Bob Appavu

Pogo's October 2018 Letters Have Been Sent!

Pogo's October 2018 letters have been sent to all processed $5+ patrons, so you should be getting them soon.  Email letters went out a couple hours ago, so if you haven't received them, let me know.

In this letter, Pogo talks about how he used to talk his way into strangers' houses on the surface. :)

Heads up, the October Secret Gallery illustration will probably be a few days late! &...

Chapter 4, Page 38

Here's the new page!  Oh, and Samsid's still got more to say. XD

If anyone wanted to reread that flashback scene with Troy and Merritt, it starts here: http://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p261/

Also, I'll be at PatreCon again in a couple weeks!  It's from November 1-3 in LA.  I'm ...

Card Portrait - North Sphere General Merritt

As promised, here's the full finished art of North Sphere General Merritt's card portrait, which appeared on last week's DOTU page!

In story, the portrait would have been made when he first became general (December 2151), so this is nearly 4 years before the start of DOTU and he was quite young, especially for that role.

Also, he was a 5 of Spades compared to his current 10 of Clubs.  ...

Devoted - Merritt's Story 2 - Chapter 9

And here's chapter 9!  Chapter 8 posted exactly one minute ago, so if you haven't already read it, skip back a chapter!

I'll keep y'all updated on my schedule for chapter 10.

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He was soaking wet...

Devoted - Merritt's Story 2 - Chapter 8

Here's chapter 8, and chapter 9 is posting in exactly one minute!  It's been a crazy couple of months, but at least we get a double update! :D  I'll keep y'all updated on my schedule for chapter 10.

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Chapter 4, Page 37

New page!  And there's our first glimpse at Samsid's (pain-in-the-butt-to-recreate) trophy wall!  I'll post the North Sphere Merritt card art in a few days too; I just don't want to overload y'all with posts today.

Merritt's Story chapters 8 and 9 will go up this Thursday!  They might be a little rougher than usual due to not having the usual number of beta readers offering commen...

Lil Recap before the next page!

The page I'm about to post refers to a few past events, and with webcomic pacing the way it is - and DOTU on a reduced schedule - I thought a recap would be a good idea, seeing as these pages are now several years old. :O

When we first met Merritt in chapter 2, Samsid charged him with taking care of Pogo and keeping him out of trouble.

At the start of chapter 3, we saw a West Sphere invasi...

Pogo's September 2018 GUEST Letters Have Been Sent!

I was delayed a couple days, but here it is!  Pogo's September 2018 guest letters have been sent out to all processed $5+ patrons, so you should be getting them soon.  Email letters went out a little while ago, so if you haven't received them, let me know.

I promise the rest of the letter is not about water. XD

Speaking of Merritt, I know y'all have been waiting a while for the n...

Chapter 4, Page 36

I promise Pogo's question isn't coming out of nowhere. ;)

If you are reading this as soon as it goes up, I'm probably on an airplane!  My Dreamspinner Press workshop is over and I'm headed back to the Chicago area, but the page is queued to post at around the usual time.

The workshop was great!  I might also have some special news coming up in the next few weeks/months.

To ...

In Orlando! (+page preview)

I made it to Orlando yesterday for my workshop with Dreamspinner Press.  I'll be here until Monday!  I was hoping to get next Monday's DOTU page finished before I left, but multiple last-minute disasters set me behind just a bit.  It's all good, though!  I have my "travel tablet" (aka my 15+ year old Intuos 2) and my laptop, and more than enough hours of free time to get it don...

Chapter 4, Page 35

Here it is, guys.  The world's worst transition page. ^_^;  Page 36 should come next Monday!

This Wednesday, I'm heading out to Orlando for a conference with Dreamspinner Press, the publisher who put out four of my stories and is also a freelance client for art stuffs.  I'll be away until next Monday, but I'm trying to wrap up page 36 before I leave so I can queue it for the 24th....

Chapter 4, Page 34

I ended up finishing this on Saturday night, and it no longer seemed optimal to post it immediately instead of waiting for a Monday.  So here it is on the usual day!  The good news is that there will be at least 2 more pages this month.  The next one is a 1-panel quickie, though.

Things are still hectic with the new condo and freelance, and I'm trying my best to fit in the next Me...

Labor Day Page WIP!

I hope y'all are having a happy Labor Day, whether or not you have to work today! (I most definitely do. XD)

I was hoping to finish this page today, but long weekends are always my busiest freelance weekends, and my condo closing is TOMORROW!  So things have been pretty crazy.

Anyway, the pencils are the hardest part of doing a DOTU page, and that's finished, but I have to jump over t...

Pogo's August 2018 Letters Have Been Sent!

Pogo's August 2018 letters have been sent out to all of August's processed patrons, so you should be getting them soon.  Email letters went out just a little while ago too, so if you haven't received yours, let me know.

Also, today is payment processing day for September, and it looks like Patreon's payment processors are doing a repeat of last month - lots of declines for lots of creators....

August 2018 Sketch Tier Sketches 13-18

Here's 13-18 of the sketches!  If you're a Sketch Tier, Sketch+Secret Gallery Tier ($20), or Custom Card Tier patron, let me know your choice sometime today or tomorrow.  Otherwise I'll pick at random.

The sketches are as follows:

13. Scary Jordana

14. South Sphere happy hammer-wielding military robot tank

15. South Sphere "flamingo on a motorized unicycle" combat bik...

August 2018 Sketch Tier Sketches 7-12

Here's 7-12 of the sketches!  If you're a Sketch Tier, Sketch+Secret Gallery Tier ($20), or Custom Card Tier patron, let me know your choice sometime today or tomorrow.  Otherwise, I'll pick one at random.

The sketches are as follows:

7. Samsid's Trophy Wall (coming soon in the comic ^_^)

8. Stock-Photo-Inspired Merritt

9. Cannon concept sketch

10. A spider with...

August 2018 Sketch Tier Sketches 1-6

First off, hi to this month's recent new patrons! :)  Thank you for pledging!  I just want to give you a heads up that payment processing for September is happening on September 1.  If you aren't ready to be charged again so soon, you can cancel before 9/1 and re-pledge any time in September to delay your processing date.  (Please do come back, though! ^_^)  Otherwise, fee...

Chapter 4, Page 33

Yesterday's page got bumped a day due to illness and freelance, but here it is now!

This is page #2 of this month.  I'll fit in a third page if I can, but it's a Sketch Tier month and I'm also closing on my condo, so I know the end of the month will be pretty hectic.  I'll still try, though!

Also, as a special bonus, here is an excerpt from the actual DOTU script for this page: 2018-08-21 17:25:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Devoted - Merritt's Story 2 - Chapter 7

Whew, I made it! :D  Chapter 7 is here at last!  You can read it inline or download the attached PDF.

I'm gonna aim to get the next chapter in by the end of the month, but that's also the day of my condo closing, so it might need to wiggle a bit.  I'll keep y'all updated.

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Chapter 4, Page 32

Yeah, I enjoyed making this page more than I thought I would...

Consider this as compensation for the very low levels of text on the past 8 pages. XD  If you don't feel like reading all that text, I promise you he's not saying anything important. ^_^

I'm aiming to get the next chapter of Merritt's Story up this Thursday.  It *might* slip to next week depending on how fast I can g...

Just a Reminder

I had one patron cancel their pledge in protest because they're upset that the comic is going private (something I announced to patrons a month ago...), and I just want to remind everyone that the comic WILL update publicly again.  During the months that the comic is patrons only, I'm building a buffer that will eventually turn back into FASTER public pages - as long as readers contin...