Haha! That’s the problem with only four or five pages a month…everything moves at a snail’s pace. Thanks for being patient though, I appreciate that.

Anyhow, onto this update…so…you know, spoilers.

No, seriously, if you haven’t read this month’s update, WALK AWAY.

NOW!!

Alright…now that they’re gone.

Sam’s dead.

Let me just come out and say that. He’s dead. This has been planned for a huge amount of time and the way he died was decided before this book even began. Hell, there was even a line in Part Five of Lost Time where Sam says that the only way he was going to die is if ‘some psycho got the better of him and stabbed him to death’.

I mean, I nixed it, I felt it was too wordy/telling. But it was there…I might have to find the line in an old draft.

But Sam’s dead, and it was a good death.

He fought off, arguably, the toughest enemy they’ve faced so far.

And his fall off the roof was, by far, the best bit of sequential art I’ve produced.

And you won’t know it for a long, long while, but he’s going to save the world.

Well…not him. He’s dead. But his death is a catalyst for pretty much everything that happens from here on out. Tom’s going to…well…best not spoil it.

Also, just to get it out of the way, he’s not coming back. This isn’t Dragon Ball Z or Marvel/DC comics where death has no meaning and the heroes will, at some point, rise again to take up their shield and defend the Earth once more.

Now…that’s not to say that Death is the end of all things. I mean, look at the Reapers. They’re dead as hell and they’re still kicking around. But they also don’t interact with people that much. So Sam won’t be returning to the main PKF storyline…but who knows what the future holds for our illustrious hero? Maybe we’ll see him in Hunter. Or a story of his own.

Or maybe I’m just trying to make you feel better that I just killed one of the main cast.

Either way, he’s dead and won’t be getting better.

But it was one hell of a death, wasn’t it?

Now then…The Director. You know…I conceived him as a throw-away asshole (beware, book one link…ugh…bad art). I mean, the ZPF was originally going to be some half-assed organization that constantly needed The PKF to save them. And he wasn’t even a total asshole, just a jerk. He tries to make Adjana be NICE for God’s sake.

But here he is. Being a total, and complete, asshole. To an almost cartoonish level. I mean really, no one is this effing heartless.

SO…I’ve decided that it’s about time for me to explain why he’s such an asshole. And let’s just say that ‘The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’ isn’t in reference to Temtra. The Director hates Jenny, with passion that has allowed him to treat her son, and everyone associated with him like shit.

Book Two, Chapter Eight’s ending will…clear up everything. So if you’re starting to hate this old bastard try to hold out. I mean, he has lost someone he cares about (Pro tip: She’s younger than him, and is following in his footsteps).

Also, it has something to do with the ‘New York Incident‘. And Eugene already knew about it.

Anyhow, I’ll be back to check in later. I really need to get into the habit of reviewing books and movies. When I finally install Google ad words I’ll need something to give it reference to, right?

-Peace

Remember, this weekend I’ll be updating the site to the new WordPress…so if I’m down, don’t worry, we’ll be back shortly.

Haha, I’m actually really, really happy with this whole comic. You get a chance to see the Director being something other than a whiny little pain in everyone’s ass. Which is nice.

It’s funny, when I first created the Director I actually intended to have him be a relatively nice guy…but he was much more fun to make him an asshole…now he’s starting to peter out a little more. He’s a complicated character to write for. At first he was just a dick with no reason other than he hated Tom and the other agents…but I’ve slowly realized he’s got a very good reason for hating Tom the way he does…so I’ve managed to humanize the ornery old bastard in my mind…

But he’s still angry and easily riled…

It’ll be interesting if I can bring him back from the brink of ‘He’s just an EVIL, EVIL little man’ that I managed to make him into at the end of Book One. It’s a tricky line I have to walk…he’s fiercely loyal to his men and would do anything for them, but he would never endanger the ZPF…he’s in a position of great power and responsibility which has left him with very little in the way of friends or other humanizing aspects of life…

His job’s taken two wives and a daughter…he’s…well…he’s obsessed with making the ZPF all he can make it before he has to retire…it’s quite literally his legacy at this point.

But I don’t want to ramble too much…especially since this chapter reveals a bit more about the man behind the old wooden desk…

Just remember, Eugene respects the Director a great deal…he’s been good to Eugene…but Eugene also knows the Director will do what’s best for the ZPF before he’ll do what’s best for the individuals in the organization (illustrated by his unwillingness to save Adjana at the end of Book One)…So Eugene is both willing and unwilling to go out of his way to help the Director…it’s complicated.

Have I ever told you I sometimes question my sanity for deciding to make The PKF my first foray into the world of Comickery? Because damn…It’s a bitch to keep my head above water sometimes…

And what the HELL is up with his jowls?! Seriously? Why did I stick those on him? Haha…but damned if they don’t look right.

Anyhow…Remember, for the foreseeable future Hunter ALSO updates on Fridays. He swears up a storm, so NSFW.

Good Night and once again, Happy 2009…it’s a trip I’ve made it this far, eh?

-Peace