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I imagine he has a large amount of comics in reserve so he can work on comics such as http://xkcd.com/1491/ http://xkcd.com/1491/.

• commentereleven 12y ago
  Yet he has one finger on the pulse of the internet-nation, as evidenced by the previous comic: http://xkcd.com/1492/ http://xkcd.com/1492/
• jedberg 12y ago
  Actually. he rarely has comics in reserve. He has a notebook of ideas and sketches, and each day a few hours before a comic is set to go up, he picks one and draws and inks it. I've watched the process firsthand, and I was surprised as to how little lead time there is. When he knows he'll be busy he gets a few in the hopper, but it isn't his standard SOP (at least it didn't used to be).
  • Kiro 12y ago
    Do you know him?
    • jedberg 12y ago
      We've met a few times, but I learned this when I was escorting him around the Bay Area for a day during his book tour.