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Stubble Trouble's not dead, it's just taking a nap.
I've been really busy with work, "me time," Old Republic, a bit of a funk, and trying to write my novel. I know it's been a while between strips and I'm sorry for the lack of updates. Rest assured, I'm still doing the comic, it's just been going slower as of late. New strips will come out soon; after all, it's almost the sixth anniversary of when I first started the comic.
I've been really busy with work, "me time," Old Republic, a bit of a funk, and trying to write my novel. I know it's been a while between strips and I'm sorry for the lack of updates. Rest assured, I'm still doing the comic, it's just been going slower as of late. New strips will come out soon; after all, it's almost the sixth anniversary of when I first started the comic.
February 2024 status update
At long last, after seven years of meandering about with very little to show for it, the manuscript for Power Penguin book 2, "The Battle for Quotherox," has finally been completed. The story has been written in full and all of the necessary scenes have been placed and typed out. The manuscript is now 99% completed. The next step will be endless rounds of proofreading and editing. I've surprised myself. I set out around New Year's to try and complete my long overdue sequel novel. In almost two months I've gone from around 50,000 words and many incomplete sequences to the fully-fleshed out story at over 90,000 words. It has been a marathon of sorts trying to get this beast finished. Now I'm closer to the finish line than any time in the past seven years. To any furry art connoisseurs out there, I will now be looking toward one of the next steps: finding an artist to commission the cover artwork. If any of you have any suggestions, that would be appreciated. I'd prefer someone who has a
January 2024 status update
I'm pretty sure by now you've noticed that The Humanthro Condition has not been updated in a while. Well, the fact is it is currently undergoing a prolonged, apathy-induced hiatus. It is not cancelled, just on pause for the time being. However, in the meantime, I have, inexplicably, been recently galvanized into trying to finish my long awaited Power Penguin sequel novel, "The Battle for Quotherox." For whatever diddly-dang reason, I have finally been able to write again! So, for the time being, I'll be working like a Muppet on Pervitin trying to finish up the manuscript with what little available time I can scrounge. This is my current obsession. My apologies to my loyal comic followers. The Humanthro Condition will return someday, but for now my focus has been turned to getting this gosh darn book finished so I can move on with my life! Wish me luck!
Severe Apathy
For the past few weeks I've been experiencing a new form of depression that resembles nothing less than severe apathy. The "I don't give a damn" attitude about life in general. In many ways it borders on nihilism and it is shocking to me. This is why I haven't posted any comics or other artwork in the past few weeks. I've both been lacking in inspiration to draw and desire to come up with new storylines for my comics. I simply don't know how to get out of this hole. I can't make any promises. I want to get better, but it's not as simple as flicking off the depression switch. I'll be a hard road ahead, and I don't know when the going will get any easier...
Hiatus and Progress
I've taken a bit of an unscheduled hiatus from comics and artwork recently. Life has been busy for me, especially since I'm going to the gym now frequently. Time there means that I have less time back at home in order to work on art. Add a regular job to that as well as driving time, and my available amount of free time shrinks dramatically. I shall return to making artwork hopefully sometime soon. However, I have not been entirely idle. One very good piece of creative news is that I've gotten back into writing the sequel to The Origin of Power Penguin. Currently I am just over 200 pages and 54,000 words. For whatever reason, that dim creative spark has flared up again and I've made more progress in the last few weeks than in months prior. Fourteen chapters are pretty much complete, and the rest of the story is being mapped out and brainstormed. I'm filling up pages with notes in a special notebook that is invaluably helpful to me. I cannot put a concrete date on a possible release
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Hang in there, Rennon