I feel like I'd be slightly horrified if I could read into people's minds if I asked them about my AFCAH comic. Not that the criticisms aren't already bouncing around in my head about it being directionless, the characters lacking depth and history or anything relatable (with a handful of exceptions), the lack of emotional investment in the narrative, the lack of up-close transformations (with a couple exceptions)...

I guess ignoring the criticisms, I'm more interested in what, if anything, people ARE interested in. Maybe the mystery of why it happened and who's responsible isn't compelling, or maybe it is. Maybe they're more interested in where the jellybeans came from. Or where Trent came from. Or where those three people got teleported to. Or why hasn't the government stepped in yet. Or if this story has a point and is going to end soon. Or if I'm going to address {super distasteful fact about character here}. Or who Kris or B. Nellis are. (I salute your keen eye if you actually were asking this.)

Most of my attention is on phase 2 by this point. Unlike phase 1, I've had YEARS to rewrite and edit phase 2, and I've got a fairly good idea of what I'll do, as well as which of the above questions to answer. I know (as pretty much everyone already knows) that my art has improved since the beginning. I know I'll be making more mistakes in phase 2, but that's part of the fun -- just so long as there's no writing mistakes.

I'm glad I can ramble in these journals. It saves me (and you) from my rambling below the comic.

Streaming tonight at 6:15 PM ET at https://picarto.tv/Rimme . That's right, a bit earlier to get slightly more inking time in. Those cars are not going to be fun, no sir.