It’s good to be back! On this, the (belated!) one year anniversary of the comic, I’m so excited to be diving into the next chapter of our story. There’s some really cool stuff coming.

I’ve been spending the last few months working hard to build a buffer of future pages. If there’s one thing I learned from my first year of illustrating this webcomic, it’s the importance of working ahead! Life is so much better when you’re not racing to finish a page on the day it gets posted. Obviously, this helps me maintain my sanity as the illustrator, but it also gives me space to step back and do more fun ‘big picture’ thinking about the comic as I go. 

Speaking of which — one thing that I’ve really wanted to do is spend time to flesh out the world around Jea, through art and stories and doodles and other bits of extra content. If you’ve ever read James Gurney’s Dinotopia series, you know exactly what I’m reaching for here. I love the way those books use the pastiche of a scientist’s journal or sketchbook to build on the lore of the world.