Lots of catching up to do around here!   I just finished up a pretty cool project that I’ll be able to talk about soon.   Also, lots of coding getting done.   One small thing you might notice is a new button under the comics to help you keep track of a favorite comic with digg, del.icio.us, facebook, etc.

I’m off to Maine first thing in the morning.   Once I get there, I’ll be visiting family and then getting right back to work.   There’s a crazy busy convention schedule coming up including Magfest, Setsucon and Ohaycon all in January.   Also, keep an eye out for guest strips I’ll be doing for some cool friends.   I’ll post links as they appear. ^^

My brain is all hurty.   @__@

Hmmm…
I want this to be good, but so far it looks like I was afraid it would…

I’ll withold judgement for now. ^^;

Don’t forget to hit up magfest.org and get your room! Last days to do it!

Magfest is coming up, and this is the last week to get a room! Go now! Want to know what magfest is?

So now you know, get over to magfest.org!!!
I have a lot of posts coming soon. This time of year is always ridiculously busy. Also, I’m behind on emails! PLaying catch up. =3

The colored version of the Halloween art is now available as a wallpaper.   Getting wallpapers is easy, if you donate ANYTHING or make any purchase at the online store, you get access to all the wallpapers.   At the end of the transaction, a password pops up, and you can use that to enter the wallpaper gallery.   Simple! ^^   The wallpaper version is 1600 x 1200, and looks a lot better than the posted version here.   It’s also a print, but it’s not in the store yet.   I’ll have some at Nekocon, but if you just can’t wait, just email me. ^^ I’ll make sure you get one.   Thank you guys for all the help!   I hope you enjoy the art.   Story resumes after Neko.   I needed to get some more art done, and I’ve been meaning to do a Halloween print for a while.   Yay for color!

@______@   So much going on!   I’ve been meaning to get some art out of my system for a while now, and with all the cons, this seemed like a good time.   I’m going to make some changes around the site over the next month or so.   Some of the sections have been neglected, like the convention schedule.   We’ve needed a good wallpaper for way too long, too, so this Halloween piece is getting color now and going up in the donation section at a higher resolution.   I also plan to remove the art from the archives soon, so look for those art pieces in the gallery.   I may add another gallery for past incentive art pieces too.   Right now the only way to see them is to vote, and once a new one goes up, the old ones go away.   If you visit PL from a webcomic list that shows when I update, this may throw you off a week or so, since a lot of the lists get confused by archive changes.   Hang in there, I’m doing my best to keep the updates coming and still get my other work (book, freelance, etc) done on time.

Also: Pants.

Whew!   Anime USA wiped me out.   So much went into setting it up and working it that I was just beat!   I did manage to do a little sketching, but I also recieved a ton of art!   I wanted to show some of it off:

In order:
Lori Collins

Allison Strom

Joe Silver

Jason Robinson

Thanks to all of them for great arts!   I have more to show too, maybe as incentives.

Speaking of which, here’s a Sketch of Tira in high tech rollerblades:

A bunch of us had planned to do a sort of roller derby spin-off comic, but who knows when we’ll ever get the time. ^^;   Thanks to every one who came to hang out at my panels and my table.   I have a ton of pics from this summer’s con circuit that I need to post soon.   Stay tuned for that.

Thanks also to awesome friends for attending and hanging out at AUSA:   (giant list o doom…)

Applegeeks — I’m a big jerk for not hanging out as much now that I live near you!   Great as always to see you.

Yuko — Also good times, we don’t see each other enough! Kirby doooooom!

Mookie — I know your weakness, sir.   Cute fluffy animals.

AVP — So much talent!   Hope we can hang out more and glad I could help you out.

Dirk — Glad your guesting debut was such a success!   Next, we party on the beach!

Mr. Willson — AKA Mr. Inappropriate! =D

Garth — I can’t believe you crossed into the dark side!   Also, good luck with the new comic!

Allison — Parrots are fun.

Lori — Tank you for tasty arts!!   See you on your coastline soon. =)

Miguel and Allison — Miguel, where are your pants?? Can’t wait for the new DS game to hit stores!(Everyone go buy Hot & Cold and Toondoku!)

Bob and Emily — I’m glad Bob did not in fact roll a bus.   See you in Ohio!

Jo and Christina —   As always, I’m in awe of your art.   Thanks for hanging and chatting!

Matt — Wish we had more time to hang out!   Good to see you none the less. ^^

Jen — Yay for awesome hugs!!

Brion — Yay for lots of Mario Kart!

Chris —   Yay for DS games! (Now get offa my lawn, ya dang kids!) See you at Neko?

Next con: Nekocon! See you there!

First, I threw some color on that last sketch:

I’m always experimenting and messing around with new ways to get different color effects. Hope you like.

The last comic was fun to ink.   The pencils took forever, though.   I had the hardest time figuring out how I wanted the layout to look and what angles to use.   Must have thrown out a dozen ideas.   Sometimes, it’s just tough to get inspired, and you need to take a step back.   I spent some time this week finishing up Avatar to get into creative mode.   Totaly worked.

I can’t believe how good Avatar is!   You just don’t see a lot of American shows like it. The ending was so good, too!   I’m sad it’s done, but wow!   If you haven’t checked it out yet, go grab the first box set and get addicted now!   It’s one of those shows that you just want to keep watching one more episode!

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So, my convention appearance list on the side bar there is REALLY out of date.   Like I mentioned before, I’ll be at Anime USA this weekend.   Come say hi!

Jekka and Toshi are fun. I hope you’re enjoying the story. A lot of people had been wondering about Jekka. =) I’ll get back to my old art syle, and probably add tones to a lot of these once I’m not juggling so much. Certainly, the book will be entirely toned.

Here’s some art:

It’s a sketch I did at my table at Connecticon. I’ll color it and post that soon too, so keep checking.

  It’s been way too long since I did a TWC Sketch.

It’s nice to focus on Jekka again in the comic.   All the story arcs are drawing closer together and new characters are appearing as old ones develop.   This should be a fun chapter.   Sorry for cutting out tones lately, but this way I can focus on getting updates done on time and getting a book out for you.   I’ll make it up to you. ^^

Still working like crazy to get comics and everything else done with Anime USA fast approaching. Make sure to go pre-reg now if you haven’t.   You’ve got till September 30th!   See you there!

  Trying to finish the book on time while writing comics and paying bills. ^^; The art quality is suffering a little, but right now I want to keep the update schedule perfect.   I can always go back and add tones and touch uops when there is time.   The book needs to look it’s best.   Told ya Jekka would be back. =)

Also: a reference for all the science geeks like me:   hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com.   Thanks to Pat for that link. =)

I still owe you a list of cool people from the summer cons.