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Hello, yes, sorry for the months and months of radio silence. I can see that there are actually people still checking back on this site, you poor buggers.

So, September was the last post here. September certainly wasn't the pinnacle of my sojourn of depression, but it was sort of the place where I couldn't carry the things that I dreamed about anymore. Sucked. It took me until December to actually try to sort my brain out. I'm on meds now and they're pretty much one of the best decisions I've ever made. Yeah, they work. I feel like if this is normal, I've been missing out on it my entire life.

I've been busy. Purple Soul, unfortunately, will not be around for a very long time. I've been rewriting and re-imagining it over and over, and, when it began to resemble nothing close to its roots, I put it on a high shelf and began to turn my creativity to new ideas. Ten or twelve ideas later, I finally settled on a new project which will debut shortly.

I will post again soon regarding my lovely week-end at VanCAF and a new book which is available now. And sometime in June, this site will play host to my new graphic novel: Sheepshank. It's fun, I think you'll like it.

Gourd

Mouse blooms are pleasant enough. That is, until they get into the walls.

As a regular purchaser of gourds and other bulbous and oddly-shaped vegetables, I am disappointed with the lack of toys, horns, and bad jokes I find when I crack them open. Click comic to enlarge.

Another classic redrawn! "Gourd," originally "Purple Gourd," marks the fourth time this comic has been redrawn. Pray this is the last time. I wasn't intending to redo this one, as it's a part of the Purple Soul: Volume 0 book -- which remains pretty much canon -- but as it ties directly into the story I figured, what's the harm?

24 Blackbirds

The Bird Mallet is an essential tool in any bakery.

Did you know that blackbirds aren't black? No, they actually come in a variety of colours, but the pressure of social expectations leads every last one of them to conform. Sad. Click comic to enlarge.

Here's another classic redrawn for next month's promotional material. Both this and Grrravity! were originally written as three strips each, so there's some re-writing as well as art-updatation. That's not a word.

Grrravity!

Kinna wears shorts under her skirts because she is commonly stomping something. Or someone.

Gravity was invented in 1666 by Sir Isaac Newton. Until then, everyone had to wear very heavy shoes. Click comic to enlarge.

Grrravity! (or "Gravity!") was originally published back in 2009 on the old site. This has always been one of my favourites so I decided to update and redraw it for some promotional material I'll be printing next month. The reason you're seeing it here and now is because I've run out of my fancy strip-cut paper and I figured I should give you something.

Armageddon Nuts 2

Anders Bath: perennially "it."

Oven mitts have been in bakers' employ ever since one watched another remove something from an oven without them. Click comic to enlarge.

Armageddon Nuts 1

Rik has questions he never wants to ask, Kinna has answers Rik never wants to hear.

Tree-climbing has been a fun and ambitious sport ever since people forgot they used to live in trees. You should try it yourself, such a skill may come in handy should you chance upon an angry loose rhinoceros. Click comic to enlarge.