Not the easiest month to plan out. Generally I can get a comic done while doing all the traveling and stuff that happens this month, provided there are no major glitches.
This time, there was a pretty major glitch. Technical issues that were not solvable on the road. Damn.
So, no comic this time around. I hope to have something up by the next due date on Jan. 31st.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Candi and I are very excited to announce the launch of our new startup enterprise: Oblique Adventures!
We're creating adventures, homebrew creatures, and all sorts of other resources table-top roleplayers everywhere. Our focus thus far has been to come up with products compatible with Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (5e), but we are confident that much of what we offer will be easy to translate into other game systems.
The very first offering we've got for you is a free gift to celebrate our official launch:
"The Bugblatter Beast" draws from the fantastical mythology of the late, great Douglas Adams and his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. In this scenario, your adventurers will come face-to-face with the cosmic menace known as the ravenous Bugblatter Beast. Even powerful heroes will find this horrendous creature difficult to overcome in a straight fight... but don't panic! The adventure provides many options (all inspired by Hitchhiker lore) for using the Bugblatter's phenomenal stupidity to give you a fighting chance.
Included in this adventure are stats for new items such as the Babel Fish, the +1 Towel of Hitchhiking, and the Wand of M'arvin. You'll also find a new feat called the Knack of Flying.
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We've got a lot of plans, hopes, and dreams for Oblique Adventures. And you'll find a link to the Oblique Patreon page on our site. Oblique Adventures is how we hope to keep the lights on. If you're a long-time fan of Thunderstruck and want to support the comic, this is the best way to do it.
This is huge?
Not a long installment, but the implications of what Gail and Sharon are talking about are pretty important in the overall scheme of things.
Been very busy this month with Oblique Adventures. We've got a few technicalities to hammer out, but I'm confident we can show you something cool soon.
Returning to the present, and our protagonists...
Argh! Setting up a new business is hard. We're close now to having some stuff to show you. It's coming together, but it just takes time.
Thunderstruck got shuffled down the priority list in September, alas. I didn't like my draft of the next comic, and then I didn't find enough breathing space to figure out a different approach. Wish me luck in October!
Part 12? What a chatterbox that Jude is!
Still, it's a story that's been lurking around at the heart of Thunderstruck, waiting to be told. And now, I think it's about time for everyone else's stories to get moving again.
Long-time readers might still have some questions, of course. I may have the answers ready to deploy when they become relevant, but I am always happy to hear your questions, observations, and thoughts in the comments.
The delays are getting shorter!
This time, the primary cause of delay was that we have fires in our area. We weren't evacuated or anything, but the smoke... blech. Turns out I'm pretty sensitive to air quality, and when it hits a number like 239 (above 50 is unsafe, if you aren't familiar with the scale), it kind of flattens me.
Think I was a canary in a former life.
Anyway, more backstory from the end of the world. Next up: Jude's silver coins.
Pardon the lateness... but here we are:
We're just about at the end of Jude's story. A few details to clean up (like the business with 30 particular coins), and the tale will be complete.
Then it's a matter of how these events of long ago bear upon the perils our heroes face now...
Finally! Here we go...
So, new tablet is up and running. I did lose a bit of work between backups, and it took a little longer than I'd have liked to get this comic up, but it's here.
Not quite what I learned in Sunday school.
Jude utters a few lines that are more or less identical to ones in a song called "Fly from Heaven" by Toad the Wet Sprocket. Though I don't have a meticulous outline for Thunderstruck, I've known he would be borrowing those lines for a long, long time.
My goal is still to get a comic up by the end of the month! We'll see how fortune treats us.
I was on track for the comic. I really was.
Then I left my iPad in the seat pocket on the airplane.
So... that means all the art for the latest trip was lost along with the iPad. The tablet is either gone, or will come back to me after it passes through the digestive system of the Frontier airlines lost-and-found system. God only knows how long that will take.
Since my work relies on having the tablet, I've ordered a new one, and will be able to recover the art from the cloud backup. Which is good, but it means the comic will be late. How late depends on how long it takes the new tablet to arrive, plus some time to do the finishing work on the comic.
I feel very, very stupid. Apologies to all.
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