It's true. Although, I technically never left. I am here daily. Usually several times. But yeesh! When was the last time I submitted art? All too infrequently.

So here's what's been going on: I've been making an updating blitz on Starship of late, trying to return the series to the point where I left off. I had been becoming increasingly more dissatisfied with the way the overall series looked, and frankly, I disagreed with some of the decisions my hired artist made. They weren't BAD decisions, I just didn't agree with them. This is no reflection on her as an artist, but ultimately, I felt we were telling two different stories. But the only way to fix EVERYTHING, including my terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE early art and inconsistent pacing on the story, I started again.

So that's what I've been doing. Starship Moonhawk is a somewhat R-rated comic. there's no porn, but there's sex, violence, personal tragedy and real ADULT relationships. Not the teenage fantasies we read about in the comics, but... Spider Man and Mary Jane before Joe Quesadilla took over at Marvel and decided that the single, schmuck Spider Man was the way to go. (by the way, I know his name is "Quesada" and not "Quesadilla". My malapropism is a reflection of what I think of his editorial decisions: lacking substance and filled with cheese.) Luckily, I have no "gatekeeper" but myself, and here and now, I do apologize to the fans of my work for constantly bringing us back to square one. I promise, categorically, that this is the LAST time. And it's going to be killer.

In some "final" news, Act I ended on June 30, so we are diving head-first into Act II. I should warn you folks: if you are expecting the same Act II with better art, you may want to tune in Monday through Friday of each week and see how wrong you would be. Act II has received a top-to-bottom re-write, as has Act III. A lot of new stuff is going down in th series, and I assure you that you won't want to miss it. All this month, I will be systemically adding completed pages at least a week behind the actual updates, so if you want to stay on top of it, I'd suggest bookmarking the main Starship Moonhawk page. [link]

Also, I may open commissions again. Drop by my forums for details.

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~Mac