i never like to say “the end” as stories always live on.

especially something like butternutsquash which was, in a weird way, an auto-biographical account of rob and myself, our friendship, our surrounding friends and the quirky adventures we got up to. some comics were word for word accounts, others silly extrapolations. over the years as butternut progressed we diverged a little from this, and i think that’s where we lost it. which is a shame as i don’t think butternut got a fair shake. it came in spurts and a waves. in the interim rob and i drifted apart, not in friendship, but in the time we were able to share to knock out ideas. so this was another strike against the squash.

we have a little black book full of tales untold, and i think it’s something i’d like to revisit. not anytime soon. bns, deserves a moment of peace before a stray thought even enters our head with a new concept, idea, or joke. in heartfelt honesty, i’d like to see it come back. but, at the end of the day, that is something only time will tell.

in the meantime, i wanted to give bns a proper closure, it’s been sitting in limbo for over a year, and well, deserves better. in the true form of most time honoured comedies – we closed it but left the door open.

i hope you enjoyed our short little run on the web and the comics will stay here for your enjoyment.

if you’re curious what else might be doing; please visit KUKUBURI, my other online story, and RAMONPEREZ.com for further information.

cheers,

ramon (& rob!)

it’s been a rocky month, but the dust is settling, and it’s good to be back.

i’d like to thank everybody that made it out to C2E2 and said hello. you all really made the show a truly memorable experience! i look forward to returning next year if i can. prior to leaving for chicago, and upon returning i was immersed in a last minute deadline for marvel – which kept me away from the squash and kuku. despite the tight deadline, the project, a dazzler one-shot special, was a tonne of fun to do! i am officially responsible for half the book written by jim mccann and also illustrated by kalman andrasofszky. please check it out when it hits the stands on may 27th! for some sneak peaks – check out my personal site; ramonperez.com.

speaking of shows, this coming weekend sees me attending TCAF! Transmission-X will have it’s own room with all creators on hand, a deluge of swag, and the debut of the brand new collection of the abominable charles christopher!

or weeks.

i’d like to thank all that came out to visit me at c2e2 this past weekend in chicago. i had a great time meeting you all! you definitely made my first chicago convention amazing and memorable. i look forward to returning next year!

due to my travels and the last minute deadline of the marvel/dazzler contract i picked up before i left for chicago i am going to have to satiate any squash desires with a pinup. this piece was done a couple years ago for a calendar to raise money for breast cancer care. the theme was nude webcomic characters. butternut was appointed september, hence the back to school motif.

i felt this appropriate for now as school is ending, which holds no bearing for me, but i am feeling a bit caught unawares with my schedule. hence the feeling of nekkidness.

the remainder of this week sees me wrapping dazzler, of which i’ll share on my personal site as soon as i can, and catching up on my monthly commitment of max finder… and then i’ll be able to return to the squash.

see you all next week!

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HEY ALL – apologies for the lack of update this week. it’s been so busy here at the studio i’ve barely managed to work in sleep. i will try and have a little something something up next week – and remember may 8th and 9th you can come hang with us a TCAF, the free toronto comic arts festival!!

sometimes i get a strange image in my head and have to jot it down. kinda like when i get the craving to do a strip starring rusty the narcoleptic dachshund and rob looks at me all cock-eyed. this is one of those times…

ps/ this weekend sees me attending the chicago comic & entertainment expo! swing by and say hello if you’re in the neighbourhood.

back on track after a long rollercoaster ride. i know it’s going to take a while to earn back some of our readers who left over the past couple of years, but rob and i are pretty stubborn so i think we can do it. i’d also like to welcome some of our new readers who have dropped in over our sporadic updates.

next week tx talents cameron stewart, scott hepburn, and myself, will be attending the chicago comics & entertainment expo. the expo (c2e2) is being held at mccormick place from the 16th to the 18th. we will be located in artist’s alley in row F tables 3 & 4 *. there will be sketching and a variety of swag – swing on by if you can!

also a new site to spruce things up… you can now buy a print of any favourite comic, and soon you’ll be able to purchase original art should you so desire. plus, if you have a hankerin’ visit the tx store and see what other bns or tx swag is available!

i want to apologise to all the bns fans out there. the squash has been getting the shaft of late. there are many reasons for this, some personal, some professional, which i won’t bother you – regardless butternut should have been getting the love it’s always deserved. rob and i sat down for a coffee the other day to see how we could rectify the situation. it was our first coffee in a while, there was a little life catch-up banter – it’s sad how little i see my best friend anymore, we’re just so busy.

anyway it was a good coffee (accompanied by a slice of pie) and we were able to hash out what we need to do. a big change of dynasty spanning proportions is coming that will hopefully enable us to do what we want to do and bring back the squash to the place where it was always meant to be.

thank you all, again, for your patience…. expect us next week, on wednesday, and on time…

no, really.

andy’s adventure continues as he leaves the confines of his jungle prison… but not his mental one

so as everyone’s noticed and commented on – we went a little awol for the past few weeks. there are numerous reasons for this for which i won’t really apologise for, but for what i will apologise is not keeping you folks abreast of what is going on.

rob and i started the squash eons ago shortly after we first met and spare time wasn’t a commodity. back then i saw rob on a regular basis. these days, things are a little different. my career is exploding in new directions keeping me quite busy, i’m possibly having to move in the coming months so i’ve been apartment hunting and rob having been promoted to a managerial position at his store now works longer hours and because of our divergent schedules we barely see each other.  people will then shout that i no doubt have the time to write and draw my other webcomic; kukuburi. true, but i handle all the chores on that on myself. butternut has always been a collaborative effort between rob and myself. if that dynamic isn’t there then i feel a little guilty moving forward. at times i will grab the reigns and tackle the squash on my own, but it’s not the same.

hopefully in the coming days rob and i can find the time to sit down and knock heads on a bunch of ideas we have floating around.

with BNS #200 on the horizon we plan to wrap up all the ongoing storylines and then pause to reboot. restart in a way that will allow us to tackle the squash in an effective manner to bring it to you the audience on a timely basis. but at the same time, with everything else going on, things might be a little sporadic for the time being. i wish it wasn’t so. both rob and i love doing the squash and we will do it when we can. that, right now, is the best promise we can give.

cheers.

hey everybody,

apologies for disappearing last week, things got a little hectic as i prepped for a short trip to lovely montréal. but what was planned for last week i managed to get done for this week before i left on my sojourn.

we’re building to a bit of a crescendo as we wrap up storylines and bring our silliness to fruition, and it looks like it’s taking it’s toll on my web counterpart. poor fellow’s gonna essssplode

till next week my friends…

r.

i am ready for the watterson comparisons, but i don’t care!

truthfully though i should have called this strip “andy-vision™” as for all those who know my dear friend andy whom this character is based on can attest to his own self-defining reality… and i mean that in the nicest of ways i wish i could live my life in andy-vision™.

andy-vision™ coming soon to a point of perspective near you!

till next time…

ps/ just a friendly reminder to post your world coffee girl contest 2010 submissions!