Even though this was a three-day weekend, I have effectively run out of time to post a new comic page before I go to Michigan on Tuesday. While being late does cause me pain, I think it's a great opportunity for increasing suspense! If you don't all lose interest first...

However, take comfort in the fact that I have already written out the next five pages, and should be able to post several of them in quick succession when I return on Sunday. Maybe I'll learn to spell before posting them too! I also have plans of illustrating an official cover in the near future.

In the meantime I will be meeting lots of my wife's old friends (and a couple of exes) in a rusty Midwest city, and while they are all busy with wedding preparations I hope to borrow a bike and retreat for some solitary adventures on the 'streets' of Iggy Pop's hometown.

I am reading a bunch of H. P. Lovecraft right now, and thoroughly enjoying it. I will most likely have a lot to say about the problems I see with his stories and the despair I am already sensing that pervades his philosophies; but I will wait to voice my opinions until I have gotten a little further into the big collection of his stories I have on my desk.

I willingly admit I have a great love of Gothic horror, ghost stories, and weird tales, but I have to also admit that I usually end up feeling strangely dejected and empty if I read too much at a time of that sort of thing. It makes me wonder where exactly the unsettled feeling comes from, since I seem to find such pleasure in reading them. I suspect that it may have more to do with the Atheism and Nihilist despair that most writers of stories like these profess in their own lives, and less to do with the stories themselves...but I don't know.

I always shy from anything dealing with the Demonic, as I don't like to pursue anything that risks an unhealthy fascination with real Evil. A few fun scares from ghosts, aliens, monsters and creatures of all sorts in the tamer varieties of horror however, I find very enjoyable and entertaining. Still, it makes me wonder if there can really be such a thing as a 'good' or 'fun' horror story written by a Faithful Christian for right reasons? If it's possible, I wonder how a person would go about it... ?

Junket. page 4

Well now that I have introduced the story and had a chance to better figure out how I want to do the artwork, I think in the future I will drop the 'Junket' title except at the beginning of chapters. Also, in classic comic fashion, I plan on only coloring the first frame of every page---though I may change my mind about this after I see how it looks. I think I will keep the background grey from now on as well for better overall consistency.

I am always interested in comments and critiques! Thanks for reading...

I'm off to see if I can't build myself a wheel truing stand. Maybe a shelf too.

Junket. page 3

Garage sale find!

Old typewriters have such charm...they are a blast to use too; this one works perfectly.