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340hops on stage for a two second wave within the 42 minute mark</strong>. Man, I’ve done a lot in t he nerd-o-sphere for almost 30 years and Felicia Day never applauded for <em>me!</em> Well played Leah! Puppy Roll is a charity event for doggos and pets of all kinds helmed by the great and wonderful Anjali Bhimani! You should all check it out.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;">Leah has been doing a lot freelance illustration and storyboard work as of late. She’s always on the lookout for more projects, and says to ’let her know if anyone has leads on anything cool’. (You can see more of Leah’s work here: <a href="https://apricattart.carrd.co" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://apricattart.carrd.co</a> )<br/><br/>As for me, with 30 days notice of going to my first Gen Con it was overwhelming! I managed to succeed in my personal goals of meeting the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dungeondudes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dungeon Dudes</a> and seeing the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheGlassCannon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Glass Cannon Network</a>’s live show Thursday night at the Athenaeum. Sidenote: it was <em><strong>amazing</strong></em>! the in-person energy is fantastic. I highly <a href="https://www.glasscannonnetwork.com/tour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reccomend it</a> if you’ve enjoyed any GCN content! I'm trying for the Saturday Philly Show if i can make it.<br/><br/>As things turned out I was first in line for the Dungeon Dudes Ghostfire Games signing event, because the Puppy Roll had just let out and I had an hour and nowhere to be. So, as I stewed for an hour trying to come up with a plan to NOT be awkward, my introvert social anxiety was on full display and I was intensely awkward with the Dungeon Dudes team. They were kind and very gracious and I especially wanted a shout out to <strong>Joe O’Gorman</strong> for calming my stress down and just earnestly connecting with me as a fan. Thanks Joe! <em><strong>IGNATIOUS!!!!</strong></em> <br/><br/>So, going back to the Glass Cannon Network, I wanted to pick up their Get In the Trunk Delta Green dice because I’m so in to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YfOXU_B0Io&t=1s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Impossible Landscapes</a> actual play they did a few years ago. And the gamemaster of that, <strong>Joe O’Brien</strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">,</span> was about to run a Gauntlet Game at the booth. I just wanted to say how much I appreciated the wrangling he had to do as a gamemaster for that, and we had a great conversation. He put me totally at ease. Thanks Joe O’Brian!<br/><br/><strong>So my take-away is Joe O’s are the best people</strong>. Sorry Joe Sunday. If you were Joe O’Sunday you’d be cooler.<br/><br/>BTW yes there was a tornado warning and some rain came through the roof, but that was small potatoes compared to the Joe-O’s and the Puppy Roll! And yes, I spent too much on games and dice.<br/><br/>Hey <strong>Defenders</strong>, check out the <a href="https://sluggy.com/defenders_blog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blog</a> to see a photo or two from the event!<br/><br/></p></div></p><div class="clearfix"></div></li><li class="Array erf-section tiled elgg-item-object elgg-item-object-blog" id="elgg-object-17631"><h2 class='up'>[<span class='section_toggle'>â</span>] Disarmed and Booked</h2><h3>Posted <time title="22 February 2026 @ 12:11pm" datetime="2026-02-22T12:11:14-05:00">22 Feb 2026</time> <a href="http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/17631/disarmed-and-booked#comments" class="elgg-anchor"><span class="elgg-anchor-label">Comments (5)</span></a> <a href='http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/17631/disarmed-and-booked'>(Permalink)</a></h3><p><div class="elgg-output blog-post" style=""><p> </p><h3><img style="float: left;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/2026nerve2.png" alt="disarmed" width="219" height="657">Disarmed?</h3><p>OK that's exaggerated for flavor. I've had a roller coaster of issues with my drawing arm (the r
340ight one for those keeping track) the last couple of weeks. From debilitating pain in neck and shoulder blade turning into weakness and numbness in my hand and arm specifically triggering and inflaming when at keyboard or drawing table. After a slew of medications and exercises it's still not better, but I've pretty much confirmed it's a pinched ulnar nerve. We still haven't pinned down the pinch. Not elbow, so either neck, shoulder, or collarbone. As soon as the snow clears I'll return to my plague-doctor-masked physicians and look into physical therapy. I'm working slow and numbly but glad to be back to work!<br/><br/></p><h3>Snowmaggedon</h3><p>We've got a big blizzard forecasted. The weight of the snow and the heavy winds mean there's a non-negligible chance that I'll lose power for a large bit. That will of course interrupt comic output. Just a head's up.<br/><br/>So my arm sucks and the weather sucks but there is a piece of GREAT news!</p><h3>Book 24 in my hands!!!