Wow, I can’t believe it’s been this long. I’ve officially now done 2000 strips. It doesn’t feel that long, and frankly, it’s kind of weird to think that I’ve created something 2000 times. In the end, though, I am very thankful to have such a great audience who has stuck with the strip for so long, and to have new readers each and every day! Here’s to the next 2000!

PS: If you missed the 2000th strip, check it out here

Hot on the heels of the release of the Complete Year Three Anthology, the Forth Year anthology of the famed comic strip is now available!, and if your curious you can even take a look inside.

(Of course the first three years of anthologies are still available)

What People are Saying about Oh My Gods!

“This is some seriously clever occult humor! Hey, someone had to take the piss out of NeoPaganism. Leave it to Shivian Balaris to apply his observations and critiques in the form of entertaining comic art. For a lighthearted, fun, and educational perspective of our weird and Witchy ways, Oh My Gods! is the place to turn.”
Raven Digitalis, author of Shadow Magick Compendium & Goth Craft

Lon Milo DuQuette, author of The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford

“I’ve been enjoying Oh My Gods! long enough to remember when the Boob Vampire still had boobs! Quirky characters, fun storylines, and consistent quality have kept me hooked for years. Amid the humor, there are honest assessments of some of the Pagan community’s not-so-finest moments, and occasionally a good “zing” will hit a little close to home. Still, it’s wrapped in some of the best of what the community has to offer, and gives us a good chance to laugh and learn.”
Lupa, author of DIY Totemism: Your Personal Guide to Animal Totems

“[Oh My Gods!] has done what only one other webcomic has made me do: want to go to church and repent for my sins.”
Summer, Oh My Gods! Fan

Information

• Released: Bealtainne-tide (June 11th), 2008 (Releasing during the 7th Year of Oh My Gods!)

• Stats: 75 pages, 8.5” x 11”, perfect binding, white interior paper (80# weight), full-color interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink

Since I won’t be here during official Litha (I’ll be at PSG) I turned on the Litha theme for the site. Remember, you can always change your themes in your user settings!

The third year anthology of the famed comic strip is now available!, and if your curious you can even take a look inside.

(Of course the Complete Year One Anthology and Complete Year Two Anthology are also still available!)

What People are Saying about Oh My Gods!

“An irreverent romp through our modern pagan culture … its humor spotlights the foibles and fun of being pagan in the 21st century … it always adds a smile to my day.”
Dana Haefne, owner of Kamala Health & Beauty

“I love Oh My Gods!”
Christopher Penczak, author of the Inner Temple of Witchcraft

“The new age is no safer from parody here than fundamentalist Christians are. It’s this quality of being able to laugh at all religions with an understanding of human foibles that makes the strip fun and funny instead of elitist holier-than-thou crap. There’s an intelligence here, as well as a sense of humor that comes from really knowing human nature. Oh My Gods! may claim to be about the powers that be, but it’s really about we, the people, down here on earth. Excellent.”
Barb Lien-Cooper, Sequential Tart

“Irreverent, tongue-in-cheek look at life; no one in this strip is safe from the core characters’ scathing wit, not even themselves. My Catholic friend couldn’t stop reading; when I heard about the site, we both spent every moment online reading every single one until we had read them all! 9 out of 10, Excellent.”
Wolfen Moondaughter, Sequential Tart

“A+ for originality, A+ for content … a little obscure and odd. It’s cute, check it out.”
Shadow Witch Web Review

“One of the few daily webcomics I make it a point to read: Oh My Gods! – a very funny pagan-centric strip that pokes fun at religion, tradition, superstition, icons, and most importantly, itself.”
KU-2, October, 2004

Information

• Released: Beltainne-tide (June 4th), 2008 (Releasing during the 7th Year of Oh My Gods!)

• Stats: 135 pages, 8.5” x 11”, perfect binding, white interior paper (80# weight), full-color interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink

Not only are there new strips for all of May, but I’ve updated some of the site’s functionality as well. Hopefully now some of the problems with Captcha (et al) will be gone. Let me know if anything is broken the moment you find it broken using the contact page.

Lastly, due to the number of problems it was causing, the Fan Map has been moved to it’s own page in the Fans section. Enjoy!

