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Strain42 on Sept. 30, 2010

First of all, I'm sorry the comic is a little late. I was working a little late to get it done on time.

I've got a laundry list of things I'd like to address and talk about on todays comic, so lets go through it one at a time.

1. The Herald's design: While I do think she looks a lot better with her hair down, this is not a re-design. This is only how she looks when she isn't working. When she's working at the Bank or reporting to the Council, she'll have her hair up.

2. The Herald's design (cont.): Her hair down like this (as well as a pretty big part of the character itself) is based on a very special woman in my life. The lovely and awesome Rebecca. She is amazing and a lot of her goes into the Herald.

3. Something I noticed about women in my comic: Maybe some of you have noticed this too, but I like to think my female characters are all beautiful in their own way. But have you ever noticed that I have a broad range of ages amongst them? Ema is in her teens, Tanuki is technically probably hundreds of years old, but is drawn to look and act more like her 20's. Johei's mom is in her early 30's and the Herald is in her 40's. So…whatever your preference, you've got your pick lol

4. Johei being knocked out: Is this becoming a theme or what? It's happened twice IN THIS CHAPTER. Baku knocked him out with a Dormina. Jack Frost knocked him out during the fight. Tanuki got him with tea, Herald got him with a dart. Just doesn't seem fair, does it?

5. Who here is just happy that after five comics Johei is finally wearing pants? (unless some of my female readers care to admit they think he's sexy? :P)