How to Read This Comic

Thank you for finding this comic.  The story reads from the very beginning, #1, drawn
long ago, up to the present, now at #231.  In order to understand what's going on,
It is best to please go back to the archives and read the strips all the way forward in 
numerical order.  It does read fast, so this task isn't as formidable as it seems.   Once
gone through, plot points and characters will make sense.  Or at least as much
sense (or nonsense!) as the work itself provides.   Again, thanks.