Between Failures September 2026 pages (Patreon)

I set out to get ahead of the patreon posting thing this month and the night I was working on extra content we had to literally drag mom halfway out of the house to get her to the ER. We nearly had to repeat the process to get her back to the hospital the next day. I hope you can forgive me for not being able to focus enough to present much extra yet again. There was a time when I could lock in and bang out a comic in a few hours, even when things were going terribly, but this thing with mom has just been too close to my heart. My mind wanders constantly now and my blood is coursing with stress. I keep dreaming of a time when we are past all of this and mom is not in danger from the cancer like she is now. The short times when she's doing okay are like little islands of peace on a stormy sea. I don't love the reasons for it, but I like spending time with mom. It's nice driving her around on her little quests she comes up with and to her various appointments. That's my silver lining, I guess.

Anyway, it's no excuse for not being able to do my relatively easy job. So I apologize. I intend to get something extra posted by tomorrow. It may not be much but I really don't have much left in me at the moment.

As far as this month of pages go we had the conclusion of Thomas's flashbacks of Patricia when they were young. I went to a place a little more personal than I have in a while and many of you really resonated with it. I'm glad to know it was so well received. The back half of the month was Jess and Ed and Jess and Mike. Jess tends to be a very polarizing character since she bends toward amorality so much more than the other characters. I have known some truly brilliant people and they all tended to be that way in their youth because they hadn't quite gotten their arrogance in check. Jessica's arrogance isn't flashy like Reggie's. It's almost worse in that it's so subtle people don't realize how little she thinks of them or how much she underestimates them. There's also the fact that she can genuinely back it up. That's one of the hardest things to write about her because I am not as smart as she is supposed to be. She's not the only character like that either. Carol has a skillset that I have to fake my way through. Evrina does too and so does Alex on some level. I try to write around it as best I can. Ending this month in particular with Jess and Mike was nice because he's so genuine and it allowed Jess to respond to that in a positive way. Giving her chances to show that she is well meaning at heart makes me feel less bad for her.

Anyway, I need to get a little nap in I think before I try to tackle more art. I haven't really started anything so if you want to throw out names of characters you've been missing go ahead. I make no promises but my ears are on at least.