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Gerkie is a good team player!  If only she knew what the play was, haha.

And this is the end of this chapter!  Unless I change my mind later!  Because I can!

And also, there may be a longer-than-usual break before the next page.  Two reasons. 

One is that this website has been due for an overhaul for, literally, years.  I never want to take time to work on it, because I feel like I should always be working on the comic instead.  Well now, I'm giving myself time to work on it.  The biggest change will be that I will upload all the pages at a larger size.  Computer monitors are all much bigger now than when I started this comic, and my little images just don't look good enough anymore.

The other reason is that I've decided it's time to migrate to a new drawing program.  I've been using an old version of flash, but it's getting glitchier each time I switch to a new computer.  And flash is crazy expensive now (no student discount for me anymore!) so switching to a newer version isn't an option.  I'd probably keep limping along a while longer except that pen pressure recently stopped working and that's really been driving me crazy.  So (if all goes well) page 191 will be drawn completely in the new program.  Please wish me luck.  I bought Paint Studio Pro on sale, but I haven't done anything more than test images in it yet.

I also just want to acknowledge that I've been experiencing major anxiety attacks whenever I try to work on the comic, which obviously has contributed to the long gap between pages.  Anxiety has always been a part of my life, and figuring out how to work around it is an ongoing process.  I don't want my life to be dictated by the anxiety.  I also don't want to be silent and try to pretend it doesn't exist.  I know I'm not alone in dealing with anxiety, and I hope that this is a bit of encouragement to anyone else in the same boat -- that you don't have to give up when it gets hard.  You can step away and take a break, do what you need to to feel better, and then try again later.

Even if later means next week.

I am very happy that I've continued to get comic pages done, even at such a slow pace.  Because every page is another victory for me.  And while I hope you're enjoying my story, I also hope my comic helps inspire you to try to make something yourself.  Something unique, and a little crazy.  Something only you can do.  Even if you can only do it at a snail's pace.

Happy August, everyone!  Until next time!

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Kiaron, you need to work on being a better team player, haha.  The heroes get twitchy about surprises like this.

In other news, it is way too hot here.  I just thought I should let you know.

Later!

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I haven't updated since January?!  I'm so sorry...  :(  I knew I was having a bit of a slump, but I didn't realize it had stretched that long.

But anyway, it turns out the heroes were never in danger!  How about that?  Although I think Elliot will have a few things to say about all this.  And maybe Sarah, too.  Not Darron, though.  I think he'd rather pretend that none of this ever happened.

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Wow.  I guess it's been a while since I last updated.  Well what can I say -- holidays are crazy when you're the one who's actually planning and implementing the activities.  And also two trips to visit family.

Next update might be delayed because Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out next week.  :)  We'll see, anyway.

Later!

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This is a standard greeting between brothers.  My brothers would vouch for this, right?  :D

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I managed to ride through the perfectionism and get this done.  No matter how many pages I make, I still struggle with this.  I know this isn't supposed to be a masterpiece.  But I still get caught up in obsessing over the details.  Like that hallway that you can barely see.  Bleh!

But anyway, stop worrying so much, Elliot!  I'm sure everything is just fine.

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Sorry for the long wait.  This page kind of drove me crazy -- 14 figures, and so much perspective to make the building look decent.  I kind of burned myself out.

Also, I had to finish writing my super-important fanfiction.  That was definitely eating my brain, too.

If you find this page confusing, just think of it as being from Elliot's point of view.

Later!