I hate that word. That word translates to “death” in this industry.

Enjuhneer is going on a brief hiatus so I can spend that time building up the new comic. I plan on coming back to this, and I see this hiatus lasting two weeks to a month while the other comic is in development. This is the first time I haven’t updated Enjuhneer (short of being super super sick those two times)… in its entire run. I’ll probably chicken out and update anyway, but I do want to spend this time starting up the new strip.

And given the overwhelmingly positive response from Wednesday, it sounds like you guys would like to see this happen too! I heart you all so much.

Keep an eye on this space and my Twitter. You’ll see status updates there, and when I have enough stuff to show, I’ll of course post the link here.

Thinking about doing an Enjuhneer Formspring while I’m on hiatus. I don’t like the idea of Word of God canon, but I’d be happy to entertain questions about inspiration or clarify/explain things I didn’t get across as well as I’d hoped. Is this a thing you guys would wanna see/participate in?

Oh, and here’s a wallpaper I made for you while I’m away. The updated cast book will see a release soon too, when I finish drawing and fact-checking it.

I’ve also been working on updating the cast book for you guys, which was what I wanted to do for Strip 500. However, it’s taking a lot longer than I anticipated to put the whole book together. (Apparently if your archive quintuples in size between iterations of a project, it takes a lot longer to fact check. Whoodathunk?) That will be done eventually.

Anyway! I’ve had this other comic idea bouncing around in my head, and I really wanna take a crack at it. However… I have a lot of non-comic responsibilities and my schedule is pretty tight right now, so if I were to take on another project, Enjuhneer is probably the thing that would suffer for it. This kills me a lot, and I’ve been struggling with this decision for months. Enjuhneer is by no means complete in my mind, and there are many other stories I want to tell. However, I have stories I want to tell that would be inappropriate for Enjuhneer. I have a name for the strip, and a rough cast, and several stories already. I just need the time.

I want to know what you guys think about this. Would you be interested in reading something else by me? Bear in mind it wouldn’t be nearly as happy-go-lucky as Enjuhneer. It would deal with more complex, adult situations and would probably be kinda dark at times. Please, share your thoughts!

Today’s TEDI is brought to you by Wash, a senior GSAS who is building a multitouch table for tabletop RPGs. It is a glorious toy and I want seventeen of them.