I really wanted to do another round of character AMAs after this chapter, but unfortunately they take time, and this summer has been kicking my ass between moving, personal life shakeups, and conventions. I'm very excited with our new rental place though. We are now living in a duplex with a big sunny yard that has been terribly neglected, which is PERFECT for me, who desperately missed gardening and landscaping (my previous line of work) and was getting annoyed about having to drive to get to my community garden patch.
You can still submit AMA questions for consideration here, but I will most likely not be drawing any until the end of the next chapter.
Transcript
Two week hiatus! I am moving! Comic returns August 2nd, 2025!
Image: An anthropomorphic darwinopterus and blue tongued skink balance boxes on their heads and walk from an apartment building to a house. The darwinopterus is labeled "me" and the skink is labelled "my beloved roommate Hye."
36 thoughts on “2 Week Hiatus!”
Hubert
May your yard yield too much zucchini.
KishiKai
So exciting about all that sunny open space!! Have fun designing your garden! ๐
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Runaway To The Other Apartment
23 Vast Eyes
Good luck and enjoy the dirt!
NTLS
Good luck on moving!!! take as much time as you need
arf
Just realised that your estimate suggests you’ll be back at around the two year anniversary mark for this comic.
(A fact presented as an opportunity for additional celebration rather than stress!)
Jack
congrats on the new place!!!
ryttyr
I had no idea you were a pterosaur
Emily
I just finished archive-bingeing this comic, and I love it! The characters are so distinctive and engaging, both in their individual personalities and in the way they interact with each other. I love how real and lived-in the setting feels (and HOLY COW, the level of detail in your art!). The amount of thought you’ve put into the worldbuilding is mind-blowing – not just the biology and culture of all the different types of sophonts, but the little details of how those would factor into daily life. The line in your About the Author blurb about “interesting characters who live ordinary lives within extraordinary settings” is a concept that really appeals to me as well (and, in fact, is part of the inspiration for the fantasy webcomic I’m currently planning!). I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the comic, and I’ll definitely buy it in book form once it comes out. Good luck with your move!
Eux
hope yall have a good move! this doodle is so cute
Guardian_Spirit
I’m definitely excited to keep reading one you come back! But truly, hope everything goes smoothly!
Thisfox
A bluetongue lizard! Love the Aussie representation in a pretty and friendly skinksona!
I hope the move goes well and it is lovely that you share a room with someone who looks that lovely!
Stray Cat
Best of luck with the move and the new place! (And may your new garden not be plagued with endless zucchinis)
Origamigryphon
Oh my gosh they were roommates
SheTheTDE
I didn’t know this comic was written by a pterosaur. It’s impressive that your wings have this much dexterity. ๐
Ruby
Kunpengopterus evolved opposable thumbs for the purpose of holding their digital pens.
Stray Cat
The only reason to evolve opposable thumbs, clearly.
(conveniently ignoring all the other reasons)
SheTheTDE
what other reasons?
JoB
> what other reasons?
ยท
The ability to MAKE digital pens? ๐
(… that don’t look like the maker’s been using their comparatively dexterous feet …)
Carmenifold
fuck moving!! that shit sucks!!! hope it goes smoothly!!!!
The Opossum Witch
aww i didn’t realize Hye was a blue-tongued skink how cute!!!
forest @ swifty's hq!
best of luck with the move! hope it’s a smooth transition and that you can settle in proper :3
Imp!
Good luck on your move, Jay! We’ll be impatiently waiting for the story to continue!!
petra
hye has come back……… return of the king
Vinemaple
Oh my word, OP. Your YEAR.
Squiggles
Congratulations on the new place! I hope the move goes easily.
foca
good luck on the move jay and hye!
Rose
congratulations on the new place! best of luck with the move!
Apollo235
https://www.tumblr.com/jayrockin/772340947269943296
Will you retrieve your daughter?
Common Handle
Good luck with the move! We’ll patiently await the comic’s return ๐ซก๐ซก
Teod
The illustration is so adorable!
Adrienne
Having just moved myself, a mere 11.5 miles away, it’s honestly impressive that you’re only taking a TWO WEEK hiatus! My move went well so you can have the rest of my moving luck, here you go ๐ซด๐
Enai
Hooray for apartments with gardens! Please post pics of your gardening successes ( <- has no garden and wants to vicariously enjoy other people's).
Raydfil
WOAHH CONGRATS!!! Enjoy the break!!
Oleander
oh no guess i’ll just have to reread the comic start to finish for two weeks <3
Sy
Good for you!!
also that pterosona slaps