Comic 695 -- Trophies

The next update is here...

And Sharon goes deeper into the world of myth and legend.

This time, I was glad to have a whole month to get this done, because I've been going 15 rounds with a vicious stomach virus (or bacteria... my electron microscope is on the fritz, so I can't be sure). Plus, this one is kind of long. I'm still not sure how long I want these few-and-far-between updates to be... my only guideline is that each one is long enough to move the story along for a significant chunk.

Did you know that Thor had three children? And another bit of trivia is that they're all from different mothers. Oh, those crazy gods!

Progress Report 3/17/14

Well, there's no real progress in terms of writing to report, other than that I'm still in the land of the living.

Okay, I don't know if I was really in mortal danger, but I just got through a bout of food poisoning that felt like it took me within a biscuit's toss of the banks of the River Styx. Still not back to 100% or anything, but I'm on the mend and feeling human again.

"Feeling human" is something I say literally... for a few days there, I felt remarkably like some sort of reptile. I had no internal control over my body temperature, I mostly wanted to be perfectly still all day, and I felt like maybe one meal in a month was about as much as I should require. "I've become an ectotherm," I thought. An ectotherm that could shiver, though, so that kind of ruined the effect. I'm not really adapted to the reptilian lifestyle.

Here's the thing about being a writer. When I was in the grips of the illness, I mean the very worst of it, there was a part of me in there still scribbling along. It may not be possible to truly describe the misery of something like food poisoning, but you could certainly evoke it. I won't subject you to those words, but they are there if I need them.

You know, if I'm writing horror or something.

Comic 694 -- "The Unveiling"

And here we are...



In order to know why Gangr, our King of the Giants, is suspicious of Sharon's veil, it is perhaps useful to know something about Norse legends. In the myths, another person once infiltrated the stronghold of the Giants in a dress and a veil... none other than Thor the God of Thunder! Here's a brief synopsis of the legend. It's always been a favorite of mine.

New Comic: Thunderstruck 693

And we're officially back!



 Now, I'm plunging right back into Sharon's story, so this may be a bit confusing if you're not up to date. There's a summary on the web page, and this comic wouldn't be a bad place to start if you want to refresh your memory about what sort of situation Sharon's gotten herself into.

New website design, too. Hope you enjoy it...

And it's good to be back with Thunderstruck again.

Progress Report -- January 21, 2014

So far, so good with the Thunderstruck revival. Here's a little image to go along with the upcoming chapter...

I showed the working page to a friend, who unfortunately responded with "I have no idea what's going on here." I suppose that's to be expected, given the length of the hiatus and my attempt to simply jump straight back into the story. Perhaps a bit of a "story so far" text would be polite to readers who might not have everything so fresh in their minds.

Anyway, the site will be getting a bit of redesign and simplification to go along with the new format, and it's kind of fun to be doing a bit of web design again. The skills are antiquated and rusty, but still there.

Exciting times here in Colorado with the Broncos in the Super Bowl... go, Broncos, go!

Nothing much to report on the writing front. Three Shamans writing is going well, all's quiet on the publisher front.