FAQ
Q: I joined the member’s section but I never received my password. What do I do?
A: I’ve changed the signup procedure so members can set their own passwords now. Try the reset password function if you need a new one, and if that doesn’t work, e-mail me using the contact form.
Q: Can you change my old username to member’s status?
A: Sure. Once you’ve paid, forward me the confirmation (farvawho@gmail.com) and be sure to include the username you want to use. You’d be amazed how many people think I just know these things.
Q: I e-mailed you about updating my account. Have you done it?
A: Check the account. Often I’ll make changes as soon as I receive the e-mail and then move on to working on something else.
Q: I sent you an idea for a strip but haven’t heard back and haven’t seen the strip. What gives?
A: If I use it, I’ll definitely let you know. Even if I don’t, please know your time and ideas are always appreciated!
Q: Do you take commissions?
A: As much as I’d like to, I’m afraid right now I simply don’t have the time. Sometimes I’ll help design a patch or other military insignia if I can have one or two of ‘em, but those occasions are pretty rare. I will say this – it never hurts to ask. Just please don’t be offended if I have to decline.
Q: When will you update the Member’s Section?
A: As soon as I get an idea that fits it and have the time to draw it.
Q: What program do you use to make the comics?
A: Adobe Photoshop CS3 with a Wacom tablet
Q: It looks like you use a lot of copy and paste in the strips. Isn’t that cheating?
A: Show me a rulebook. Seriously though, I do use copy and paste because it helps me maintain consistency and cuts down on the time it take to make comics.
Q: Are Air Force Blues, Air Force Toons and Box D Blues connected?
A: The only things those comics have in common is me. They are each exclusive to their respective publications.
Q: What’s with the Jurassic Park coffee cups?
A: It’s just my thing that I do. I have been ever since I started doing comics. I own about 20 different JP mugs myself, and am always on the lookout for more.
Q: Why do you make so much fun of AWACS? What did that community ever do to you?
A: Actually, they gave me my first four years of Air Force experience, when I flew as an Airborne Surveillance Technician with the 962nd AACS, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. My picking on them is very much out of affection, not disdain.
Q: Can I use one of your comics for a presentation/newsletter/blog/etc.?
A: For Air Force Blues, in most cases yes, but you must tell me which strip and how it will be used. There are some strips I won’t allow to be used elsewhere for various reasons, so make sure to ask to avoid problems. For Air Force Toons (exclusive to Air Force Times), you have to ask them. They pay me for those comics, and as such own the rights to them. For Box D Blues, the answer is always yes, no matter what. Those strips are created on government equipment during my normal duty hours, and as such are considered public domain.
Q: I made a post about an error in a strip, and the error was corrected but my post was deleted. Why?
A: This is a personal thing – it’s my private war against indiscretion. In my job as a military journalist, I’ve come to appreciate those who will quietly point out an error so the author has a chance to fix it quickly and without too many people noticing. On the same token, I’ve come to despise those who will scream and shout about a small mistake, hoping to humiliate the author in front of as large an audience as possible. Despite my best efforts, mistakes sometimes happen, and I usually fix them quickly and move on. I appreciate those who take the high road and send an e-mail rather than post a publicly visible signpost to my error.
Q: There’s a mistake on one of your aircraft.
A: I don’t strive to make them 100% accurate.
Q: There’s a mistake on one of your uniforms.
A: See above.
Q: One of your characters is overdue to make rank.
A: Time doesn’t pass the same way in the comic as it does in real life. Sometimes it take two weeks real time to show what happens over the course of a few hours in the strip.
Q: When will you include my career field in one of your comics?
A: When I have a good idea for a strip. If you have one already, send it to me. I may use it in any one of my three Air Force comics.
Q: Will you do a link swap with me for my webcomic?
A: If you’re in the military or your comic is about the military, yes. If not, e-mail me and we’ll see.
Q: Can I buy advertising on your site?
A: Sorry – that right is exclusively reserved.
Q: Do you have coins/patches/stickers/other merchandise I can buy?
A: I do have merchandise, but mailing things out has proved extremely difficult for various reasons, so I just don’t sell it. If you’d like something, e-mail me and we’ll figure something out.
Q: Can I donate to your comic?
A: Thank you, seriously, but no. Memberships pay for everything needed to keep this comic alive, and that’s all the money I want to make off it.
Q: I’d like to meet you. Where are you stationed?
A: RAF Mildenhall, England.