I didn’t exactly redraw the strip for today… rather, I retouched it.  I cleaned up some sloppy coloring work, made a few stylistic changes, and voila.  I liked the old one a lot and didn’t know much I could do to improve it, so… yeah.

In addition to the classic strip, I’ve also posted a simple one-panel strip I did the day my first niece was born.

Not much to say this time, so I’ll just echo the sentiments I posted with the original strip:

Thanks Few for complimenting the graphics quality of the first one.

Thanks Rob for staying on my back and making me not quit.

Additionally, thanks to my wife for cheering me on and giving me advice, to the occasional student who passes along word-of-mouth recommendations to his or her friends, and to everyone else who’s read the strip… whether you admit to it or not.

Original strip posted below.  Note the total re-thinking of the roommate’s character design… the one in the classic strip never clicked for me.