Chapter 11, page 05
18th Dec 2020
Hey there! It's the end of the year, and with the holidays at hand along with my birthday, I'll be pausing updates for a well-deserved mental rest.
But, I hear you ask, why pause in the middle of a chapter, when you could have paused before the chapter? The answer, my friends, is that I didn't think of it, or of anything at all, really. My brain has been clambering non-stop at record speeds for way too long, and stuff has been falling off it, I guess. Writing the short story was surprisingly draining, too. Even when I delay an update, I'm working on the comic or thinking about the comic, so I think I need a little time to not think about anything at all. Maybe I could play games? I bought Hades and only played it for like half an hour. I got the Vergil DLC and I'm all thumbs and The Alpha and the Omega deserves better than that. I've been meaning to do some woodblock printing, and to learn how to rig armatures on Blender...
Anyway: the entire chapter is sketched and paneled so I can at least vibe without worrying overmuch. I'll give myself another week after the holidays to rebuild the buffer, and then triumphantly return on January 11, 2021 with Shilloh and Pakita shenanigans. Look forward to it!
Latest News
Chapter 16 is on the way!
6th Mar 2023
After almost exactly a year of downtime, I'm finally ready to pick the comic back up!
A lot has happened since the last update-- we moved out, I caught covid again, there was a lot of paperwork and stress. But then I figured, if I didn't resume this work, the comic would just languish and fade like my previous efforts, and I just didn't want that to happen.
So I'm proud to announce I'm back on my bullshit, and chapter 16 - the beginning of an arc I'm very excited about - will start on March 20th! Stay tuned!
Some personal news
18th Mar 2022
Hello everyone, sorry I haven't had much to write about since chapter 15 began. Having finished all the page work for chapter 15 in early February, I'd hoped to use this time to work on assets and pre-planning for the upcoming arc. Unfortunately, my father fell very ill at that time, was hospitalized, and after weeks of struggle he has passed away.
I'd intended to write more, make this a proper formal announcement, but there's no good way to say "my father is dead so the schedule is up in the air". It is what it is. I'm fine, I'm calm, other family members are coping with varying degrees of success. Witnessing other people's grief is the hardest part so far. I expect things will settle into a new normal, but I can't even fathom what that normal will look or feel like when that happens. I also haven't had the heart to ask mom about what the financial landscape will look like without dad, but I expect things will be tight for a while. I don't want to shill my patreon when updates are so uncertain, but I do have a Kofi I made and then never used, so if anyone wants to send a little tip, it'll be a big help. Thanks for the support as always, and for following this little tale of mine.
Chapter 15 begins!
24th Jan 2022
Alright, I'm back! Good thing I made no promises, because the delay was crazier than expected. Among several other things that happened, work decided to go back to on-site, and then I proceeded to catch the new strain of covid two days before they figured out it was a bad idea and had us go back to remote working. So that's where January went, basically.
But!! We're starting the new chapter today! I hope you guys enjoy it, it's certainly been a lot of work!