Sunday, October 6, 2002 Hello, Paige- Ever since I started going to comics.com, I have, dare I say,  "religiously" read Jane's World. Being a gay male, the topics are  very close to home! And that Ethan; all the good looking guys are  always married or straight! Thanks for the many laffs; I truly enjoy  your work! Dan Wednesday, September 4, 2002 I just wanted to let you know that I love your strip. Jane's World  has quickly grown to be one of my favorite things about working  nights since I get it before I leave in the morning and it never  fails to either give me a smile or make me think. I was wondering if  you have any books of the old Jane strips out or if you were  considering it. I just found it a few months ago and would love to  see what happened before I started reading. Angie Saturday, Aug. 31, 2002 hi!! I love Jane's World... It's amazing! congratulations  Keep the good work sandra from Portugal Congratulitions - sandra Thursday, Aug. 29, 2002 I really like your cartoon. Sometimes it is like you have walked  down a few of the corridors in my mind. Very funny. Thanks. Keigh Friday, Aug. 23, 2002 I love your comics! They involve the everyday and it is  spectacular. Do you sell your comics like in books? I would buy  them!  - Beatrice or Betty (pick your choice) Thursday, Aug. 22 2002 (yeah, yeah, I know the e-mail address is pretty stupid, but it was  actually the next in line for anything MsKaren...) So, the real reason I'm writing to you is to thank you for a comic  strip... A clean comic strip about a lesbian. Ok, I've only read the last 30 days of the strip, so I may have  missed something, but what I've seen, I like. Thank you for creating Jane and her world. I'm planning on keeping  up with this one. Sincerely, Karen Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002 Hi Paige, Just had to tell you that I loved the strip on cedar chips and hamsters. I work in the pet industry and have tried for years to educate the public and pet stores. As you can tell it hasn't stopped the stores from selling it... I really enjoy your comic! best wishes, Martina Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002 Oh Wow! Thanks for including the hamster cedar bedding story!! You're great!! Love the strip!! - Zoo (Angela) Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002 >From a person who cares deeply for the small pets of the world, a BIG thank-you for today's strip regarding cedar chips! (some say any wood shavings is bad, too) Thank you so much for this topic! --Trish (& crew, inc. ferrets) - Trish Monday, August 5, 2002 In your strip published August 5th, 2002 you have an escaping hamster, which happens all the time sadly. I work as a Manager at a pet Store, New Eden Pet Store in Elmira, NY to be exact. In the above mentioned strip you have Jane saying, "Cedar Chips?" while eyeing a trail on the floor. I don't know if you are aware that putting small animals, ANY small animal on Cedar is very dangerous and can kill your pet. 99.9% of all small animals are allergic to Cedar and it can cause respitory failure, hair loss, bloody noses and the likes. I'm telling you this because of all the people who read your strip I'm sure there are those who will now think it's okay to use cedar bedding in with their small animals and it's really not. I have no idea how far in advance you make your strip but I'm hoping at some point you can show Jane finding out about the dangers of cedar bedding for her small animal (if she finds him) and correcting the situation with either pine bedding or some other source such as Cellsorb or Bird Country. Thank you so much. Deannda www.newedenpetcenter.com Monday, August 5, 2002 I thought you might be interested in knowing that both cedar and pine bedding for small animals is toxic to small animals like your strip's hamster. Especially cedar. They cause both respiratory and liver problems and lead to infant death in babies. The pet stores continue to sell them because they don't give a damn and people continue to buy them because it's cheap. Aspen is what should be used because it has no oils in it. You could always save some hamsters, write it into your strip! Angela Friday, August 2, 2002 Thank you *very* much for the recent Sendak tribute. I played Max in a school play 25 years ago when I was 5, wearing an outfit made by mum, including a a fur tail made from the collar of an old coat!! Brought back some nice memories ;) - MC