This page needed about 2 hours of restoration. Had I more Photoshop chops, probably would have been easier, but there you go. This was shot from the book. Alas, for some reason, I used the wrong tone sheet for about a half dozen figures in this issue, and on random shots in earlier books. When printed, the tones went to mud, and the figures turned out almost flat black. Without the original art, I had to guess at the drawing beneath the tone sheet and carefully redo the details. I’ve never done any Photoshop tones before, and have a lot to learn. Forgive my Novice Nelly performance. I decided to…

I cannot contain my excitement! How thrilling! If about 50 of you vote for A Distant Soil, we make it into the TOP 100 WEBCOMICS! After that, I want world peace. You may vote once a day, and I wish you would.

Most sincere thanks to our noble patron Raymond Parungao whose generous donation bringeth unto him a hot page of original art from A Distant Soil. Aeren doesn’t appear in this book very much, but it is amazing how many people want pictures of him. The dude’s got the mojo.

Poor Jason.

Cecil Newson, your shekels fund my comic dreams! Thank you for your generous donation! It is much appreciated!!!

One of my most avid supporters, Justin Kim, who has been collecting my work for some time now, comes through yet again with a generous donation of $100 which brings him an original page of A Distant Soil and allows me to draw another page of A Distant Soil for all of you! Even if you can’t afford to hit the tip jar, coming here regularly helps finance the comic via our advertisers. Thanks so much for patronizing the official A Distant Soil website! I totally love this cheesy page. In case you didn’t notice, Daylight Savings Time has moved our updates back to 11 PM Eastern Standard Time. I’m…

Gary Dunaier opens his heart and wallet and supports A Distant Soil! My most sincere thanks to Gary and I know all readers out there appreciate EVERYONE who participated in the donation incentive drive, which has covered many expenses here. I can now reinvest ALL the funds I put into the website and convert those dollars back into funds to produce new books. THANK YOU!!! No matter how small, donations are much appreciated, as is your coming here every day to read the webcomic!

Thanks to the gracious patronage of the noble lady Jannae Spano, A Distant Soil moves forward by another page! Our donation incentive drive has paid for all site relate expenses for one year: advertising, new site construction, and hosting fees. Thank you so much! Future donations go to pay for my time and effort. Your donations are GRATEFULLY accepted, and thank you so much for coming to read A Distant Soil at the official website. Even if you can’t afford to donate or purchase, by coming to the official website, you help me get paid via the advertisers.