Hey!

Did you see this? It’s a propaganda manga made to explain the purpose of the military partnership between USA and Japan. It’s title in English is “Our Alliance – A Lasting Partnership”. I haven’t read all of it, but it seems a bit interesting (it’s only available in Japanese though, sorry). Fully colored too. I didn’t see much US troops when I still lived in Japan, but apparently there are still over 35.000 of them to this day.
Apparently, the whole thing is going to be four parts long, and if you’re interested in getting updates from the site, just click the link that is kind of in the middle of the page. Where is says “新冊子閲覧可能のお知らせを御希望の際はこちらをクリックしてください。” and send a blank e-mail to it (that’s how I did).
This may or may not be interesting to you, if you’re not living in Japan/know Japanese, but I thought I’d show you anyways :p

Well, that’s it. I’m gonna cut things short this time. See ya soon!
/T

Hi guys!

I’m feeling a little down today :/ The reason for that is because today I got some bad news at work. To make a long story short; I won’t have a job to go to next week. It’s not because I got fired, but the thing is that I was only there as an intern and today I was told that the internship will end at the end of this week!… Yeah, it was super-short notice, but it was because of an “human error”, so I can’t really be mad at anyone.
I guess I could see it from the bright side – now I’ll have more time to work on the comic! But, on the other hand, if I can’t pay for food and rent.. well, you get the idea (>_< )
Ah well, I’m not the only one to be unemployed and broke these days – far from it!

To all of you who are also unemployed: Everything will be alright, sometimes you just have to give things time and N-E-V-E-R give up (<– this is the most important part to remember)! Better times are coming, friends. Just hang in there!

Now, enjoy the comic!

/T

Hi guys! Here I am with another sparkling new page of ‘Pierre the Baking Cat’. Can you feel the suspense building up yet? hehe >:)

I made some small changes to the site just now:

- Added small ‘Project Wonderful’ ad-spaces at the top of the site.
- Made the ‘Donate’ and ‘Buy Stuff’ buttons smaller and moved them down a bit.
- I’ll see if I can make a so-called “Favicon” for the site tonight. I don’t know why I haven’t done this earlier, but I think it’s about time now! It doesn’t do much, but it’s a nice touch, right? :p

Yeah, that’s about it :) Is there anything that YOU still misses on this website? Perhaps there’s something that you wish could be changed or added to make the site look better or whatever, drop me a line if you have any suggestions okay? (^w ^*)

Oh, and page 28 is also coming real soon, be sure to check it out! (^ v ~)

See ya soon!
/T

Hi everyone!

I can’t remember how long it was since I last updated the comic, but I think it was like, 3-4 weeks ago! Sorry about that… (^_^;) Hopefully I’ll get more time to spend on the comic now when Christmas is over.
The next comic page will actually act as the half-way mark through the comic! I estimate the whole story to be around 48 pages, so there’s still a lot to be said and done – but I’ll get there!

This page will present two (almost ) new characters to you! Chloe and Claude.
They actually made a small appearance on page 6 already, but at the time I drew that page they had a slightly different design. I’m still thinking about changing that page later, to make them look like they do now, but I haven’t decided yet.
Many people have told me that they look like Team Rocket from Pokemon (-_-;)
I’ve watched/played a lot of Pokemon too and I know what Team Rocket look like, so I know what people are saying.
With the new design I tried to make them look less like Team Rocket and more like the other Blup Valley citizens. The biggest change probably lies in their height, because if you look at them at page 6 you can clearly see that they are like twice the size of everyone else! Why did I make them like this? Probably because I wanted them to:
1) Be different from Pierre in any way possible, and
2) look really, really evil! >:)

But then I was thinking “So why REALLY are they taller than the other characters?” Are they from a different country? Are they of a different species?
I couldn’t think of any logical/interesting reason for this, so I opted to make them the same height as the other characters. Did I make the right choice?…

I don’t know when the next comic page will be ready, but I’ve sketched out about 85% of it, so it’s in-the-works!

Thanks again for checking in and for being patient! And if we don’t see(?) each other again before New Years Eve – Have a happy new year!!

Sayonara!

Hi everyone!

Sorry about the delay, but I’ve been a little tired from work lately and this page had a little more detail than usual. I actually build Pierre’s whole store in 3D to be able to get the right mood in that lower right panel! I think it turned out nice, don’t you think?

If you haven’t checked out the ‘Characters’ section lately, you should! Because I added two new-ish characters there this week – namely Missy and Ms. Denise! And, as I wrote on my twitter, I’ll probably redraw the other characters as well to get a fresh new look on them too.

One more thing, I’m thinking about making a so-called “fan page” for this comic on Facebook … but the problem is that I don’t know exactly what I would do with it after (^,^;) Ah well, I guess I could just create one to begin with and see where it goes from there? I’ll twit about it when it’s done! :D

Well, it’s Saturday and it’s cold and windy outside … guess I’ll just have to spend my whole day drawing and drinking tea, yay! :p Man, I haven’t played any video-games in AGES … it’s time to change that!! (*-* )

Now, enjoy the comic!

I’ve now finally joined a couple of affiliate/advertising services, or what you call them, and my biggest problem now is – where do I put those ads!?
I think ads should be placed where they can be somewhat noticed, but don’t conflict with the overall look of the website. And of course they should be as less annoying as possible.
Putting some ads on the site will, hopefully, generate some revenue, which could be used for buying art supplies and uhm, food? lol… My goal/dream is to be able to work on the comic full-time. I know it’s probably a veery long journey until that will be possible. But if the comic keeps growing the way it’s been lately, I don’t think it’s entirely impossible. Except for the ads you can, of course, help out by donating!
Even the tiniest amounts are welcome! (^w^ )

In other news.. I had my first interview!! \(^O^)/
No joke, I was actually interviewed by the local paper and got to tell everyone about my comic! It was great! But I hate the picture they took of me, I look wierd… gaah! (>_<;) lol
It’s in Swedish, but here it is anyways..
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Lastly, I got my very first fan-mail the other day (a big ‘Thank you!’ to the guy who sent it, you know who you are!). Like I said last week, making/managing/promoting a comic is hard work, but when you get feedback from people who like your work, it makes it all worth it! Keep ‘em coming! ( ‘_~)

Now, enjoy page 10! A dark one this time!