You Can Push Us, But We Won't Fall Down

Hello, kids. SLG's editor-in-chief Jennifer de Guzman here to bring you some news and allay fears that are possibly floating around. As you might have heard, the SLG office had a run-in with a drunk driver. At about one a.m. early Saturday morning, a drunken woman plowed her car through our front doors and windows, taking out part of the store and our editorial and production department. No one was in the office at the time, so no one was hurt. We don't anticipate any significant delays in production or shipping.

We're still a little dazed, but we're tough SOBs here at SLG, and this hasn't come close to knocking us over. We'll just need a little time to clean up and set things in something close to resembling order. As Dan just said to me, "You can drive a Honda Civic through the heart of our business, and all that we'll say is, 'Hand me a broom.'" Thank you, everyone, who has exressed concern for us.

And, treats: Witness the carnage!

This is the far end of the office area, a good distance from the entrance. On the right is production assistant Eleanor's desk. On the floor on the left is my desk. My computer lies near the wall. My scanner is in the foreground in the right corner. My Spooky lends a nice sense of the ridiculous to the whole situation.

The production station. Note the Bill and Ted's comic books scattered around. We're glad to report that none of them seem to have been damaged. They're still near-mint!	Our store. It's hard to tell in this picture, but this is where the Milk & Cheese comics were. We think the Dairy Products Gone Bad would approve.

The outside corner of Dan's office. The damage to that corner seems to have been done when the woman put her car in reverse as she attempted to flee the scene.

That is where our front windows and doors were. It's always a nice feeling to come to work and find yourself greeted with yellow police tape.

Skid marks on our carpet and linoleum.	Glass on a shelf in Dan's office. There was a large shard on his chair, too. Have you ever seen that part of The Omen where that guy gets decapitated with a pane of glass? Yeah, we have too.

Amazingly, the chrome front on my computer, which is handy for checking my make-up, suffered not a scratch. This is the most significant damage to my G4, a few cracks and scratches.	Some of my toys didn't fare as well. My Seven Gods were torn from their base, and one of them is still missing. Lucian lost his head.

Part of the contents of my desk went into cardboard boxes. I'm not sure why I had Zim t-shirts in my desk	The rest of my stuff went into this cart from the orders department.

I thought it would be fun to take a picture of myself as I sorted through my stuff. Okay, so it's not that interesting, but, yes, that is a feather boa in the background there.

Our art director, Scott Saavedra, stopped by to have a look. Here he's pointing and laughing at the skid marks on the floor.	One of the things on my desk at the time of the crash were some blueline proofs. Here is the chewed proof for Bear #1, titled, appropriately enough, "Bear Hurts."