June 14, 2015 – December 18, 2016

This section had a lot of breaks because it was the year I got Diverticulitis. One trip to the hospital I was hoping they got it. A few months later I’m in the hospital getting part of my colon removed, bedridden in the hospital, and having to stay in a convalescent home for almost a month, and going back to the hospital with a blood clot in my leg. Then there was the reconnection of what’s left of my colon. That’s the SHORT version. 2016 was not a fun year.

I did get something positive in this group, though. For the 2015 Christmas comics we got to meet Jake’s family, and I got to use a character I created for work and finally gave him a name. They never claimed it and that store doesn’t exist anyway, so I got to work him into this comic for my personal fun. I also got to introduce a Leroy. When I first created a friend for Jake I was going to call him Leroy, but in the article discussing my little art test I wrote “Leon” and decided that was better. Helped the logo, too. So Leroy finally enters the comic as Jake’s brother. Sadly the story got cut short because of everything in the previous paragraph. I ran out of Christmas questions with Fizzbin, so here and part of the 260s had her asking about Hanukah for 2016. And DC finally brought back Cassandra Cain, allowing me to complete one particular running gag. That was nice.