</h3><p>This book is huge! It contains everything from Chapter 66 The Road to Bjorkea, Chapter 67 Full House, and Chapter 68 The Circle! At 336 pages it beats Book 21 4U City Red as the largest single Sluggy Freelance book ever! Larger than Megatome 01 and just a few pages less than Megatome 02!<br/><strong><br/></strong><strong>The next step</strong> is to get these books out to<strong> eligible <a href="https://login.sluggy.com/defenders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defenders*</a></strong>, and once that’s done we’ll open the Sluggy Store for a limited time with a limited run, just as we've done for the last few books. I’ll give specifics as it gets closer but probably the <strong>store will open late March. </strong><em>*Eligible Defenders are actively subscribing at level 4 or higher when a new Sluggy book comes out, and you have been at that level for at least three months, then the book will be mailed to you at no extra cost.</em><strong><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/book24photo.jpg" alt="Book 24 cover" width="593" height="778"><br/><br/></strong></p></div></p><div class="clearfix"></div></li><li class="Array erf-section tiled elgg-item-object elgg-item-object-blog" id="elgg-object-17575"><h2 class='up'>[<span class='section_toggle'>â</span>] My Two Weeks Away</h2><h3>Posted <time title="27 October 2025 @ 10:07am" datetime="2025-10-27T10:07:19-04:00"><time title="27 October 2025 @ 10:07am" datetime="2025-10-27T10:07:19-04:00">Oct 27, 2025</time></time> <a href='http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/17575/my-two-weeks-away'>(Permalink)</a></h3><p><div class="elgg-output blog-post" style=""><p>I'm still suffering with the fact that everything I try to do takes longer than it used to. But the books need to get done and the Pawnz and Bookmarks need to get made, and the last few chapters of the Sluggy Freelance story need to be told, so I'll keep on keeping on! <br/><br/></p><h3>Week 1:</h3><p>The first week away from the strip, I decided to prioritize Book 24. There's always the goal post of a 'New Book for Christmas' but this was such a late start that I was pretty sure I'd miss it again. What I didn't expect was how smoothly everything went. The normal pitfalls never manifested. This will be, I think, the longest Sluggy Freelance single (non-Megatome) book yet. But it laid out easily, the bonus art and content were all easy to fine, the spot images were a piece of cake, and the 5-page bonus story was scripted and half the art done <em><strong>all </strong></em>in that first week!<br/><br/>I still have to finish the other half of the art, and design a cover and title page, and there's a lot of content to cleanup throughout the book. We're not making December with this book, but I'm feeling confident for January or February.<br/><br/></p><h3>Week 2:</h3><p>The Second week I wanted to shift to scripting. I really wanted to be more tightly prepared for Chapter 75 because there is going to be a lot of defining content in it. I'm now in a good place for Chapter 75: Blood & Bone. For those of you keeping watch on the approaching end of Sluggy Freelance, I felt I needed to break Chapter 75 out of Chapter 74: Monstrous, because that chapter was becoming unwieldy to me. But if things work out (and when have they not? (Don't answer that)) Chapter 77 should be the end.<br/><br/></p><h3>A Future Week 3?:</h3><p>What I never got to was the WAY-TOO-LONG backlog of Pawnz and Bookmarks. Once the story is underway and the book is of to the printer, I may take another week off from the daily strip to focus on that. I appreciate all of your patience with me when I take this time away from the main strip. I dislike doing it but its one of the few tricks in my tool box that provides undeniable results. That's all for now! Stay nifty everyone!<br/><br/></p><table style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 2px;" border="0" cellpadding="2"> 341<tbody> 342<tr> 343<td valign="top"> </td> 344<td style="width: 470px;" align="center" valign="top"><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/book23spot.jpg" alt="Image from book 24 Bonus Story" width="460" height="500"><br/>Above is a non-spoiler piece of art from Sluggy Freelance Book 24 FULL HOUSE Bonus Story. I haven't settled on which title from a short list yet, but connects to Jim Orsin of Orsintos Labs and maybe a certain redhead.</td> 345<td valign="top"> </td> 346</tr> 347</tbody> 348</table><p> </p></div></p><div class="clearfix"></div></li><li class="Array erf-section tiled elgg-item-object elgg-item-object-blog" id="elgg-object-17523"><h2 class='up'>[<span class='section_toggle'>â</span>] Happy Birthday 2025</h2><h3>Posted <time title="4 August 2025 @ 1:36pm" datetime="2025-08-04T13:36:31-04:00">4 Aug 2025</time> <a href="https://sluggy.com/blog/view/17523/happy-birthday-2025#comments" class="elgg-anchor"><span class="elgg-anchor-label">Comments (7)</span></a> <a href="https://sluggy.com/blog/view/17523/happy-birthday-2025">(Permalink)</a></h3><p><div class="elgg-output blog-post" style=""><p><img style="float: left; margin: 4px;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/b-torg2016.jpg" alt="Bday torg" width="44" height="64"><img style="float: right; margin: 4px;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/b-torg2016.jpg" alt="Bday torg" width="44" height="64">Hey everybody! Its my birthday! I thought it would be a good time to point out my failures in life, because, I mean, you can't judge me negatively on my birthday, can you?