It has come to my attention that certain rumors have been circulating among the web comic readers. In particular, the word had it that I have lost my not-so-firm grip on reality and descended into a state of drunken debauchery. I vehemently deny any such accusations, along with other versions of the rumor (except for the one involving a French courtesan and a circus monkey).

The truth behind my prolonged absence is alas, much more prosaic. For the past few weeks, I, along with a crack team of cyber raccoons, have been diligently working on a new and improved engine for the HOSERS website. Fear not our faithful readers, there is no new interface to get used to. There are no new color schemes to send your mind reeling like a drug trip gone awry. Indeed, the new site should look exactly like the old one, unless you're using a really old browser (like Netscape 4). The new engine for hosers generates XHTML 1.0 Strict documents and makes site management much easier. I've tested it with mozilla 1.7, IE5.5 and IE6 and it worked for me. Now, I would appreciate if you give it a spin on your setup and see how well it performs. If you find anything that looks odd or renders incorrectly, please, let me know. You can preview the new site here. I'd appreciate any input.

The object of your adoration,

Lev

Hi. Today's comic is the result of a desire to try out a new style I've been working with. Apparently this style was never meant to be used in the main story arc of HOSERS, but tough crap, you're getting it. :P You won't see many strips in the new "Mini-HOSERS" format, so enjoy it while you can.
And for those sick, twisted individuals who have been railing at us to kick the kittens again... now leave us alone.

Sorry this one's delayed. The next one will be easier to draw, so it shouldn't be too far off. I'd give it a week. After the next strip, HOSERS will be delving headfirst into a long storyline, and I'm hoping to keep up a steady pace of at least one update every 10 days, preferably once a week. At any rate, enjoy this comic and the next. I'm taking a week or two off, because I want to finish ironing out a new style/character design for the new storyline. Hopefully, you won't miss us! Thanks for reading.

Here's a new comic. I apologize that it's late. But hey, it's still faster than when I was in school, right?
The exciting conclusion to Agent Latex's story, in the next issue of HOSERS: The Comic Strip.

OK, here it is. Thanks for your patience. I used my technical pens again for the first time in many months, and my hand was a bit shaky. Looked OK on paper, but scanned in, it looked like crap so took me longer to complete.
I'm not sure, but I'll try to have another comic next week sometime. I'm working all weekend, so I won't have the freetime I usually need to have a comic ready by Mondays. But I'll try for sometime Monday to Wednesday.
Thanks for reading!