Updates! Comic Rebranding! (Patreon)

Okay! I know this has been a rather quiet month so far. Some good reasons for that. Here's a rundown on what's been happening and what to expect:

Kaylii and I took in a friend for a few months while they were preparing to move. It's been time-consuming and stressful, but thankfully they are leaving tomorrow, so things should be far less distracting.

We found out a close relative is terminally ill, and we don't know how long they have. It's a rough situation, and a sad one, and we've been reeling from that this week as well.

I've been spending the past few weeks working on Candy Walls. What's going to happen is that Kaylii is assisting me with the inking, so we are going back to the first four pages and getting those re-worked so they match the style for the rest of the project. The next four pages are ready to be inked, so most likely there will be 8 comic pages uploaded this month, but it will be a back-heavy upload sort of month.

I've substantially reworked CW, sketched out and scripted the first 32 pages which comprises the first chapter (of four or five). This has not been easy, as I have toiled (and I mean TOILED) over the story, trying to determine if I wanted it to have a steady flow of sex scenes or focus more on character development. While every chapter will have nudity and/or sex, I've made the tough decision to excise two major, chapter-long sex scenes from my original draft. The main reason is because it felt like they were forced (having sex because it's expected, not due to furthering the story or developing the characters). I really liked these scenes but they just felt like an obstacle. The good news is that they will be salvaged into mini side-comics or portfolios in the future.

This has also caused me to rename the comic, as Candy Walls was the name of a gloryhole in the comic. Ironically CW was going to be a portfolio that developed into this comic, and now the namesake has been excised from the story XD

I'm not 100% sure on the new title, but my top candidate so far is 'Thieves Like Us'. This works on several levels, including actual thievery being a starting point for the story, and a metaphorical comment on character and institutional philosophies. It also ties into the titles I have for future Olivia stories, which are darker sounding and are often inspired from 80s songs and obscure movies ;p

So, next week we should start seeing updates on the comic, starting with the first four pages reworked and then the next four coming after that. I haven't had much time to work on pinups so far this month, but I'll see what I can do, or at least show some behind-the-scenes content of the comic.

TL;DR: Life stuff and comic planning has kept me busy. Updates coming soon, likely 8 comic pages. Comic renamed 'Thieves Like Us', will have less smut but more character development.

Thanks for your patience! I hope you'll enjoy this comic. I'm excited to really get into something that's character-focused. There'll still be smut in it, but I want let you get to know my characters better, so this will be the start of that :3