Rin's Comet Part III Production Complete

At two in the morning on October twelfth, I finally hit submit on the print order for Rin’s Comet Part III. It felt unreal to see the confirmation screen after spending most of the year working on this book in between Survifern planning, events, and everything else that pulled at my attention. This was the first comic I had finished since Lab Partners in 2023, and the first Rin’s Comet book since 2020. I worked more events this year than any other, and every time someone stopped at my table to talk about Rin’s Comet, it reminded me why I needed to finish this chapter. Tonight it finally happened.

I started Part III back in 2020, but life pulled me away from it. For a long time I did not know if I would ever return to it. The support I found in Asbury Park changed that. People there made me feel like the story mattered, like it was worth continuing, and that encouragement pushed me back into the world I had created years ago. Part III is the climax of the pilot, the moment everything that Part II set in motion finally comes to a head. Coming back to it after so much time away felt like reconnecting with an old version of myself and giving him the ending he deserved.

Finishing the book took longer than I expected. The last stretch was slow and meticulous because I refused to rush it. I held every panel up to the light and treated each one like its own piece of art. I wanted to be able to look at this book and know I gave it everything I had. There were nights where I redrew tiny details no one else would ever notice, but I needed to do it for myself. Only when every page felt right could I call it complete.

Now that the book is done, I can finally shift my focus to everything else that needs to happen before the sixteenth anniversary celebration. There is still so much to prepare, but tonight I am letting myself feel the weight of this moment. Part III is real. It exists. After years of stops and starts, doubt and distance, I finished the comic I began in 2020. And that alone feels like a victory.