<br/><br/>I'm sorry I haven't posted much beyond the comic lately but there hasn't been anything to report. I'm still falling farther and farther behind on Pawnz & Bookmarks and I need to get the ball rolling on Book 24 to have it ready by the end of the year. The problem I keep running into is it takes <em><strong>all </strong></em>my time to keep ahead on the scripts and produce two comics a week. I keep thinking <em>'as soon as I'm ahead a day or two I can dig in to the side projects'</em> and it never comes. It's just harder and harder for me to create new things. This comic is still my passion and joy, but my head-meat seems to be getting slower at doing head-meat stuff. Wait, is <em>head-meat</em> <strong>not </strong>a good slang term for brain? Feels right to me!<br/><br/>Anywho, I keep trying to take a step back, think outside the box, and come up with a plan that works, but nothing has yet. There's one thing I KNOW will work and that's to NOT produce two comics a week. So I'm going to take two weeks off after the end of Monstrous (which is a
348pproaching) to see how far I can get wrangling Pawnz & Bookmarks, and Book 24. And then maybe I'll have something to report. That's my birthday wish for me! Be nifty to others, and I hope others are nifty to you.<br/><br/><img style="float: left;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/b-torg.gif" alt="Bday torg" width="56" height="76">-Pete<br/><br/></p></div></p><div class="clearfix"></div></li><li class="Array erf-section tiled elgg-item-object elgg-item-object-blog" id="elgg-object-17344"><h2 class='up'>[<span class='section_toggle'>â</span>] Top of the Pile in early 2025!</h2><h3>Posted <time title="20 November 2024 @ 10:06pm" datetime="2024-11-20T22:06:25-05:00">20 Nov 2024</time> <a href="https://sluggy.com/blog/view/17344/top-of-the-pile-in-early-2025#comments" class="elgg-anchor"><span class="elgg-anchor-label">Comments (9)</span></a> <a href="https://sluggy.com/blog/view/17344/top-of-the-pile-in-early-2025">(Permalink)</a></h3><p><div class="elgg-output blog-post" style=""><p><strong>I’m shooting for February and March of 2025 to get on top of the pile! What could go wrong? :)</strong><br/><br/>OK, so I’m still working on the bonus content for <strong>Sluggy Freelance Book 23, Mohkadun.</strong> This bonus story (called, suspiciously enough, <em><strong>Family Reunion</strong></em>) is going to be very nifty and touch on some cool plot points. But life events and rewrites caused a delay of a couple of weeks on this project.<br/><br/>I was very aggravated when I realized I would NOT have Book 23 available to offer to you all in December for the holidays. But I’ve come to realize <strong>it’s OK.</strong> I fall behind sometimes. But I always get there eventually. I’ve currently sequestered myself in my office-cave and I have removed all non-essential distractions to work on this thing (and maintain the flow of new strips). It should just be a few weeks more, I hope!<br/><br/><strong>What about the store?!? </strong> I was going to keep the store closed until the new book was in my hands, but I’ve decided on a different plan. I do have small quantities of some of the older books. I also have plenty of Megatome 1’s (Contains books 1-3) and Book 9’s and the Beanie-style plush Bun-buns which are still the best and you all should own one! So on the off chance anyone wants these in time for the holidays for any reason, I feel like it’s my duty to give you a chance to!</p><div style="margin: auto;"><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/Store-2024-limited.jpg" alt="books and bun" width="700" height="241"></div><p> </p><h3>Sluggy Store Opening- November and December</h3><p><strong>The <a href="https://store.sluggy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sluggy Store</a> will open around noon-ish Eastern Time on Wednesday November 27th. All international orders need to be in by Wednesday December 4th or they might not make it to you by Christmas. The store will close on Wednesday December 11th.</strong> I will push to get all international orders out first, but domestic orders might take a week longer to fulfill. I’ll have family invading my house at that time, so I’ll make them do some of the packing-and-shipping leg-work. That’ll teach ‘em!<br/><br/></p><h3><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/bk-cover-bk-23.jpg" alt="back cover bk 23" width="330" height="381" style="float: right;">Sluggy Store Reopening- March</h3><p><strong>Unless something unforeseen happens, the Store will Reopen with a full book catalog including the new BOOK 23 MOHKADUN by March!</strong><br/>It will take about a month for the printer to turn the book around once I get them the files. So I’m just going to assume I’ll have it in hand February at the latest. The first batch will go off to the higher level <a href="https://login.sluggy.com/defenders" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Defenders</strong></a>, as always. But then my intention it to open the store <strong>AGAIN</strong>, early March, with stock of all the other books! It’s like <em>Christmas in March!