… and yes, there is a reason we’re only going to refer to today as the “Twelfth Anniversary”. A VERY. GOOD. REASON.

Let’s be fair: I’ve been drawing this comic for twelve years. While just sticking around that long is saying something, there’s no prize for sticking to your morals and staying a starving artist.

In Silicon Valley, there is value in persistence, yes, but also in the pivot: changing tack on what you’re doing just enough to not completely scrap what you’ve done in the past, but take what’s been built up to this point and making something new out of it — ideally, something people have demonstrated time and time again they want.

In the art world, that means two things: fanart, and porn. I’m not keeping up with you rascals and your Fortnite Loot Crates enough to do fanart, so…

Say hello to Last Res0rt: Root Access!

What.

You heard me.

So… this is all the stuff you wouldn’t have in the comic otherwise?

So many folks confuse “NSFW” with “uncensored”, and “uncensored” with “you’ll wish you were watching The Human Centipede after you see this”.

This ain’t that.

There’s enough gross, violent stuff online that I don’t need to race to the bottom. In fact, that’s why stuff like Root Access is necessary. This is a calculated, full-frontal assault on the type of material that’s already out there.

This is femme-friendly, consensual smut. The kind of stuff you can fall asleep to right afterwards without having nightmares.

Root Access exists as a counter to all the terrible stuff the #MeToo movement has brought to the surface. It’s not enough to say “This bad behavior is bad”; it’s also important to say “This is what good behavior looks like. It’s good because everyone involved feels good.” Without that, we run the risk of making the full spectrum of sexual experience look terrible. It only perpetuates the problems we’re seeing.

More importantly, I wouldn’t be able to draw it. I may not believe in sympathetic magic when it comes to things like “prayer shawls” or “kitchen witchcraft”, but cartoons require intention.

I still draw the lines, which means I still draw the line. And my line is “Everyone involved has a good time and goes home happy”.

This is an April Fool’s thing, right?

Be fair. April Fool’s jokes are something I do for free. Who draws this sort of thing for free?

I’m pretty sure in order to do this properly, I’d have to point people to my Patreon so that it’s behind a paywall of some stripe… Or, y’know , get some other kind of reaction out of people…

I’m sure if you have an opinion, you’ll share it, yes? 😉