The Power Penguin Saga continues
Posted 3 weeks agoAfter seven long years, I can finally conclude this particular chapter of my life. The second novel in the Power Penguin Saga, The Battle for Quotherox, has now officially been published. There is a weird sense of relief at this point, but it hasn't fully sunk in yet.
Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2VSDBJ.....arch_sidesheet
Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2VSDBJ.....arch_sidesheet
April 2024 Status Update
Posted a month agoWell, the manuscript for the second Power Penguin novel, "The Battle for Quotherox," has been checked over with a fine-toothed comb. I upgraded my old copy of Microsoft Word, and was able to use a feature that spoke the words out loud. I found and fixed a crap-ton more grammatical errors that I never would have found otherwise. The manuscript is, as of now, 99.9% complete and ready to go.
I was able to find an artist to commission an illustration for the book's cover art. Hopefully they will be done in a couple of weeks or so. As soon as I get the completed cover art I will add the title and everything to it. Once I review the final book proof copy, I will set it for release through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing. Hopefully, hopefully it should all be done in a few weeks.
Also, since my novel is virtually completed, I shall then return to The Humanthro Condition with gusto. I will begin writing and drawing comics again within the coming days. I might start a bit slow so as to get a buffer of strips ready and on deck, that way I won't be playing 'beat the clock' in order to post on the assigned days again. Rosie, Jeremy, Stephanie, and Rasputin will return soon.
I was able to find an artist to commission an illustration for the book's cover art. Hopefully they will be done in a couple of weeks or so. As soon as I get the completed cover art I will add the title and everything to it. Once I review the final book proof copy, I will set it for release through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing. Hopefully, hopefully it should all be done in a few weeks.
Also, since my novel is virtually completed, I shall then return to The Humanthro Condition with gusto. I will begin writing and drawing comics again within the coming days. I might start a bit slow so as to get a buffer of strips ready and on deck, that way I won't be playing 'beat the clock' in order to post on the assigned days again. Rosie, Jeremy, Stephanie, and Rasputin will return soon.
Cover Illustration Commission Anxiety!
Posted 2 months agoMy second Power Penguin novel is fully written. The manuscript has been proofread and is 99.9% complete. The only thing left to do is to try and find an artist to commission for the cover art here. It's... overwhelming. It seems like there are way too many people to choose from, yet there are actually so few choices available from that particular pool! Gah!
February 2024 status update
Posted 3 months agoAt long last, after seven years of meandering about with very little to show for it, the manuscript for Power Penguin book 2, "The Battle for Quotherox," has finally been completed. The story has been written in full and all of the necessary scenes have been placed and typed out. The manuscript is now 99% completed. The next step will be endless rounds of proofreading and editing. I've surprised myself. I set out around New Year's to try and complete my long overdue sequel novel. In almost two months I've gone from around 50,000 words and many incomplete sequences to the fully-fleshed out story at over 90,000 words. It has been a marathon of sorts trying to get this beast finished. Now I'm closer to the finish line than any time in the past seven years.
To any furry art connoisseurs out there, I will now be looking toward one of the next steps: finding an artist to commission the cover artwork. If any of you have any suggestions, that would be appreciated. I'd prefer someone who has a realistic style and has a strong aptitude for science fiction or military details.
To any furry art connoisseurs out there, I will now be looking toward one of the next steps: finding an artist to commission the cover artwork. If any of you have any suggestions, that would be appreciated. I'd prefer someone who has a realistic style and has a strong aptitude for science fiction or military details.
January 2024 status update
Posted 4 months agoI'm pretty sure by now you've noticed that The Humanthro Condition has not been updated in a while. Well, the fact is it is currently undergoing a prolonged, apathy-induced hiatus. It is not cancelled, just on pause for the time being. However, in the meantime, I have, inexplicably, been recently galvanized into trying to finish my long awaited Power Penguin sequel novel, "The Battle for Quotherox." For whatever diddly-dang reason, I have finally been able to write again! So, for the time being, I'll be working like a Muppet on Pervitin trying to finish up the manuscript with what little available time I can scrounge. This is my current obsession. My apologies to my loyal comic followers. The Humanthro Condition will return someday, but for now my focus has been turned to getting this gosh darn book finished so I can move on with my life! Wish me luck!