</em> I know SOME of you will still have your decorations up! That's not my style, but I understand.<br/><br/><br/></p><h3>The Pawnz and Bookmarks Sitch</h3><p><strong>TL;DR: I’m behind on Pawnz and Bookmarks (as usual these last few years). I’m taking off a lot of February and March to get on top of that pile. I NEED to do this as the END LOOMS CLOSER...</strong><br/><br/>So I’m <em><strong>over a year</strong></em> behind on sending these postcards and bookmarks out. Again. But now I’m<em><strong> almost a year</strong></em> behind on designing and announcing them! In January 2024 I was supposed to start laying out Mohkadun style Pawnz and Bookmarks and catch up. It’s perplexing to even me, who is living it, why I was not able to succeed on this. <br/><br/>I’m slowing down. It’s getting harder and harder simply keeping up with one-to-three strips a week, let alone moving the ball forward on something else, like books or Pawnz and Bookmarks. <br/><br/>I want you all to know this is important to me.<strong> I will get you what I owe you.</strong> I’m just trying to figure out how without sacrificing the comic itself.<br/><br/>What I’m going to try is to limit new comic strip releases in the months of February and March, and dedicating myself to getting on top of that pile. Sending out Book 23s and creating and distributing Pawnz and Bookmarks is going to be my focus at that point.<br/><br/>I tried this two years ago with subpar results. This time I’m going to task some friends to help me.<br/><br/>Once I’m past that I can focus on the most important thing. The comic itself. You’ve all put such faith in me to do right by it. And I must. Because it <em><strong>is</strong></em> coming to an end.<br/><br/></p><h3>The End Looms Closer...</h3><p>Sluggy Freelance will end in the not too distant future. I’ve mentioned this in more detail in the <a href="https://sluggy.com/defenders_blog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defenders Blog</a>. And I’ll discuss it here with you all once Book 23 is in hand. For now I’ll say it’s still at least a couple of years away. Two major stories beyond Monstrous.<br/><br/>This is why its so important for me to <strong>get </strong>on top of the pile and <strong>stay </strong>on top of the pile, early 2025. So I can focus on ending things right. By the way, those of you who became <strong>Defenders of the Nifty</strong> are the <em><strong>sole </strong></em>reason the strip didn’t vanish years ago. My appreciation knows no bounds. And all the non-Defender readers owe you thanks as well. <em>THANKS for being the Niftiest.</em><br/><br/>Onwards and sideways, with, perhaps, a slightly upward turn! <br/><strong>Be Nifty to each other.</strong><br/><br/>-Pete<br/><br/><br/><br/></p></div></p><div class="clearfix"></div></li><li class="Array erf-section tiled elgg-item-object elgg-item-object-blog" id="elgg-object-16978"><h2 class='up'>[<span class='section_toggle'>+</span>] The End of 2023 and the Things Beside the Comic Itself</h2><h3>Posted <time title="12 November 2023 @ 8:45pm" datetime="2023-11-12T20:45:25-05:00">12 Nov 2023</time> <a href='http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/16978/the-end-of-2023-and-the-things-beside-the-comic-itself'>(Permalink)</a></h3><p><div class="elgg-output blog-post" style="display: none;"><p><em>Can I walk and chew gum at the same time?</em> I sure couldn't during<strong> Immortal King</strong>, but I hope I'll be able to with the current chapter. Shorter stories and fewer characters will hopefully allow me to <strong>catch up and <em>keep </em>up </strong>with things beyond the comic. Here's where we stand.<br/><br/><strong>Sluggy Freelance Book 22 R&D WARS:</strong>
348 The free copies for higher level eligible <a href="https://login.sluggy.com/defenders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defenders</a> have been sent out! Only the highest tier remain as I reach out to them for customization and bundly goodness (check your email level 6 Chazzers!). Everyone else will be able to purchase them from the Sluggy Store when it opens, and will be available from<a href="https://www.indyplanet.com/sluggy-freelance-llc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> IndyPlanet</a> shortly thereafter.<br/><br/>I'm very proud of the end result of the book. I'm less proud of the months upon months where I only created one comic a week while trying to finish the additional creative parts of the book (and playing Pawnz and Bookamrs catch-up). Its <em><strong>never </strong></em>been this creatively hard before. Not by miles. Since this is the only time it's happened to this extreme degree, I'm chalking it up to a fluke, but we don't want a repeat of that. I'll be aware of this as I begin layout of Sluggy Freelance Book 23 <strong>Mohkadun</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Sluggy Freelance Store</strong>: When the store opens (hopefully in the next week or two) I'll have a bunch of BOOK 22's on hand for you to purchase as well as small quantities of all the other books. For the past few years, I only open the store for less than a month around Christmas. I feel like this is, perhaps, less than optimal. But its harder and harder to run a store while keeping the comics going at the trickle they are so please forgive me on this for now. I may be outsourcing the store in the future. Then again, where do I find the time to organize that? (I'm such a dummy). Anywho hopeful store opens in a week or two, and I should have limited supplies of all books!