Hey everyone! I am in my first stage show in years, so I figured I’d post about it right here to all you lovely pagans and pagan-friendly people! The site (linked to below) has photos of our group, info on the members, etc. Have a look see and come check out the show! It’s a measly $15 after all, I know you can join us for that, aye?

Terra Mysterium is pleased to escort you into the land of Faerie at its Spring 2008 performance of “Betwixt and Between: A Journey Into Faerie”, at La Costa Theatre (Chicago, IL) April 11th and 12th at 8pm.

Experience a journey into the Otherworld… Betwixt and Between is a place where things are not as they seem – and the faerie tales told here are not naïve bedtime stories! Spirits of wood and water; legends of ancient cultures come alive in completely new and original performances of magic, music, poetry and song. Travel into the land of Faerie… a place where you will meet various denizens both light and dark… and be prepared to return transformed!

Terra Mysterium is a Chicago-based collective of musicians, actors, dancers, poets, magicians, and fire performers; creating, producing, and performing experiential works of music, theatre, and performance art that are rooted in the Earth mysteries.

La Costa Theatre is located at 3931 N. Elston Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL. For ticket information, please call 773-866-0201. For additional information, cast bios, and more, visit TerraMysterium.com.

I know several of you have sent me emails, IMs, faxes, copies, carrier pigeons, owls, mice, astral projections, and smoke signals to tell me that the Oh My Gods! site is slooooooooow. To this, I thank you greatly! Please know that I am working to improve it. Thankfully the Oh My Gods! shared server was recently transfered to a Dreamhost Private Server (check them out for more info). I now have to begin the dance of how much memory / bandwidth does the site need and how much memory / bandwidth can I afford (the site doesn’t really pay for itself). So please know that I really, Really, REALLY want to give you the best Oh My Gods! experience possible, but I also have to balance that against a pocket-book that is feasible.

I hope for a continually brighter future as Oh My Gods! moves ever onward! Thanks again to all of you for your sharing, support, caring, and love.

I know some of you might still have snow on the ground (just as we did on the first day of the Great Ram) but it’s official, Spring is Here and the Sun rides tween the horns of the Great Ram! Rejoice! To this, the Spring Theme is released! Double Rejoicing!

Sorry for the delay in strips everyone, I got freakishly sick with a really bad cough and it put me behind by far more then I appreciated. I fell behind in many things in my life, Oh My Gods! being one of them. Thank you to all of you who were patient and who sent me well wishes and energy. It was, and is, most appreciated. Thankfully I am much better now!

Enjoy the update, and I will strive to continue to be back on-the-ball once more!

While I know several of us loved the fun that was the That’s My Mouse feature, there was not enough love for it to stick around. No worries however, and never fear! There is a solution! I have added a Meebo Chat Room to the sidebar to a new Chat Room Page, now all the fun of the chat rooms, in a simple format. Enjoy chatting with Oh My Gods! fans the world over.

Oh My Gods! is now trying out That’s My Mouse – a cute little application that allows you to chat with anyone on the page you are currently on! Simple, sweet, and fun! To chat, just start typing! That’s My Mouse installs nothing and is really easy to play with!

I turned on comments for this post so PLEASE respond with your thoughts about That’s My Mouse on Oh My Gods! – both good and bad.

If it works out, we’ll keep it around, if not, it’ll go the way of the dodo!

Thanks for trying it, and reading Oh My Gods!

Some super nifty new changes happened today to Oh My Gods! First, Oh My Gods! now officially holds a Creative Commons License. What in Hera’s name does that mean? you ask… simple! It means that so long as you credit this site, and don’t modify the comic strip, you are fully and legally allowed to post Oh My Gods! Strips anywhere for personal use. Yep, no kidding! Fun huh?! Commercial Licenses are still available, as is the ability to purchase high-res, full print quality versions of any strip!

[Note: please save the image and upload it to YOUR own site, do not link to the images here]

Also, the Strips RSS Feed was updated to now include the News so that everyone can keep ahead of the game and know whats going on with the strip! Of course, the News Feed is still available for those souls who only wish to follow it without the clutter of the comic.

iGoogle just opened up it’s theming engine so that anyone can create a theme for the iGoogle interface. Of course, this means that Oh My Gods! will have to create a theme for such a beautiful engine. More details to come… stay tuned!

