Scout’s honor. 23 pages, last panel penciled tonight. I’ve kept up a pace of at least three pages a day for the last week. I am very, very curious of what kind of pace I’ll be able to keep when I start inking Wednesday. (Prediction: MUCH SLOWER.)

Here’s my stack o’ bristol on my lovely handy drawing pedestal device.

12 pieces of paper, 23 half-size pages.

I’ve scanned them, and I’m going to back up the files online, because I’m so paranoid I might as well add a nice tinfoil chapeau to my collection. This is partially because I realize that if anything went awry tonight, I would, as the kids say, cut a bitch if anyone tried to hurt my pages in any way, shape, or form. I have no desire to do this. Hence, I will be placing them out of reach of the cat.

My head hurts, but I’m jittery excited right now. Man, this is fun. Wednesday: inking. Tomorrow, however, I have different plans: