body,html {
	background-color: #bebebe;
	height: 100%;
	min-height: 100%;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}

#main {
	height: 100%;
	width: 942px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0 auto;
}

.left_gradient {
	background: url(images/left_gradient.gif) repeat-y left;
	height: 100%;
	width: 16px;
}

#left_padding {
	width: 16px;
}

.right_gradient {
	background: url(images/right_gradient.gif) repeat-y right;
	height: 100%;
	width: 16px;
}

#right_padding {
	width: 16px;
}

#menu_bar {
	/*	background: url(images/menubar.gif) repeat-x; */
	height: 21px;
	width: 100%;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding-top: 2px;
	border-bottom: thick solid #2d4689;
	background: #567de7;
}

#menu_bar a {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant:small-caps;
	font-style:oblique;
	color: #FFF;
	font-size: 14px;
	text-decoration:none;
}

#menu_bar a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}

#menu_bar ul {
	display: inline;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant:small-caps;
	font-style:oblique;
	color: #FFF;
	list-style: none;
	font-size: 14px;
	padding: 0px;
	padding-left: 10px;
	margin: 0px;
}

#menu_bar ul li {
	display: inline;
	padding: 0px 8px;
	border-left: 1px solid #FFF;
}

#menu_bar #first {
	border: none;
	padding-left: 0px;
}

#comic_area {
	background: #FFF;
	width: 100%;
	min-height: 302px;
	text-align: center;
}

#comic_nav {
/*	background: url(images/navbar.gif) repeat-x; */
	height: 51px;
	width: 100%;
	border-bottom: thick solid #2d4689;
	border-top: thick solid #2d4689;
	background: #567de7;
	position: relative;
}

#comic_navigation {
	width: 315px;
	padding-top: 6px;
	text-align: center;
	margin: 0 auto;
}

#comic_navigation img {
	padding: 0px 10px;
}

#left_column {
	height:100%;
	width: 189px;
	padding-top: 10px;
	background: #eca700; 
}

#left_column img {
	padding-bottom: 15px;
	padding-left: 8px;
}

#left_menu {
	padding-left: 0px;
}

#center_column {
	min-height: 1200px;
	height: 100%;
	width: 523px;
	padding: 10px;
	margin: 0px;
	background: #ececec;
	border-left: medium solid #773a00;
}

#right_column {
	height: 100%;
	width: 189px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	text-align: center;
	padding-top: 10px;
/*	background: #eca700; */
}

#footer {
	background: #2d4689;
	height: 20px;
	width: 100%;
}



.newsitem {
	background: #FFFFFF;
	min-height: 100px;
	width: 458px;
	text-align: left;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	margin-bottom: 35px;
	position: relative;
	border: 3px #bababa solid;
	margin-top: 20px;
}

.newsitem .title {
	width: 100%;
	height: 26px;
	font-size: 24px;
	color: #000;	
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding: 0px;
	padding-top: 5px;
	margin: 0px;
	margin-left: 65px;
}

.newsitem .date {
	background: url(newsdate.gif) top left no-repeat;
	width: 385px;
	height: 14px;
	padding: 0px;
	padding-top: 2px;
	border-bottom: 2px #bababa solid;
	margin-left: 65px;
	padding-bottom: 4px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
}

.newsitem .content {
	width: 420px;
	padding: 14px 26px 4px 26px;
	margin: 0px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
}

.newsitem .avatar {
	width: 70px;
	height: 70px;
	position:absolute;
	top: -12px;
	left: -16px;
	border: 3px #bababa solid;
}

#tweet ul {
	list-style: disc outside;
} 

#tweet li {
	margin-left:-20px;
}

#tweet {
  font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 8pt;
}