2615 Still Water.

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Firstly, Happy new year to you all. I hope it is productive and safe for each one of you, in spite of the extreme odds against it.
Secondly. Try to get your ducks in a row as soon as possible. I won’t get in to specifics or anything, but I’m sure most of you have at least some sense of the dangerous times we are stepping in to. It’s not like switching year numbers is a real delineation, but I’m just using the event as a door to breach the subject. Prepare for supply chain issues now instead of being caught off guard later. That’s all I’ll say on that matter.

The world economy is increasingly in shambles and I am feeling it through you all. As you are the main support for the comic via Patreon, or subscribestar, I’ve seen a lot of notes about having to cut back support. Since I am a luxury it’s not unexpected. It truly seems like the people in power are trying to ruin the part of the economy I rely on specifically some days, but in reality I doubt it’s actually quite so targeted. Although sometimes I could almost convince myself otherwise. There has always been some level of animosity toward independent creators but it’s becoming more and more blatant over time. Independence will always annoy people who want to consolidate power, or who have already done so. No matter how small the scale is that’s simply the nature of the character of those types of people. Since I exist in in a sort of reputational limbo at my skill and popularity level I feel the hate more than someone who is insulated by a much larger support base. That said, I am infinitely glad of the shield you have provided me. Things could be so much worse than they are if not for you, nonspecific reader. I can still afford my pills, some insurance, and a few things to mitigate the natural state of misery I exist in because of my particular personality and brain chemistry. So, as always, thank you sincerely for being with me on the adventure that is this comic. I hope you enjoy the next real life arc we are all on.

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Happy New Year! I was balancing my meds for an afternoon engagement to be my best self (I’m sure some here understand). That went great. Then I slept from 6pm to 7am. But the ball drop wasn’t very important this year for me–I’d rather have the sleep.

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So many things:

Boyfriend!

Are there photos of Carol at that lake?

My New Year’s resolution is to not refer to these attractive, knowledgeable women doing detective-adjacent research on a long-ignored legal case as “Charlie’s Angels” too often.

Happy New Year!

Noticed that Alex hesitated to call Reggie her boyfriend. Has that not been formally established between the two of them yet or is she just not used to having one as of yet?

There is a moment of hesitation some people feel when giving themselves to another. To admit a bond is to expose a weakness.

I think of it more as her realizing as she’s saying it aloud for the first time that it suddenly became real. She has just experienced the impact of the fact that her life is going into new territory.

I’m sure it takes more time, and that’s why it’s not always there, but I like when you put the two different shades of color into a character’s eyes, like Carol in this one. It’s a nice detail.

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