<br/><br/><strong>Pawnz and Bookmarks Catch-up:</strong> I was doing a good job on catching up on the Pawnz and Bookmarks I need to send out physically and digitally to Defenders, but there came I time where I felt better to focus on the conclusion of Immortal King. Now that were in to "lighter story" territory, I'm back to catching up! I'm using the Set Numbers established in the previous news story entitled "MAY 2023 CHECK-IN".</p><p><br/><span style="color: #006600;"><strong>SET 4:</strong> 2022-09,10,11,12 Off to the printers! </span><span style="color: #006600;"><strong>Mailed (starting today)!</strong> (ALSO DIGITALLY RELEASED)<br/></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/2022-09-12-promo.png" alt="SET 4" width="495" height="378"></p><p> </p><div style="margin: auto;"> </div><div style="margin: auto;"> </div><p><strong>SET 5:</strong> 2023-01,02,03,04: Being printed up!</p><div style="margin: auto;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/2023-01-04-promo.png" alt="Set 5" width="509" height="386"></div><p><strong>SET 6:</strong> 2023-05,06,07,08: Upcoming!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/2023-05-08-promo.png" alt="SET 6" width="521" height="393"></p><p><strong>SET 7:</strong> 2023-09,10,11,12: Upcoming!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/2023-09-12-pawnz-promo.png" alt="SET 7" width="608" height="252"></p><p><strong>SET 8:</strong> 2023-01,02,03,04: Design stage, Work in Progress, nothing to show yet- There's going to be a lot of Mohkadun Pawnz in 2024, so were going to start with the core pantheon.</p><div style="margin: auto;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/2024-initial-promo.png" alt="SET 8" width="398" height="99"></div><p><strong>In conclusion:</strong> With Immortal King completed, and with smaller scope and character stories in the future I hope to make headway on the things beyond the comics (Defender Rewards, Book production, Store) while maintaining 2 to 3 comics a week. We'll see how I do. Know I'm always trying my best. And <a href="https://sluggy.com/defenders_blog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defenders of the Nifty,</a> thank you for your support through all these complicated years. I can't thank you guys enough. In the meantime, everyone, I'm back to the drawing board to make something monstrous.<br/>-Pete</p><p> </p></div></p><div class="clearfix"></div></li><li class="Array erf-section tiled elgg-item-object elgg-item-object-blog" id="elgg-object-16903"><h2 class='up'>[<span class='section_toggle'>+</span>] Sluggy Turns 26!!!</h2><h3>Posted <time title="28 August 2023 @ 10:06pm" datetime="2023-08-28T22:06:08-04:00">28 Aug 2023</time> <a href="http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/16903/sluggy-turns-26#comments" class="elgg-anchor"><span class="elgg-anchor-label">Comments (5)</span></a> <a href='http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/16903/sluggy-turns-26'>(Permalink)</a></h3><p><div class="elgg-output blog-post" style="display: none;"><p><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/bk22-promo.jpg" alt="bk22 promo" width="396" height="456" style="float: right;">Another anniversary? It feels like the 25th anniversary was <em>two minutes ago!</em> Possibly in real time for the characters! Admittedly 'Immortal King' is probably the longest story* I have ever done, and the less-comic-output for the majority of this year has made it feel like a much shorter year.<br/><br/>*I say "probably the longest story"
348 because I can't remember crap and I'm too busy to check! Yay old age!<br/><br/>Anywho, I <em><strong>finally have Book 22 in my hands</strong></em> from the printer and its <strong> perfect!</strong> It will still be a month or two before you can order one. I need to get some of these doodled in and sent off to the highest tier <strong>Defenders of the Nifty,</strong> and I want to get some more books in inventory before I reopen the store for the 2023 holiday season. So look for that to happen soonish. And <em>on to book 23, Mohkadun.</em> <em><strong>That </strong></em>should be a big one!<br/><br/><br/>Oh, and big thanks to <a href="https://forums.sluggy.com/viewforum.php?f=4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reactions Mod</a> Zillatain for creating youtube videos to replace the old flash animations that we had to drop when flash was no longer supported! They're in the archives right now! <em><strong>THANKS ZILLATAIN!</strong></em> <a href="https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=30#2002-08-25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5th Anny</a> | Torg Potter (<a href="https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=31#2002-09-26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1</a>) (<a href="https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=31#2002-09-27" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2</a>) (<a href="https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=31#2002-09-28" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3</a>) (<a href="https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=31#2002-09-29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4</a>)<br/><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/zill-promo.jpg" alt="youtube promo" width="560" height="366"><br/><br/>That's about it for now! "Onward and sideways!" :) thanks for sticking with me all these years! And Defenders? <a href="https://sluggy.com/defenders_blog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blog post</a>!