Sunday at Ten's FAQ

Ok. I give up. What is the significance of the term "Sunday at Ten?"

It started as the date and time when my group would get our D&D on.

Wow. That's kind of a letdown. I expected it to be something more interesting than that.

Ok. You caught me. It's a form of code. We always abbreviate "Sunday at Ten" as "S@10." Well, if you say that out loud, it comes out as "sat-ten" which, as we all know, is a code word for Satan. Considering that "Sunday at Ten" is when you should be at church, the whole S@10/Satan thing is really deep and profound. It is a layer of sardonic wit wrapped in a tortilla of irony and deep fried to make the Chimichanga of double entendre.

Really?

I've said too much already.

What is S@10 about?

I don't think I have a short answer to that. The comic is rooted in the gaming culture, both in terms of D&D and video games. But, we also use the comic as a commentary on Internet culture, a satire on men and women relationships and my disgust with some aspects of Western (American) values. I work in the tech field, so the strip is often my blog for complaining about work or technology. It kind of started out as an excuse to draw boobs, but we occasionally have more to say than that.

It seems that you have two "illustration styles." One of them is vibrant, consistent and cutting edge. The other looks as if it were drawn by a lobotomized pre-schooler, using crayon.

That really isn't a question.

Right. What's up with that?

The vector-based, full color stuff is Don's work. The art on the S@10 banner is an example of what he does. The chicken scratch, lobotomized look is mine. When we first started the project, Don was the primary artist and I would occasionally pitch in to give him a day off. In March of 2009, Don moved over to be the artist for our sister project, Tressed. That left me with the writing and art here.

How do you make the comic?

In the early days, I would write the script and Don would interpret the script, hand-draw the layout and then clean it up in Illustrator. As time went on, we refined the process so that I would do the layout, and he would do the art. Currently, I scratch out S@10 in Photoshop. I've tried to use Illustrator for a few things, but really, the shit is totally counterintuitive to the way Photoshop works.

Can you draw naked pictures of the Jenn or Tress for me?

Absolutely.

Wait. You're the one who sucks at drawing. Can you have Don draw me naked pictures of Jenn or Tress?

Oh no, you had your chance. Too late. I'm actually drawing Jenn making out with your mom. I think you'll be pleased.

What is your production schedule?

Tressed gets published on Monday. S@10 gets published on Wednesday and Friday. It's with equal smugness and pride that I say we've missed one day since we started (my daughter's birth) and were late on a handful of occasions.

Your "humor" involves a lot of sexism and the treatment of women as sex objects. Are you a sexist pig?

I'd guess that depends on who you ask. The way men and women interact is fascinating to me, mainly because it doesn't make sense. What is totally normal and reasonable to men is viewed as wrong by women, and vice versa. I think I summarize my views on the sexist nature of this strip here.

What is your pin-up schedule?

Originally, we did them on US Federal holidays, to spread them out at predictable times during the year. You really don't want me to do pin-ups, now that I'm doing the art myself. Check out Tressed for unnecessary T&A.

Can I link to your site?

Please do. Please forward this site to anyone you think would like it.

Will you put a link to mine?

That depends. Send me an email and discuss what you want to link to me.

How can light exist as both a particle and a wave?

There are some interesting paradoxes produced by the two-slit experiment, with regard to the dynamics of particle physics. Greene theorizes that particles are comprised of strings that vibrate in multidimensional space, far smaller than those we can notice, even with our most advanced supercolliders. It is that vibrational pattern which determines the nature of the particle, which in turn, dictates the way we it behaves in the portions of spacetime that we can detect.

Is there a way for me to give you my hard-earned money?

We have some crap on the store, you can always advertise with us, but beyond that: not really.

I've heard about Sunday at Ten merchandise. Does such a thing exist?

Yes, but not in the ways you're thinking. We have official S@10 shirts, but they are only available through special circumstances, such as contests or as rewards. We use these shirts as a bribe currency for when we ask the readers to do things for us.

Why doesn't your site fit on my browser? My screen resolution is less than 1280x1024.

During the site design, we decided that you need to have at least 1280 wide in order to play ball. Them's how it works.