In defense of the blatant lift in today's comic, all I can say is that Good Hitler is a very big Dr. McNinja fan. The gag was too good not to recycle it.

In my continued effort to get you guys to give me all of your money, I'm running a new sale this week! Place an order for $50 or more in our store before Wednesday, September 3 and we'll throw in a free paperback book or action figure, on the house.

When you go to check out, just put your book or action figure preference and the promo code FREE50STUFF in the Special Instructions field and we'll take care of the rest. If you don't indicate a preference we'll pick out something nice for ya. This offer is valid only for folks in the US and Canada (sorry international peoples!).

Today is the last day for the $8 enigma sale! Stock up while you still can.

I received a significant number of requests for a donation button on the site during our Financial Desperation Week. A lot of people wanted to help us out even though they didn't need another t-shirt or puzzle. I've done donation drives in the past and they always leave me with a bad taste in my mouth.

A lot of people also mentioned that they would love to buy me a beer, but a lack of physical proximity prevented them from doing so. Now, for whatever reason, my brain makes a distinction between someone buying me a beer and donating money to me. It seems like a civilized sort of thing to do, an act of friendship rather than charity.

So, for Day 5 of FDW, I've added a button to the left-hand column next to the news on the homepage. It's hard to miss, it's the yellow one that says "Buy The Artist A Pint". Please feel free to use it! I suggest a donation of $5 per pint, the prevailing pint price in this neck of the woods, but feel free to fill in whatever number you like.

NOTE: Moneys collected using this button will be used to purchase pints of beer but may also be used to purchase scotch, Red Bull or other art supplies.

First, a reminder: all this week we're running our famous Eight Dollar Enigma sale, where you can get up to five mystery t-shirts for only eight dollars. The sale ends Friday, so if you're planning on buying some tees on the cheap you may want to finalize those plans soon.

Today's Financial Desperation Week ploy is a combination of two limited-time sales.

For those of you with deep pockets, I've cut the price of Goats original comic art from $95 to $75. Each piece of art is one of a kind, hand-drawn and comes with a signed archival print of the finished comic. Since I've switched to digital drawing, no more of these are being produced. And all of the ink-and-paper strips between December 2003 and February 2008 are going to be included in the books being published by Random House starting next year -- just sayin'.

I have recently been told I am a fool for selling these originals so cheaply, so after this last sale I am going to yank them from the site for a while until I've finished book production early next year and have the time to figure out just how much I want to charge for them. So, until September 1, you have an opportunity to grab your favorite original strip for only $75, and then I am taking my ball and going home.

If you are interested in purchasing original Goats art, navigate to the strip you want in the archive. If the strip is still available, there will be an "original art" link right next to the signed print link at the bottom left corner of the comic strip. Click it!

For those of you who are hurting from the recession as badly as I am and don't have $75 to spare, don't fret! For you, I have dropped the price of Protobama T-shirts to a measly ten dollars. That is crazy supercheap and I cannot allow this sort of thing to go on any longer than, say, the end of the Democratic National Convention on August 28th.

I'm really excited for today's Financial Desperation Week offering. My buddy Chris Yates makes every one of his Baffler! jigsaw puzzles by hand. Each puzzle is a unique, beautiful, wooden piece of art. So you can imagine how jazzed I was when Chris agreed to make some Goats Baffler!s for you guys.

I got to see the first few puzzles at San Diego Comic-Con, and they came out fantastic. They would probably make an amazing Christmas present or look good mounted on a wall.

The "I Live In Beer" Fish Baffler! has 22 pieces and measures 9" x 6.5" x .75".

The Infinite Monkeys Baffler! has 48 pieces and measures 10.5" x 9" x .75".

I'll be taking orders on these until September 1, and then Chris will start cranking them out. Please allow 4-8 weeks for delivery of these due to production time.

Click through to the comments for more Baffler! photos.

Thanks to everyone who bought stuff on Monday as part of our Financial Desperation Week. Your support is appreciated! There are still four more days to go, so keep those wallets handy.

Tuesday's offering is a selection of six brand-new heavy-duty tote bags. These are of a much higher quality that our old totes, with stronger construction and materials. These normally sell for $12.99, but this week you can snag one for only $9.99.

Please, when you're ordering make sure that PayPal has your correct address! If they have your old address and not your new address your totes and other purchases will go to the wrong place. Thanks!

I am going to spare you the gruesome details. Let it suffice to say that I am in need of a lot of money in order to do things like survive, feed my daughter, keep my house and pay all of the very nice people who provide me with services that keep this website running. The crappy economy and a cascade of financial disasters have conspired to make this a very difficult affair.

As such, I am going to try and put up a number of posts this week in an effort to entice you to help support the comic (and my family and creditors) with your hard-earned dollars (mostly concerning, but not restricted to, new items available for purchase in the store).

To kick things off I've brought back the Eight Dollar Enigma t-shirt sale. This is usually a once-a-year sale but I have returned from Comic-Con this year with a bunch of unsold inventory. Not so great for me but it means a bonanza of savings for you!

The rules are the same as always: order between one and five t-shirts for only eight dollars a piece. You pick the size, we pick the designs. You won't know which of our shirts you're getting until they show up in your mailbox. This is a great way to get an instant new wardrobe for school on a pauper's budget.

Keep an eye on this space for more new products and unbelievable sales all this week!

Just wanted to apologize for what looks like it may be an erratic schedule over the next few weeks. I have a deadline for delivery of the files for the first Goats book on September 1 and there's a lot of work to do for it. I just spent about 4 days working on the cover illustration (which came out super-nice I think) and I'm running about a half a day behind schedule on the strip (not to mention I haven't had a chance to put up 3 or 4 new items in the store).

Anyhow, I'm going to keep plugging away and try to work as quickly as I can, but it looks like (for at least this week) the strip may be posting a bit late on the day its supposed to appear. Thanks for your patience, understanding and lack of violent tendencies.

I'm sure you're sick of hearing about Comic-Con, but Chris Yates has posted a few comics which sum up the extended weekend pretty effectively. it starts here and goes on to cover Wil signing a leg for Jackie's legless friend, Triumph's visit to the booth, Frakes and Brooks performing at the hotel bar, and drinking scotch with Alfred. Enjoy!