Updates, Health, and Comics :)

So, I've gotten a bunch of questions about comics, health, and general curious-minds-want-to-know and I thought I'd go down the list and share some answers .

1) Why is it so long between comic releases?

Well, this is a health + comic answer. I've had a health problem over the last year, and been dealing with that and trying to balance real life and health, and comics. On the comic side, its mainly to do with continuity. 

When I started these comics, it was *really* easy to simply make characters say 'stuff' and do 'stuff' without worrying about what might happen. Now that events have *happened* and characters have certain personalities, I have to make sure I don't actually screw up the continuity by making say...a strong, willful character suddenly appear submissive as well as making sense out of the now...dozens and dozens of characters in this silly world.

2) How is my health?

Good so far . Quickly recovering from (minor) surgery, although it was a real shock and scare. It also gives me a great excuse to spend more time rendering and finishing comics.

3) What is the difference between all the drones and dolls?

When I started the comics, I *basically* ripped off Dollmistress' *awesome* pink/gray dolls from Space Ditz, but they eventually evolved to be the big amazonian gray drones I have now. 

One basic rule to keep in mind, is *all* drones are part of the Hive (obviously) and thus a collective, but how much of the 'collective' is in a drone depends on what kind of drone it is. All drones (so far) are made from people, mostly-if not all-female, and remember nothing of their past selves as its all been absorbed by the Hive.

The basic gray drone started out as a Mark I, super voluptuous, but they weren't very good for things like guards and combat for the way I wanted the comic to 'feel'. So enter the Mark II's, our buff worker bees. Mark II's are essentially mindless, and only have basic functions programmed in and need 'Controllers' in order to do complex tasks such as search for annoying intruders, interact with people, and other things that would be anything other than 'stand here and look imposing'.

Controllers, or Mark III's, are the higher-functioning drones. Super intelligent, they act as conduits for the rest of the collective's consciousness. Depending on what the Hive needs them for, some of them can shapeshift into their former human form, and look unique as Controllers, while others are strictly tied to a specific Hive and have the same pale complexion basic template. Controllers also have the unique ability to *make* more Mark II's by injection hapless citizens or heroines with some gooey gray nanites.

Pleasure Dolls on the other hand are a separate thing altogether. They're similar to drones in that they do have a 'network' but they are individuals and can be programmed to be really anything their owners want them to be, although they all start as a basic template. Doll conversion is similar to drone conversion, except dolls aren't part of the Hive (though they can certainly be taken over, being robots) and are converted via a dual-formula called 'Doll-U' and 'Doll-E'.