Last Thursday, the Ingus series officially turned two years old. I forgot to celebrate that gay day then, so I'll do it now.

Just over two years ago, I drew a retarded looking face with a ridiculous under-bite and a mouth full of battered chalk sticks I called teeth. Not knowing what to call this disfigured redneck, I made up a name; Ingus (only to find out about a year later that a band exists with this name, as well as an old Final Fantasy character). Then I began to draw a bear beside him. Then my computer shot off, and I lost everything. Then I tried to remember what Ingus and the bear looked like. I almost got it right. Seth Forsman took a look and told me to give the bear a Greenbay Packers cheese-hat, and I did. That day we thought of a conversation for the two to have, we recorded it, and I animated it. By 2:00 AM that day, I was ready to submit our cartoon to Newgrounds. It was originally just called "Ingus," but I felt that the name was too short, and people might just BLAM something like it. So I tacked on "Episode 1" to the title. The idea was never to make a series.
Later that day, likely when people were waking up in the world, the cartoon was posted on the front page. I was excited, and pretty shocked it even passed judgment. I was ultimately cheated out of a Daily Fifth place award by an asshole who will remain unnamed (rhymes with 'plaggot') and it was taken off the front page by the end of the day. Still, it was enough incentive to make a second cartoon, which only took about a week to make, and remains today as the most favorite among fans and regarded as the standard, despite the effort put forth in the newer ones.
It's a good time for this now, as I work on Ingus: Episode 9. It has taken me nearly four months to get to work on it since the script was finished, and it will likely take me ages to complete it. It's funny to think that it takes me so long to continue something that only took one day.

PS: Yeah, I'm lazy. Sorry I haven't submitted really anything this year -- An Ingus PSA is all I've submitted so far -- but finishing high school and getting ready for college out-of-state is a real bitch.