Long and the short of it, folks:

A creative combination of natural disasters (flooding... twice!) and urgent family business (I'd rather not explain that one, but suffice it to say it was pretty darned serious) has forced this unexpected mini-hiatus.

Combine that with the fact that Megs and I are going to Scrubbo's wedding this weekend, and I can realistically predict that new comics will appear again no sooner than next week, unless I squeeze one or two off this week now that some of the crises have been downgraded and I've been able to catch a few hours' sleep again.

Apologies, but family and home had to come first.