Hope everyone enjoys the new Winter Theme — officially released here, on the first day of Winter in the States (even if it might feel like Winter arrived a while ago to some of us)! A Blessed Winter Holiday (or lack thereof) to everyone, whatever it may (or may not) be! Of course, you can change your theme, and switch to the old Fall theme, as well as the Generic one at any time by editing your settings in your profile. Don’t have a profile? Create one!

For those who don’t know of SJ Tucker, I strongly recommend a listen. I just recently was able to get her latest album, Solace & Sorrow, and wow is it amazing. I am deeply in love with the inspired poetry from the book The Orphan’s Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice by Catherynne Valente on which the album is focused. The songs of the stories send tingles up my spine as I hear lovely notes sing to manticores and firebirds – as SJ’s storytelling excites me with her myriad of uses of her fantastic voice. I know that it has not only made me find new love in the art of storytelling, but also has made me decide that I need to make sure I pick up both volumes I and II of the Orphan’s Tales in due time – but first, I must hear more and more and more of Solace & Sorrow.

For those who try to keep up on neo-pagan news and commentary, I suggest the Wild Hunt Blog to add to your sites you read. It has some amazing content and commentary on news and points. Also, recently, Oh My Gods! was mentioned for it’s recent strips on the Pentacle / Courthouse saga(s) – how fun is that?!

Check it out, you can show off your Oh My Gods! Love by adding us to your Myspace friend’s list! Just head over to our page at myspace.com/ohmygodsthecomic and friend us! Studies have shown we might even be cooler then Tom!

Well the site launched not too long ago and already we have had users create 1,000 comments on the site! Wow guys, you are amazing! Thanks for all the Oh My Gods! Love and keep up the commenting! I know I love to read them, and I can tell you guys like to interact through the comic with each other! Expect to continue to see new features that expand the site even further in the future!

Oh My Gods! got a little bit prettier today… enjoy the changing of the seasons with unique themes! The site’s standard look will now change with the season… however, past themes will be available for selection in your user profile as well. Yes, you can now customize your Oh My Gods! look to suit your tastes! Simply login, edit your account using the “My Account” link at the bottom of the sidebar (when logged in), and then “edit” it to select your preferred theme. NOTE: Special “not available to the public” themes are coming soon, which will be available only to registered users and / or users who frequent comment. So get crankin’ guys!

The second year anthology of the famed comic strip is now available!, and if your curious you can even take a look inside.

(Of course the Complete Year One Anthology is also still available!)

What People are Saying about Oh My Gods!

“I love Oh My Gods!”
Christopher Penczak, author of the Inner Temple of Witchcraft

“Oh My Gods! Comic strip is the best thing I’ve read for ages! I’ve been a fan since the early days when it was just black and white … Shivian has a knack of getting to the heart of neo-pagan trends – often via the jugular. Cutting, witty, sometimes camp – but always exquisitely observed humor. Never one to shy away from poking fun at himself, as well as the quirks of the neo-pagan community and their real world interactions. I miss the old black & white strips – there is less to use my crayons on.”
Jon Randall, Editor of Pentacle Magazine

“With ‘Oh My Gods’ Shivian holds a mirror to Pagan culture and makes us laugh at our own reflection – a potentially dangerous sport, but executed with prowess by his cute and quirky characters and his own charming sense of humor.”
deò, of deò‘s Shadow, a pagan podcast

“Shivian Balaris’ Oh My Gods! is an absolutely necessary read for modern spiritual seekers of all stripes – Shivian and his comic provide an invaluable dose of balancing humor in our day-to-day world, where we all, more often than not, take ourselves and our spirituality much too seriously!”
S.J. Tucker, Pagan Musician

“This anthology won’t give you all 105 keys to Tibetan esoteric wisdom. It won’t teach you how to fly away expediently when a small horde of eastern European townsfolk come after you with pitch-forks and torches. But it will make you laugh. Which, if you ask me, is far more important. If there’s anything in this world that’s still divine and left unsoiled, it’s the power of laughter to bring a smile to one’s face.”
St. Faust, Mad Profit of Discordia

Information

• Released: Samhain (October 31st), 2007 (Releasing during the 5th Year of Oh My Gods!)

• Stats: Printed: 137 pages, 8.5” x 11”, perfect binding, white interior paper (80# weight), full-color interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink