hi. that sucked. i've been bitching about it the whole time on my tumblr, but effexor withdrawal is over. i'm going off the wellbutrin next (that one i've been on for 10 years) and so far it's been way, WAY smoother than the effexor. its annoying and bad in a different, more vague, and less debilitating way. fucking whatever. i'm a little emotionally weird, however, as a result of going off all of my anti-depressants/anxiety managers. but the side effects now outweigh the usefulness of the meds, which is good. i think.

i didnt get nearly as much done as i wanted. but at least i'm starting to recognize that i'm coming out of a long fog. here's some stuff i was working on:

• my author notes are getting more and more detailed on patreon getting into granular discussion of why the choices i made were made during the creation process. maybe that's interesting to some people. i've started using paintings for bob's face in upcoming pages so the patreon uploads source the original paintings (all from the national gallery of art so far, but their search system fucking sucks so that will probably change). i post about the inspirations for individual elements and also complain about how bad i feel or whatever (less of this now). if any of that sounds interesting to you, consider donating at least a dollar a month on patreon; when i upload a new page it can arrive in your inbox complete with my notes. i think. or at least it will have a link to the patreon post where the notes are.
• speaking of emails, i sent out a new newsletter post yesterday with youtube recommendations and comic recommendations (as well as a longer ramble about my artistic frustrations). you can sign up for the next one and read the old ones here.
• if you like my dumb dark souls lore posts, i have a very long one about velka, goddess of sin, a source of endless frustration for souls nerds.
• additionally, i released a 44 page .pdf about bloodborne runes. its exhaustive. its a lot of words. i hope it brings you lots of entertainment
  

thank you again, forever, for the continued support. it is overwhelming to sit and consider. i hope you enjoy where the story is going (in a direction, i assure you). i would like to do some work on the patreon soon and revamp it to be more realistic with what i can achieve and a healthy way of using it without killing myself.

i am now going to go to bed. did you know i get up at like 8 or 9 am now. wild stuff. thanks for listening. enjoy...various things.