Severe Apathy
Posted 5 months agoFor the past few weeks I've been experiencing a new form of depression that resembles nothing less than severe apathy. The "I don't give a damn" attitude about life in general. In many ways it borders on nihilism and it is shocking to me. This is why I haven't posted any comics or other artwork in the past few weeks. I've both been lacking in inspiration to draw and desire to come up with new storylines for my comics. I simply don't know how to get out of this hole. I can't make any promises. I want to get better, but it's not as simple as flicking off the depression switch. I'll be a hard road ahead, and I don't know when the going will get any easier...
Hiatus and Progress
Posted 10 months agoI've taken a bit of an unscheduled hiatus from comics and artwork recently. Life has been busy for me, especially since I'm going to the gym now frequently. Time there means that I have less time back at home in order to work on art. Add a regular job to that as well as driving time, and my available amount of free time shrinks dramatically. I shall return to making artwork hopefully sometime soon.
However, I have not been entirely idle. One very good piece of creative news is that I've gotten back into writing the sequel to The Origin of Power Penguin. Currently I am just over 200 pages and 54,000 words. For whatever reason, that dim creative spark has flared up again and I've made more progress in the last few weeks than in months prior. Fourteen chapters are pretty much complete, and the rest of the story is being mapped out and brainstormed. I'm filling up pages with notes in a special notebook that is invaluably helpful to me.
I cannot put a concrete date on a possible release for the sequel novel, but I'll try the best that I possibly can. I am a slow author, as this is not my regular forte. Making comics and short-form stories is a far easier endeavor.
Wish me luck.
However, I have not been entirely idle. One very good piece of creative news is that I've gotten back into writing the sequel to The Origin of Power Penguin. Currently I am just over 200 pages and 54,000 words. For whatever reason, that dim creative spark has flared up again and I've made more progress in the last few weeks than in months prior. Fourteen chapters are pretty much complete, and the rest of the story is being mapped out and brainstormed. I'm filling up pages with notes in a special notebook that is invaluably helpful to me.
I cannot put a concrete date on a possible release for the sequel novel, but I'll try the best that I possibly can. I am a slow author, as this is not my regular forte. Making comics and short-form stories is a far easier endeavor.
Wish me luck.
Thinking about Autism in my comic
Posted a year agoHello there. Lately I've been thinking a lot more about Autism. I'm Autistic, and my fursona, Rennon, is, too. However, I'm wondering which of my characters in The Humanthro Condition might be Autistic as well. The thing is, I've never written any of them as "the Autistic character," but each of them in some way is a reflection of myself. Power Penguin, on the other hand, was written as Autistic and sort of a metaphor of my own experiences. So I'm wondering which of them might be displaying certain traits of neurodiversity without having been written as such...
Penguin Progress!
Posted a year agoHey, all. As you might have noticed there hasn't been a Humanthro Condition comic in a couple of weeks. Yeah, I'm taking an unofficial break from that for a bit. I need to refresh and recharge my creative batteries in order to come up with some more stuff there.
However, I have not been idle. In addition to toy photography, I have been making some recent strides with another project. I am continuing the painfully slow work on Power Penguin 2, believe it or not. As of this journal I have just passed 40,000 words. That means I'm approximately halfway done writing the story. I will still need to finalize the narrative and do some editing when I'm finished and whatnot, but I'm almost halfway there to that 80,000 word mark for a novel. Wish me luck.
However, I have not been idle. In addition to toy photography, I have been making some recent strides with another project. I am continuing the painfully slow work on Power Penguin 2, believe it or not. As of this journal I have just passed 40,000 words. That means I'm approximately halfway done writing the story. I will still need to finalize the narrative and do some editing when I'm finished and whatnot, but I'm almost halfway there to that 80,000 word mark for a novel. Wish me luck.
