Jude has taken over the comic!
I really didn't plan for Jude's story to take quite this long. I believe we're approaching the end of this Biblical saga, though.
Hang in there, everyone...
Jude has taken over the comic!
I really didn't plan for Jude's story to take quite this long. I believe we're approaching the end of this Biblical saga, though.
Hang in there, everyone...
Here we go. Sorry about the delay...
Okay, so... in spite of Thrud's confusion here, one could make a case that there was a creature loosely described as "part man, part horse" about which Asgardian goddess might have known. A nasty one, too, called the Nuckelavee.
Described in the folklore of the Orkney Islands of Scotland, this grotesque thing was like a horse and rider fused together, with some extra mutations, no skin, and extraordinarily foul breath. A real charmer! Owing to the nature of the way such folklore is passed down, it isn't clear if the Nuckelavee story was part of the culture while the Vikings were inhabiting the islands or not.
For the sake of the comic, we will say Thrud did not know about the Nuckelavee, and thus produced some fanciful notions about what this "centaur" thing might look like. Sometimes, I go with the cuter option.
Never could get the hang of February. The new strip will appear this weekend... apologies for the delay.
More thrills and spills from the ancient world...
Reconciling lots of different mythologies is tricky business, both for the characters in the story and the writer. Many of Thunderstruck's plot elements arise from the fact that the magical world is a crowded place, and some folks want to simplify it for their own purposes.
In other news, the search for work continues. It sucks, basically. I'll let you know when something improves.
Hello everyone,
I'm afraid I don't have a strip for Thunderstruck this month, not even filler. It seems I'm in the market for a new job. Sounds True, my former employer, initiated a round of layoffs at the close of 2023, and my position was eliminated.This came as something of a surprise, and certainly a disruption. After 20 years working for the same company, it's rather jarring to find oneself adrift.
With the end of one phase of my life comes the beginning of another. While I don't know what that will look like, I have reasons to be optimistic. Rest assured I have no notions of abandoning Thunderstruck. I did need a month off, though.
2024 promises to be interesting, at least. I wish all of you the best in the coming year, and look forward to sharing more of Sharon and Gail's adventures with you in the months to come.
-Grayson
It's not just Jude's story at this point...
So... possible disruption coming. December has a lot of uncertainties in it all of a sudden for me. I'm hoping to stay on schedule, but I'll let you know if that isn't going to work out as soon as I know.
Well... sometimes, filler happens.
September got away from me. Between travel, work, and a new novel in the making, I ended up out of time. Here's a little "director's cut" scene for you as I work on the next actual installment.Continuing our story from a bygone age...
I don't suppose all my shadowing will be able to disguise the identity of that figure in Panel 4 from long-term Thunderstruck readers.
Keep going, Jude. It's a pretty strange story.
Jude continues his version of the gospels...
... I mean, some things are the same as the official version, right? Plus we have a kaiju-scale god battle in there, so that's a plus.