Collar6 #1185 (Patreon)

Firstly, the 'thank you patrons' isn't on the bottom of the strip because it looked kinda wrong to have Rhodonite laid out covered in blood like that with a big THANK YOU below it. I didn't think anyone would appreciate that, so I left it blank this time. Sorry if I made the wrong call there.

NOWTHEN. BOY WAS MY RETURN TO A 3-UPDATES-A-WEEK-THING A BUST. Couldn't even get two updates in before I dropped the ball. So here's the reality: I can't make these things as fast as I used to. I'm 43, my mental health is garbage, I have a S/O who is struggling with health issues and it just seems like something always needs my attention. And when that's not the issue I'm struggling to pull myself together to draw well enough to be presentable. I'm a mess. My life is a mess. And I can't be the factory I used to be. No matter how much coffee I've put into myself (and believe me, I go through a lot of coffee).

I thought trying to do these 2-panel strips three times a week would make it manageable, but nope. Ten years ago I could churn out a strip in 24 hours flat. Today two days straight and I still can't produce a finished product. I'd never make it in a professional industry and it's only out of the compassion and sympathy of y'all that I'm still stumbling along with this. I've said I'm sorry so many times it's likely lost meaning to anyone but I have to say it again. I'm sorry. I wish I could work faster. I wish I were more efficient, I wish my methods of production were viable and not antiquated. But I'm shit at my job. No real excuse for that.

Next update will come early next week. It'll be 3-4 panels and I won't be trying this Mon/Wed/Fri thing anymore. I'm going to aim for 2 updates a week consisting of 3-4 panel strips (rather than three 2-panel strips) and hope it works out. I'm sorry again everyone. Thank you all for continuing to support me despite my constant failings. I'm doing my best, even if it sucks.

See y'all in a few days.