Fishing for ideas
Posted a year agoHello, people. I'm just throwing this out there, trying to gauge reader thoughts and opinions regarding The Humanthro Condition. What are some things that you'd like to see explored within this comic? Are there ideas, certain character interactions, or themes that you'd like to see more of in the future? Consider this an informal poll or merely fishing for ideas for future comics. If there's something you'd like to see, let me know.
Art Break, Part 2
Posted a year agoMellow greetings, all. I'm going to have to take a wee bit of an art break here again. Part of it is the usual reason: running out of comic ideas at the moment. Another part of it boils down to the fact that I've begun working on trying to write the second Power Penguin novel again. I've been making a little bit of slow progress with the sequel story, and I want to try to keep that going. It's been five years now, and I really want the next chapter to be completed sometime this century. The problem is that there are so few hours in a day to work on this, that, and everything else. A third thing is that I want to work on compiling my comics for the second printed volume of The Humanthro Condition, since I completed the fourth year not too long ago. So, yeah, hopefully it won't be too long of an art hiatus, but rest assured that I'm working on this stuff behind the scenes.
Bit of a break here
Posted a year agoFor a few reasons here, I'm going to take a bit of an art break. Firstly, I'm running out of comic ideas at the moment. I have idea nuggets, but few in the way of developed ideas or full scripts. Secondly, I've just upgraded my computer setup. I'm trying to get all of my ducks in a row here, which is difficult since the new computer is quite different. Thirdly, the monitor screen is... messed up. The colors are off, the contrast is different, and there's a weird after-image for moving things. It's hard to explain. It just doesn't look right at all. Finally, I just need a bit of a general art break in order to refresh. I know people don't read journals here anymore, but I just thought I'd put this out there. Peace.
Six Months of Podcasting
Posted 2 years agoI talk and stuff: https://rennon-the-shaved-podcast.l.....-retrospective
Podcasting about my Comic
Posted 2 years agohttps://rennon-the-shaved-podcast.l.....thro-condition
Come check out the newest episode of The Rennon the Shaved Podcast where I sit down and talk about my furry webcomic, The Humanthro Condition. It's neat!
Come check out the newest episode of The Rennon the Shaved Podcast where I sit down and talk about my furry webcomic, The Humanthro Condition. It's neat!
Now Available!
Posted 2 years agoThe Humanthro Condition Volume 1: Licence to Kilt is available now at Amazon.com!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HG55KL.....348&sr=8-2
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HG55KL.....348&sr=8-2
Moving Forward
Posted 2 years agoFor those of you who read the previous journal here, I was feeling pretty down about The Humanthro Condition being rejected by that furry publishing house. But, I have decided to move forward in another way. I will now attempt to self-publish Year 1 of the Humanthro Condition through CreateSpace, like I did with The Origin of Power Penguin. This way I can be sure that it will be published, rather than playing the old game, waiting for the next rejection letter. Stay tuned!
A Painful Rejection
Posted 2 years agoI tried submitting The Humanthro Condition to a furry-focused publishing house, and it was rejected outright. There was no further comment as to why. It simply said that they'd were not interested at this time. But to add insult to injury, they gave me the old "good luck in the future" routine. That hurt. I'm feeling as if I'll never get published no matter what I do. I'm feeling pretty down about it, along with the other problems going on an my life right now.
Your Mission
Posted 3 years agoMake memes of The Humanthro Condition. Do it now.
YouTube nuked, finally
Posted 3 years agoDon't bother trying to look up my old YouTube channel or my second, secret YouTube channel. They've both been nuked and wiped clean. And nothing of value was lost. I'll only use my regular name channel to watch other people's videos. It's like ripping off an old, diseased Band-Aid.
Listen to my podcast
Posted 3 years agoHey, people, you should listen to my podcast!
Oh, wait, I don't have a podcast...
Maybe I should do a podcast.
Probably not. My voice is irritating.
LOL.
