You'll have noticed there are flower pictures above, which I will explain in a moment. First, though, a quick PDAP update:
After thumbnailing Chapter Six, I decided to jump into writing Chapt...
2024-11-07 16:45:01 +0000 UTC View Post
While drawing Chapter Five, I had to do a little bit of on-the-fly location and character designing. Nothing crazy, just one character and one small location. Still, I regret leaving the desig...
2024-10-31 16:06:01 +0000 UTC View PostI just finished a complete pass on the thumbnails for Chapter Six! This has been the most difficult chapter yet, and has tested the limits of what I thought was a pretty good process.
This po...
2024-10-25 16:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I drew the last page for Chapter Five on October 12th! Which means if I started mid-August, it took two months to pencil roughly 60 pages. I think that's good! That's, like, pre-Kiddo speed. I'm ha...
2024-10-17 16:22:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, I accidentally drew a boring panel. Sorry. But look, look, we can fix it together!
[ I have four pages remaining to pencil in Chapter Five — I will share some excerpts soon, ...
2024-10-10 23:36:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, I joke around a lot about "spoilers, tee hee," but let's get serious. This week, if you really want to go into Chapter Five blind, let us just tip our hats to each other and kee...
2024-10-03 21:10:13 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I have pencils and — if you look carefully — spoilers for you, so consider yourself warned. Though every time I write out a "spoiler warning" I feel like a doofus, because 1) no o...
2024-09-26 18:41:17 +0000 UTC View Post
It's International Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day! To participate, all you need to do is speak as ...
2024-09-19 17:49:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Huh. It sure is September, isn't it.
This week: a few select panels from my progress on Chapter Five pencilling, and then two recommendations: a very piratey one ("International Talk Like a P...
2024-09-12 17:44:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis week! Why, it's only more of Chapter Four. Plus, click through for a look at some recent book purchases and a tangential slide into the tricks and traps of using coffee-table decorati...
2024-09-05 21:46:50 +0000 UTC View Post
HELLO ALL! Just as a quick reminder, the first half of Chapter Four is up publicly right here, right after the ...
2024-08-29 16:07:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Come for the hot fresh comics, stay for a personal coda to the Olympic Games!
Happy August, Dear Reader. If your summer has been lacking in a little Mediterranean Pirate Adventure, I'm happy ...
2024-08-22 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the third (a...
Here is the secon...
I'm back with my time machine! Jump in and we'll travel back six-or-so years to the release of DELILAH DIR...
2024-08-01 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter Four is all done! If you’ve been reading along as I’ve been posting, I hope you’ve enjoye...
2024-07-25 16:22:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week, Alexandra and her father rode out of Archipoli.
This week, Chapter Four concludes with Alexandra agonizing between her two awful available options: ride for help by abandoning her ...
2024-07-18 16:12:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week, Sir Edward is confident that the only way to help the town is to go ride for help from the only other town on the island, Barathron. Of course, that effectively means abandoning Alexandr...
2024-07-11 16:33:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week: Alexandra and her father surprised Pii-Pii and his father (and brothers) at their home.
Now, Sir Edward answers some of his daughter's questions and proposes a… bol...
2024-07-04 16:51:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week, the actual pirates bathed Archipoli in a mysterious, thick, supernatural fog.
This week, Alexandra's familiarity with the town comes in handy as Sir Edward trusts her to guide him ...
2024-06-27 17:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week, Alexandra came so, so close to getting what she wanted: an opportunity to apologize to her mother. Instead, her father dragged her down the treacherous slope below the walls.
This ...
2024-06-20 16:33:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week, I made good on a promise about Captain Lear from Chapter One, Nikos took a pointed stand against Vignelli, Edward (Alexandra's dad) made a desperate choice to escape the flames at the ga...
2024-06-13 17:13:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week, Alexandra found herself powerless before the pirate horde. Vignelli fired at the pirates with muskets. The Flagbearer shielded the wounded Captain Lear and was, himself, wounded by a "lu...
2024-06-06 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patron Readers!
Here are the Patron Acknowledgements that I'll be posting alongside the public version of Chapter Four. Please take a minute, find yourself (or what might be you...
2024-06-05 23:31:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week, Alexandra rushed to her father's aid, putting herself in great danger. Can she fend off a pirate horde by herself, armed solely with a single burning torch? Well…
This week thing...
2024-05-30 18:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post
First of all: a big update this week. I've been looking forward to these pages for a while, building up to them from the very first days, and I'm excited and relieved to finally be sharing them wit...
2024-05-23 17:26:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Practical Defence Against Piracy 2024-05-16 18:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week, a band of terrifying strangers, armed with cruel implements and a wild jungle cat, planted a pirate flag in the middle of Archipoli's bridge. Scared, Vignelli shut the gates to the Venet...
2024-05-16 16:22:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter Four continues, as everyone both within and without swarms toward the New Gate of Archipoli. Those within wish to see the approaching threat for themselves. Those without seek the safety of...
2024-05-09 17:21:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Four brand-new colour pages from PRACTICAL DEFENCE AGAINST PIRACY!
In which we meet what I guess we'll call "Chekhov's Leopard." The anchor around its master's body provides the leverage requ...
2024-05-03 17:02:22 +0000 UTC View Post