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Ah, it’s funny because it’s true.
Updated 2005-03-28: I asked Cheyenne (the artist) if he’d make the strip available on a mug (I think it’s a nice companion to my Klingon Convention Trauma store at CafePress), and he was kind enough to do do it. Thanks, Cheyenne!

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25 March, 2005 Wil

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45 thoughts on “arcane times”

  1. jedifreeman says:
    25 March, 2005 at 1:35 pm

    rock on! very funny.
    I have been reading your blog silently for a while now, and I enjoy it immensely. I am looking forward to picking up your book.

  2. Mark says:
    25 March, 2005 at 1:38 pm

    Wil,
    And it looks just like you, too. Just a suggestion since your doing some revamping. How about updating your music links? I am one of your older readers, but I like a lot of you tune references and seek them out when I get a chance. Just a thought.
    Thanks,

  3. Noel Burke says:
    25 March, 2005 at 1:49 pm

    Hey I was thinking there. If you set up a pay pal thingy to help ya out with the vet bills, Im sure a lot of your readers would chip in (myself included)to help ya out especialy when its for a good cause. It mightn’t add up to much but it could take the edge off that huge vet bill. If every one of your 10000 readers gave 50 c itd cover the bill?
    Probably a dumb ass idea but thought I’d say it anyway.

  4. kamileon says:
    25 March, 2005 at 2:44 pm

    I think you’ve actually managed to Slashdot arcanetimes.keenspot.com, it’s not responding. I think that deserves some sort of congratulations. 🙂
    I agree with Mark on the paypal thingy. Having had to put cats with heart failure down before because I couldn’t pay the vet bills, it’s a sad sucky thing, and if I can chip in a couple bucks so someone else doesn’t have to consider it as an option, that would make me happy.

  5. LJonte says:
    25 March, 2005 at 2:54 pm

    Hmm. Sadly, I can’t seem to get the link to work. That happens a lot with me and Keenspace. I smell conspiracy!

  6. Buttercup22 says:
    25 March, 2005 at 2:59 pm

    The link doesn’t work for me either. I think the paypal idea is a good one. Plus you can donate any excess to animal shelters to help keep other sick animals alive.

  7. Mark says:
    25 March, 2005 at 3:17 pm

    Just wanted to give Noel proper credit for the PayPal idea. It looks like it was part of my post when you look at quickly. But hey, I’m hip with the idea too. Tell us what you think Wil?
    Mark

  8. Noel Burke says:
    25 March, 2005 at 3:17 pm

    Ya I can’t use the link either, I think the poor site is crippled with all the web traffic going to it from wil’s site 😛
    Is it a big deal to set something up on paypal? (I dunno, as i never used it before)Good idea bout the excess too buttercup.
    Click here for my blog

  9. Scott T says:
    25 March, 2005 at 3:31 pm

    Ha! That strip was hilarious! Call me dumb, but I wasn’t thinking it was a Wil Wheaton subject until the very end. Very cool!
    (NOW I see the resemblance)
    Scott
    P.S. I say go with the PayPal thing, Wil. I have an account so it’s just a couple of clicks and you have my donation!

  10. Scott T says:
    25 March, 2005 at 3:31 pm

    Ha! That strip was hilarious! Call me dumb, but I wasn’t thinking it was a Wil Wheaton subject until the very end. Very cool!
    (NOW I see the resemblance)
    Scott
    P.S. I say go with the PayPal thing, Wil. I have an account so it’s just a couple of clicks and you have my donation!

  11. Laura Gjovaag says:
    25 March, 2005 at 6:08 pm

    Oooh, I feel bad about taking the site down with high traffic, but Cheyenne will be happy more folks have seen his webcomic, I’m sure. I also think he’s unlikely to mispell your name “Will” again.

  12. AJ says:
    25 March, 2005 at 6:57 pm

    9:56p EST
    Farked
    /rats.

