If this were the Bible, we'd be done by now

Apologies for this strip's lateness -- I missed Monday's update when I found out my parents' house back in England had been burgled. They're both alright (they were at work when it happened -- daylight fucking robbery, quite literally) and the thieves didn't get much -- though what they did get included my fucking computer.
This means I've lost all the PotatoShop backup files of the strip -- I've got the web-friendly finished files, but all the strip elements, and all the 400% sized full resolution strips in layers so I can screw around with them -- gone, save the handful I have here in Jersey. If I ever need to recreate them for any reason, I'll have to rescan from original artwork and do everything from the ground up. Considering the initial computer colouring of the strip elements is probably what takes the longest, that's not good. For this reason alone, I hope that I never get a print deal on this comic. If I do I'll either have to do all the work again, or else throw a tantrum until I'm allowed to do an original project instead.

Fortunately, I have most of the important stuff, particularly writing, with me here in Jersey, so it's safe. The lesson is: always backup all your work at regular intervals. The lesson is also: lock your computer, or at least the hard disk, away somewhere safe whenever you're away for longer than a day or two. The lesson is also also: thieves should be allowed reduced sentences if they leave behind data storage devices when stealing computers.

By the way, if by some cosmic fluke the person who stole my computer reads this comic, then send the hard drive back to where you stole it, anonymously, and you can keep the rest of the computer with my blessing.
You should also watch out for a large karmic kick in the nuts, because karma is on my side these days.