Very nice, @arseniclullaby.

Coloring is indeed a tricky thing, and there have been plenty of times where the inked version turned out much better than the colored, if only from an imagination standpoint—the mind can fill in the colors. :)

That's interesting what you say about the inking, though, as I've heard that many artists go straight from a pencil drawing scanned into the computer, darkened and cleaned up a little, then off to coloring. I personally like the starker contrast of ink myself, colored or not.

re: timing

Some things apparently never die, like the way things are done in the world of print. Having been in the newspaper publishing business, I know what's that like. The news, especially for a weekly in a social media world, seems like it's ages old by the time it gets to anyone, and any kind of advertising that would run it had to be thought out at least two weeks in advance.

I guess we've become used to more instantaneous use in the digital age where you can just go and download something to read, and where the creator, especially an indy one, can just go through production and proofing, then put it up for sale somewhere. No press, no distributor, no brick and mortar.