July Bonus Comic! Badger and Coyote - Ground Lunch (+ some bitching and an apology) (Patreon)

Aaaand here's July's bonus comic, two days late. One more comic, and I won't be behind anymore! Aiming to make that happen before the end of August, at least. Preferably sooner!

(Just a heads up, the next few paragraphs will be rambling on about my personal problems and health issues. Feel free to skip ahead to the TL;DR!)

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I've been one comic behind for months now, and it's been weighing on me like a pile of rocks. After finishing my contract with WEBTOON, I promised early access and a bonus comic each month to patrons. This was at a time when I was excited for the future and really felt capable of doing it. But then EVERYTHING happened.

From my past few posts on the matter, you might already know it's been an extremely difficult few months for me, what with contracting Covid and having to come to terms with the resulting chronic health issues that still linger, even now. Between that and everything else, I've been struggling with a lasting depression that's been impossible to shake.

For those who don't keep up with the discord, I've been getting testing done for my lingering health issues. Since it's still such a new disease, it's hard to say yet what's causing my problems, and scheduling tests has been very slow-going due to the high demand. I'm grateful that I don't seem to have any lasting lung damage! However, there's still some weird stuff going on with my heart that needs to be sorted out. I have appointments scheduled for sometime at the end of September, but until then, I'll be continuing to get therapy and work through the backlog of stuff that has been slowly piling up while I've been hindered.

It's incredibly bad timing for all if this to have happened - especially right after offering new rewards to patrons. I feel sick to my stomach that I haven't managed to uphold them. Every time I promise to make up for it, it seems something else happens to send me spiraling back into depression, and I end up letting myself and you folks down. I'm sincerely sorry for that.

I don't want to repeat the pattern of making more promises only to break them, so I'm going to try and be realistic from here on out. I won't say I've miraculously rebounded, and that I'm certain to stay on a perfect schedule from now on. However, I will say I'll try my very best to get your rewards to you in a more timely fashion, even when I'm in the thick of it.

Honestly, this does feel like a more permanent turning point for me. Through time and therapy, I've been able to acclimate to my situation, and I'm feeling in a better place mentally than I was a couple months ago. I've been able to focus better, and I've been getting work done at a quicker pace. I have a lot of hope that this will continue, and that I'll be able to make up for lost time, even if it takes a little while.

As always, thank you so much for your kindness, patience, and charity. I'll thank you as best I can for that with these stupid comics that I make.

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TL;DR: I've been sick and depressed, and haven't been able to stick to my goals. I'm getting better, though, and doing my best to get back on track. Thank you for your continued support through this rough time!

(In COMIC news, though - I'm starting to like these two. I hope you don't mind if I draw more of them for a little while. I mentioned on the discord that I was planning on making more Badger and Coyote comics, except for the fact that the rest of the badger and coyote gifs I had were a bit boring. Many thanks to the patron who posted a couple new relevant gifs for me to use!)

(Also, I wrote WAY more in this post than I was originally planning to. Sorry for saying in the last post that it would only take a couple minutes to upload this comic, haha. I was not expecting to write so much.)