November was good

So y'all know... I'm runnin' behind, but I do intend to get the monthly rewards out! I ended up deciding to delay the Puppy Club e-book for now, since I do want to add some things to it first. I'll figure out tonight what I'll be posting instead.

But yeah, that was a pretty good month for my mental health. There weren't any major depressive episodes or anything major enough to hinder my comic work. No trouble getting out of bed, and not nearly as much wanting to go back to bed more than anything ever throughout the day. My anger issues were pretty minimal... directed mostly at politics this month. And basically I'm close as i can get to feelin' that emotion called happiness.

This is really impressive considering I had a really stressful book release early in the month, and it still isn't doin' too well :o Like, of course I was pretty stressed about it at first, but I never got incredibly sad or angry about it, which is often the case. It helps that I'm kinda figuring out why I'm having these difficulties, but that's a subject for another post.

I switched to a new medication last month, and that MAY be it... but I also made a few lifestyle changes, such as getting out more, doing more work away from my computer, streaming my work again, and singing. It's a lot of stuff that, when I think back, had a pretty close correlation to when I stopped doing them and when I felt really depressed. And then the depression made it hard to get back in those habits too.

So yeah, doin' allright! My PHYSICAL health could be a lot better, but ohhh one thing at a time. And while my output improved compared to September and October, I still kinda wish I had produced more comics. The goal was to have 8 pages of Slipshine dome before the end of the month, and I did 4, with the other 4 coming next week. Chapter 5 was supposed to (FINALLY) end before 2016 but it looks like I may be a few days late on that too, blaugh.

Thing is, while depression hasn't really hindered my comic work, the fact that I'm DRAWING REALLLLLLY SLOWWWWWLY these days is. Lately I've been a little obsessive with the inking, erasing, redrawing, and cleaning up a lot more than I did before. And I mean, while I do think the effort is shown in the end result, I still shouldn't be spending this long on the "adjustment" phase of the art. So yeah, it's something else to work on. In the meantime, if y'all don't see anything new from me for several days, rest assured I am workin'. I'm just taking my time is all.

There are about ten comics left in You Suck chapter 5. The first one will be the next thing I work on, and posted in a few days, after which I'll draw and post 4 more Slipshine pages, followed by as many You Sucks as I can draw over the next couple weeks, closing out the year with the remaining pages of the Slipshine story, of which there should be 4 or 5. No problem, right?

I'LL DO MY BEST.

Thanks, folks!

(Also, sorry I keep delaying the Art Request stream. I'll fit one in the schedule eventually!!)