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I'm super proud to announce that Time Log is fighting for this year's SPACE Prize in the Webcomics Category!

The only people who can vote for the SPACE Prize are those who attended the previous year's show. So, for example, only exhibitors from 2011 can vote for this current crop of nominees... a crop which was culled from in-person submissions made at the 2011 Small Press And Comics Expo in Columbus.

So if you were a SPACE exhibitor last year, please consider voting for Time Log! I've made it really easy for you to read the webcomic:

• Visit the complete Time Log master list here on the AudioShocker.
• Read all three acts of the completed Time Log webcomic on Facebook.
• Read all three acts of the completed Time Log webcomic on Flickr.

And here are some quick facts about the webcomic to get you up to speed:

• The Time Log webcomic is a finite, 60-page story.
• It's a sequel to the Time Log one-shot, a 2010 comic book.
• The story is about a time traveling group of friends out to save reality.
• Stephen Foster, Neil Diamond, and Richard Nixon play important roles.
• The characters are named after the creators, but they're not based on us.

That's it! I hope you enjoy reading Time Log and I appreciate your consideration.

The gang's all here (well, except for FuturePete) and the timeline has finally been repaired. Wait... not just repaired -- improved!

That's a wrap!!! I hope you've enjoyed the ride. I know I have.

Pete and I always knew Time Log would end back at the statue, right where it began in the Time Log one-shot (available for all Kindle-compatible devices on Amazon or as a PDF from DriveThruComics). But we didn't always know who would be on the statue and in what positions.

A few months ago, when we were plotting the end of Time Log, the revised statue configuration came to us and we knew it was right -- Ned, the songwriter and musician, sitting up top with Stephen Foster, the transcriber of his music, sitting at his feet. It's an inversion of the real-life Foster statue, which is seen at the very beginning of Time Log in the one-shot comic book:

Ned on this statue is "Old Ned" from one of Foster's hit songs (which, if you know anything about Foster's history, means that it's a largely traditional composition which Foster just transcribed). Take a look at the lyrics from "Old Ned" (version 1 and version 2). Makes you appreciate this new configuration even more, doesn't it?

There are a lot of things in life that outrage and frustrate me, especially social injustice. Unlike Pete from our story, I can't go back and meddle with the past. But I can create a new vision of the future, even if it's fictional. And that's just what I've done with this ending, together with my fantastic collaborators -- Pete Borrebach, Shawn Atkins, Paige Shoemaker, and Justique Woolridge.

We've put more hard work and sweat into Time Log than I can express in words. The one-shot was my first self-published full-length issue, not to mention the first comic book script Pete and I completed. The Time Log webcomic was Paige and Justique's first comics work! And I'm sure something was a first for Shawn, too.

We've learned a lot along the way experimenting with different artistic processes, printing procedures, sales tactics, and promotional methods. There are print copies of Time Log in California, Texas, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and (thanks to Pete's travels) possibly even Germany and Thailand.

Point is, Time Log may be just another webcomic to you, but it's a milestone to me.

I have to thank Ed Marino, Seth Fronzoli, and Stephanie Atkins for all of their support and help. They've been crucial to the creative, printing, and promotional aspects of this comic.

Lastly, get ready for the Time Log graphic novel, a tuned-up 100+ page collection of the one-shot combined with this webcomic. You'll be hearing more from me as it progresses.

Next week, I'll be back with links to the collected Time Log ACT III. See you then!