</p></div></p><div class="clearfix"></div></li><li class="Array erf-section tiled elgg-item-object elgg-item-object-blog" id="elgg-object-16887"><h2 class='up'>[<span class='section_toggle'>+</span>] Quick post for the August Pawnz and Bookmark!</h2><h3>Posted <time title="9 August 2023 @ 4:02pm" datetime="2023-08-09T16:02:24-04:00">9 Aug 2023</time> <a href='http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/16887/quick-post-for-the-august-pawnz-and-bookmark'>(Permalink)</a></h3><p><div class="elgg-output blog-post" style="display: none;"><p> </p><div style="margin: auto;"><a href="https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=42#2004-07-15" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/promo2023-08.png" alt="Gwynn Pawnz & bookmark" border="0" style="float: left;"></a></div><p><br/>Hey guys! A quick "head's-up!" I'm trying to keep up with announcing Pawnz & Bookmarks on a timely basis so here's the one for August 2023! More details in two weeks for Sluggy's 26th anniversary! And, side-note, Book 22 is being printed NOW!!!</p></div></p><div class="clearfix"></div></li><li class="Array erf-section tiled elgg-item-object elgg-item-object-blog" id="elgg-object-16725"><h2 class='up'>[<span class='section_toggle'>+</span>] May 2023 Check-In!</h2><h3>Posted <time title="13 February 2023 @ 11:36pm" datetime="2023-02-13T23:36:53-05:00">13 Feb 2023</time> <a href="http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/16725/may-2023-check-in#comments" class="elgg-anchor"><span class="elgg-anchor-label">Comments (5)</span></a> <a href='http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/16725/may-2023-check-in'>(Permalink)</a></h3><p><div class="elgg-output blog-post" style="display: none;"><p><strong>Originally published in February, this news story has been updated for May!</strong></p><p>As you guys probably noticed, and as explained in the last news story, I've restricted myself to one comic a week until I've caught up with mailing out pawnz and bookmarks to eligible Defenders, and have sent Book 22 (R&D WARS) to the printer. I'm over a year behind on both projects and that is too long!<br/><br/><strong>---PAWNZ & BOOKMARKS---</strong><em><br/></em>I've broken the "Pawnz and Bookmarks" situation into five sets. Here's where we stand...<br/><span style="color: #006600;"><strong>SET1:</strong> 2021-11,12, 2022-01 (Edda, Anise, Farahn): <strong>Mailed!</strong> (ALSO DIGITALLY RELEASED)<br/><strong>SET2:</strong> 2022-02,03,04 (Yffi, Chilus, Ozzid): <strong>Mailed!</strong> (ALSO DIGITALLY RELEASED)<br/><strong>SET3</strong>: 2022-05,06,07,08 (Olebelle, Basphomy, DemonKiki, Aylee) <strong>Mailed!</strong> (ALSO DIGITALLY RELEASED)</span><br/><strong>SET4:</strong> 2022-09,10,11,12 Off to the printers! (See below, Heart-1 has been renamed Siphy, 'cause "f" Farahn.) </p><div style="margin: auto;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/2022-Q4-promo.png" alt="2022-Q4-promo.png" width="732" height="246"></div><div style="margin: auto;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/2022-09-12-b-promo.png" alt="bookmarks" width="600" height="209"></div><p><strong>SET 5:</strong> 2023-01,02,03,04: A fully R&D Wars set! (See below) Will be sent to printer soon once set 4 goes out!</p><div style="margin: auto;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/2023-01-04-promo.png" alt="Set 5" width="509" height="386"></div><p>My plan going forward is to send these out three times a year. If I can get Set 5 out by the end of May I will be back and on time with regards to Pawnz & Bookmarks!<br/><br/>Current and Upcoming Pawnz & Bookmarks:</p><div style="margin: auto;"><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/2023-05-07Promo.png" alt="2023-05-07Promo.png" width="729" height="414"></div><div style="margin: auto;"><table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 2px;"> 349<tbody> 350<tr> 351<td valign="top"><strong>May 2023- the Tragic "Ink Angel" form of Edda. <br/></strong>Going for a design match to "Siphy Book Mummy" above.</td> 352<td valign="top"><strong>June 2023- Agent N'aaaw<br/></strong>Human form!</td> 353<td valign="top"><strong>
