On new years day I fixed my toilet.
The fill valve was on the fritz and I was super reluctant to fix it, (I feared breaking the entire toilet) but I watched some youtube vids and I fixed the potty like a champ.
So far 2025 has begun with a win.
But anyways...I started writing this post on Christmas Eve, and what initially began as a short "I'm still alive" post, quickly turned into a reflection on 2024 that I didn't know I needed.
I've written a handful of versions of this but they're all too winded and stupid so I'm just gonna say this..
I'M STARTING A WEBCOMIC.
I'm taking the first story from last year's failed monthly zine experiment - THE LAST KARTOT - and continuing the adventure in full color. I'm also adding some extra pages to the beginning and tweaking some of the old pages, so if you've already read it, you might want to take a second look!
I'll release pages later this month on Tapas and Substack,
but I'll publish behind-the-scenes content and other goodies here on Patreon.
And for those who still like snail mail goodies, I'll be sending out random goodies to those on the $3 BOT BUD tier (or higher tiers). Usually, it'll be some stickers or mini zines of random dumb stuff I managed to dump out that month!
I've got a whole ton of other stuff I wanted to talk about but maybe that's better left for another update-- for now here's a breakdown of the few things I managed to do this year. Not my most productive year to date, but let's face it- it was a really weird and stressful year.
For now though- I’m going to do a quick break down of the stuff I worked on in 2024…
I'm going to start off with one of the most stressful projects of the year.
These issues I colored were pretty long (34 pages each) and while the page size was shorter than others, it still took a while to actually finish. The deadlines were really short as well, and working 40 hours job didn't help. All in all though I learned a lot about coloring in a different style than I'm used to and it's certainly helped me level up a bit!
▶ I colored 3 issues of THE MANDRAKE PROJECT for Bruce Dickinson (lead singer for Iron Maiden) for Z2 Comics - more info on that here.
▶ I Kickstarted my very first TRPG - ORBITAL HUNT. Most of the work for this was done during the fall and winter of 2023, but running a Kickstarter is a whole other beast of its own lol. If you haven't had a chance to pick up a copy, you can get one here.
▶ I tried my best to start a monthly mini-zine publication called PARSEC GAZETTE- that lasted two months hahaha. OH BOY did I bite off more than I could chew on that one 😵💫. A zine with 16 pages of comic story, a game, and a monthly fortune? What was I thinking hahah. Regardless it was still a lot of fun and I managed to develop some story ideas I can mess with in the future- not to mention THE LAST KARTOT has blossomed into something more than just a mini story....
▶ I started drawing a new comic, well rather a continuation of THE LAST KARTOT. I've been picking away at it whenever I get a spare moment to myself, usually in the last few minutes of the night before I pass out or if I'm somewhere I can't work on commissions/actual comic work. I've inked over 20 new pages so far, bringing the total count to around 38 I think? Maybe 40 at this point. I've got a story loosely planned out and hope to release the pages starting in January.
That's all, for now, ya'll, thank you again for sticking around and for reading through my unhinged rantings.
Stay tuned for more Kartot!!