Thanks to maintaining a buffer of comics I’m in a place where I can take a week off from producing new pages and focus on other things. Normally this time is spent making new exclusive art for my Patreon or writing scripts for future pages, but this week is being spent catching up on the … Continue reading “Commission Catch-Up Week”
My first time exhibiting at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival was a blast. It was great to be surrounded by comics creators and a comics-hungry crowd. In an age of conventions that only partially feature our medium, it was nice to be part of a show that was all about comics. The staff took very … Continue reading “My Weekend at TCAF”
The week before a convention is always tight, between needing to make enough comics to cover my absence to preparing enough merchandise to cover my appearance at the show. Leading up to TCAF this weekend I was planning to take full advantage of every weekday. Instead, I volunteered at the last minute to help chaperone … Continue reading “The Field Trip Before TCAF”
I am beyond thrilled to be exhibiting at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival for the first time this weekend! In all of my twenty-plus years making webcomics I’ve never done a show in another country, so heading north to Canada will be an exciting first two decades in. For years I’ve heard nothing but good … Continue reading “Heading to TCAF”
This blog is, once again, regarding an experience with the Strength of Thousands adventure path and my character’s peril. It is not in regards to any brush with death I personally experienced. That being said, last week my Wizard died at the close of the climactic battle with the chapter’s Villain. My friends were able … Continue reading “The Overwhelming Emotions of a Brush with Death”
There are some people in the story of your life that you hope remember you as fondly as you remember them. There are some people who had a great impact on you at an important time in your life, and you wonder if you made an equal impression on them. I’d wondered that about someone … Continue reading “The Moment of an Unexpected Reunion”
I’ll start off by calming anyone’s worries based on the lengthy title of today’s blog by saying that this “brush with death” did not happen to me personally. It happened to a long-running character I’m playing with my friends in the Pathfinder Adventure Path, Strength of Thousands. With that being said, on to “my” brush … Continue reading “The Overwhelming Logistics Of A Brush With Death”
Last Sunday, on Mother’s Day, my present to my wife was doing the yard work projects she’d been meaning to do. My reward for my efforts has been a very, very nasty case of poison ivy rash that I am still dealing with over a week later. I am in itchy hell and the rash … Continue reading “Poison Ivy”
I’ve gotten back into playing Baldur’s Gate 3 lately and found myself having difficulty clearing that infamous first opponent: the Character Creator. After several restarts through the intro I fell into a character concept and design I really enjoyed, and have begun progressing through the game at a reasonable pace. Getting past the character creation … Continue reading “In Defense of John Baldursgate”
Back when I was bringing the Oracle for Hire years to its end, I was thinking a lot about how to come up with a memorable ending. Endings are, in my opinion, the most important part of any story, and failing to stick that landing will cause disappointment at best and feelings of betrayal at … Continue reading “The Unused Ending”