Rasputin Barxotka

To all of the moms out there in our audience, I hope that you had a lovely Mother’s Day.  I took mine out for a fabulous brunch buffet presented by the A.T. The Black & White restaurant.  There’s nothing better to start the morning with a chocolate fountain, beautiful desserts, fruits, veggies, a decent selection of potatoes, asparagus eggs Benedict, salmon and roast beef.  It was so yummy. As for me, my cats allowed me to have a nap.  That’s a good enough gift for a cat mom, in my opinion. 

On other news, I started planting leafy greens on the non-certified organic plot that my husband and I share.  Our radishes are beginning to show up, and everything is growing according to plan.  In the agribusiness end of the farm, my husband and everyone else working there finished potato planting.  It’s a joy to see living things grow out of the ground, and it’s a relief knowing that the weather is finally cooperating.  There are few pleasures in life greater than knowing where your food comes from, especially when that knowledge inspires your art.  If you’ve ever wondered why much of the action in a few chapters of Rasputin Barxotka takes place on a rural setting, it’s because I adore living in the country.

As Mandarr mentioned in the last post, we had to accelerate our updates this week.  I have thumbnails featuring all the pages that I posted this last week for your viewing pleasure.  Some the pages depict a prison rape, so please be prepared mentally if you suffer from triggers related to sexual assault.  The scene in question was so difficult for me to draw without going into tremors or crying that Narphy La Mancha had to handle the pencils and inks.  I’m not kidding. A big thanks also goes out to Skaja for making the update acceleration possible. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…