November 14th, 2008
emerald pools of passion or narcissus 2
still on the bi-weekly train we arrive a few hours past the arrival, but here nonetheless. a long day but rob and i finally managed to hook up at 1am to finish of this weeks installment.
i want to banter more and say how sorry i am for the lack of weekly updates and say how awesome you cats are, but i’m tired and still have to finish up 4 illustrations for tomorrow… and the get up bright and early to teach… YAY.
g’night folks.
November 14th, 2008 at 3:30 am
…mmmmm sexy drool lol
November 14th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Awesome… now I know I’m not the only one drooling while looking at the mirror
November 14th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
He’s not going to be our next case of catatonia, is he? ;o)
November 14th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
BNS= Bi-weekly. ‘Nuff Said. If I had the money, I’d commission you folks to do this so you wouldn’t have to worry about anything but making quality comics. If I win the lotto, be prepared to draw!
November 14th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
LMAO
brilliant
November 14th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
when are you guys going to do a collection in print, I’d buy that for a dollar! (just kidding I’d pay what ever you charge)
November 18th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
The bird is looking on the opposite side in the mirror.
I’m obsessively observant.
For this, I apologize.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Wait, no, I am wrong.
I accept that I look like an ass right now.
Toodles.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Love it!
November 25th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Hmm.. love your strip, but what have you been doing the rest of november?
November 25th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Whoot!
==).
Poor dude is doomed…the eyes are glitchin’.
As to the delay of strip…
We still have nuthin’ but luv 4-U, even if you ARE late
A teaching gig now too?
yea-gods man! Do you ever get a chance to sleep?
November 27th, 2008 at 4:30 am
Sleep is a crutch.
November 29th, 2008 at 5:29 am
Everything’ss
December 5th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Hopefully when the sun goes down he can escape.
December 5th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
More awesome strips, keep it up dudes.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:39 am
MORE STRIPS PLEASE!
December 8th, 2008 at 10:11 am
yeah so you should just drop the claim to bi-weekly uh…ness. false advertisement really sucks.
December 8th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
dont get me wrong, i love your work but come on- it’s almost been a month and you still claim to be bi-weekly.
December 10th, 2008 at 5:39 am
I think more whine is called for here. Great work, but this is unacceptable. Yes I know this is free and I can watch it or get lost and all that. But you have a responsibility. If you don’t have time to make more or if something has happened I’m sure everyone will understand, but just leaving it with no newsposts or anything just seems disrespectful.
December 10th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Maybe overstepping my bounds here, but here is a copy of the post Ramón left on the Kukuburi site to explain the lack of updates both there and here.
Ramón Perez wrote:
Hello everybody.
I am not dead as many of you have written and queried.
I’m not sure where to start. It’s been a month with ridiculously long hours of work, other obligations and a nice cold that knocked me out for a week just to keep me on my toes.
I feel a vast pang of disappointment in being unable to update. I love working on Kukuburi (and for that matter ButterNutSquash) it brings me great joy and satisfaction. However with the intermittent updates, mostly because of work, I’ve lost the momentum of the story I’m trying to tell and have felt a bit lost and disconnected.
So, I’ve made a decision.
Now this might sound like a broken record but I’m knuckling down and making some hard choices that I hope will have the best results for myself and for you the readers.
To give the story the strength, dedication and love it deserves I am going on a hiatus. I have taken on a series of corporate projects to help me get out of debt by hopefully mid-spring of next year. A debt that has been hanging over my head for numerous years. Aside from being debt free (which is a positive) my main reasoning for this is by clearing my debt (which resides in the form a credit line) I will be able to keep much more normal work hours and focus on the things I love and, most importantly, use said credit line to publish Kukuburi (and ButterNutSquash) collections. Which is a dream I’m aspiring towards, and have been for some time.
Many of you have donated towards Kukuburi to help fund the pursuit and ability to be able to do this full time. Rest assured your funds are resting in a paypal account and will not be touched for none other than to focus on Kukuburi. If you feel cheated by this hiatus I will gladly refund your money.
I still plan on having the donation drive and am currently working on a few incentives, in the form of original art and giclée prints, that I hope to launch in the new year.
I will try and update my BLOG with what is currently on my plate for those of you interested, one of which is a short Kukuburi story published in a anthology!
I haven’t decided how long this hiatus will take, I know it will be till the end of the year, which isn’t that far off and a little into the new year. After this month is up I will be better able to gauge my schedule and will update again shortly with an official relaunch date.
You’ve all been extremely patient and fantastic. I hope you understand my decision and will be here when Kukuburi returns, which really shouldn’t be too far off.
All the best,
Ramón.
December 16th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Just found this comic and read through some of them. I rather like the artwork. I really dig the progression of the panels in this one. I hope for more updates soon!
July 30th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
After I met Andy, I thought of this panel. He winked at me- I can’t remember the last time a guy winked at me…well, in a non-creepy, “I’ll catch you in a dark alley” kinda way.