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Where’d the Comics Go?

Nathan — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:54:28 +0000

So, I’d been using an old, old WordPress plugin called ComicsEasel since CheapCaffeine began — so old that it hadn’t been updated in years, and it wasn’t even included anymore in the WordPress plugin directory.

The latest update of either WordPress or the Asteroid theme broke it.

So I’m testing other plugins and figuring out how to display comics again.

Now you know.

(While I’m at it, I might finally fix the RSS feed.)

Missing Me?

Nathan — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 13:10:35 +0000

For those who are missing fresh installments of my semi-humorous wit, I’m now contributing a cartoon biweekly (one panel, drawn instead of sourced) at Public Square Magazine.

Whither the Caffeine?

Nathan — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:17:35 +0000

So here’s what happened: I took November 2020 off from CheapCaffeine to do NaNoWriMo. (I didn’t win, but I wasn’t planning to.) But here’s the thing: I really, really want to get back into fiction-writing. And the only time that my body and brain align to make it possible is for the hour in the morning that I otherwise would be putting together the day’s CheapCaffeine comic.

So I think I’m going to hold the comic in abeyance for a while. Maybe I’ll post a new comic when I get a good idea that can’t wait (instead of staring at public domain drawings thinking, “Could these people be saying anything funny?”). Maybe I’ll give up the fiction schedule in a couple of weeks. Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.

Anyway. Enjoy further the barrage of blasts from the past. The future belongs to the caffeinated.

Holiday!

Nathan — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:56:10 +0000

Tomorrow is a state holiday here, so Imma take today and tomorrow off. Summertime!

Happy birthday to the greatest nation in history.

Nathan — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:47:35 +0000

You know what? It’s my birthday!

Nathan — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:42:42 +0000

So i’m gonna take the day off! And I can do that, because nobody else is the boss of me.

Enhanced Archive Availability!

Nathan — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 21:47:43 +0000

To the presumed delight of many, CheapCaffeine has now been updated with a visual archive which will allow those searching for a particular cartoon to do so more easily than click the back arrow time after time after time. The permanent link is at the top of the sidebar to the right (a more appealing graphic will likely supplant the unadorned text in the near future).

Attention, all CheapCaffeine lovers…

Nathan — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:05:24 +0000

(You know who you are.)

Since you’re already intimately acquainted with the content which comprises the new volume, The Rise and Fall of Senator Bear, you are in a unique position to enlighten your fellow man! Could you trouble yourself to leave a review on the Amazon page?

BONUS! Email me (nshumate at gmail dot com) a screencap of your submitted review to be entered into a drawing for a copy of said book, with a custom sketch on the title page!

Just in time to be late for Christmas!

Nathan — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 03:22:15 +0000

Competence is hard. But it’s finally available! The Rise and Fall of Senator Bear, the third CheapCaffeine print collection, is now available via Amazon!

Cover Reveal!

Nathan — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:48:35 +0000

I didn’t have it ready for Black Friday or Cyber Monday because that’s how I roll, but the third print volume of CheapCaffeine will be available in just a couple of days. Cue the anticipation!