you're not sure), then I highly recommend that you check it out -- you MAY want to get there early though in order to get your pick of possibly low-supplied free stuff. Hope you have a great day and end up getting something free that you like, and why not pick up something at the store while you're at it. Since it's current, all-ages, and very cool, I recommend the very fun "Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!" [link] . Excellent stuff.

As for today... I must do my taxes today. Sure, I could do them tomorrow, but it'll probably be tough enough to get them done online today. Bleh. I swear, if I believed in Hell, I'm sure there'd be plenty of forms there. PLENTY. And all of them would be confusing. And they'd be covered in spiders and smell like mustard...