353July 2023- Kira the Chain Serpent<br/></strong>Rounding out our 3 hearts set.</td> 354</tr> 355</tbody> 356</table></div><p><br/><strong>---BOOK 22, "R&D WARS"---</strong><br/><br/>I've tackled <em><strong>all </strong></em>of the scripting and designing of bonus content, bonus story, cover, and intro pages. Despite having "more to show" on the Pawnz & Bookmark front, what I've been doing for the creative additions to book 22 are what were the most nebulous and took the most blood sweat and tears. Now that's the hard part is done for getting the book to the printers, it's being preempted by the creative work on the current comics. Even though it's only one comic a week, things are coming to a crescendo with Immortal King. So I'm constantly pivoting focus right now.</p><div style="margin: auto;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/bk23cvr-tsr.png" alt="silo" width="760" height="127"></div><p>Short version: The <em><strong>tough parts</strong></em> of getting book 22 completed have been conquered. But the executions of those designs will be time consuming and I'm still not in a good position to estimate when it will be done. <br/><br/>I'm anxious to get back to more comics each week, and I deeply appreciate your support through this and through all the recent turbulence. I'm lucky and honored to have you guys. We will get there!</p></div></p><div class="clearfix"></div></li><li class="Array erf-section tiled elgg-item-object elgg-item-object-blog" id="elgg-object-16665"><h2 class='up'>[<span class='section_toggle'>+</span>] I Fought the Time and the Time Won.</h2><h3>Posted <time title="7 December 2022 @ 7:31pm" datetime="2022-12-07T19:31:09-05:00">7 Dec 2022</time> <a href="http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/16665/i-fought-the-time-and-the-time-won#comments" class="elgg-anchor"><span class="elgg-anchor-label">Comments (5)</span></a> <a href='http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/16665/i-fought-the-time-and-the-time-won'>(Permalink)</a></h3><p><div class="elgg-output blog-post" style="display: none;"><div style="margin: auto;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: auto;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/timefight0.jpg" alt="banner" width="700" height="279"></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;">Here's references for "<a href="https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=65#2013-10-16" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Krohnus</a>" and "<a href="https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=28#2002-03-13" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pete</a>" if you need them. <br/><br/></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;">So it feels like Halloween was just the other day. <em>"Hey kids, did you enjoy your Halloween? Nice costumes!"</em> Suddenly I get tapped on the shoulder : "<span style="font-style: normal;">Pete, you need to get those turkeys in the brine!</span>" I'm like, <em><strong>"it can't be Thanksgiving already?!?"</strong></em> This is followed by my wife saying "No, Thanksgiving was days ago, you were supposed to announce store order deadlines because it's almost Christmas." <em>"Oh well, </em><em>what day do</em><em> international orders need to be placed by?"</em> "Yesterday. Deadline has past" Me: <em>"Fuuuuuuhhhh....."<br/><br/></em></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"><img style="float: left;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/timefight1.jpg" alt="fight1" width="266" height="400">So <strong>this </strong>is how time has been going for me lately. Speeding by while my creative output has slowed down.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"><br/>The current story-line, Immortal King, has been a culmination of so much of Sluggy lore coming together and being revealed, and it’s been a lot of work. It’s more involved then just about any other story. Although this process is more difficult, I am really happy with how it is coming together.<br/><br/></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"><img style="float: right;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/timefight2.jpg" alt="fight2" width="276" height="210">But coming to the end of the year, I find myself <strong>over a year</strong> behind on mailing out physical Pawnz and Bookmarks to eligible Defenders, and we've been <strong>two years</strong> without a new book (I'm not counting re-releasing Megatome 02).<br/><br/></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;">Being a one-man show, things can be difficult, take longer and I can get behind on tasks, but this is <em><strong>way </strong></em><em><strong>too fa</strong></em><em><strong>r</strong></em> behind. It has been stressing me out and it <strong>has to stop.</strong> I have a solution, and it’s not great, but it is the better than falling further behind or stopping the comics all together.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"><br/><strong>Starting next week,</strong> I will restrict myself to <strong>one comic a week.</strong> The weekly comic will mostly land on Wednesdays. I will NOT increase comic output until a) I'm caught up to the plan of quarterly Pawnz and Bookmarks releases, and b) Sluggy Freelance Book 22 'R&D Wars', is off to the printers.<br/><br/></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"><img style="float: right;" src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/timefight3.jpg" alt="fight3" width="407" height="415">How long will this take? I honestly don’t know, and I don’t want to guess wrong. Did I say how much I <em>hate to do it?</em> For me, it extra painful because we are hitting an action-climax, and the momentum is going to drop from slow to a trickle. Grrr.