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Dec. 7th, 2023 11:11 amA cool thing about my recent habit of drawing the day's The Hero of Three Faces at midnight before going to bed at 02:00 or 03:00 is it means drawing Three Faces is the first thing I do every day, or the last, or both
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Nov. 28th, 2023 09:26 pmThere's definitely something daunting about having it be a new day and making an incomplete entry in the spreadsheet for coding the webpages and selecting the out-panel protest signs and protesters, and then looking at yet another blank panel with no idea what's going to go in it.
But there's also something wonderful in it. I can do anything I want forever.
But there's also something wonderful in it. I can do anything I want forever.
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Mar. 14th, 2022 10:15 amRegular visitors to my "original fanfiction site" if any may like to know: The hosting service for this website had to decommission the server it had been on for 27 years, and the website's address has changed from http://members.iglou.com/scarfman to
https://scarfman.iglouhost.com/
There is an automatic redirect in place which I imagine shall exist as long as the site is on this service but you may want to update your bookmarks.
You may remember I started drawing The Hero of Three Faces in a subdirectory of Arthur, King of Time and Space in 2007 because the server space that came with my account at IgLou had run out. I've sometimes wondered in the years since then whether the amount of server space alloted to my account type had expanded, but was never curious enough to actually check. Mucking about today with the new server's control panel to see how it works, I discovered that the existing files only take up about a fifth of what's now allocated. One of the reasons I never looked is because I did't have any ideas for using the space if it was there, but now that I know it's there perhaps I'll come up with something.
https://scarfman.iglouhost.com/
There is an automatic redirect in place which I imagine shall exist as long as the site is on this service but you may want to update your bookmarks.
You may remember I started drawing The Hero of Three Faces in a subdirectory of Arthur, King of Time and Space in 2007 because the server space that came with my account at IgLou had run out. I've sometimes wondered in the years since then whether the amount of server space alloted to my account type had expanded, but was never curious enough to actually check. Mucking about today with the new server's control panel to see how it works, I discovered that the existing files only take up about a fifth of what's now allocated. One of the reasons I never looked is because I did't have any ideas for using the space if it was there, but now that I know it's there perhaps I'll come up with something.
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Mar. 5th, 2021 06:37 amRan the count in my spreadsheet because I thought I remembered a landmark was coming up and found that last Sunday's update was the 2500th The Hero of Three Faces update since 1/1/07.


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Aug. 2nd, 2018 07:57 amChecked my website monthly visitor stats yesterday. Unusually, aside from tumblr and a webcomics directory/subscription site that's always there, all the top ten referral sites were in Russian. Usually there’s maybe one.
The top ten search words and the top ten search phrases were almost identical lists, and the terms themselves were either nonsense words or words from a language I can’t even identify, none of which to my knowledge appear on my site. I wonder how that’s done.
These things strike me as more likely unfriendly than friendly.
In other news, as of this morning there are eighteen cartoons in the Hero of Three Faces fall buffer. There have been days the past week or so when I have awoken with the rush that usually comes from updating with a cartoon gag I hadn’t yet written when I awoke. I’m looking forward to the new season.
The top ten search words and the top ten search phrases were almost identical lists, and the terms themselves were either nonsense words or words from a language I can’t even identify, none of which to my knowledge appear on my site. I wonder how that’s done.
These things strike me as more likely unfriendly than friendly.
In other news, as of this morning there are eighteen cartoons in the Hero of Three Faces fall buffer. There have been days the past week or so when I have awoken with the rush that usually comes from updating with a cartoon gag I hadn’t yet written when I awoke. I’m looking forward to the new season.
- Tue, 16:04: I think I've drawn 26 fewer 3Faces than I thought I had. But that would mean I haven't missed celebrating number 1500.
- Tue, 16:49: If my new calculations are correct, and if I don't miss any days, the 1500th 3Faces will update on Palm Sunday.
- Tue, 17:04: The last half or so of the new Doctor Who season is gonna air during the annual 3Faces summer hiatus. It' s been years since that happened.
- Tue, 18:31: Hero of Three Faces sketch: didn't wanna update with this but it wouldn't be told. https://t.co/NGJjgtoG76 #doctorwho
- Tue, 19:24: My original calculations were correct. The 1500th 3Faces was updated on pi day. https://t.co/WcFzDc7kCO #doctorwho #class
- Thu, 19:01: Hero of Three Faces update: not based on personal experience yet. https://t.co/0E9IYr60Dh #doctorwho #starwars
- Fri, 05:38: Creative Process update: complicated. https://t.co/OUlJ1dtMP0 #webcomics #CreativeProcess
- Fri, 07:50: If the next 3Faces I draw is 14 panels long, the filename for the final panel will be batman.png
- Fri, 11:56: Anyone who votes yes on the #AHCA now will be remembered as someone who caved to President Emolument's bullying.
