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And we’re back in the house like antique furniture!

Sorry about the hiatus. After Kevin and I finished our Freaky Friday impression we retreated back to his place for a week of solitude and quiet reflecting. We quickly realized was impossible since we were, y’know, around each other. But I digress.

I’ve already told you all about our foray with the bats, but indulge me as I recount the progression of events: we found a bat in Kevin’s kitchen, so we caught and released it. A couple hours later we found another bat and did the same thing. I don’t know how familiar you guys are with bats, but encountering one in your house is akin to finding a koala in your garbage can. You’re shocked and scared at first, but then you realize what a gentle little creature it is. Then you take a closer look at it:

HOLY CRAP THAT'S UGLY

And suddenly you remember that class you had in seventh grade, where they taught you all about rabies. That thing might have rabies. RABIES, MAN! So instead of allowing it to regail you with all its woodland stories, you throw the thing out the window.

The exact same thing happened the very next day, only this time it was just me and it was too early (late?) for me to be wearing pants, so I guess that made it level 2 of Bat Crusade, the game which we were unwittingly and involuntarily playing. Luckily I didn’t make it to level 3, because that would’ve involved me in the shower with a swarm of bats nipping at my no-no parts. Or is it a flock of bats? Clique? Cadre? I don’t really know the technical name for a congregation of bats.

CONGREGATION! Yeah, that’s what would’ve been biting my Oscar Wildes. But again I digress.

After much toil and strife (and many bats flung out the window), above this post lies the continuation of the Bahama Baby saga. I hope you all enjoy it, as well as the terrifying things we go through. I bet Tycho and Gabe never have to fight bats.

- Chris

So you are not left in the dark, here is the state of Ominous Knife as of today.

My (Kevin’s) responsibilities as a dad and Chris’s job responsibilities both increased all at once which left us little time to work on new comics. This isn’t something we did lightly as we both knew full well that it takes sacrifice to make a comic and we were both making plenty. But for me it started to creep up to ask me to make sacrifices I wasn’t willing to make, it crossed over from leisure and social sacrifices and started getting bigger.

Now my situation has changed a bit (I won’t have the baby alone for as many hours as I did before) and this may open up more time for making comics. We are going to see how it goes and try our best to be able to make comics consistently again.

If we find we can hit these consistency goals for ourselves, then we’ll bring back the strip, and right now we are both willing to always leave this option going. So as soon as we are able, we will bring back Ominous Knife.

-Kevin

What up, Ominous Family? I’ll be honest with you: today’s question is going to make some people upset, which is why it took me so long to post it. Also, I’m very, very lazy. Before I reveal it, I’d just like to assure you that neither myself nor Kevin wrote this crazy thing, so if you’re mad you have no one to blame but Hurley Gale, whose initials are HG, which is the chemical symbol for Mercury. So if you’re mad, blame the fleet-footed messenger of the gods. Or the closest planet to the sun. Yeah, blame that one.

To whom it may concern,

Sincerely,

Hurley Gale

Calvin: This is like, the easiest Ominous Question ever. His question was basically, “where’s the question?” The question is right here:

My name is Hurley Gale (or is it?!)

QUESTION ANSWERED.

Walt: You know what? We’re just gonna leave this one here…let it simmer. No answer will be sufficient. And yet…all answers will suffice.

Okay, that’s enough of that. Stay tuned to Ominous Knife, because we have questions and stuff! Lots of stuff! LOVE ME!

Q: Is Ominous Knife ending?

A: No

Q: Is Ominous Knife going on Hiatus?

A: No.

Q: What’s up with the delays?

A: Between fighting the bats, a busy season at work and a baby who won’t nap as long as she used to, it just became a perfect storm of eating up the time I have set aside for doing the comic. Each week however I do use all available time to work on the comic, it’s just this available time hasn’t added up to much lately.

I’m not complaining or saying it’s impossible, I just need to figure out where to find the extra time or how to finish the strip quicker, and that’s taking longer than I expected, and with no buffer, it creates this gap.

However we shoot for having the comic up every single Tuesday, and I can say that this coming Tuesday will have a comic and I think I see the end in site for these delays. The best way to keep up with us is to subscribe to our twitter (@ominouskevin) or RSS feed and you’ll be notified as soon as the new strips are up.

Thank you for your understanding, and we’ll see you next Tuesday!

-Kevin

You may notice that at the time of this post there is no comic. That’s because — and I kid you not — Kevin and I spent an entire evening capturing bats. You can probably imagine the strain that put on drawing a comic, though we were both relieved that none of the bats turned into Dracula.

Anyways, we’re both powering through sleep deprivation and creepy dreams to bring you guys a comic today, so stay tuned!

Just in case you aren’t already reading Big Sandy Gilmore,  Matt just finished a three part crossover with the Ominous Knife guys!

Make sure to check it out.