<br/><br/></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;">I remember the frustration from when I did this "one comic a week" thing last February-ish. So I understand this will be difficult for you as well. But I feel strongly I need to do this to attend to the eligible Defenders who have been supporting the strip and deserve the book and bookmarks and pawnz rewards.<br/><br/></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;">Plus I want to catch up with the books! I’ve never been more proud of my publications than the books for the 4U city saga, including the bonus stories in Books 20 and 21. I look forward to the relief I’m going to feel when I have Book 22 in my hands and know I’m on top of the pile.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"> </p> 357<p>Thank you all again for your patience and support! I couldn’t have made 25 years without you guys. And let me say <em>“Happy Holidays and Happy New Year</em>” now because I’m going to start gift-shopping and reach for the egg-nog (<a href="https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=23#2001-04-14" target="_blank" rel="noopener">squishy-nog</a>?) and then realize its February. Stupid Time God.</p> 358<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;">
358-Pete</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;">12/7/2022</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/timefight4.jpg" alt="fight4" width="276" height="268"></p></div></div></div></p><div class="clearfix"></div></li><li class="Array erf-section tiled elgg-item-object elgg-item-object-blog" id="elgg-object-16530"><h2 class='up'>[<span class='section_toggle'>+</span>] TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF SLUGGY FREELANCE!!!</h2><h3>Posted <time title="25 August 2022 @ 12:03am" datetime="2022-08-25T00:03:03-04:00">25 Aug 2022</time> <a href="http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/16530/twenty-five-years-of-sluggy-freelance#comments" class="elgg-anchor"><span class="elgg-anchor-label">Comments (5)</span></a> <a href='http://www.sluggy.com/blog/view/16530/twenty-five-years-of-sluggy-freelance'>(Permalink)</a></h3><p><div class="elgg-output blog-post" style="display: none;"><div style="margin: auto;"><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/25th-topbar.jpg" alt="topbar" width="949" height="219"></div><p><strong>Victory Lap!</strong> I can't tell you how jaw-dropping it is to realize I've been lucky enough to do this for 25 years. This milestone is worthy of <em>celebration.</em><br/><br/><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/25tom-news.jpg" alt="Shirt Guy Tom" width="319" height="406" style="float: left;"><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/25-leah-news.jpg" alt="Leah!" width="337" height="292" style="float: right;">And it almost didn't happen. I've been so busy, tired and stressed, I didn't think I'd have time to do anything celebratory beyond some kind of animated strip. But with the help of my family, we came-up with a design that turned everything around. <em><strong>Big thanks to my daughter Leah</strong></em> for helping me design, render, and then animate the 25th anniversary "statue" art. We're using it as the main-page-parallax, in the comic itself, and hopefully you'll be able to purchase it as a poster in the store! One of the many reasons for the store's delayed opening was I wanted to proof the quality of the poster and also have the product in hand before taking orders. <br/><br/><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/25-joe-news.jpg" alt="Joe Sunday" width="326" height="467" style="float: right;">Thanks to<strong> S</strong><strong>hirt Guy Tom</strong>, <strong>Joe Sunday</strong>, and my daughter <strong>Leah</strong> for throwing together last minute artist-trading-cards to help me celebrate the day. There are so many people I could have and should have reached out to, to join in, but as I said, this was very last minute. Maybe I can do something bigger for the 30th Sluggy Freelance Anniversary (assuming I haven't wrapped everything up by then and the amazing Defenders are still supporting the comic)!<br/><br/>Speaking of, five years ago I was almost done because the comic was not financially viable. I didn't know how I was going to complete the story, but it wouldn't be as a webcomic. You <strong>New 20+ Defenders changed <em>everything.</em></strong> And that support kept Sluggy Freelance afloat through events like the pandemic. <br/><br/>Unfortunately, times are getting more difficult and thanks to my old brain, my creative output is a little slower. I still have so much more to do, but I need your help! Please consider becoming a <strong><a href="https://login.sluggy.com/defenders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defender</a> </strong>if you're not already. You pay per strip I make, at a maximum of 12 strips per month. At the lowest tier that's only $6 a month max. That's the cost of a single fast food value-meal for a month of Sluggy goodness. It <em><strong>really </strong></em>makes a difference! Thank you very much for your consideration!<br/><br/>Anywho, after my victory lap around my house (causing the neighbors to stop and stare), I'm back to the drawing board, literally! ;)<br/><br/><br/></p><div style="margin: auto;"><img src="http://www.sluggy.com/images/newsimages/25-bookmark-news.jpg" alt="free bookmark" width="447" height="169"></div><p><br/>
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