— Baroquen —

Is up!  It contains valuable information about this website.  In addition to priceless contact data.

I advise you to treasure this page.

Your gem of an artist,

-S

Self-taught Promoter

No, Baroquen is not going on hiatus, nor are we becoming a gaming comic.

And yes, Baroquen will continue to be 100% ninja free.

However, the bad news is this:  the basement where my computer is kept was visited by a flow of water.  As in, a pipe burst.  The idiots that built my home also though it a brilliant idea to wall over the shut-off valve for the outside tap.

Fortunately, my computer was not damaged, nor were any of the archives.  Although, the basement is in a bit of disarray, making it difficult to make comics in that atmosphere.  Everything being unplugged and all.  However, I have utilised A’s, Bamboo tablet and made the above drawing for your amusement.

The tablet is an interesting piece of technology, and I’ll be tinkering with it more, at least until I have the computer and scanner up and running again.

Until next time, gentle readers, Keep Calm and Carry On!

-S

Dear Gentle Reader-

Before diving into the meat of this post, allow me to direct my fellow chaps and chapettes to a dandy of a band I had the pleasure of watching this past Friday:  The Two Man Gentleman Band.  And dandy they were!  They played a most amusing set of Ragtime-inspired tunes!  I humbly suggest my readership to give them a listen.

Now, on to the meat.  Today’s comic was inspired by the recent release of Star Trek Online.  A game I may acquire.  I wasn’t always drawn toward MMORPGs, as they seemed the stuff of cheetoh-munching basement-dwellers, and I often mocked my sister for her WoW addiction.

Now, it seems, the tables are turned and my inner dweeb cries out to be heard.  Several times, I have already gleefully perused Star Trek Online’s web-page, clicking away with baited-breath.

If anyone wonders, if in some point in the near future, the quality of this cartoon should decline for, say, a period of five months, blame the game.

Until next time, gentle reader, I am,

Your humble cartoonist,

-S

Many apologies for a lack of illustrated japery last week.  There were some personal things that arose and are currently being taken care of.

However, the primary reason for a lack of web-comics was that I was snowed in at my lady-friend’s house for four days.  Which, isn’t so bad!

What is bad is the state of the weather in my location, Maryland.  Since the month began, there has fallen nearly sixty inches of snow.  Wrap your mind around that.  Sixty.  Inches. 

And, for whatever reason, Mother Nature has deemed it necessary to drop more snow upon us Monday evening.  I, for one, am thoroughly sick of this meterological absuridy.  The levels of snow have officially crossed from “pretty” to “thoroughly obnoxious.”

That is my take on the weather, in any case.

Until next time, I am,

Your mostly frozen Artist,

-S

The other day, I thought to myself, gee, I haven’t been sick in quite some time.

Well, guess what?

Yesterday I awoke ill, and unwilling to move.  Same today.  Just not feeling it.

My nose has been rubbed by tissues so many times it now has similar consistencies to that of large-grain sandpaper and causing my thoughts to move through a sort of mental sludge akin to molasses on a cold day.

So, my apologies, readers, there will be no comic today.  As satisfaction to my readers, I invite you all to watch this point-by-point how-to on how gentlemen should go about dueling.

General Etiquette:
How To Fight A Duel

In case you were wondering, that was The Big Strong Man, a traditional song, or so the internet tells me.

And as we all know, it must be true, for the Internet tells me so!

I first heard it perfomed by these dapper gents and encourage you all to give them an ear!  Or maybe two.  But perhaps you only have one ear?  In that case, I suppose, lending them one ear is acceptable.

Until next time!

I am, your illustrative artist,

-S

A friend of mine, Mr Pedersen, will be performing in the Southern New Jersey area as a completely different Duke of York, as well as the Duke of Clarence, in a series of Shakespeare plays chronicling the Wars of the Roses.

If you’re in the region, as I will be to see Richard III, give them a look and get an injection of high culture.

Until next time, I am,

Your most honourable plugger of events,

-S

Before I delve into holiday well-wishing allow me to make the following statement:

My apologies for the above comic, my best excuse for it is that it was late and I was tired.  It’s been a busy day and my humour gland is not pumping at its usual rate.

To all my readers; Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  As if you need any extra incentive to imbibe a Guinness or twelve, the dark beverage is indeed good for you.  A Guinness a day will help to prevent blood-clots and is laden with B-Vitamins.  So drink up!

And while you’re drinking, be sure to go over to The Facebook, where Baroquen now has a fan page under the same name!  Tell your friends!

Until next time, I am,

Your most faithful and stout-soaked artist,

-S

Gentlemen-

Particularly those who consume beer or ale, as well as those ladies who consume the same, I pose the following question:

Suppose there is a man who is selling beer.  This beer is the world’s worst.  However, this beer is cold, and he has an unlimited supply and the price is free.

Would you take one?

Please feel to leave a comment.

Until then, I am,

your artist,

-S

Your artist is currently reading Mr James Swanson’s Manhunt:  The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer. 

And I must say, that if the South were to peak into the future and see the military occupation headed their way after Lincoln’s death, they likely would have published similar headlines to today’s comic.

I’m sure the South had no love for Lincoln, but he was no good to the former Confederacy dead.

Also, from all I’ve read, Booth comes off as a huge douche.

I am, as always,

Your Pro-Union artist,

-S