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The very short explanation is. . . this is the cover to 'Unconditional', the sequel to Cruelty.
I've started posting the comic now! You can start reading it here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7021452/

The full disclosure's below.

In early April 2010, I premiered my first anthropomorphic comic, 'Cruelty' (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3704554), here on FA. By now, at lot of y'all have read it. It was originally intentioned to be a short, one-shot comic, for the sake of practice, and critique. But as time went by, I grew more and more attached to the characters, and what was meant to be a small comic evolved into a 43 page graphic novel. It proved to be a wonderful experience for me, as I learned how to put together a comic, and got to know more and more of this community. I'm grateful to this day for the outpouring of support from you guys. I've always wanted to do comics for a living, but it wasn't until 'Cruelty' that I felt I might honestly be capable. I've still got a LONG way to go, but I wouldn't even be capable of pursuing this as a career if it weren't for this community. Thank you guys.

After Cruelty ended in July 2010, I issued the following statement on the final page:
I appreciate all the enthusiasm and the love for the Cruelty characters, and trust me. . . I won't forget about them. But I would have to be SERIOUSLY convinced to do a sequel. Feel free to argue your case. I'm going to give the comic a year to sit, and cool off. If after a year or so's gone by, and I'm STILL getting a lot of interest in the idea, or if enough of you can make a good argument for it. . . I'll consider it. If I ever did, I'd want to do it in color. I think at the very least, that'd separate it some from this one. Like, the 'adult years'. . . as opposed to the more juvenile art/shading.

As of this month, it's been a year. And I've been under a *deluge* of requests for some form of continuation since the comic ended last year. This was a very, very difficult decision for me, especially considering I now have another ongoing comic to work on. I've gotten a number of very convincing arguments from folks here on FA as to why the story should be continued, the most obvious of which being, a lot of things were left unanswered or unfinished in the previous story. But I decided a long time ago that if I was going to do a sequel, I would need to be serious with the script for it, and it would need to add to, not simply continue, the first story. After a few months of furious writing and consideration, I've a script I hope honors the first.

ALL of that being said, if you were happy with the initial comic, it remains a stand-alone story. 'Unconditional' continues 'Cruelty' approximately two and a half years after the end of Marcus and Reis's senior year in high school. It can follow either 'branch' of the storyline, although it does assume that at some point, the two characters entered into a romantic relationship.

Unconditional will be in pre-production for the next few months, while I finish my commission roster, and continue to work on Red Lantern. When Red Lantern volume 1 is complete in November, I'll begin posting pages of Unconditional. So for now, y'all will have to be patient :) I'll post a teaser image every now and then, and the occasional piece of pre-production work.

The comic will be approximately 80 pages, in full color. Its' current publication deadline is set at Anthrocon 2012, but that could potentially change, depending on my other work.

If anyone has any questions, as always, feel free to ask. And thank you all again, for watching and reading!