Hello, new visitors from the Guardian! Welcome to our comic, where we are currently featuring a bunch of rarely occurring side characters instead of our main cast. Whoops. Next week starts a new storyline! But for now, here’s some context.

Some prior storylines you might like to peruse:

“Graveyard Shift” – Get a crash-course in Mortish theology, as the guys encounter angels of the Death God in a cemetary late one night. A group of occultists have disturbed the peace of the dead, and the gang must descend into the catacombs to investigate.

“Shades of Black and White” – A plot to assassinate Inquisitor Lord Schaefer leads the crew on a race against time to rescue covert agent ‘Elusive Camel’ from ritual sacrifice at the hands of a powerful cult leader – an old face from Eastwood’s past. A face with distinctive striped markings.

“Big Trouble in Little Taika” – When Rogue’s beam sword (signature weapon of the Daemon Hunters) becomes depleted, the crew must travel to his home village to have it restored. There they find a culture in flux, and the rustic community’s changing relationship with technology makes it a target for a fanatic of the Dark Machine God.

“The Cesspool” – A routine interrogation gets weird, as the accused turns out to be a close ally from Lothar’s chequered past. The inquisitors are let into the secret underbelly of organised mercenary rings. Then Rogue and Lothar kick the shit out out each other.

“The Bookend of Unimaginable Power” – Eastwood’s new objet d’art starts more than conversation when our heroes’ home is invaded by elite assassins. A dangerous chessmaster wants the artefact for the dark power it contains. Eastwood wants it for holding up his books.

As for today’s comic:
Inquisitors Jonson and Blackwing head up the handsome and successful “B-Team” seen in the final panel. Other sightings:
“On the Other Side”/“Not a Bad Day’s Work”
“Technical Difficulties”/“Alas Poor Romantic Subplot”
And most recently “Lights, Camaraderie, Action”

This is the first speaking appearance for Inquisitor Deket and the “C-Team”. But they caused some havoc in “Meanwhile, In Heavensedge”. Their new recruit is Wildfire, whom we previously met in the twin arcs “Team Scramble” and “Voiding the Warranty” which start here.

(Paleontology pedantry: Yes, I know, dromeosaurids were feathered. But hey! Fantasy comic! Nobody ever accused us of zoological accuracy in our funny cartoon animals. So Seb remains a scaly Jurassic Park flavour of raptor (or deinonychus. I prefer deinonychus).)

Big big thanks to Dean for the article, and I hope some of you stick around and enjoy.

Silversword and I wrote a whole load of text in my kitchen last month.

- from an earlier draft

Calgary Expo was a lot of fun. Thanks to the fans who came out to see us, and to any new eyes who may be reading this after taking a flyer.

Shout outs to friendly neighbours Vince Price, Outlaw Heart, and Something Like That, and the ever supportive Pixelated Toaster. Ash encouraged me to dip my toe into on-site commissions, and I hope to be doing more of that sort of thing in future.

I also spoke to The Aversion Bureau, Dork Boy Comics, and even had a bit of a chat with David Willis. And many more besides.

Good times, and will see you all at the next one.

Silv and I busted arse to get this up, we have to go sleep, con tomorrow! Hello new people! Argh!

Oops, I should probably do an update! In last-minute panic mode now. Silversword is in Canadia! See you at the Expo, Albertans! Oh ye gods I need to sleep now why gods why!

Calgary Expo is less than two weeks away! Silv and I will be at artist alley table D11, with t-shirts, prints, buttons, and bookmarks. Going to be a great show.

Had some site downtime much of Sunday, dunno what that was about. Hopefully a one time thing that’s sorted now.

Thus concludes the two-parter. Next week: B-Team I think!

I’m pretty funny on Twitter sometimes!

Number 1 of 2. Heh. Number 1.

Silv and Virus at Calgary Expo!

And we are back. Sorry for slacking so long. This is a silly comic.

Silv is coming out to Canada for the Expo! Meet us there in artist alley!