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So here we are at 433. My college move-in date is September 18th and classes start on the 24th (Which reminds me of the fact that I need to register for classes sometime in the immediate future. Yeesh).
I had this great idea to draw a full quarter of a year’s worth of comics before I left such that I wouldn’t have to draw any updates for my first college quarter yet still be able to have a consistent stream of comics. Initially that was to be 52/4 = 13 comics: 433 – 446 (inclusive). A bit later I realized that if all my updates through the 24th (exclusive) were comics as well it would add another three comics. I’d have to go from 433 to 450 (inclusive). Then I realized that my actual school quarter will be less than 13 days. And indeed it will be. It’ll be 12. So to my full quarter’s worth of comics I’ll actually have to go from 433 to 449 (inclusive).
I’m working on 442.
In the past five days I’ve drawn eight comic pages; historically (in the sense that NWars is only 3 years old) this is a blazing fast rate of 1.8 comic pages per day for five days. That was kicked off by a three comic page in a day burst on the first day. Today I will most probably finish 442, bringing the average to 1.5 comic pages per day for 6 days. Now if this doesn’t seem very fast just take note that on 06/08/29 we were at 406. (433 – 406)/365 is a “historic” rate of 0.07 comic pages per day over the course of a year.
In elementary school I managed 0.11 comic pages per day over the course of five years, though that information is really quite irrelevant to anything NWars related.
Anyways, with part four comic to an end around 450 (I’m guessing) some of my earlier NWars sketches and drawings are fast becoming things that could have actually occurred in the story rather than some random this and that. Others will start becoming relevant in the coming parts of the story, specifically stuff like the image currently set as the banner. I don’t think I ever intended for that to happen maybe the illustrations have been subconsciously guiding my writing of the story or something queer like that. I must say though, the characters have come a long way from those initial sketches; I’m relatively impressed.
As it stands the entire directorate arc should run through at least a part 7 or 8. At one comic a week for 52 weeks a year, this is going to be more than a year and a half from the end of part 4. Can’t believed I make that sort of an estimation? Neither can I…
Alright, until next time.
EDIT: While planning ahead for the story, I jotted down a quick summary of the entire directorate storyline through 432. If anyone is interested in such a summary, it can be found here. This link has been added to my little signature type thing for future reference. It will be updated from time to time. I think.
