…of old memories…thought I was going to say alcohol, didn’t cha?

But first things First. Tom’s escalating, isn’t he? The poor boys nuttier than a fruit cake…wow…I’m too sleep to think of a good analogy. Bah.

But things are starting to move quickly…Tom’s beginning to delve deeper into the otherworldly aspects of the comic, slowly he’s heading towards the slippery slope that will lead ultimately to a dramatic change in his actions and mental state…yeah, mull that over.

And yes, I got the ‘words coming from his mouth, but he’s not speaking’ bubbles from Bone, by Jeff Smith which may be my all time favorite comic. Ever. Seriously.

EVER.

Anyhow, like I said in the notice box I’m updating the WordPress (which runs my updates and other stuff) tomorrow, rather than over the weekend. I spent the last three days (from 7:00am to 9:00pm) heaving the heaviest @#$%ing crap I could imagine. How one man could accumulate so much crap is beyond me…

Oh, wait, he’s got seven other @#$%ing people leaving there and accumulating crap as well.

@#$%.

But aside from pulling a muscle in my back, nearly breaking my knee (dropped a REFRIDGERATOR on the @#$%ing thing) and a freakish amount of calluses, bruises and @#$% knows what else it was a good three days.

But it was weird, I’ve moved a few times since I was little, I’m by no means a stationary human being (moved three times in the last four years) but leaving that house made me a little sad. There was so much that happened there (not the least of which was the birth of The PKF…well…The PKF you know) so leaving was odd. I wandered around a little and saw all the things I did there while I was growing up, it was just weird knowing that that was likely the last time I was going to be in there.

So I thought I’d just say that I was all sore hearted this weekend, as well as simply sore. Which was fun.

Moral: If there are down times this Tuesday sorry…it’ll be up soon…

Sleep now.

Sore.

‘nighty night.

-Peace

EDIT (6:30pm): Upgrade is done…that was quick and painless, eh? Let me know if there’s anything wrong…I doubt it, but you never know./EDIT

We’re ringing in the new year with a boom here at the PKF, arn’t we?

Remember, this weekend I’ll be updating the site to the new WordPress…so if I’m down, don’t worry, we’ll be back shortly.

Haha, I’m actually really, really happy with this whole comic. You get a chance to see the Director being something other than a whiny little pain in everyone’s ass. Which is nice.

It’s funny, when I first created the Director I actually intended to have him be a relatively nice guy…but he was much more fun to make him an asshole…now he’s starting to peter out a little more. He’s a complicated character to write for. At first he was just a dick with no reason other than he hated Tom and the other agents…but I’ve slowly realized he’s got a very good reason for hating Tom the way he does…so I’ve managed to humanize the ornery old bastard in my mind…

But he’s still angry and easily riled…

It’ll be interesting if I can bring him back from the brink of ‘He’s just an EVIL, EVIL little man’ that I managed to make him into at the end of Book One. It’s a tricky line I have to walk…he’s fiercely loyal to his men and would do anything for them, but he would never endanger the ZPF…he’s in a position of great power and responsibility which has left him with very little in the way of friends or other humanizing aspects of life…

His job’s taken two wives and a daughter…he’s…well…he’s obsessed with making the ZPF all he can make it before he has to retire…it’s quite literally his legacy at this point.

But I don’t want to ramble too much…especially since this chapter reveals a bit more about the man behind the old wooden desk…

Just remember, Eugene respects the Director a great deal…he’s been good to Eugene…but Eugene also knows the Director will do what’s best for the ZPF before he’ll do what’s best for the individuals in the organization (illustrated by his unwillingness to save Adjana at the end of Book One)…So Eugene is both willing and unwilling to go out of his way to help the Director…it’s complicated.

Have I ever told you I sometimes question my sanity for deciding to make The PKF my first foray into the world of Comickery? Because damn…It’s a bitch to keep my head above water sometimes…

And what the HELL is up with his jowls?! Seriously? Why did I stick those on him? Haha…but damned if they don’t look right.

Anyhow…Remember, for the foreseeable future Hunter ALSO updates on Fridays. He swears up a storm, so NSFW.

Good Night and once again, Happy 2009…it’s a trip I’ve made it this far, eh?

-Peace

Rarely do I Say how much of a pain in the ass it was to come up with a good title page for this one. Seriously, this was a true twinge in the rear end.

Don’t worry Eugene, Ami and the ZPF are only here to get this thing started. Soon we’ll move over to our regular heroes…it’s been a while since we’ve seen the others, hasn’t it? Ah well, big things are planned for this one.

I’m actually happy to have the ZPF back into the comic in a slightly large scale…it’s been lonely without them around to liven things up. Heh…Eugene’s getting back into the swing of things too, I always kind of imagined him as a totally smarmy bastard. He’s hitting on Ami and making misogynistic comments like he should be, which is nice.

And damn, Ami can @#$% up some people, right?

Yes, you may recognize the monsters invading the ZPF building, they come to us from the good old days, Chapter Five, specifically. But, true to my word, you don’t need to know much about them other than they’re vicious and plentiful.

Also, I should say that Cluster@#$% comes from ‘Burn after Reading’ (also ‘The Daily Show’) and I’ve been itching to use it in some kind of context. Heh, sorry, normally I resist that kind of urge but it just fit too well.

If you’re looking for the filler you don’t have to go far;

Hana can be found in my DA gallery.

And the rest of the agents can be found in their respective cast pages. So give them a look if you’re trying to find them. I don’t like having filler sitting around in my archives…seems dirty somehow.

FINALLY, the comic will return to Three-a-Week for as long as I can maintain it. Hopefully for a month or so, at least though the first few weeks of school. It’ll be nice to get this one to a good spot in short order…Two-a-Week is a wee bit too slow for me.

Ah well, Enjoy.

-Peace