Work on Fajita #12 is underway, and it’s looking to be possibly the biggest, most insane entry the comic has ever seen, and that’s saying something. It’s proving to be quite a task as well, but frankly I’m just plain excited to have arrived at this point in the story. My only real concern is delivering it the best way I possibly can. I owe Fajita a lot after all. I learned everything practical I know about comics from working on it these (nearly) 4 years.

Number 12 is going to be the payoff to things that have been building up since the beginning of Act 01. For the next couple of weeks, I’m going to be running teasers for it as Comic pages. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I’ll add a new word with every update. Words that, when read together, form the tagline of this upcoming chapter. Naturally, I’ll leave these to you all to decipher. That is, until the big reveal.

Also, I highly recommend taking some time to re-read the comic while waiting for the new chapter to drop. You can check out the updated Cast and Storyline page to see the current characters in focus, an introduction to the latest chapter, as well as a list of all the other chapters from the story (with their own introductions).

As always, thanks for keeping up with the comic, and thanks for all your patience while awaiting this new entry. It’s gonna be crazy.

Some of you might remember that a while ago my doctor took a look at some issues I was having with my work-hand. The result was me having to take some time off to see if things would get better. Well, my troubles have come back, only worse this time. It looks like I might actually have Carpal Tunnel now, and I’m going to spend the next couple of weeks looking into what I can about it. This mess could really ruin things if it gets any worse.

That being said, I’m going to have to put Fajita on an indefinite hiatus.

Even once the issues with my work-hand have cleared up, I’m going to have to rethink the way I’ve been drawing and putting comics together, as well as how I’ve been handling my work so that this won’t happen again. As much as I’d hate to leave the comic hanging right here, I would rather be safe about it and pause for as long as I need to, than be forced to quit because my hand is ruined for life.

As I said, I’m hoping to come back to the comic, but it may be a while before I do. Thanks for your patience, all of you. Thanks for reading too. Your excitement and goodwill have done so much to motivate me and my working on this here comic, I don’t know what I’d do without you. Many, many thanks again.

P.S.: During my downtime, I’m not exactly planning to do much else on the internet, but if you want the very latest from me, I recommend checking out my Twitter and my Site on Tumblr.

Hello childrens! Following a few days of recovery (more or less), I have returned from this year’s most sexy Katsucon with a head full of dreams and a hand full of parody t-shirts. Yes indeed, I am ready for what lies ahead (but more about that later). For now, I wanna extend my most heartfelt thanks to all the fans who came out to support Darkstar and their beloved comics. I think I can happily say I broke my personal record for the amount of actual Fajita fans I’ve been approached by at a single convention. You’re all so good-looking, too. It was a joy to meet and speak with you all, and I’m really humbled to know that I’ve been able to create something that people really do find enjoyment in. Thanks all of you. I love you so much!

To wrap this wrap, I wanna dish out my additional, personal thanks to the people whose names I remember for this most excellent time; Elizabeth, Garth Graham, Saber, Kyrin, Kris, Mookie, Alyssa, Max, Obsidian, T. Campbell, Dern, Sara Martinez, Jamie Noguchi, Kevin Bolk, Harknell, Onezumi, Erin, and Phil Kahn.

Stay safe, all of you. And I’ll catch you next time!