I think the strip speaks for itself. Here ends chapter 10, dear reader. This one made my wife smile, which is the best feeling in the world.

Hex Libris, the magical library comic, will be taking a short break. Fear not, I’ll be back very soon with tales of girl detectives, monsters, librarians and witches. More fictional characters. Romance. Swashbuckling action. And more one-off strips that you could read without having ever seen the comic before.

Story strips are hard for new readers. So over the last 10 chapters, I’ve set up the background and introduced the characters. And had a really good time and also watched the art style improve substantially, at least in my eyes. I’ll be doing strips with the characters you’ve (I hope) grown to know. But I’ll also be commenting on books, popular culture and more. There’s be some strips that stand alone, some short adventures and maybe some longer ones as well. I’d love to hear what you’d like to see or not see.

Over the next several weeks, I’ll be away from home and then working my posterior off on a graphic novel project I’m submitting for review (deadline, December 28). But I’ll be back in a few weeks, and will update here when I know my return date. Click here to subscribe to the strip by email and you’ll receive the strips when they go live. No cost, no catches, no personal information shared and no unwanted emails result from subscribing this way.

Take the girl out of the fictional 50s and she starts threatening old ladies. Not a good idea. I don’t think you’d be surprised to hear that Connie might return to the library someday.

I really wouldn’t mess with Connie. I think she is willing to drop the gentility in a way the old girl detectives wouldn’t. Then again, I haven’t read enough Nancy Drew to know whether Nancy would connect foot with posterior.

To be up front, I’ve never dreamed that I was naked in a library. I won’t comment on whether I’ve dreamt that I was naked somewhere I shouldn’t be naked. And speaking of not telling too much about your dreams, Amy may have been spared much humiliation by that scream.