UPDATE 4/4/22: Just came down with a bad cold. Next comic will land either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday depending on how quickly I can recover. Sorry!

UPDATE 4/6/22: New comic tomorrow (Thursday April 7th)! Still under the weather but getting better. Hoping for comics Tuesday and Thursday next week.

UPDATE 4/7/22: All auctions have wrapped up! Still recovering form that cold but I'll get the art out ASAP! BTW the new eBay system is making it tough for me to match winners from both sets of auctions so you only pay the one shipping rate. If I send an invoice that has a mistake, message me through eBay and I'll fix it.
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  • [] Catch-Up Original Art Auctions Part 2: Immortal King

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    Check out the Auctions here!

    Since I was running auctions pretty regularly up until Covid-Time, I’ve decided to run auctions to cover the ‘blocked out’ time periods. FYI By dropping a lot of old art all at once you can bet a lot will go for cheap and it will cost me time to ship all that art out, but I feel like its only right to give everyone a chance to own parts of Sluggy history that covid blocked.

    So, here’s the deal: two sets of auctions. One for everything missed in the “Anima” story (starting March 25th) and a second auction catching us up with Immortal King (starting March 31st).

    Once both auction sets are done I’ll send out all the art, so if you win multiple pieces of Sluggy Freelance original art, it will be one shipping rate no matter how many you win.

    After that, I will be all caught up, and auctions will only occur once or twice a year, I think. Probably late summer and mid winter.

    Since ebay does not allow external linking, here's the links to where the original art occurred in the comic strip...

    IMMORTAL KING (IK) SET:

    --LOST AND FOUND--
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 01: Homecoming: June 6th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 02: Family meets Trevors: June 30th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 03: Torg's Dream Girl: July 29th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 04: Poking Rats with Sticks: August 27th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 05: New Aylee (Plus Lacey and N'aaaw): September 18th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 06: Turtle-Soup: September 23rd, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 07: Sam & Torg Grab a Bite: October 5th and 7th, 2020
    --BOUND AND UNBOUND--
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 08: Book-Mummy Unleashed: December 18th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 09: Re-Paginating Book-Mummy: December 28th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 10: Chaz Bends, Frog Strikes: January 1st, 2021
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 11: Exit Strategy: January 15th, 2021
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 12: "Too Late," Kiki Alone: January 21st and 25th, 2021
    --QUINTUS LIBERLIGANUS--
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 13: Gwynn Returns Page, Behold the Moon: January 15th and 27th, 2021
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 14: Quint & Allie: February 12th, 2021
    --ALLIGIA LIBERLIGANUS--
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 15: Minotaur Demon: March 3rd, 2021
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 16: Allie & Basphomy: March 11th, 2021
    SIPHANIANA LIBERLIGANUS
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 17: Siphy & Sparrow: March 16th, 2021
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 18: Wodee-Witch: April 5th, 2021
    --DEDICATION--
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 19: Projectile Flowering: June 28th, 2021
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 20: Riff-Wizard & Frog: July 16th, 2021
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 21: Gwynn Returns the Page in The Wall: July 27th, 2021
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 22: Ink Angel Unleashed: August 3rd, 2021
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 23: Gwynn Charges Chaz: August 13th, 2021
    --THE SCRIBE AND THE WIZARD--
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 24: The Forbidden Book: September 30th, 2021
    SLUGGY FREELANCE IK 25: The Scribe VS. the Wizard: October 18th and 20th, 2021


    I'll include "Roomies 2" art in the next 'Official Non-Catch-Up' auctions so now were all caught up!

    Side-Note: You'll notice on ebay that a lil' bit of the Immortal King auction proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders. Since I didn't think of it before the Anima auctions were live, I'm also gonna send a direct donation to Save the Children too.

  • [] Catch-Up Original Art Auctions Part 1: Anima

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    Check out the Auctions here!

    See "Catch-Up Original Art Auctions Part 2" news story above for details.

    Since ebay does not allow external linking, here's the links to where the original art occurred in the comic strip...

