I thought I was going to have to issue a big ol’ apology about how late today’s strip is, but turns out I managed to get it posted within an hour-and-a-half of normal posting time (7 a.m. PST), so … no problem. It’s not like the future of democracy in Iran is resting on your reading of The Utopian anyway.

There were delays, though, and I had to scramble a bit, including waking at unpleasant hours to finish coloring/lettering today’s page. Last night, my band had a gig that ran kinda late — I think we got off stage about 11:30 — so no work got done comic-wise yesterday (aside from some preliminary lettering). And I was spending time adjusting levels on files for the printer after receiving this proof over the weekend:

That’s as much as you get to see for now. If you’re around at San Diego Comic-Con next month, you’ll definitely get to see more. Right now, I have to go back to recovering from last night. Free beer + free pizza + rock ‘n’ roll = awesome in the moment, not so awesome the next morning. Groan.