Weekly Update - 283 - 8/11/25

I feel bad for Taisuko. They don't deserve any of this.

Our comic's seventh anniversary passed last Friday. I don't usually celebrate it much because even though the comic officially debuted on August 8th, 2018 I've had a few sabbaticals in there and it doesn't feel like I've had a purely contiguous run. Once we've gotten up there to 10 years, 15, it'll probably feel way more significant to me... but wow I guess 10 years isn't even that far away any more.

And most of you guys voted for my foxcatbatmew drawing youkai sona in the poll. More amusingly, you were split exactly 14/14 on both the Spicy Sauce versus the Cute Sauce section... or were you?

When I look at the raw data, it seems a bit... incomplete. 5 total votes are missing, leading me to believe that Patreon either doesn't log everything or that their site is bugged out or something, who knows! At the end of the day it's a vibe poll, so the raw numbers are less important than just tipping my needle of indecision towards an actionable direction, which it has!

In any case, the 描妖 wins, (okay but is it Byouyou? Kakuyou? Egakuyou? Or should I just go with Konefu? I'm not even sure what the best way to say this is. That's what I get for making up a word in a language I don't fully understand. >.< I believe I have the kanji correct, representative of the species I created and the whole theme I'm going for [essentially a drawn spirit/demon], I'm just confused about the actual pronunciation. Maybe someone who knows more than me can tell me how THEY'D read/pronounce it.) and they'll be getting a drawing soon with... some amount of spicy and sweet sauces, whatever that actually means in practice I don't yet know. Cute but also kinda sexy? SFW but kinda on the line? Dunno. I'll do my best!

Comics this week:

God Slayers: Um! No... maybe... no. I think no. I need to do a bunch of work on the TTRPG, because it's pretty busted and it's getting in the way of making my new character and it's been bothering me. This seems like a good week to do some of that.

Solipsus: Yes. I think yes.