We're having host problems basically. I can only login halfway into our accout and can't manage the site pages. This problem has been active for a few days and as a result, neither MINOS or The Obsidian Canticle has updated. It's annoying that it happened just when I had TOC's page ready at last. Grrrr.

Well I've started working on p.15 in the meantime which should be available circa Christmas.

I don't know if there'll be a 3rd TOC update in December as I want to spend a bit more time with my family in the next 2 weeks.

As for the Minotaur, the plan is to reach Gag #50 before the end of 2007, which should be an easy thing to do, the second our host quits tormenting us.

Will try to finish the last 2 drawings for TOC's next page before i fall asleep. If i succeed, then p.14 could be online tomorrow (i.e. today...uhhh on the 9th). It's worth the try. The future holds the answer, so ask it when it arrives.

"Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television."

T.O.C. updated at the strike of midnight! Eerie.

Page 13 was late by one second. o.O

Also: We're now listed at Online Comics .

It's a good place to be notified of comic updates and to show your support for Agnor & the gang. So if you're into the comic, please join our little batallion of fans. It's nice to have allies.

Cheers once more.

T.O.C. comic = 1 more drawing and page 13 is done. I'll try to have the page lettered and uploaded for tomorrow ^^

MINOS = next strip is being colored... Update coming very soon.
We're getting close to that 50th gag milestone! Wow. It feels like we started this comic yesterday. And we haven't finished all the jokes we had come up with initially... which means: many more Minos strips in the near future.

Cheers again.

I've 3 more drawings left and The Obsidian Canticle gets its 13th page. A headache is trying to slow me down but it is met with fierce resistance and metal hymns. In spite of the pain I'm doodling very happily today.
Thanx to Gods of War for keeping me company.
Hopefully the drawings will be completed in the next 24 hours...

Cheers.

Had a rough drawing day. It's amazing how quickly I lose confidence when those 2D people give me a run for my lead. I'm exhausted right now and I find it hard to believe that I'll ever be a decent artist. I don't think I could plot or write the script of my dreams either.

Maybe a good night's sleep will fix this sense of inadequacy. Too bad it's only 11pm and sleep won't be around for hours.

Isn't Art work full of magic? One day you turn around and wonder "Hey! where did my social life vanish off to?" It's a good trick. The bread and butter of psychotherapy.

So pages 9 AND 10 of The Obsidian Canticle made it online before the end of October... barely. LOL
Agnor didn't have it easy in that last one and if I know anything about writing, he won't have anything easy coming up either. Keeping one's word is an important deal for characters in any story, as honor often separates heroes from the vilains. Agnor drew a line on the sand here and maybe he dug a ravine in the reader's unconscious.
I think I'm being too cruel or too cynical with this plot, but exploring one's own psyche is part of the writing experience...and I do carry unpleasant aspects, obviously. What lies on the other side of consciousness draws and shards me irrevocably. To say that the obsidian canticle is the Plutonian manifestation of my 'house of trials' is the closest thing to the truth...(but how truthfully can we really describe a psyche that evades our rational comprehension?)

The 4 pages per month update schedule might be hard to repeat. I should bring myself down to more realistic spheres. If the month goes well, 4 pages isn't a huge stretch, but life keeps throwing those things at me, you know, what are they called? Plagues of the apocalypse...i.e. obligations. That endless war between external control and internal freedom. Stories are its refugees in some way, made of hope and pain and seeking distant places to heal their wounds. When life gets tough it makes me want to create more but there's less time available during those days.

I'll do 2 new pages in November and will aim for more, but I won't make any nutty promises.

I hope everyone had a fun Halloween, and happy Helloween-listening moments which are better than many things. Okie. Time to go. Bye now.

Computer problems continue to be a thorn over here. They're the reason why Minos isn't updating twice a week, but the problems should be fixed soon so don't flog the bull yet. A few gags are already drawn and inked, so... We're NOT slacking off I swear!
Big thanks to Mike who is letting me use his computer to type this btw.

Page 9 of The Osidian Canticle was supposed to be available last week. I apologise for the delay and I'm pushing to put pages 9 and 10 online before the end of October. The 9th page ended up being problematic in a variety of ways, and I redid the layout and changed some angles. It's still not great, but I gotta move on.

Page 9 should be up tomorrow if not tonight.

And the comic is now listed at The Belfry and on TheWebcomicList, so you can find it through there (unless all those other better comic distract you along the way. Heh)