Merry Krampusnacht!
December 26, 2016
Christmas seemed like a weird holiday to try pairing with "Arbalest," so here's some art for Krampusnacht!

Of course, Krampusnacht was back on December 5th, so this is pretty late. >_>

Regular webcomic updates will resume next Monday!

(Also, I queued this up a week in advance since I'm still away on vacation, so if it borks for any reason I'll be able to fix it in a couple of days.)

Guest Art #4
December 22, 2016
Surprise mid-week guest art update! This super cool picture is brought to you by Kez, creator of "What it Takes." If you like post-apocalyptic survival stories, shitkicking, ethical dilemmas, and what I'm strongly assuming is a doomed romance, this it totally your jam. Check it out!

It's still the last week of SpiderForest's Comic of the Week spotlights, so if you haven't done so yet, please check out

"Damsels Don't Wear Glasses" by J. Alice Brown!

Synopsis: "Lave Faraday plays keep away as every supernatural asshole in the city tries to take the kid she's being told to protect."

Please also check out

"The Only Half Saga" by Denise Randall, a.k.a. Darwin!

Synopsis of Current Plot Arc: "Garrett Kelly, Wanderer for the supernatural hunting organization, Victor Sierra, gets wind of Cabal's possible location and goes hunting. What he finds is completely different from his original quest."

Note that the link above goes to the current plot arc: "Of Dhampirs and Warlocks." It's worth reading from the very beginning, though.

Guest Art #3
December 19, 2016
"Arbalest" is on vacation for the month of December. In the meantime, I'm going to be showcasing some guest art from some awesome people. Today, art from the fabulous Darwin, who makes a couple of great comics. I've been reading both "Gemutations: Plague" and "The Only Half Saga" for ages. Check them out!

As for SpiderForest Comic of the Week (and it's the last week for this!), please check out

"Damsels Don't Wear Glasses" by J. Alice Brown!

Synopsis: "Lave Faraday plays keep away as every supernatural asshole in the city tries to take the kid she's being told to protect."

Please also check out... oh wait, I think I've already linked this one in this post!

"The Only Half Saga" by Denise Randall, a.k.a. Darwin!

Synopsis of Current Plot Arc: "Garrett Kelly, Wanderer for the supernatural hunting organization, Victor Sierra, gets wind of Cabal's possible location and goes hunting. What he finds is completely different from his original quest."

Note that the link above goes to the current plot arc: "Of Dhampirs and Warlocks." It's worth reading from the very beginning, though.

Guest Art #2
December 12, 2016
"Arbalest" is on vacation for the month of December. In the meantime, I'm going to be showcasing some guest art from some awesome people. Today, I've got a piece from E.U., creator of "Bits Fair." I love this comic's style, and the story is really intriguing. Give it a look!

As for SpiderForest Comic of the Week, please check out

"Supervillainous" by Zappit!

Synopsis: "The Crimson Claw is a family man, fiercely devoted to the people he loves, and...largely indifferent to the rest. He's a well-known supervillain who played the game the smart way, and built both a home and one heck of an arsenal. In the capes world, life can be chaotic, and it's not easy to raise a family. The Crimson Claw, however, is hardly the type to back down from a challenge.."

Please also swing by

"Retroblade" by Freya Horn!

Synopsis: "In the year 3007 a reality crash has wiped everything out. The last known survivor, Axel Kepler is working his way backwards through time, trying to figure out where it all went wrong.

With a severely out of touch Database, a Transmutation Device for food (that if anything, makes molecules less edible than they were before) and only a cryptic Blueprint left by his sister to guide him, he needs help…

He needs a Team.

Together, they will find out how to fix things, who the good guys really are… and why people from the future have such cheesy haircuts."

Guest Art #1
December 5, 2016
"Arbalest" is on vacation for the month of December. In the meantime, I'm going to be showcasing some guest art from some awesome people. Today, I've got a piece from k8a, creator of "Careful Going." This comic is at a great place to do a quick archive dive and catch up to the unfolding action, so check it out!

And of course, SpiderForest Comic of the Week continues even in the absence of new pages from me. This week, please check out

"Stargazer's Gate" by Tiffany Munro!

Synopsis: "Atrina activates an alien gate and vanishes. Leawyn is certain Atrina is still alive and will do whatever it takes to find her."

Do you enjoy trippy sci-fi/fantasy stuff? I do, and this delivers it in spades. You can read through the archive in a couple hours, but I recommend taking a bit more time and chewing the pages for a bit.

Please also take a look at

"Storm and Desire" by Eddie Dehais and Scotto Moore.

Synopsis: "Three women’s fates collide as they uncover the secret history of the multiverse. long description: STORM AND DESIRE is an epic sci-fi/fantasy adventure comic about three women whose fates collide: WYNDERIA, a scientist-musician & interdimensional explorer; LORELEI, a cyborg translator & occasional singer; and ANJETTE, an intelligent weapon system & occasional sorcerer. Together they set out to learn the secret history of the multiverse..."

This one is just so cool. I don't really know where it's going yet, but I'm pretty excited to watch it unfold. Head on over for even more chewy sci-fi adventures!

Chapter 2 Page 20
November 28, 2016
And now... for something completely different. I tried to do like a frosty vignette kind of thing on the panel corners, but I didn't love it so it doesn't really persist through the rest of this sequence. Ah well. Tried something new.

This will be the last page before my December break. I'll be using the month to visit family and rebuild my buffer, which I've pretty much beaten into the ground with this month's move and emergency car shopping. Check back on Mondays, though, because some awesome folks have done some fanart that I'm going to be posting! :D

Plus, there's still going to be SpiderForest Comic of the Week! This week, please check out

"The Sundown Boys" by Emma Pillette!

Synopsis: "A distraught space heiress seeks out the only people in the galaxy she can trust, and she's about to ask them for one hell of a favor."

I've been reading this one since before it was a space opera. Emma has done some major revamping to the story and setting of her comic, and this most recent incarnation is at a perfect spot to jump in and catch up on the archive.

Also up, we have

"Sunset Grill" by Kat Feete.

Synopsis: "Gangsters. Soldiers. Public defenders. Ordinary people struggling to survive in an extraordinary future. They all have one thing in common: they all drink beer."

Oh man, this comic. Kat writes fantastic characters, and her world has deep roots. The archive is hefty and worth diving through, but thorough character profiles are available if you'd rather start at the beginning of a certain story arc. Go take a look!