...and the first screenshot can be viewed in this week's Patreon post!

I'm gonna wait just a couple more weeks before I start releasing screenies on NG and Twitter. Don't wanna give too much away, do I? What I can report is that two pages are already finished as of today.

Have some off-brand oreos:

Brennies are also surprisingly expendable!

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...And it's got quite a few snippets in it!

NEW CHARACTER AND LOCATION BIOS!

Over on that quote-end-quote website of mine. Four new characters, including the rest of the Gloyd family, under the 'out of town' section at bottom. Plus, two new areas of Littleworth among the other locations.

NEW PATREON POST!

As with every Monday, there's a new piece of exclusive content for those chipping in! This week's post just so happens to pertain to what the last section of this NG news post is all about.

So without further ado...

NEW LONG COMICS!

With Potatoman: Wrath of Phrax finished, Dave & Carl will, for the first time since 2017, be the focus for this year's long comics! Three of 'em, in fact. As mentioned already, this week's Patreon post has more details, but what I can say is that work on the first one should be starting this week!

That's all for this post. Allow me to cap it off with an out-of-context screenshot of the first Dave & Carl strip of 2023, dropping this Friday.

-Chaz

#11: Deplete your copium reserves.

Happy New Year! And also happy Andrew Tate-getting-jailed. News of Dave & Carl-related happenings in 2023 will come on Monday the 2nd of January.

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First off, Merry Boxing Day! Second of all, it's Monday, so take a gander at the last Patreon post of the year if you're so inclined!

Thirdly of all, let's get into the bulk of the post.

On the 'ChazDude' side of things, 2022 most prominently marked the release of Potatoman: Wrath of Phrax. Not quite the longest in terms of pages (Regrown has that accolade) but certainly the most impressive visuals wise. Other events in the Dave & Carl universe included hijinks such as Dave getting flash mobbed and Carl eating a lettuce burger. Never a dull moment with those two, and 2023 will surely contain further such moments.

On the real world side of things, you'd think 2022 would be a period of post-Covid normalcy after the blur that was 2020 and 2021. Events like a conflict in Ukraine or a certain monarch popping her clogs have somewhat dented that notion. For someone possessing an interest both in world affairs and creating visual entertainment, there's obviously been quite a few occasions of the two morphing together. On a related note, there will be one more comic (and thus one more news post) for this year on Friday, which just so happens to be a certain anniversary...

That's the thing about art; it's a fine way of expressing oneself, unlike the jumbled, lazy mess that is artificial intelligence. There's no art without human eyes overseeing it, and this site has taken the sane and wise decision to banish A.I. from the portals. Cheers, Tom!

On the topic of NG, something I'd quite like to do for 2023 is be more active when it comes to the social aspect of the site rather than just putting art and comics out there, moreso since apartheid emerald man took over the blue bird site. Back to the topic of art though, assuming the Art Portal finally gets co-authoring functionality I'm also quite keen to test that out with some other art-minded folk who lurk this place!

NG would be nothing without its community. A community-oriented site, even if small, will always be superior to a corporate husk. Speaking of the community, as I type this I still await one of the trademark Christmas cards produced by none other than @DrSevenSizeMD. I look forward to receiving it, along with the sea of glitter accompanying it!

Do you get Christmas cards from YouTubers or fellow Tweeters? No? I thought not.

NG4EVA.

Thank you for reading these ramblings of mine. Let 2023 be a tolerable, if not happy year. Allow me to end this post with arguably the greatest Lego set of all time.

-Chaz

Dave's reign as Supreme-King-Dictator-Overlord of 25 Oak Avenue would turn out to be thankfully brief.

Merry Chazmas to all!

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Several new faces for the character bios section dropping in early January can now be viewed early in this week's Patreon post!

Also, well done Argentina for beating France. Good deal of back-and-forthery right there!

It's a good thing Motor Madness still has physical copies!

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Once again, this week's comic is out early for Patrons of mine. Check it out!

Coming this Friday for everyone else!

Armin's cousin was killed on a Smart Motorway.

Uploading a day early since I'm travelling for much of Friday. Final page coming next Friday as usual!

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