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A Quick and Bready Poll

I've talked a bit about how when the series reaches episode 1000 I want to circle back and redo all of Bread Knights rise to greatness as a 24 page book, but importantly, should it just be the art and chronology that improves, or should there be more panels per page as well?

The Newsblade ~ The Goose Is Loose

[2 new Swords episodes]

589 responses to the Annual Survey so far - keep 'em coming

Please welcome our newest God Tier supporter, Red! Thank you Red!

Swordtember begins tomorrow. The first pr...

Welcome, Imgurians!

Imgur fired all of their staff a month ago, after being purchased, and the front page is currently all people trolling the new owners. I don't need to doompost about how bad the social internet fracturing even more is for creators like me (whoops I just did), but since I'm trying to guide people...

The Newsblade ~ Quest Week

[2 new Swords episodes]

The Swords Annual Survey is still open if you would like to drop in some feedback.
When I reach 500 responses in the next day or two, I will make a "Comments to comment on" style Patreon p...

The Newsblade ~ Swords Annual Survey

[2 new Swords episodes, plus a handful of old drafts]

(There were early drafts where Dualwidow was going to be a swashbuckling crab, but I couldn't get the vibes quite right.)

The Annual Survey is here, a little earlier than I planned, but it will help with some decision makin...

Setting Some Expectations Early (Also a fun poll)

Hi gang,

I've been invited to a coaching thing. I don't know all the details yet, but part of it will involve tightening all the loose screws on the my glorious digital empire, which for sure includes making my Patreon better by using all the features available to me.

The Newsblade ~ Let's Swordtember!

[2 new Swords episodes]

At my current pace I will be starting Swordtember at around episode 945, which will take us all the way to episode 975! And then at 1000, the Witch's Curse will be broken!

Who is keen to do Swordtember with me this year? You don't have to make whole comics; o...

The Newsblade ~ Your Choplet Here

[2 new Swords episodes]

"Gazebo Head" is a character I designed a really long time ago (2009? Earlier?) and I thought about how with AI slowly filling up the internet, the best thing to do is explore what makes Swords authentically weird all on its own. It sort of backfired because everyon...

Choplet's Dungeon RPG ~ V0.0.3

I opened up Choplet creation to the community over on BlueSky and they have been making $5 Ko-Fi Donations to get a Choplet added to the game. So this is the first build that features a few of them.

2025-08-02 10:25:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Choplet's Dungeon RPG ~ V0.0.2

I found a bug that made Chadpole immortal!! Sorry.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wD2iDVIgjK6drzVV0fGNPbJzSjpeXp_O/view?usp=sharing

Changes since yesterday: 2025-07-30 08:10:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Choplet's Dungeon RPG ~ First Playable Build

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14_UMYiMZZT4e2F8ezoQ0oC3_NHgXqwgJ/view?usp=sharing

Some notes

• There's no storyline yet, it's just combat with all four cha...

  2025-07-29 22:10:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Choplet's Dungeon ~ A Very Small Teaser

Choplet's Dungeon in RPG Maker is kind of playable now, but I'll need to spend a bit of time balancing combat to make it fun before I release a playable build.

Sword Maths

It's been a while since I crunched the numbers, so I thought you might enjoy a Swords-eye View of the series and the journey it's been on.

I think it's easy to lose sight of some things when you're standing in the middle of them. I maybe didn't fully appreciate the magnitude of how the Pat...

The Newsblade ~ Opportunity Knocks

[2 new Swords episodes]

I've been offered a big opportunity with Swords. I'll be thinking about it carefully for a while.

People are complaining that I complain too much, so you are now in agreement with me that that ends here and you are only allowed to complain about me complaining...

The Newsblade ~ Out Of Order

No new comics this week - my Surface Pro 8 keyboard has stopped reliably connecting to the device and it's the only way to charge the pen. I'm typing this on the touch screen and it's painful.

If you're a cool dude you can t...

The Newsblade ~ Clog State

[2 new Swords episodes]

I've included an episode draft that I got told is too similar to a Spongebob gag.

The episode "Happy Endings" was just a sort of little continuity reward for long-term, detail orientated readers. Most people were confused, annoyed, thought it was Loss or thoug...

The Newsblade ~ Sword Words

[3 new Swords episodes]

More work on Cut the Deck - we've passed 81% shipped and are chasing up all the loose ends. Shipping will be closed from July 19-August 10 whil...

Post-Convention Clearance Sale (NZ gets first dibs edition)

I'm drowning in stuff and my next convention appearance isn't until October, so I'm offering some deals to people in Wellington, New Zealand first (available to pickup at Caffeinated Dragon, or in person):

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Swords: Cut the Deck Hero Edition bundle (game + dice) - $99 2025-07-02 01:31:08 +0000 UTC View Post

The Newsblade ~ Recovery

[2 new Swords episodes]

There was a continuity error with Choplet but I've fixed it. Sorry to cause Eternal Chaos.

With Wellycon behind me, I planned to hit the ground running on Monday and take care of a lot of things, but I was blind-sided by some big, ikky webcomic communit...

A friendly reminder to check Collections

A lot of people signed up recently on Gift Memberships, which should be expiring soon. I just wanted to remind you that to get the most out of your membership, to check out the Collections page and...

[Poll] Who do you wanna check in on?

I'm just feeling out where people's hearts are right now

Not to be dramatic, but if you complain I never work on [the one you like], I'll generally stop working on [the one you like] because every time I try to draw it, I'm just cycling through all the negative feedback I got and overthinki...

10 swordy secrets

Hello,

Thanks to all the new people who signed up today! Here are 10 things that changed in my mind between the series starting and now:

Harpe and Edge were the original team-up
Originally, Edge the Merblade who was introduced as a child in episode VII, and Harpe ...

Choplet & Friends ~ Paper Minis by Paper Golems

Please find attached a ZIP file containing printable paper minis for Choplet and his friends (and Zungir!) created by the very talented Paper Golems, who I have been supporting for a while now (and you should too!) These...

The Newsblade ~ Wellycon

[3 new Swords episodes]

I've spent the last three days at WELLYCON, teaching people how to play Cut the Deck! Everyone truly loved it; I saw some genuinely epic combos get pulled off; and I met lots of cool people too. I'll definitely be going again, even though a display wall fell on...