Comic 719 -- The Big Question

More revelations from the Timeless Sepulchre...

Playing fast and loose with scriptural interpretation is just how we roll around these parts.

Comic 718 -- The Vigil

A big secret deserves a big panel...

Shemira is a real Hebrew tradition in which the body of the deceased is watched over until it's ready for burial. In this case, of course, it's taking on a somewhat altered meaning. The rules are a little different when you're dealing with gods and archangels.

Grandma Stella, forever sharp, picked up the clue the first time she heard the name.

Comic 717 -- Introductions

Next comic is up and ready...

Here we get the complete introduction to Vigil's top seven--now featuring one Stella Wincott. We also get their corresponding Archangel pairings.

Now, if you're going to write a story with Archangels, you're going to run into different rosters in different religious texts. I didn't go with any one tradition's version, but rather chose a kind of all-star list to fill out my own lineup. Keep in mind that there were originally ten archangels, and we do know the identity of the non-Vigil survivor.

Anyway, I don't claim to be an expert on angelic lore, but I do find it pretty interesting, as you can probably tell. Fortunately, Thunderstruck isn't a scholarly treatise--so when I run into contradictory source material or something that doesn't square with my version of things, I get to make the call of what works best in the story.

In other news... whoo! Busy time with The Dragon Waking. I'll scrape together a post at some point and tell you all about it.

Comic 716 -- The Seven Vessels

The final installment of the year...

We're heading into a big reveal here of Vigil's most closely-guarded secret, and indeed the basis of its very existence. And of course Grandma is here to shake everything up...

Comic 715 -- Until Next Time

Cripes! Technical trouble is now solved. Okay...

Geez. Sorry about that, everyone.

Okay, that about wraps it up for Chapter 14! 

My plan is to deliver a comic for December... just not a very long one. More of an intro for where we're going next. Thanks for your patience, everyone.

Slightly late comic...

I'll be posting it tonight. Time got away from me.

Apologies, folks.

Comic 714 -- Catching Up to Do

Happy Halloween! Here's a new comic...

Just a heads-up... given the holidays and the possibility of more travel than I'd anticipated, there probably won't be a comic for December.

But there's one today! Enjoy!

Comic 713 -- Bad News and Bad Timing

After an unfortunate delay, here's the new strip!

With any luck, September's delay won't carry over to October's strip.

Anyway, how about that Jude, huh?

Slight Delay...

Apologies for the delay... it's been a busy month with freelance work, and as a result I've got to delay the next installment. It'll be up no later than next Monday.

Comic 712 -- Fox Hunt

We take a momentary break from Gail to check in on how Hayaka is doing...

Foxes! Don't underestimate them.

The bit with the train crossing the river came from a dream I had about nine years ago, and it's been sitting around waiting to be used since then. Whew!

We'll get back to the showdown between Gail and Jude next time around. Anybody have a guess as to why Jude did what he did?