Well, I finished off Kaza in New York right at the start of December. So I've been taking it pretty easy while I plan my next story. Inspiration came from Lirvilas and his Grinder$ series on Comic Fury.

His comic, CryptidasMicroraptor's, mine and Stilldown's Theater of the Bloody Tongue have become part of a shared universe that's been dubbed the Think Tank Schnittstelle 23. Stilldown has been collecting data in a file about all of the various characters, connections, interactions and shared elements between the various comics. Kaza's Mate Gwenna has mostly been adjacent to much of these connections, just a side player in some of these stories. Though that is likely to start changing. In Grinder$, Lirvilas has been laying the ground work for a larger crossover between our comics, and undoubtedly Kaza and Gwenna are going to find themselves in the middle of it.

We are heading into the Second Ostrich War

The first Ostrich War started out as a joke. Microprator's funny little entry for a 30 Days of characters challenge. Then it became part of the backstory for one of the Cryptida characters. Another 30 Days Challenge gave rise to General Mbuni, the main antagonist of the Ostrich War, along with several of his associates and underlings. All of this world building was for the Cryptida spin off series Playground. Set at the luxurious Monaco Royale hotel in Monaco, the leadership of Timmy's Toyco is trying to make a business deal with General Mbuni, which is being interfered with by international terrorists.

That lead to a major plotline in Grinder$. Donna Panks, the main character, ends up involved with Mbuni, Donna is rather commitment phobic, and runs away from his from his proposal. She returns back to her life in the town of Anvil Flats, but finds herself sent to Africa by her employer.

This is the point where Kaza's Mate Gwenna really starts getting tied into the story. Donna is in Buranda, the setting for my comic. She visits The Adventurer's Club, a location from my comic, and encounters Henry Botaba, the Mbuni lookalike, who I've used once before. Lirvilas even threw in a cameo by Wimberley and the Commissioner. The pair of them throw wildest party in Buranda, and they end up destabilizing the government.

For my next act, I'll be following The Commissioner, Nula and Wimberley as they deal with some of the side effects of these events. I have a few pages with the Commissioner and Nula worked out, and I'm planning some pages with Wimberley and his wife, who hasn't been seen in ages.