The title is pretty much it: Does anyone here know what's going on with the guy who writes Troops of Doom? It's been nearly a year since his last comic, the site's being overrun by spamdroids, and no one who has (legitimately) commented there has had any proof he's even still alive since the beginning of June. I figured since he's a member here too someone might know.

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This situation clearly requires defenestration.

Major T. J. "King" Kong: Nuclear Rodeo Champion, 1964.

I'm still alive. Troops of Doom has inadvertently gone on hiatus. I wanted to create comics for as long as I remember. Seen a lot of web comics go professional and that was my goal. I put a lot of time and work into TOD, but just couldn't get any exposure for the comic to build a large enough readership. I'd been really frustrated about that for a long time. So when one of my poorly constructed light stands fell a second time, dominoed into the others, smashed, and destroyed the last set I built, I said "Fuck it," and walked away. Always planned on starting back up. Still do, because mostly it was fun. (Except for when you bump the table and all the figures fall over.)

Working a regular job now doesn't help. Previously I was self employed working from home for ten years which gave me a lot of flexibility to make TOD. I could alternate between work and the comic if I wasn't close to a deadline. Now when I get home from work it's hard to get motivated. My boss used to read TOD. Every now and again he complains about the lack of new comics. I tell him "You killed TOD. It's your fault."

I still visit JoeDios almost every day to check out the photos. Haven't been logged in to comment but it's always great to see GI Joe brought to life here.

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I understand, ever since I got my new job I've had little to no motivation to do any photography. I'm always just too tired, so the feeling is mutual. We all hope to see ToD back up soon tho. Good luck.

Working a 9 to 5, Monday to Friday job is soul crushing.

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Troopsofdoom we'll waiting for You!

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My collection:

http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/bro...r&imageuser=444

Your faithful readers will "Hold Until Relieved" until things get straightened out! To turn a phrase, "We've got Joes on the ground, we're not going anywhere."

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This situation clearly requires defenestration.

Major T. J. "King" Kong: Nuclear Rodeo Champion, 1964.

I'd take your 9-5 m-f anyday over my 3pm-2am tues-sat.

Deal! Trading jobs like trading Joes.

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TOD, Your dio stories will be missed. I honestly haven't read them all. Rather, I would save them all, and wait to go back to read them. The reason being is that when you do a page every 3 days, it's easy to forget the story, and/or lose track. If you skip a week, or two, you have to keep going back, trying remember where you left off. Forgetting the page I was on, was what made me decide to just save them all, and go back one day and read them in order. I understand why you did it this way, but I think that was a problem. It wasn't a serious dio, but the character, sets, story telling, all were top notch. I think the page every 3 days was the only reason you didn't get the publicity you wanted.