• Well, if you’ve made it over here to this talkback, we’re hoping by now you’ve looked at your calendar and put 2 and 2 together. So, did you enjoy this year’s April 1 site. If you’re new since last year, we hope we confused you. And even if you’re not, hopefully we got ya anyway.

Miss out on any of our past April 1 sites? Here’s some looks back:

News Askew’s 2003 April 1 Site

News Askew’s 2002 April 1 Site (No joke that year, or WAS that the joke!??!)

News Askew’s 2001 April 1 Site

News Askew’s 2000 April 1 Site

News Askew’s 1999 April 1 Site

Now, a few words since you made it this far. First off, we realize talkback registration has been closed for a while. FYI: It’s opened back up tonight on the OLD SYSTEM. So, if you’d like to post something or even register as a last hurrah, feel free. However, note that any account that you set up today, will ONLY last today. Friday, it’s a whole new ballgame. But we thought it’d be fun to let everyone have one last crack at posting in the talkbacks in the old system if they wanted to. Enjoy.

Now, next on the slate: To celebrate the opening of Jersey Girl, we’ve having the biggest week here in News Askew history. We’re also hoping to be the first site to have 3 different front page designs in 3 days (that’s gotta be a record). Yep, you guessed it: On Friday, we’ll be back with a NEW design to stay, a new talkback system, and the News Askew Forum will unlock and officially open for posts. And, of course, we’ll have all your regular News Askew stories, and lots more surprises.

Special thanks today to Matt Sullivan for matching up the art in the April Fools recreation. More on Matt tomorrow when we unveil some of his work, as he’s the new official resident artist here at News Askew. Matt’s created a new character style for the Askewniverse and we can’t wait to show it to you.

So, in the meantime, have fun poking around the April 1 site, and we look forward to having you back here again as we unveil the new look of NEWS ASKEW on FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2004! Happy April Fool’s Day!