Ok, if you look at comic above [1604] you might notice that it has changed from what i posted back in July (you might need to refresh your browser (ctrl-F5 or ctrl-R) to see it). Why?

Because i goofed up.

[TL;dr: small retcon for this comic: have to transition into earlier in the next scene so Mugi and Yaku can talk *before* Miho wakes up. Now I can insert the three pages in progress of Mugi and Yaku talking about what happened last chapter.]

In the churn of a mess that comic production has been over the last year i suppose it shouldn't surprise me that I goofed up.Part of the problem was as i reached the end of the first scene of the chapter I was over eager to jump ahead a little and decided that i coud skip over Yakugashi telling her mom everything that had happened. After posting the comic, I found myself seriously tripping over what came next because i realized i was skipping over a conversation between two characters that was too important to be just implied. Mugi's reaction to what Yakugashi tells her is just as important as the conversation she's going to have with Miho.

Also, given the slow pace of comics since the end of the last chapter, a nice recap ofwhat happened last chapter through Yakugashi's eyes would NOT be a bad thing.

I started with the idea of doing a recap comic using a few new drawings of Mugi and Yaku talking interspersed with a bunch of frames from old comics to flesh out the flashback. Of course, me being me, instead of keeping things simple, i ended up drawing two comics worth of back and forth frames between Yakugashi and her mom. It was turning into more of an important conversation (with flashback) than just a recap, which was ok - i think it's a conversation fans would like to see. So i figured, OK, i've got enough here for three comics, I'll just go ahead and finish these and then insert thenjust stick it in front of the last comic i did and...

oh.

Yeah, like an idiot, I had transitioned between Peek and Poke at the Foxhole and Yakugashi, Komugiko and Miho at the Hospital IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST COMIC. >_< Which meant... i couldn't just insert comics before it or after it. I had to change a finished and posted comic.

I try not to do this. I view mistakes or unintentional boxing in of a story idea as a challenge that usually results in more interesting story ideas later. Butin this case... there was no real way around it.I needed Yaku and Mugi to have a conversation BEFORE Miho wakes up. So, in order to get these three pages of comic to fit, i had to retcon this comic and change the last three frames.

It's not TOO bad. It's not actually changing anything, i just have to transition to an earlier point in the next scene. I ended up using roughly the first couple of frames from the 3 page recap for the last three frames of this current comic, and i'll use the frames i removed towards the end of a comic about three pages from now.

Miho could use a little more sleep anyway.

Oh, if you want to see the original comic, there is a copy of it here.

So, that is done. After three months you get a half comic? Well, sort of. Next is to finish up the drawings for the next three pages, grab those recap frames I need, and start putting them all together so i can post them and try to make up for the last three months. It's all fine and well to tell supporters that you have drawn out three pages of comics, but it's not very entertaining for anyone if you can't read the actual comics yet.

I have other things to rant about here, including most importantly the fact that I have a new Wacom Cintiq 24 pro, replacing the 24HD which died three months ago. Lots to talk about with that, but it was more important to jump on this and get these comic changes up, and a rant with information about those changes. I'll rant about the new setup when i get the next comic or two up.

Thank you again, as always, for your support and patience.

(also please note that this particular comic has TWO rants listed with it now. Be sure to read the one about the end of Microblogging and my social media stuff right below this rant)