Another bunch of pictures? Yes please

Well things are going sideways on the personal side but I got Bluesky for that so it ain't going here. But that's not important right now. The writing will continue. One way or another. 

I had a beautiful epiphany or three about the book and it's coming together nicely. I'm past the 2/3 mark so it's coming to an end, and then I have to start work on the next one. Because of course it's going to be a trilogy. Because I don't want another dead ass long book and I have lots to put into this thing. Especially when the focus shifts from time... to space. 

Meanwhile, here's some more pics. 

Here's Bernardo Chavez, King of Mictlan:

And here's Rory Stralis, Queen of Don't Start Nothing Won't Be Nothing

Ijon looking to the future...

...while Shizuko is haunted by the past...

...and Mr. J--aka Caleb--is trapped in the present...

...and Sheru is setting a scene.

and then there's Justin. Blissfully unaware of all of it.

Thanks for reading.

A challenger appears!

Uploaded two chapters this week. Introducing a guy we'd previously heard about but hadn't seen yet...

Gynnix's ex-boyfriend.

Yeah, he's a handful. I don't have any pics of him (yet) the only one I had was from the paper doll set (yes there were paper dolls thirty years ago idk what happened to them don't at me) but I'll be coming up with some new ones soon. My drawing has started coming back to me, at least in the sketch stages, so we'll see.

The only thing I really have to say this week is that part of chapter 14 is entirely new, the convo with Ijon. Originally I had this sappy talk with Shizuko about why she hates Justin more than life itself, but I managed to get the info across using Sheru instead. She really is the friend I had hoped Shizuko would be to Gynnix, but just never became it. Besides, why would Gynnix be friends with an agent (except for Ijon, and only then because she worked on his research team now and again). Shizuko has pretty much exited the main storyline except for, you know, the main reason she's there. Which will become apparent in future chapters.

And I got to introduce the reason Ijon's a bit... off. That kind of stuff will do it to you.

And then there's Diana Bergman. What the fish was Justin doing in her apartment anyway? Did this have anything to do with the missing three years? 

Ambrose Bierce (Wikipedia link) wrote "The Devil's Dictionary" (which is hilarious, totally recommend) and disappeared into the desert in 1914. Poor schmuck.

See also: Jimmy Hoffa, the passengers and crew of the Mary Celeste, and quite possibly the "Princes in the Tower." Not to mention all the non-famous ones. The Institute's been screwing this up for a couple hundred years now so they're pretty good at it.

Also, first mention of the First Rule. Can you guess what it is? It's probably obvious. More on that later.

That's all for this week. Next week: a brief history of the next three hundred years and why the San Marin thing ties up with World War Three. 

Here's a few pics: first up, Gynnix in her early 90's "costume" going out to kill a guy. Don't laugh, we all dressed like that. Some of us still do, actually...

Ah, November in So Cal. Sweater weather.
Or at least it used to be.

Here's Senior Lambda Bernardo Chavez in his natural habitat: 
At home among eighty bajillion boxes of "historical stuff"

Here's a first attempt at getting the cafeteria scene rendered.
Gynnix looks so happy to see him. Sheru needs to roll her eyes. But 
you get the drift. Have a nice day, Jin Jin!

(Also, for the record, the whole "my what is what now" bit wouldn't actually translate over from Mandarin well, but you're reading it in English so it's perfectly fine. No paradoxes, remember?)

Thanks for reading. 

And also starring

Thought I'd show off some of the characters in the current chapters, reworked thanks to Craiyon. First up, Ijon (looking pretty nice) and Shizuko (looking a bit down)

Here's a pic of dickwad. I mean Jaxom. Nice porn 'stache there, pal

Here's a nice study of Sheru I did. I love her like whoa. There's another pic I have but this one shows her in her natural habitat: dishing the goss with a really big spoon

and of course, probably the very best picture of Mr. J himself (that doesn't look like he's fourteen years old, sheesh). In fact, he deserves an animated version. Enjoy!

Next week we can start posting the fun stuff, like that Justin guy everyone keeps talking about. Thanks for reading!

bonus pic: original pic I did back in 1990, reworked by Craiyon

The three main supporting characters together