NewsRadio fans may remember that Matthew had a cat named Mitt Mitt, which was something of an inspiration for today’s gag.

Howdy, Weaponeers! If you like RW, then you probably like the art of Dave Lentz. And if you like Dave, then you should go to 604 Republic and vote on his designs so they can become t-shirts! He’s got some cool stuff over there that you definitely want to put on your front parts. It’s an election year, so vote early and vote often.

Once again, back is the incredible, the rhyme animal…POLICE BLOTTER! More like this every Thursday. Set your watch by it. Your weird watch that counts times by weeks.

Oh hey, today is officially the third anniversary of Registered Weapon. Year #3 was a little light in the content department, but year #4 is going to be a barn-burner. So post a guard at your barn, because we’re coming to burn it down.

Greetings Weaponeers-

It’s been a little quiet at RW HQ lately. Too quiet actually. After the frenetic posting schedule of our first few years, 2011 could be considered sparse, although I think some of our best comics were released this year. But the slow schedule didn’t stop us from being honored by Paste Magazine as one of 2011′s Top Ten Webcomics. Just being mentioned in that list of all those amazing webcomics (Kevin Church and Ming Doyle’s The Loneliest Astronauts being a personal fave of mine) is humbling for our little buddy cop comic over here. And we’re already working hard to make the list in 2012, which brings us to our infodump of HUGE announcements.

First, if the art above wasn’t obvious enough, Dave Lentz and Rob Simmons are back to document the adventures of Frank, FELIX and the whole gang. They took a sabbatical to follow around a bunch of death metal bands that no one has heard about except for Satanists and mathletes. But now they’re back. Refreshed, energized and ready to draw the hell out of some cartoon cop mayhem. Everyone give a nice round of applause to these dudes. We’re happy to be one big family unit again.

Second, if the art above wasn’t obvious enough, Registered Weapon: Career Day is imminent. What the heck is Career Day? It’s another self-contained, 8-page story, similar to Date Night, that sheds some light on what Frank and Felix are doing when they’re not chasing down killers. Dave and Rob sunk their pencil-y teeth into this story with exuberance and alacrity. You guys are going to love it. Just look at the gorgeous cover (NOTE: Felix is not shoved into a locker by Frank in the actual story. Sorry. Unfortunately, we thought of the idea after the pages were drawn.) Still, that’s an awesome cover. Career Day should drop into your hands in mid- to late-January. We’ll be hyping the exact date soon.

Third, if the art above wasn’t obvious enough, due to popular demand, the Police Blotter is coming back! Seriously though, we’re bringing it back just because people fricking love it. The site has more links back to and page traffic for random Police Blotters than any other content. Who knew? Seriously, I had no idea until the pattern emerged. So all of you Police Blotter fans out there…message received.

Fourth, if the art…forget it…fourth, Case 6 is coming soon. We’re so excited to finally return to the familiar rhythm of a police procedural and the giant, over-arching  story that has been building during the previous five cases. I don’t want to give too much away but I do have an intriguing piece of art to share:

Has Registered Weapon been DC Nu-52′d? Have Frank and FELIX been replaced by a new pair of detectives, Law & Order-style? Check out the teaser in Career Day for the first clue. I will say that Case 6 picks up just a few days after Frank’s epiphany at the conclusion of Case 5.

In the meantime, we suggest brushing up on RW continuity by revisiting the old cases again. Just click on the links in the Casefiles menu on the right and burn away that sluggish morning at work in no time.

Also, just a few thanks to make here. Big shoutouts to the guest artists who drew some wonderful RW comics this year. Clayton Johnston drew the hilarious Date Night (if haven’t read it, do it now. NOW!), which features the best TATM moment of the year. Check out his work at Krakadoom. He’s a great FOC (Friend of the Comic) and we look forward to working together again. As for President’s Day, would you believe that was an 8-page script when we gave it to Will Harris? That dude loves to draw people talking and he expanded the boundaries of that story in ways that we are all thankful for now. You can read President’s Day in one complete epic package here. And, finally, we’d like to thank all of the Weaponeers in Weaponland for their support. We’re excited for 2012 and we know you guys will be too once the comics start rolling again.

See ya soon,

Chris

P.S. Awesome Hospital totally belonged on Paste’s best of 2011 list. Sims, Bowers and Diggs killed it this year with the Awesome Hospital Forever storyline.

If FELIXULA there brings back fond memories, it might be because it came from the pen of none other than Rob Simmons, one-half of the classic RW art team. Does this mean that Rob and his robot buddy Dave Lentz are coming back to illustrate all-new adventures of your favorite crimefighting duo? Does this answer your question?

More on that later! Enjoy your candy!

The always accurate and enjoyable Paste Magazine has selected Registered Weapon as one of the publication’s 14 Awesome Webcomics to Distract You from Getting Things Done. In full disclosure, Paste created a list, not a ranking. So we’re number 2…in the list of 13 other amazing webcomics. Click on over to the article and be sure to read all of the other comics listed. And also be sure to read Paste Magazine. They do a fantastic job of covering all things cool in movies, music, video games and, of course, comics and webcomics.

Speaking of webcomics, Action Age Comics dropped the first teaser for their next project. What is it? We have no idea but we do know it will be frickin’ awesome. Hopefully, the next teaser will be filled with mysterious silhouettes, which seem to be all the teaser rage lately.

Go get it!

Here’s the second and final part of RW: PRESIDENT’S DAY, in which we find out what happened to Sounder, Shanklin, Kirsten and TATM on the day Obama visited Los Angeles. Art by the incomparable Will Harris. Download Part 2 (or, if you wish, the whole shebang) right here:

Registered Weapon: President’s Day Part 2 (PDF)

Registered Weapon: President’s Day Part 2 (CBZ)

Registered Weapon: President’s Day Part 2 (CBR)

The full story:

Registered Weapon: President’s Day (PDF)

Registered Weapon: President’s Day (CBZ)

Registered Weapon: President’s Day (CBR)

And stop by tomorrow for a special announcement regarding OG RW artist Dave Lentz!

Who needs the DC reboot? REGISTERED WEAPON IS BACK, BABY! For a little while, at least. Here for your delectation is PRESIDENT’S DAY PART 1 by Chris, Gardner, and the amazingly talented Will Harris. In this first of two parts, we learn what befalls Frank and FELIX when President Obama visits Los Angeles. In two weeks, on September 14, we’ll see how this presidential visit affects Kirsten, TATM, Sounder and Shanklin. Until then, enjoy Part 1, downloadable in your format of choice:

Registered Weapon: President’s Day Part 1 (PDF)

Registered Weapon: President’s Day Part 1 (CBZ)

Registered Weapon: President’s Day Part 1 (CBR)

See you in two weeks for Part 2!