Hey, all! I bet you weren't expecting THIS today, huh?

That's largely my fault (though some would argue otherwise). Where I last left you, I was all fired up and ready to tempt the Fates by forging fearlessly ahead to keep making the comic. And then the show I was working on came out, was well received by the fans, and I got spooked. Some studios have entire departments full of employees who are paid to troll the internet full time to track and control the distribution of the content they own, and I was reminded of that. I was also going to a hell of a lot of therapy.

Ultimately, I've decided not to take any risks. I am going to continue to abide by the original agreement not to post/publish any DotL related content to this website or Patreon.

However, I did launch a Patreon-exclusive discord where I am posting my art and various WIPs.

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*takes your hands and makes meaningful eye contact*

I launched a Patreon-exclusive discord where I am posting my art and various WIPs.

I launched a Patreon-exclusive discord where I am posting various WIPs.

This discord has been live for over a month now, which I am assuming means that any entities who would have found it to be in conflict with any standing agreements would have contacted me by now. Since they have not, I will continue. The moment I hear otherwise, I will comply with any requests or demands as necessary. This is the best I can do.

You can support me on Patreon for as little as $1 per month to gain access to this server. 

I have also paused Patreon payouts for the foreseeable future as a way of paying back the investment of those who have supported me during this chaotic and extended hiatus. Payments will be resumed when this site is updating again.

Speaking of this website - I am thinking of eventually commissioning a developer to adapt the layout to a Wordpress or a more accessible/supported UI. Hiveworks sites all ran/run on an abandoned plugin called "Comic Control," which was written in the coding language PHP. PHP has a pretty notorious reputation amongst web designers, and I'd love to move everything to a format that is more accessible for more workers in the event I need to add or edit things to the site.

Additionally, some have noted that the navigation on the mobile version of this site is broken. This is due to (to the best of my understanding) Hiveworks removing a bit of code from the web design that they claim ownership to. Someone has already written a bit of code to fix it that I just need to copy/paste into the right place, but this kind of work is so far outside my wheelhouse that I need to make sure I dedicate an entire day to the task.

Speaking of Hiveworks - let's actually not speak of Hiveworks.

Instead, let's speak of the store: a new store will be launching soon. As previously mentioned, things like this are very much outside of my wheelhouse and take a much longer time for me to capably address. The new store will contained SIGNED BOOKS, LEFTOVER KICKSTARTER REWARD PACKETS, and ADDITIONAL ITEMS I couldn't offer before. Please keep an eye on my Bluesky or Tumblr for news, or sign up for the newsletter to be notified the second it launches.

I actually have a pretty busy day ahead of me, so I'm gonna jet and get back to work. 

Thank you all for your patience and understanding. I'll see you soon.