    ANIMA SET:

    Anima Revelation
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 01: Revelation: Stealth Bedevilled: August 8th, 2019
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 02: Revelation: Zoë Refuses Proposal: October 2nd, 2019
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 03: Revelation: Marshmallow Based Weapons: November 15th, 2019
    Anima Revolution
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 04: Revolution(Future): Gwynn in the Dryer: December 16th & 18th, 2019
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 05: Revolution(Future): CUPIDINE: January 10th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 06: Revolution(Future): Gwynn Chaz Torg Cupidine: January 22nd, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 07: Revolution(Future): Cupidine Fluxed:  January 23rd & 24th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 08: Revolution(Future): Torg Falls:  January 24th & 27th, 2020
    Anima Culmination
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 09: Culmination: Temple of Troloria: February 26th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 10: Culmination: Torg's Art Studio: February 28th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 11: Culmination: Double Boot: March 4th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 12: Culmination: Bake-off Party:  March 6th & 9th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 13: Culmination: Culmination's End: April 2nd, 2020
    Anima Resolution
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 14: Resolution: The Beach: April 10th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 15: Resolution: Chase & The Way Home:  April 21st & 30th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 16: Resolution: A Soggy Ferret: April 23rd, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 17: Resolution: Riff's Notes: April 28th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 18: Resolution: Zoë's Dragon: May 6th, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 19: Resolution: Torg and Gwynn Freed: May 22nd, 2020
    SLUGGY FREELANCE Anima 20: Resolution: A Wedding to Plan: May 29th, 2020


    More next week.

  • [] Retcon Time!

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    So I missed some parts of continuity in the last strip or three. It happens, especially Immortal King: Roomies & Roomies 2, that covers… all of my 20+ years of archives…, and it gets under my skin when it does. So I have a personal need to do a fair bit of retconning (retroactive continuity) in the last few strips, even though it has no bearing on the main thrust of the story.

    This will effectively be a couple of rows attached to existing strips as well as some alterations. No additional strips. I’ll let you all know when they’re live. My schedule is strangle-tight so to do this I’m going to postpone the original art auctions by two weeks, as well as taking longer to catch up with Pawnz and Bookmarks.

    I’m determined to keep the story moving forward now that we’re finally out of the ‘Farahn & Bug Show’ so my priority is to have no slowdown in new comic output.

    Onward and Sideways!

    UPDATE 3/22/22: Retconning DONE! Adjustments and extra content for comics of February 16th, February 23rd, March 2nd, and March 4th. Not required reading but represents missed connection points between the current story and comics of the past!

  • [] What I did in February

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    What did I do in February? Why I almost got on top of the pile!!!

    AUCTIONS (Updated 3/8): The big "catch-up" original art auction will start March 25th with an Anima Set, followed by an Immortal King set March 31st. Then we should be back to normal auctions, a couple a year.

    PAWNZ POSTCARD AND BOOKMARKS: Worked out things with the printer and now have all needed printed Pawnz and Bookmarks in my possession! I hope to start shipping them out soon, but don't have a date yet. I hope to have new Pawnz and Bookmarks announced by the end of next week!

    IMMORTAL KING:
    "Roomies Part 2" should wrap next week, followed by one more slight detour before we get back to the gang and everything coming together.

    MEGATOME 02 REPRINT: Ready to go!
    It has the same content of the old Megatome 02, but with a matching spine to the other books and has been reformatted to be handled by my book printer Ka-Blam Printing. I hope to contact them soon to see about a turn-around time.

    SLUGGY FREELANCE BOOK 22 (R&D WARS): Mostly laid out!
    All comics and sketch art is in! The real difficulties lie in the bonus story (and sometimes the cover) so its still a while before it can go to press, but overcoming the initial layout is a big win for me.

    All in all, taking February to book-focus (and other things too) has worked out really well. Thanks to you guys for your patience!

    -Pete

  • [] Pete's February 2022 Check In!

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    Hey all! Most of you long time readers have probably noticed two (or more) themes with me.
        1) I'm always falling behind on everything besides the comic (and sometimes the comic itself)...
        2) I always assume a story is going to move faster than it does.
    In both cases I "get there" eventually. So what do these two factors have to do with February 2022?

    1) Behind on things:
    AUCTIONS: The big "catch-up" original art auction I planed for early January has been bumped to mid February. That's easy enough. the second one is harder.
    PAWNZ POSTCARD AND BOOKMARKS: The printer I've used from the beginning for all the printed Pawnz Postcards and bookmarks have failed to complete the big order I placed in November. Uncharacteristically they are pretending it didn't happen. I have hope I can get them to finish the job because they've been aces up until this point. I may need to find a new printer. In any case this situation is costing me time and putting me further behind. Nevertheless but I will mail out every one of these postcards and bookmarks out no matter how many of them stack up. BTW the Pawnz for January is Farahn himself, and February will be the Wizard Yffi. At least I have the art for Farahn ready to show!