  13. Cheyenne Wright says:
    25 March, 2005 at 7:03 pm

    Howdy! Gosh, thanks for the link. According to my sources, much of Keenspace is down (not just my little corner). I don’t know if it’s because of you guys or not, but if so “ALL MUST FEAR THE POWER OF WIL!. This is so frelling cool. I even got an e-mail from the man himself. eeeeeeee! When I get back from this convention I’m at, I’ll get a copy of the strip posted somewhere that can handle the traffic.

  14. Jason says:
    25 March, 2005 at 7:59 pm

    …the Slashdot effect, the Screen Savers* effect, now the WWDN effect. Cool.
    J
    (*RIP Screen Savers. You are missed.)

  15. AJ says:
    25 March, 2005 at 9:44 pm

    12:43a
    Still Farked.
    Or should I say: still Wheatoned.
    /rock

  16. Scott T says:
    25 March, 2005 at 3:31 pm

    Ha! That strip was hilarious! Call me dumb, but I wasn’t thinking it was a Wil Wheaton subject until the very end. Very cool!
    (NOW I see the resemblance)
    Scott
    P.S. I say go with the PayPal thing, Wil. I have an account so it’s just a couple of clicks and you have my donation!

  17. Scott T says:
    25 March, 2005 at 3:31 pm

    Ha! That strip was hilarious! Call me dumb, but I wasn’t thinking it was a Wil Wheaton subject until the very end. Very cool!
    (NOW I see the resemblance)
    Scott
    P.S. I say go with the PayPal thing, Wil. I have an account so it’s just a couple of clicks and you have my donation!

  18. Scott T says:
    25 March, 2005 at 3:31 pm

    Ha! That strip was hilarious! Call me dumb, but I wasn’t thinking it was a Wil Wheaton subject until the very end. Very cool!
    (NOW I see the resemblance)
    Scott
    P.S. I say go with the PayPal thing, Wil. I have an account so it’s just a couple of clicks and you have my donation!

  19. Cheyenne Wright says:
    26 March, 2005 at 2:52 am

    ok guys – here’s a mirror of it
    http://www.arcanetimes.com/webcomic/20050325.jpg

  20. psycoma says:
    26 March, 2005 at 6:40 am

    That *is* pretty funny aheh…

  21. Lillie says:
    26 March, 2005 at 7:04 am

    Thanks to the mirror of the site I was able to see the strip. That was too funny… Hmmmmm do you think you may know something about that Wil?

  22. Lemi4 says:
    26 March, 2005 at 7:59 am

    So who is the guy hiding from the rabid sci-fi fans anyway?

  23. Lemi4 says:
    26 March, 2005 at 8:00 am

    So who is the guy hiding from the rabid sci-fi fans anyway?

  24. STrRedwolf says:
    26 March, 2005 at 10:59 am

    KeenSpace’s admin here. Yep, Wil here seems to have fried our server. 🙂
    Actually, we’ve been battling some crashes with it that look to be RAM related. Wil may of just Slashdotted it and triggered the crash again. We’re looking in it, and hope to get it back up and running again.
    Further details on our Forum server, which is on a seperate machine. Forums.keenspace.com.

  25. MrsVeteran says:
    26 March, 2005 at 12:18 pm

    Bahahaha! Nice one. Thanks for posting the alternate link, Cheyenne.

  26. rijrunner says:
    26 March, 2005 at 1:32 pm

    Wil,
    Isn’t it time you bought a new shirt for the sci-fi conferences?

  27. AmyO says:
    26 March, 2005 at 6:39 pm

    Funny stuff. Ya know, I thought the misspelling of your name was intentional. I mean, enough people do it anyway, it could have been part of the joke.
    Continued Kitty Mojo

  28. Mitch Malone says:
    26 March, 2005 at 7:08 pm

    All too funny, that is an awesome cartoon. Is the mispelling of the name intentional or are the cartoonists just stupid?

