Dumbrella has news, it is a round up! All the news put in a circle for you to enjoy (at a glance).

NEW YORK! Jon Rosenberg has finished his Infinite Typewriters story, and to celebrate, he’s walking tall. There’s pep in his step, and who can blame him for casting his hat at a jaunty angle. He tells me that someone has stencilled a Pirate Monkey Robot on the roof of a Mini Cooper. Seriously though, you could have achieved the same effect by dragging a bunch of keys down the side panel. No, I’m joking, it’s decent. it’s a decent thing.

NEW YORK! Andy Bell’s Creatures In My Head is four years old this week, and to celebrate, he’s taking a bus-full of old ladies out dancing tonight. Well done Andy! Cha-cha-cha!

MASSACHUSETTS! R Stevens claims “Maura is back!” Babe, take it from me, she never went away. he also suggests that you buy one of his “Johnny Cash was a gangsta” shirts before they run out. I take issue with the statement, but who can argue with the stitching. VRR!

OLDE WURLDE BRIT ENGLAND! In the home of “Monty Python”, John A has brought back his Saddest Wookiee shirts to slake the thirst of the sad, the hairy and the fashionable.

What of the other ‘Brella Fellas? Well i just don’t know. But I have a feeling that they’ll let you know when they feel the time is right. Don’t go changing any time soon!

Following a week of almost unbelievable events, Dumbrella’s newest member Steven Cloud found himself at the center of a controversy some people called “career-ending” and “impossible to even fully understand while retaining any semblance of sanity.”

Cloud, whose age and race are unknown, released the following statement to the press by sliding it under the heavy, steel door of his apartment, which has been locked for nearly two weeks. Though he has declined to identify the other occupants of his 24th-story apartment, high-tech imaging does indicate the presence of three life forms inside the dwelling, two of which are human. The other is of indeterminable species or gender.

The note, written in reverse-Braille using an obscure, unpronounceable, dead language, simply stated, “Leave us alone. This I command.”

Though the deafening, shrill screams that screech from his apartment continue day and night, officials claim their legal hands are tied. “He’s protected by his Freedom of Expression,” a White House spokeperson said, “which we are desperately trying to eliminate.”

It must be noted that the sounds that come from his apartment can only loosely be described as “screams.” “Scream” is in fact a belligerent understatement. The sounds this reporter heard on the street literally made him briefly consider jamming his pencil into his eardrum in order to ensure he would stop and never again hope to listen to a noise so infuriatingly diabolical.

More details as events unfold…

Jeffrey Rowland, whose “Wigu” comic series is going to a monthly, dead-trees format, has just leaked two pages from his upcoming 24-page story.

Rowland plans to make the book available for order on his TopatoCo website on February 1, and when he says this he is dead serious about it. He also intends to provide wholesale copies to retailers who are interested in carrying it in stores. Says Rowland, “a lot of people are terrified of buying thing off the internet, and who can blame them? The internet is about as safe as wandering out in the woods with a t-shirt on that says ‘Bigfoot is a Sissy.’”

While the internet is actually safer than wearing a bulletproof vest to a toga party, it never hurts to be careful. The two pages can be viewed by following these links:

Page One | Page Four

Rowland certainly hopes you like what you see so far.

So, anyway. Part of what I’m getting myself for my birthday this week is a new website. It’s cheaper than buying a faster computer and requires a little more self-control. I draw a lot of stuff that isn’t strictly a DS comic and it’s nice to have a separate place to post things and talk. It’s about time I got off my ass and started something new.

I ♥ p is open for business, so please feel free to link away if you are so inclined. I certainly wouldn’t argue with it.

My birthday isn’t for a few days yet, so keep your eyes peeled for more surprises this week.

PS: I’m in Overcompensating today, too. I think somebody has a crush on me.

Scary Go Round will be exhibiting (hawking) at the concisely-named UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2006. The event takes place on Saturday March 11th at London’s Queen Mary University, near Mile End and Stepney Green tube stations. It’s only £3 to get in and last year went splendidly despite the fact that I had been made to sit in a cold corner.