Has everyone been reading Homestuck? I hope for your sakes that the answer is a resounding “yes”! The comic recently finished its first year, and it’s been one hell of a ride. I’ve been picking up the soundtrack albums cobbled together from tunes featured in the frequent cutscenes, and suggest maybe you do likewise. Considering my update schedule, I do hope you’re finding ways to occupy your time between Zelda Comic updates.

Old and obscure references are the best.

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Nine months seems like a long enough break. Wouldn’t you agree?

Hey, the comic turned eight this month! That’s… something… right?!

*runs back into the shadows*

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Next comic coming very soon!

Step 1: Fix site CSS ✓
Step 2: Script a few comics for buffer ✓
Step 3: Redesign Navi sprite ✓
Step 4: MAKE A FRIGGIN’ COMIC ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓

I mentioned this on the forum earlier, but now that everyone’s seen it in the comic above I can safely state: hey look, Navi’s all different! I always wanted an Ocarina of Time-style sprite to match her original game appearance, and the Zelda II fairy’s kinda ugly. Plus I had the opportunity to improve her glowiness, and anyone that’s read my comic for more than three seconds probably knows I’m a big fan of the glowiness. Here’s an animated GIF showing her off!

But most importantly of all: no more Diminutive Mega-Man #2 on top of the page! Oh yeah, and the whole making comics again thing.

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In the act of pruning comments, I see a lot of people asking me to update. I truly do appreciate your patience as I sort through life and get my act together. And of course there are all the IMpatient people, and to them I can only say: I’m sorry? Your bugging me won’t make me get to work any faster, but I certainly do sympathize with your plight. I’ve had to endure non-updating comics myself, and it’s no fun. All I can do this point is assure you that updates are forthcoming. I won’t leave the comic as it stands. Diminutive Mega-Man #2 will not forever adorn the top of the page.

That’s a promise.

Comics are on the way, by the way. YES REALLY. Stop bugging me, “crazy diamond”.

I finally bit the bullet the other day and bought Zelda II for Virtual Console! True, I already owned it for NES, GameCube (via Zelda Collector’s Edition) and a Japanese Famicom Mini cartridge for Game Boy Advance, but the allure of convenience of play on the console that gets powered on the most was ultimately too much to pass up.

Plus, I was able to sort-of pass it off as research for the comic. I couldn’t remember which town was which, and decided I’d have more fun playing through the first few palaces of the game than looking up the information on GameFAQs for ten seconds. I was right! In the end my initial recollection of town names was actually correct, but hey, nothing wrong with a little first-hand confirmation.

Hey Nintendo! Allow us to play Virtual Console and WiiWare games on SD cards already! I need to pick up the other episodes of Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People post-haste.

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What’s that I hear you saying? “A ‘Phase One’ implies a ‘Phase Two’?” Well aren’t we the perceptive ones?

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