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Dear Janolytes,
I sit here infused by chocolate, drinking my water, letting my new tattoo dry, and listening to Jennie’s Cd. I never listened to Black Pink before but the few singles that Spotify showed me since she had others with artist I actually listen to led me to her. Right now I’m 3 tracks in. I can YEET to this.
Anyway.
Obviously by the title of this issue you know why I am here. After 2.5 years it is time for issue 6 and the beginning of Act 2 of this story. Yep, the story i started back in the unemployment saga of 2016-early 2017 continues.
And true to Jano JRPG style it wasn’t simple. Levels 1 through 5 were done with no problem during my unemployment arc. I wrote Act 2 at some point and I had worked briefly late April 2017 until late May 2017 at cotton field 7 and 8.But since the cotton fields I were at didn’t require me to wake up BEFORE THE FUCKING SUN AND DID NOT INVOLVE PHYSICAL EXERTION, shit was good. I got laid off for a few weeks went back to work mid June to mid July 2017 at Cotton field 8. I had a Jano’s alive party, got back online and was unemployed roughly 9 weeks. I started working on Act 2 because if you have time to work on your craft without a slave schedule that what you do.
DUH!
I started at cotton field 9 early September 2017, and omg nigga my Knees. FUCK NIGGA MY KNEES. FUCK LADDERS!!! ON KAMI BRO!! And I had to be at work at 5 am.
I was so Weak in the knees like SWV, but not in the way they meant it.
I wish that was a typo, I really do. But that was the arc I was in.
Despite that I did my best to do my work.By Thanksgiving 2017 I had act 2 drawn and inked. I eventually started the coloring portion, which would be a task in itself since ya know ladders and a whack sleep schedule.
Spoiler Alert.
I got to Page 6 and then my house got broken into January 2018……yeah.
Depression, PTSD, and Anxierty are strong when it is the 2nd time. I hope those niggas die in a fire and life has made them suffer.
*Deep sigh*
Obviously niggas can’t color without a cpu so I ended up scripting Act 3 and 4 when i went back to cotton 8. Also working on Emerald Evisceration when I got my laptop back. At some point cotton field 9 let me go because of dumb white man fuckery, and eventually Cotton field 8 ended. So for 4 months I just worked on Act 3 and 4, chilled with friends, played video games, and took nature walks.
Simple Times Bro.
Eventually I had all of my story drawn, inked and scanned in. When this occurred in September 2018, i said I’m gonna relax.
And so I did.
The last week of Septemeber 2018 I went back to at Cotton Field 9 for 2 weeks, then eventually being at Cotton field 10.
Look I know there is alot of Cotton field hoping within a year and some months. I know. That’s a whole separate conversation and you can email me if you want to talked to me about it.
Anyway, once January 2019 hit I resolved to restart my book since super slave season was now over.
Simple right.
ABSOLUTELY NOT. Cotton field 10 was me having to be at work at 6 am in a warehouse FILLED WITH FUCKERY. Holy fuck nigga the fuckery.
Side note I’ll be so glad to be done with this warehouse arc that started with Cotton field 10.
Despite my best intention I didn’t finish this issue until July 2019 due to fatigue and other things.
UGH.
Once I finished I released issue 2. I had this whole plan to finish an issue and release an issue. Which was good in theory, but life said
OH NIGGA YOU GOT PLANS? AIGHT BRO. Watch this.
I had the FULLEST PLAN to be done with this series in 2020, but that was certainly NOT the case.
Needless to say none of that happened and here we are me releasing Issue 6 years later. Everyone’s journey is different.
Side note, the aforementioned Jennie CD was really good. it legit just finished.
Anyway Azure Ascendance Level 6 is here and the synopsis goes as follows.
Following the tragic results with the fight with Hannya all parties head their separate ways to grief and process the events that led to their new reality. New characters are introduced as this new act unfolds to a new wave of chaos that surpasses the bedlam Hannya previously spearheaded.
I introduce a slew of new characters and give continue to give the characters a plot of their own as this story goes on. Its only 14 issues remaking after this so enjoy it while it last. Even if I wasn’t working these raggedy ass jobs I don’t know If i would continue it. Making a comic and DOING EVERYTHING IS ALOT NIGGA!!! I won’t say its not possible to continue but I will say right now at this current position I am in life its unlikely. There is a goal to get it animated tho.
At any rate its link time.
For a preview of level 6 take this pill.
To buy the issue after said preview take this pill.
If you have no idea wtf is happening and want to read the issues prior to this point take this pill.
And that’s all folks enjoy this tale that I gave my all to like Mariah Carey.
I need to pass out since I have still wake up before the FUCKING SUN and a cotton field that is more unorganized the past 11.
UGH.
On a positive note I beat Spider Man Morales since we last spoke. Yay.
I need to finish Final Fantasy 7, yes the same Final Fantasy 7 i was playing in 2018.
Don’t judge me