Oh, wait, I don't have a podcast...
Maybe I should do a podcast.
Probably not. My voice is irritating.
LOL.
Merchandise?
Posted 3 years agoI'm just curious. If I were to have merchandise, like The Humanthro Condition T-shirts or comic trade paperbacks, would anyone be interested?
The Humanthro Condition Q+A
Posted 3 years agoHey there. It's been a while since I've done one of these Q&A type journals. Questions about The Humanthro Condition? Feel free to ask.
Cancellation Announcement
Posted 3 years agoI am not going to try to write another book. I'm done. The Origin of Power Penguin, what should have been one of my life's greatest achievements, has turned out to be one of my greatest failures. I've sold all of diddly-squat and only four people have ever read it. No one knows it exists. I've wasted hundreds of dollars trying to promote it on Amazon. I can't even give it away for free as a Kindle download. My own friends and family who know about it never mention it. Why should I waste my time trying to make the sequel to a book that no one has read? Why waste my life on such a fool's errand? It's been three years since Power Penguin was self-published. I have tried and failed, repeatedly, to write the sequel as well as an unrelated sci-fi war novel. In three years' time, I've produced nothing. Not a damn thing. I am not a writer. I was never meant to be one.
Therefore, effective immediately, "The Battle for Quotherox" (Power Penguin 2) and "Prophets of the Star Beast," are cancelled. I will not attempt to write them anymore. I'm finished. Done. Barring a literal miracle from God Himself, neither book will ever see the light of day. Too bad, so sad. No one cares anyway. The Origin of Power Penguin will fade away into obscurity. Not even hipsters will ever hear of it. It's over. I've lost. I'm admitting defeat. I will never attempt to write another book.
The End.
Therefore, effective immediately, "The Battle for Quotherox" (Power Penguin 2) and "Prophets of the Star Beast," are cancelled. I will not attempt to write them anymore. I'm finished. Done. Barring a literal miracle from God Himself, neither book will ever see the light of day. Too bad, so sad. No one cares anyway. The Origin of Power Penguin will fade away into obscurity. Not even hipsters will ever hear of it. It's over. I've lost. I'm admitting defeat. I will never attempt to write another book.
The End.
I always feel like nobody's watchin' me
Posted 3 years agoHey there. Who's actually an active watcher for this account?
Anyone?
Anyone at all?
Hello?
Anyone?
Anyone at all?
Hello?
How about that Rasputin, huh?
Posted 3 years agoRasputin, the mad Russian monk, has had quite an interesting time in The Humanthro Condition. As this comic's version of Kenny from South Park, Rasputin has a habit of dying. Quite a lot, in fact. So, my question for you is this: what's your favorite Rasputin death? In case you forgot some...
#14 - blown up by exploding hot water heater
#28 - crushed by a falling satellite
#41 - had a magic beanstalk burst from his belly
#54 - run over by a truck
#61 - decapitated in shopping frenzy fight
#69 - pierced by falling icicles
#74 - had his neck snapped by Spring-Heeled Jack
#92 - crushed by an office copy machine
#130 - crushed by a steamroller
#147 - cut his artery while shaving
#153 - blew up as a Minecraft creeper
#179 - hit by wrecking ball
#182 - obliterated by atomic bomb
#188 - car crash into the stock market
Vote, discuss, or beg for mercy for the poor guy! Comment below.
#14 - blown up by exploding hot water heater
#28 - crushed by a falling satellite
#41 - had a magic beanstalk burst from his belly
#54 - run over by a truck
#61 - decapitated in shopping frenzy fight
#69 - pierced by falling icicles
#74 - had his neck snapped by Spring-Heeled Jack
#92 - crushed by an office copy machine
#130 - crushed by a steamroller
#147 - cut his artery while shaving
#153 - blew up as a Minecraft creeper
#179 - hit by wrecking ball
#182 - obliterated by atomic bomb
#188 - car crash into the stock market
Vote, discuss, or beg for mercy for the poor guy! Comment below.