- Sun, 17:56: Hero of Three Faces update: his own undoing. https://t.co/xOWl9ZlzHa #starwars
- Sun, 20:58: Now referring in headers here to the Hero of Three Faces art style as “stick figures, but they’re triangles” ... https://t.co/pZaqlpAS6W
- Mon, 06:08: kalinara: therearecertainshadesoflimelight: bruce-wqyne: action-comics: ALRIGHT ONCE AGAIN let’s talk... https://t.co/uPsViOySYa
- Tue, 18:11: Hero of Three Faces update: that's what you get for dropping in without notice. https://t.co/BXSKRe28re #supergirl #btvs
- Tue, 19:09: made myself go to the laundromat today even though at first it looked overcast so i wasnt psyched for it any more
- Wed, 10:51: There needs to be more random nudity in 3Faces to accent the gags that say nudity's a normal thing in the multiverse.
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Feb. 22nd, 2017 08:10 pmI’m thinking, if/when the Republican administration gets rid of net neutrality, depending on reader feedback I may want/need to give up the fancy-shmancy panel-per-page format at the main Hero of Three Faces site, and/or the all-image-files format at Creative Process. Convert to a format easier to load, just one image - the whole strip for the day - per page and the rest of the page all text; rather like Hero of Three Faces was originally conceived, in the days of Webcomicsnation.com. Most likely combined into a new title. I’ve actually known for years what that title would be and have already designed/drafted some of the pages. Originally it was an idea for a general interest webcomic, back when I thought I’d want to do another of those after Arthur, King of Time and Space was done (I’ve been referring to this title/format enigmatically as “I know what I’d do” at least ever since my discussion at AKOTAS about what if some screen studio wanted to buy AKOTAS out from me). Remember on the Three Faces site where I wrote (in the middle of the compleat history of my cartooning on the occasion of the 2014 format change) that I noticed I reboot my internet fanfiction’s continuity and/or format about every five years? This’s what I already suspected I’d do when all the work that goes with the panel-per-page format gets old (or I do). I may decide I need to do it early for the sake of readability.
- Mon, 17:02: I have a one-day 3Faces buffer again! ... by dint of importing two seasonal gags from my first site.
- Mon, 17:50: Hero of Three Faces update: old people and their stories. https://t.co/SLpX5pvzdR #angel #doctorwho
- Mon, 18:44: Hero of Three Faces update: it's something else called the same thing. https://t.co/PJZ9J0KNqk #starwars
- Mon, 20:00: thesunsux said: Any tips/tricks/advice for people with anxiety calling their representatives? Most say... https://t.co/m4WUQdCL3e
- Mon, 20:09: People think I'm brainy because I use words they don't know. What they don't realize is 90% of my brain is given over to vocabulary.
- Tue, 06:14: the state of the country since election day has got me swinging all the way between ... https://t.co/rgz4saIEq2
- Tue, 08:33: The last few weeks of 3Faces have had uncomfortably few crossovers.
- Wed, 18:23: Hero of Three Faces update: she knows just where to look. https://t.co/57VDsDuN08 #doctorwho
- Wed, 18:40: 1/2 Maybe my triangle figures put people off cuz they fall in an uncanny valley between actual stick figures and full cartoon characters.
- Wed, 18:41: 2/2 Sort of an uncanny page gutter.
- Wed, 19:04: margotkim: margotkim: So I came home from work today and there was a kindle addressed to me that I did not... https://t.co/OPvQBveWuy
- Wed, 19:40: #wonderwoman #standwithchelseacain https://t.co/nLg3484BQg
- Wed, 20:03: xekstrin: Why do American comics have this thing where they seem to emphasize�way too many random words... https://t.co/aOYLol3uCe
- Wed, 20:06: First, treat the parents #autism https://t.co/0Sqjh9QS9F
- Wed, 20:34: hate these damn flimsy glasses wipes they fall away from your fingers as you close them the one i put in the wash seems to have dissolved
- Wed, 21:47: YMCA offers Nov. 8 child care so you can vote - Check with your transit authority too. https://t.co/8F7Vbcmylp
- Wed, 23:49: Stanford Sexual Assault Case Survivor Emily Doe Speaks Out - tpfnews: *It started with a simple sentence:... https://t.co/UWpQuPFmvk
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Oct. 28th, 2016 07:46 pmThose of you who still read triangle fanfiction cartoons through LJ entry links, do you like the weekly notifications or would you prefer daily like I do on Tumblr? Please respond one way or the other, because if I shouldn't get any responses I'm likely to stop believing anyone uses LJ entries as their primary gateway any more, and quit them.
