Some of the Nuffies (our hardcore peeps) might have noticed the forums were down for the last couple days. Don't worry, we were jonesin' as much as you were. The problem was with some server hardware and it's been temporarily fixed by our host who is working to permanently resolve the issue.

I've also been dealing with some hardware problems of my own. Two of my hard drives burnt out on my computer, which I call THE DEATHSTAR. Many bothan porn files were lost. I'm looking into ancient Jedi rituals to reclaim the lost data but decided to purchase two new drives to get THE DEATHSTAR fully operational to "destroy planets" with it's powerful "lasers" - pew pew!

On the content side of things we're back in the saddle and ready to rock & roll - there's a sketch filming this weekend and we're firing up comic meetings next week - I'm not making any promises, or dates, regarding new content so y'all know what to do.

Lookin' for love on all the wrong websites.

Awsome photo by oreses

The Beer Poppers have become our most successful merchandise item to date! We only have eight left and that's not a cheap ploy to try and get you to buy more poppers as we've already started the process on ordering a second batch so sleep easy!

We're stoked, you guys really "brought it" on these poppers. A few of the Nuffies (TrueNuff Forum Members) suggested we offer a 10-pack Beer Popper buying option. The Crew & I thought the nuffies were crazy and they proved us right since the 10 pack option has been selling. We make less profit on the 10 pack but we don't mind because you guys have been showing your friends how cool these Beer Popper gadgets are and that gets TrueNuff "out there" and ultimately kicks a lot of ass - thanks guys!

More on merch after a quick flight to Oktoberfest...

From time to time I get people asking me "dude, TrueNuff is huge – do you do this for a living." Firstly we're really not that big, and secondly the sad truth is no, we don't do this for a living.

We devote a large portion of our time to these projects but it's always been a labor of love. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to do this for a living or even earn enough from these projects to qualify as a part-time job but currently they don't generate nearly enough income to make that a reality.

More sniveling after the jump...

We've gotten a few people asking us what the Beer Poppers are, so we shot this video with a special guest star!


We've also converted all our prices in our shop a single price shipping included regardless of where in the world you order from. We had tons of different options before but we think it was making things confusing so we're hoping this is an elegant solution for a more civilized age.

Like your fathers lightsaber.

Moze, myself (and maybe Brando or Rob) will be featured on LuvChat a live webcam powered interview show on YouTube.

The interview will be streamed live this Thursday July 30th, 2009 @ 8PM - 10 PM PST at the LuvChat website so set your watches, magic decoder rings or whatever you need to do if you want to see our ugly mugs talk and squak. We'll do a countdown as we approach the event on our Twitter & Facebook pages pages so you can't say we didn't do anything for you - geeze. The interview will be semi-interactive, we'll be taking calls and crap. They have a call in number at the site so get ready!

If you can't make it the show will end up on the LuvChat archives at YouTube. Also if you're an Aussie (we a few "Aussie Acolytes" in the forums) and it's too late or early for you we're working on another interview that will better match your timezone - more details on that later!

This LuvChat show might be our "rise" to fame - they're sponsored by dick pills!

Photo by Mugley

Our Facebook Group has gotten the boot, we're now bumpin' Facebook fanpages - they're actually useful.

These somewhat-new "Facebook Fanpages" allow us to interact with you guys better.

• TrueNuff - community updates, blogs and merchandise updates.
• TrueNuff.tv - our video related updates.
• TrueNuff Comic - comic related updates, I've been posting rough sketches of comics currently in progress.

They let us post status updates and notifications that you guys can post comments to on the spot. The notifications are easier to get out because it pulls specially selected tweets from our twitter accounts. So it's easier for us to update you guys when we release content and it's easier for you to give us comments and feedback on the spot. It's win/win - high fives and hand jobs all around!

Other social media musings after the cut...

Some of you who have been around for a while may have remembered TrueNuff Comic's failed "Buddy" program. Basically if anyone donated to TrueNuff Comic got "buddy status" in the forums.

"Buddy status" gave supporters a neat badge beside their username in the forums as well as access to a private discussion forum and a "Behind The Panels" forum where they could read about the comic development (like a DVD commentary track, but with comics).

The "Behind the Panels" forum isn't going anywhere and if you donate or buy a shirt you won't get any magical privileges other than the "buddy" badge that shows up beside your forum posts. We're basically opening up the buddy badge to anyone who supports our projects in a "money" kind of way (we love making comedy, but it's hard to pay the bills with laughs).

So If you donated or bought a shirt in the past or if you donate or buy merchandise in the future you can request a buddy tag (the best way is to private message me in the forums) and you'll have a reminder you kick-ass!

Also if you have any ideas for future badges, let us know in the comments.

Thanks Buddies!

Photo by Laura Travels

We've got Beer Poppers for sale - they make drinking fun. If you don't know what a Beer Popper is then check out this snibblet from our June 2009 video update.

A few of you guys were buggin' us (don't worry, we lubs it) so hopefully we can sell all these poppers and conquer brand new merchandise projects.

Don't forget about our shirts too, they're sitting lonely on the shelves waiting for a warm home (story of our lives). Then again you can win some shirts pretty easily since we only have two contest entries to our Cock & Balls Remix contest. Only two weeks to go on that badboy! We've got a fever and the only thing that can cure it is more cowbell techno!

"Put your hands in the air, if you a true player."

We had a big meeting a few days ago to decide the fate of TrueNuff as a whole. None of us were thinking of quitting but we thought there were a few hurdles holding us back from our full potential.

Brando & I have been throwing around a couple new side projects on a verbal basis and we've finally started to formalize and collect the ideas. We want to create them under the TrueNuff umbrella but the new projects wouldn't fit in our current "two party system". So we had a meeting with all five crew members (we nearly overloaded our conference software) and decided to "lift some walls" so to speak. Now any of the crew is allowed to work on any project they want.

We've decided we want to be more of a "comedy think tank" rather then just a sketch comedy group or web cartoonists. Kinda like Google, but with a comedy focus and nowhere near as useful (or profitable).

These under-the-hoood changes shouldn't result in much of a difference to you the audience. You will see more intermingling between the projects though. Brando & Rob may popup in TrueNuff.tv sketches, Cranston & Moze might dabble at comic writing, and these new projects we're developing may have a variety of team configurations. They're new and exciting but don't worry we'll still be working on the "old" projects. Hell, stuff might even happen sooner since we're getting more organized with all hands on deck.

Basically we're one big team now and things are feelin' good so far. There's a folk saying in Africa "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" - so we're moving forward into the future holding hands, but not in a gay way. Okay, kinda of in a gay way. Also, as different as these projects may (or may not) be at the end of the day they'll still be TrueNuff.

...so basically we're communist now.

Photo by Red~Cyan

TrueNuff.tv's The Closer and Bitchbear both have Twitters - lock up your daughters.

No one invited them but they showed up anyway. We still have our own twitters in full swing. We're looking for a 3D animator to help with a TrueNuff.tv video. If you know any send 'em our way.

Seriously, lock up your daughters - I don't trust these guys.

Photo by Bluecherry1408