In all honesty it was always my intention to pair up the Chapter 2 page with a real new comic strip but I just didn't get it done in time. With the next page I decided try something a little different and move to a new format (more or less A3 instead of A4, and portrait instead of landscape orientation, i.e. more like a real comic) which may have contributed to it being late, as well as an early-summer heatwave here in New Zealand. Anyway, in the meantime I hope you will all enjoy the fully dressed Callista on the Chapter 2 page. The picture was actually just a concept drawing but came out so well I decided to use it here for all to see.

The constant stream of interest rate reductions by central banks around the world (including the latest drop by the Bank of Japan to 0.3%) prompted me to draw this little cartoon. It is not meant as a critique of their methods, it is merely a slightly humorous portrayal of what is happening. Enjoy!

I'm back to posting on the site after a rather long hiatus. There won't be regular updates for now, since I am working on a few different projects other than the Void storyline. I'm currently concentrating on writing a script for a print comic (that I will probably publish myself). This is completely unrelated to Void, it's not even in the same genre. More on that as it solidifies. In the meantime I hope to use this site to publish some other bits and pieces as I work on them and hopefully continue the Void story one page at a time.

Seeing the clip of Alan Greenspan admitting that he may have made a little mistake and tanked the American economy cracked me up so much that I decided to draw this little comic. Enjoy!

Over the last couple of weeks or so I've been learning how to play Poker (Texas Hold'em to be precise but it seems that these days this particular variant is essentially synonymous with Poker anyhow. I’ve been vigorously absorbing everything that I can find on the subject in true geek fashion. I’ve read Poker legend Doyle Brunson’s equally legendary book Super/System (well the section on Hold’em anyway), which has given me a lot more insight into the game. Not that I feel confidant to play for any real stakes just yet though. If anything, I’ve learned that Poker is deceptively complex game. Deceptive because at first it looks very easy. Just play the good hands and throw away the rubbish hands, right? Of course there’s much more to the game than that. The game is incredibly deep both mathematically (understanding the various odds: the pot odds, the odds of having the best hand, the odds of making the nuts) and socially (understanding your opponents, how to play them and how to avoid them playing you).