Dear Insane Children,  As you’re aware we’ve got Jennifer working on a collection of Enamel Pins which we’ll offer as a “Set of 4 + 1 Exclusive Pin” here on Patreon and then as just the “Set of 4” over on Mysterious. Final numbers of pins and the “exclusive” details are TBD… as are the…

Dear Insane Children,  As we continue our exploration of the story, places, and people of Alice: Asylum, we now enter into The Mad Hatter’s Domain. This area is representative of the “Bargaining” stage in Alice’s PTSD.  Over on the Asylum Wiki we have a few notes scribbled down including this tidbit:  (Hatter) spends his days…

Dear Insane Children,  Alex sent along an exploration of a Boss Fight based on The Queen + Judgment. I thought you all might like a peek into the creative process back-and-forth and so share our exchange here… Of this he writes:  A while ago I was asked to look into exploring game mechanics and attack…

Dear Insane Children,  One of the themes I discussed while at the recent Patreon Assembly in Los Angeles was the idea of Missteps as Content. And how this is a radical notion in a world of glitzy product launches, review embargos, and Rotten Tomato’s faked freshness.  My premise is one you’ve heard before: Embrace your…

Dear Insane Children,  It’s 3AM in Los Angeles but I’m awake because my brain still thinks I’m in Shanghai where it’s 7PM… so I’m up waiting for the sun to rise so I can head to LAX and catch a flight back to Shanghai.  Patreon Assembly was a lot of fun. I met tons of…

Dear Insane Children,  Get ready for a Halloween Special Live Stream over on YouTube! Woo! Hit THIS LINK to join us at 6PM PST on October 30th (9AM HKT on the 31st).  During this stream, we’ll review all the latest art and story progress on the Realm of the Queen of Hearts. And there will…

Dear Insane Children,  As we continue our exploration of the Queen’s Domain we linger a moment within the walls of Judgment. Omri sends along an updated variation on The Courthouse, which reflects our comments from last week. This new version is more ordered, clean, and purposeful – yet also manages to capture the labyrinthine nonsense…

Dear Insane Children,  If you’ve ever spent hours trying to open a bank account or dealing with the Department of Motor Vehicles then you’ll know the meaning of “Kafkaesque.” Omri sent along an image this morning which explores one possibility for the interior of the Courthouse we’ll visit in the Queen of Heart’s Realm. And…

Dear Insane Children,  Omri sends along early concept sketches for a “Knave of Hearts” character we might find (and fight) in the Queen of Hearts domain. Of this idea he says,   Knave of hearts in the original Alice in wonderland story stole the tarts and Alice was blamed for doing it. i think he can be a…

Dear Insane Children,  Fall officially arrived in Shanghai with “Qiu Feng” (autumn wind) which we felt strongly yesterday. It blew away the last remnants of summer’s warmth and put us on our way towards winter. Brrrr.  I am not a fan of winter in Shanghai. It’s a cold damp affair with very little else to…