Comic for Thursday April 6th, 2006

"Where fears and lies melt away" Wednesday - April 5th, 2006

First and foremost I want to thank every single one of you who either sent me an e-mail or left a message on the NS forum. I'm truly ttouched that you took the time to try and let me know that you support me or how much NS means to you. I never expected to get such kind words. You guys are awesome and I will do everything in me to get back to doing the comic.

For those not in the know I want to clarify that I am NOT stopping the comic forever. I am also not stopping because I am burnt out or feel my creative juices dry up doing this comic. I love doing it. I love the story. I love the characters. We're just past the mid point of the story so I have about another 3 or 4 years left of doing this comic before it ends.

The reason why I am stopping is private and I hope you can understand. What I can tell you is that it has nothing to do with the comic itself and more with the situation my life is in. The best way I can describe it is that I am in emotional limbo. When something happens in your life that you never saw coming or you just couldn't have imagined ever happening... well it's a tough thing for your mind to grasp. I reiterate that it could have been far, far worse and the way she and I are handling things is keeping me from truly losing my mind and succumbing to total pain. It's like living life with a bit of a muted tone to it. I'm not unhappy or miserable, but I am unfeeling. A bit like how Yuki has been acting in this chapter before Izumi woke him up. How weird that I made this comic to somewhat echo my past experiences, but in turn it actually predicted my future life as well...

Anyway... here's another sketch from the vaults of my NS files. I probably drew it sometime around Chapter 2. It's the two musicians of NS, Salem St George and Julienne Berlioz. Both people who the characters are based on are incredible musicians who have made some incredible music. I listen to Hyjinx and JB's music often and should anyone ever want a sample of either they simply need to e-mail me and I would be happy to oblige.

So that's that. I still don't know what I am doing, but all of your words of support really do mean something to me and I'll thank you all again. I'll be back on Monday with more sketches most likely. I hope you all live life to the best that you can. It's honestly true that you never know what might happen tomorrow so enjoy who you are with and do not let work or anything else take that time away from you.

Live life my friends.

River is.