- Tue, 17:26: Just discovered I left my site working files at work. No 3Faces update today.
- Tue, 17:33: (Which means, since my policy is not to update twice in 24 hours, tomorrow I get an enforced day off.)
- Tue, 17:36: (Unless ... I draw one this evening to update this evening, before updating tomorrow after work with what I drew today. Stay tuned.)
- Tue, 18:09: okay got a single panel gag to draw
- Tue, 19:19: Hm. For the second half of the Darillium night I ought to have the Doctor in what he's wearing in #Class. But, another day.
- Tue, 21:28: Hero of Three Faces update: so much for monomyths. https://t.co/gmtP1sI1X0 #h2g2 #hhgg #doctorwho
- Tue, 21:58: looks like all's necessary to make the doctor's THORS suit into his FTWMD suit is removing the tie. but that's for a day when my USB is home
- Wed, 08:35: Brought last night's 3Faces site files to the office on a 2nd USB drive & all's sorted for updating tonight w/what I drew yesterday.
- Wed, 18:46: Hero of Three Faces update: historic. https://t.co/lAXoU6JsPV #doctorwho
- Wed, 18:48: It doesn't have nine panels. It has one. Didn't even write the gag till near the end of the workday.
- Wed, 20:24: fuckyeah-nerdery: The GOP invited President Obama’s estranged half-brother and a “Benghazi mom” whatever... https://t.co/ADWkteskim
- Wed, 21:13: rpnow-crew said: i LOVE ur one post about how to be an adult and i am going to buy a fountain pen and a... https://t.co/SNJzJ9djO7
- Wed, 22:15: 📷 describe yourself in three characters https://t.co/gXCMWIGXK3
- Thu, 20:01: Hero of Three Faces update: that's not always a good thing. https://t.co/IfD1pfb7QZ #mash
- Thu, 21:26: Why We’ll Need a Universal Basic Income #robertreich https://t.co/IBxXp8OCzD
- Thu, 23:09: animate-mush: iwilltrytobereasonable: animate-mush: avatar-crystal-gemini: Let it be known that Martha and... https://t.co/E1D9j1f92H
- Fri, 05:45: Creative Process update: broth. https://t.co/K85DfU7tAH #webcomics #CreativeProcess
- Fri, 06:43: “Some men get a sick pleasure out of stripping away the “illusion” that women are equal and violently...” https://t.co/mz7vdSPiB3
- Fri, 09:43: I almost went all last week without putting the Doctor in a cartoon. Yes, I underuse Guinan and the scoobies but still
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Aug. 17th, 2016 09:08 am[grief post]
Today it’s two years since my wife passed away. Last time I wrote about this was to say that I was disappointed at how little the Doctor Who Christmas special affected me, but then the second time I watched it… I’ve felt differently about her loss at different times in the time since, and I guess that’s how it’s going to be till I see her again (outside of dreams). My mother asked whether I was doing something special and suggested I ought to do something Leah would want me to enjoy, so I’ll be seeing Ghostbusters and Star Trek Beyond the third time each. Then I’ll come home and watch The Doctor’s Wife because that’s what I’ve reached in my rewatch anyway.
Today is also the traditional date for The Hero of Three Faces to come off its annual summer hiatus so, if there hasn’t been enough never-before-seen MSPaint Doctor Who panel cartoon fan art in your life lately, go check it out.
Today it’s two years since my wife passed away. Last time I wrote about this was to say that I was disappointed at how little the Doctor Who Christmas special affected me, but then the second time I watched it… I’ve felt differently about her loss at different times in the time since, and I guess that’s how it’s going to be till I see her again (outside of dreams). My mother asked whether I was doing something special and suggested I ought to do something Leah would want me to enjoy, so I’ll be seeing Ghostbusters and Star Trek Beyond the third time each. Then I’ll come home and watch The Doctor’s Wife because that’s what I’ve reached in my rewatch anyway.
Today is also the traditional date for The Hero of Three Faces to come off its annual summer hiatus so, if there hasn’t been enough never-before-seen MSPaint Doctor Who panel cartoon fan art in your life lately, go check it out.