    2022-01 pawnz promo

    2) "The Immortal King" story is not moving fast enough for me:
    I've mentioned it before, but I feel like I've been spending too much time with Farahn. I thought it'd be easy to move the 'Roomies Part Two' story quickly by now, focusing on the few intersection points with Gwynn and the gang. The good news (at least for me) is I just need a few strips more. But that's still going to take most of February, because of the February Book-Focus!

    February Book-Focus!
    See the previous news story for details but basically February I'm only going to run one comic a week so I can spend the rest of the time getting the next Sluggy Freelance book under control, and getting the reprint of Megatome 02 ready! Also hopefully the big original art auction I mentioned.

    The Future: Once 'Roomies Part Two' wraps (in February I hope!) I have one more little side flashback story to tell, and then it's on with the gang and the main event. What form that will take I can't even suggest, because this is a big story, maybe the biggest, and I've gotta "check my notes" big-time at every step!

    As always I appreciate you all sticking with me even when I fall behind and/or the narrative slows down. As always I'll do my best! Here's to Book 22 getting back underway!

    -Pete

  • [] End of 2021, Beginning of 2022!

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    Happy Zoe2021: Well this year was definitely better than the last for my household. I am still having a lot of trouble keeping on top of my tasks. I’ve felt like I’ve been getting less work done with more effort. But you know what? I keep trying different things and I’m silly enough to believe I can crack the code and get back to 12 comics a month (not including February, reason listed below) while managing monthly Pawnz and bookmarks and keeping new books coming. Anywho I think I’m heading in the right direction now.

    Early 2022: The Catch-up Auctions! Some time in January I hope to put up some art from the last two years of stories. This should be great for collectors who pick up a thing or two every auction or so. But also I’ll probably be releasing a lot at once, it should be very affordable for everyone who wants to participate.

    Early 2022: February Book-Focus: It really bothered me to not get any books out in 2021. To help rectify this in 2022 I’m going to spend February mostly focused on Book 22 (the Research and Development Wars) and setting up for the re-releasing Megatome 02 Little Evils through IndyPlanet. I’m going to probably only run one comic a week in February to facilitate this. I’ve done this sort of thing in recent years and it works!

    Defenders: The Defenders 20+ members keep this comic going. At 50 cents a strip, that's a maximum of $6 a month (IF I manage 12 strips in a month, I've been averaging 7 to 9 the last few years). Without the support I've gotten the last 4-ish years through Defenders 20+, I do not think this comic would still exist. Plus the ad-free archive-dives probably pay for themselves in joy! Join today for joy! (heh) OK end minor promotion. If you are a defender? Thank you!!! Also there's a new Defender Blog with more insight on Immortal King and the future!

    Immortal King: I know it probably feels like we’ve been spending too much time in the past and not enough with Gwynn and the gang. At least I feel that way. And I loathe writing for Farahn even more than the Bug (he’s a creep). I’m moving through it as fast as I can narratively allow and still show everything that needs showing before we return to the gang and their fight. Hopefully soon!

    Whelp, that's about all I got! I'm happy to having a little time between work to really spend quality time with family. I hope you all get what you need out of this holiday season. Please be kind to each other. It's not hard to do!
    -Pete

    GWYNN AND COMPANY WILL RETURN!
    (And hopefully Kiki will find some food or something.)

    Sad Torg

  • [+] Art Auctions and Time RetCon

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  • [+] Finally Making Headway!

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  • [+] August 2021 things are OK!

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  • [+] Pawnz & Bookmarks 05/21-08/21 Announced!

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  • [+] Story Confusion, Ref Links, and The Recap!

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  • [+] Pawnz and Bookmarks for 2021, January through April!

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  • [+] 2020 Comes to a Close

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  • [+] Catching up on Pawnz at the end of 2020!

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  • [+] BOOK 21 HAS ARRIVED! The "Mailing of Things" is to resume next week!

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  • [+] Comics are BACK

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  • [+] Pawnz & Bookmarks & Opting Out of Receiving Pawnz & Bookmarks!

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  • [+] Stupid Light Switch

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  • [+] The Light Switch!

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