After a couple people at Further Confusion asked me what was the deal with Absinthe, and made it clear they had no idea of my other projects, I figured I’d post this!

Decrypting Rita is my current comic. It’s about a robot lady (she might be an upload, it’s rude to ask) who is every bit as acrobatic as Absinthe. And has reality troubles.

The Tarot of the Silicon Dawn was published internationally by the Tarot specialty house Lo Scarabeo. It’s got some awesome printing processes that just don’t show up in still images!

Plus I am a very occasional burlesque performer under the name Anathema Tart. I’m working on building a light-up “magic” sword and EL wings for my next act.

And then as mentioned in the last panel, I’m also working on a collaboration with one of my biggest living comics influences, plus art for a dirty video game! Life is pretty happily busy. But I miss stretching myself to draw this comic.

No, seriously, I’m taking this burlesque dance class that will see me dressing up in a blinky GLaDOS costume and wiggling my ass and tits in the middle of August! And I’m also working on a comic about a robot that I’m updating fairly regularly.

Absinthe may be back sometime this fall, but I’m not making any promises yet.

I originally said “hey let’s do a comic together” to try and cheer him up and make him feel good about his creative skills. It was fun. I would never have gotten through more than a couple of pages without him to help; his plotting and dialogue is worlds better than mine. We made a pretty good creative team.

Hopefully what I learnt working with him will make it easier to do solo projects in the future. Right now I don’t fucking know at all. I just know that I can’t see myself carrying this on without him.

If there’s any interest I might write up a brief synopsis of what we had planned for the remaining four chapters. It hurts a hell of a lot to cancel this; I had a great time drawing it, and I hope you folks had a great time reading what got made.

Now that the Tarot deck and the cross-country move are out of the way…

I’m not sure our little dirty comic has much of a chance against juggernaughts likeDigger orGirl Genius… but on the other hand, holy fuck, it’s pretty awesome to be on the same list as a comic done by someone I’ve been trying to draw like on and off since I was twelve.

Anyway! Vote for Absinthe if you wanna. And while we’re talking about awards, I might as well mention that the Ursa Majors are open for nominations too.

In the meantime, have a look at this cool drawing of Absinthe in space [NSFW] that Farore did back at Rainfurrest.

Also: I sold the last of my stock of Book 1 at Further Confusion! I’m ordering a new pile, and we’ll be able to sell some signed copies over the net once they get in.

I will be at Foolscap next weekend. If they have an Artist’s Alley I may snag a table; I’m not sure. After that, I will be back in Boston, and we will be able to ship out signed copies of the book to those of you who’d like one and couldn’t get to Seattle…

It’s seventeen bucks plus shipping. Lulu’s having a promotion right now: use the coupon code “LULUBOOK” to get 10% off until the end of the month.

If you want a signed copy, you can get one at Rainfurrest later this month – or you can get one afterwards. Email me and we’ll get you set up.

We will now pause for a scheduled hiatus. Absinthe’s story will resume sometime this winter, once we’ve built up enough buffer to get the next chapter rolling!

In the meantime, why not visit the store for a t-shirt or a printed copy of the first chapter?