  29. MalletGirl says:
    27 March, 2005 at 1:03 am

    I just want to say how much I love the eye quirk in the comic. I can so see you doing that. I wasn’t sure whether to laugh my ass off, or feel slightly bad. I laughed my ass off though. I must also question the spelling issue, though. It must’ve been a one-time mistake, because to draw that strip would require prior knowledge, and you have a pretty unique name…

  30. Cheyenne Wright says:
    27 March, 2005 at 1:52 am

    It is a one time mistake. But i’m stuck at Norwescon in Seattle and unable to fix it till Monday morning. We had caught it late Wednsday night before it went live but did not have the time to fix it… and honestly, I didn’t think it would make it to Wil that quickly.

  31. Slightly Off Kilter says:
    27 March, 2005 at 4:36 am

    Ha! Arcane times lives! After days of diligent checking, I get to see what you meant. Glad that you can see the humor in something like this. Cheyenne has talent.

  32. jcklsgk says:
    27 March, 2005 at 5:40 am

    Very funny!

  33. Troy Rutter says:
    27 March, 2005 at 7:10 am

    I know this isn’t the best place to put this, but Wil is mentionmed in the NY Daily News online today.
    http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/293469p-251234c.html

  34. Eddie says:
    27 March, 2005 at 9:38 am

    Classic. The “Will” enhanced the punch. 😛

  35. jslicer says:
    27 March, 2005 at 12:18 pm

    Ok – I’ll jump in cannonball-style and show my geekitude –
    The guy on the run in the comic looks like none other than Okana (Bill Campbell) from the 2nd seaon NG episode “The Outrageous Okana”.
    Wonder if he does Star Trek conventions? Heck, I mean, I was at one which had Keegan deLancie, and he was on Voyager 😉

  36. Ben says:
    27 March, 2005 at 3:39 pm

    hehehe

  37. warcrygirl says:
    27 March, 2005 at 4:07 pm

    Very funny Cheyenne! I can hear Wil’s voice speaking as I read the comic. And thanks for posting the mirror; the link still doesn’t work. Happy Easter (or whatever) everyone!

  38. Jolene says:
    27 March, 2005 at 10:10 pm

    That’s awesome, Wil! and happy Easter, btw. Also, continuing the comment way up there, i would chip in for the kitties sakes, too!

  39. :: jozjozjoz.com :: says:
    27 March, 2005 at 11:09 pm

    I love how he is wearing The Shirt in the comic strip.

  40. tracy says:
    28 March, 2005 at 4:18 am

    As for the kitty bills–I have mixed feelings..I am assuming some large bills for my dog with pneumonia but would not go asking my friends for donations. Being a cancer nurse, I feel that folks need to pick and choose carefully what they donate to and what they ask donations for. There is a difference between feeling the pinch of bills and not being able to make ends meet. There seems to be very nice folks that would give you a hand, however, in easing the pain of these ongoing expenses. Perhaps if you do collect, you could donate any extra to funding CHF research in animals, donate to a humane society, or create something that my be helpful at your vets advise, to the local pet commmunity. We recently just took out a home equity loan for our bills as carazy as that may sound. Good luck.

  41. Thomas says:
    28 March, 2005 at 9:08 am

    Very nice. I think the fans that are angry with you just wish they could have been you.
    Keep the faith, brother!

  42. Reddy says:
    28 March, 2005 at 1:49 pm

    I love the strip – cool that I even remember that shirt(you did look really good in it)
    http://www.thefinalrollcall.us/ – I had this site emial to me – instead of just seeing the numbers of the people that were killed in the war – they have pics & some info about them – I thought you might want to check it out – a numberis just a number but looking thur the pics really got to me

  43. Carol says:
    28 March, 2005 at 7:05 pm

    That comic is a thing of beauty. Thank you, Cheyenne and Wil. Thank you.

  44. Kevin Gamin says:
    29 March, 2005 at 4:44 am

    What’s really great is, if you skip back a couple days on the comic, you find out what the guy is hiding behind Wil for.
    Think REALLY bad old-school Galactica…

  45. d. burr says:
    4 April, 2005 at 12:11 pm

    wil the coffee cup!…when will it be available to the rest of us?

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