Night Baking 15

While demons crossed borders into Garden, 800 years ago during the Night of Lightning, Gardenians slept soundly in their bed, knowing full well the worth of a good night's rest. Click comic to enlarge.

And that's the end of "Night Baking," chapter one of "Bake Fear." Personally, I suggest reading it over from the beginning, but I may be biased. Chapter 2 starts on Monday.

Night Baking 14

As a sport, Cricket is neither widely played nor well understood in the country of Garden, yet still enjoys immense popularity. Click comic to enlarge.

Night Baking 13

Spice Wights were the bane of the old trade roads. Many a spice merchant had been set upon in the night, their wares dragged down into the Wights' barrows, never to be seen again. Until the Spice Wights' bake sale. Their horrible horrible bake sale. Click comic to enlarge.

Tumble along with the tumbling Tumblr-weed.

Night Baking 12

Tenth-year students in Purple Village are expected to be fully versed in all of the natural sciences from geology to biology. However, there is a certain age where the requirement of helping Gary the Ghoul find his way through the maze to the den of unguarded puppies drops off. Click comic to enlarge.

You are not required to follow me on Twitter, but it will be the only place where I release the ingredients to the antidote.

Night Baking 11

The village of Brie in the north of Garden popularly believes that sleepwalkers are privy to some heretofore untapped wisdom, and are followed in hopes that might lead to some new truth or salvation. Consequently, there aren't a lot of staircases in Brie. Click comic to enlarge.

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The unchanging demand for cinnamon has put it under much scrutiny for its possible use as a currency. Except people keep eating it. Click comic to enlarge.

Late comic today for three reasons: errors, Sly Cooper, and the urge to burn this comic and redraw it. It will be redrawn, but probably only for the print-version.

Night Baking 9

An evil warlock once ruled Garden from the Purple Mountains to the Iron Black Cliffs before it was discovered her only "magic power" was "talking very loudly." Click comic to enlarge.


You know I'm gonna be talkin' about this comic on Twitter.

Night Baking 8

Students in Garden attend school until the age of 15 when they are required to enter into an apprenticeship. Ambitious students will look into politics or academia. Lazier students will line-up for Grave Tester. Click comic to enlarge.


The RSS feed is by far the laziest way to read Purple Soul. That's how I read it.

Night Baking 7

Long drawn-out revenge is a common theme in Demonic drama. Unfortunately, Demons' longevity and attention to detail make their plays unwatchable by mortals. Click comic to enlarge.


Stalk Purple Soul on Facebook! I'd be grateful for the attention.

Night Baking 6

Basements and sub-levels are an earmark of Purple Village architecture. Nestled in the Purple Valley in the Purple Mountains, the villagers don't feel safe unless they're surrounded by rock. The village crest bears a rampant mole. Click comic to enlarge.


I'm going to be at Comix & Stories at the end of the month. Feel free to bake me some non-poisonous cookies.

Night Baking 5

Generations of stone elementals mining and building Purple Village have rendered its inhabitants almost completely oblivious to loud noises. A piccolo on the other hand... Click comic to enlarge.


Sometimes I get bored and tweet about dumb things.

Night Baking 4

As bats go, the Northern Toothlet is by far more docile and plump than its cousin, the Eastern Toothlet. The Northern is also more easily captured than the Eastern, which cultivated the use of lock-picking tools several generations ago. Click comic to enlarge.


I posted a few strip-previews on Tumblr last week. Might do the same this week. What've you got to lose?

Night Baking 3

Garden's calendar is divided into Ages -- such as the Age of Fire or the Age of Emperor Khalluehem's Fish, Kissy -- that define important eras of history. Each collection of Ages makes up an Epoch. The current year is the Age of Roads, 23; the Coffee Epoch 1237. Click comic to enlarge.

Night Baking 2

"Bram's" is one of the most trusted Heck-centric bakery recipe books on the market, having caused far less proven deaths than its competitors. Click comic to enlarge.

Night Baking 1

The two moons, Akuos and Argen. Argen is the shinier of the two, which makes it a fan-favourite among the people of Garden. But not werewolves. Click comic to enlarge.