Well. I’d say this must come as quite the shock… but is it a shock if there is no one still around to see it?
Regrettable I cannot say we will return to regularly scheduled updates. Since this is effectively ‘two’ comics (at the previous rate I was posting) I could have split this over two weeks and posted for a bit longer, but given the long break and the nature of the page, I decided to just post it all at once. I will try to update intermittently, but ultimately the conditions that disrupted the schedule are still somewhat present.
I’m pretty busy on the other side of my life. In fact; I’m currently running a Kickstarter for the D&D stuff. So if you are the sort that plays D&D, go check it out.
I will try to update intermittently at least. I will aim for like once a month, and then we’ll go from there. I may revisit the poll between update speed and art, but currently I wouldn’t want to promise too much either way.
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Hey Folks-
Wanted to update here as its been awhile. There is good news and bad news.
The good news is that (currently) the health issue that has been making drawing at my desk difficult for the last few months/years (depending how you count severity) has largely been resolved. Physical therapy and some other stuff largely solved a problem I had assumed was just part of life at this point. This means that I could (in theory) be spending more time drawing. I drew a bit for ‘fun’ for the first time probably a year this month (…doodling mechs for a Lancer game).
The bad news is the my schedule is currently borked to hell. After running my D&D related Kickstarter earlier this year, I had three basically back-to-back overlapping health issues. While the most potentially severe of those ended up being something of a false alarm (doctors thought an issue might be cancer, it wasn’t, so that’s nice), some of them dragged on for months, and put me pretty far behind on various commitments.
There’s not just my own commitment to making the D&D book, but stuff related to that business and collaborations that have deadlines and people knocking my inbox since I fell behind on stuff.
As tends to happen in this case, the comic, while something I want to do, is generally what gets pushed first when my schedule is imploded. I don’t see my schedule unwinding until the end of June at the earliest. I will try to do a comic in June, but I cannot promise it yet.
In the next few updates, I’m going to rerun the poll to see if people want written pages between art pages—I don’t intend to keep running that poll till people vote yes, but the last time I ran that poll was probably like >5 years ago and the circumstances are different, so I think it’s reasonable to check in.
So… that’s the state of things. I will attempt to make a comic in June, but any speculation on my part of updates should be taken with the appropriate grain of salt given the update history this last year. June is still going to be a very borked month in terms of schedule, but I am starting to draw a bit again, so its not impossible the comic will sneak in.
All the best, and thank you for checking in here after all this time without updates,
-Past
Great to see a comic, Past!
A small nitpick: Word bubble six reads, “Such a convenient criteria.” It should probably read, “Such a convenient criterion.”
I love that Kyle has misjudged Peter’s risk matrix. I assume it’ll be because he doesn’t have all the information he needs to make the assessment (neither do we!!). Clearly this operation is of critical importance to Peter’s Plan… I mean he does have an instance of Mium, Naomi, & Kally openly in play. The question is ‘what more’ does Kyle expect Peter to commit to the field before putting in an appearance.
Take your time. I’m sure we’ll all be lurking in the shadows for quite some time, checking in now & then 😉
Gotta be Peter. Mium doesn’t strike me as the type to flip someone off.
I’m guessing that it is MIUM’s body being controlled by Peter for the sake of having a conversation. The actions are more Peter, afterall, but earlier he had to keep away from Naomi because she might see something strange with him, which more describes MIUM than the non-mage of the two.
In this way no matter what Kyle guessed about who he was talking to, he would be wrong. Again, a very “Peter” thing to do.
Would Peter bother to? Possibly. He cares, as Weber noted, more than he lets on.
For another option: Peter has done projections before. And with Mium around, I bet those projections can be remote controlled from Palindra, too.
(And yes, Mium is definitely around. Ervon would not have backed off like that otherwise.)
Stll here, still happy to see a new post. 🙂
I mean, I don’t check *every* day…
right? there are weeks you check daily and then a week where you show up… later. I very nearly checked Tuesday, but it was getting late. dang
@past – It is good to have you back, always. I understand life not going as planned. That is a given, not an exception. I’m just glad that you have found some time for us and the story continues!
I check every Monday and Thursday. No worries, friend, good luck with the RL.
Nobody here but us chickens!
Poor Kyle and the Peter/Mium dance.
Yay for comic! Good luck on the Kickstarter. And I hope daily life is more fun than not, if it is going to keep you this busy.
Well, I NORMALLY check daily. Somehow, I missed checking anything this last Monday and Tuesday. I almost ran into the 3-day wall on Far Side.
What do you mean “no one around to see it”? I check for updates daily.
Well, USUALLY check daily. I missed the last two days, on everything. I almost hit The Far Side’s 3-day wall.
Kyle manages to use Miko’s preferred name, at least, so he’s doing better than Arron.
Kyle and Peter have an interesting relationship here, especially if that is in fact actually Peter– Peter presumably would prefer it if Kyle recognized him, even if he won’t admit to himself.
Yay, comic. Thank you Past. 🙂
Sorry that RL is still being a pain though. Hope it gets better soon (sadly, don’t hold your breath though).
I didn’t even process the “you humans” speech bubble as unusual until after Kyle commented on it
Probably because it was definitely more Peter than Mium; I think Mium would just say “humans” and not “you humans,” making it more as an objective statement and less personal
Welcome back, best of luck on the kickstarter
You must be right about nobody still left, whoops, sorry, I ruined that supposition. Welcome back!