Update: reason for delays (where I’ve been)

Hey ya animals, D here.

I’m really sorry for the lack of pages and one offs in this first half of the month, as well as an absence from here, so I want to take a moment to come clean on what has been going on. (Please be warned, this isn’t super short, but it is important)

Some of you that follow me over on Twitter May have seen this, but some may not have so here we go. At the beginning of August while at the gym, I was sexually assaulted in the locker room while changing to leave. I won’t go into details on exactly what happened as far as the altercation, but it’s after effects have been hitting rather hard, subconsciously. There have been days I’ve woken up crying, days I’ve not wanted to work, days I couldn’t think of a single idea, the only thing being on my mind was what had happened and that the person was still out there.

I’m sorry for the lack of work, I really am so please don’t jump ship. I can understand your uneasiness about this, but I’m working hard to get back. I’m working hard to take my life back and I refuse to allow myself to be the victim of the person Who hurt me. I refuse to let them control my life, I refuse to let them keep me working on things that I love. Especially this project. I’m sorry if this comes off as dramatic, but I really do love this project. I love the fact that I get to work with amazing people, I love the fact that I get to give back to a community, I love that I get to draw awesome lion dads being lovable but relatable dorks. I don’t want that to be taken away.

So please let me keep working on this. I have a lot of ideas in the works, a few one-offs, a family portrait series, animatics with voice actors to bring the characters to life, and most of all, a book. I’m not quitting on this book, I refuse to quit on this book. Not because “oh the mean people will win” ideology, but because personally... I WANT TO DO THIS GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES! I want you to see this story, watch the characters grow and do so in away that everyone is a part of it. So thank you for allowing me to do that so far.

Again I’m really sorry for the delays for the first half of the month, but I’m pulling some late nighters to make this happen, just like in the beginning (what’s a bed time right?) because we’re basically back at square one. But still here still fighting, we’re not going anywhere anytime soon, and we hope you don’t either. Excuse we love you guys and are thankful for giving us this chance and believing in this.

So let’s get back to it. In the words of DeMont “weeping May endure for the night but joy comes in the morning” and I see the sun beginning to rise again

Also for this reason, I made the update to page 25 open to all patrons. I want you all to see and know that this IS happening.

Much love

~D