Murder and Noir

Comics about life and loss, from a man stuck in time

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Purgatory 20/7/2026

Finally got a win against those blasted hackers by getting all the games previously stolen back.

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Purgatory 13/7/2026

I can not catch a break

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Purgatory 6/7/2026

I guess I can’t even blink on the internet ever again.

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Purgatory 26/6/2026

I’m certain I messed up Crocodile Chop and I was too drunk to comprehend it, but everyone seemed to enjoy it anyway.

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Purgatory 22/6/2026

I'm still receiving emails about suspicious logins so we're still struggling against this tide.

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Purgatory 15/6/2026

The weather was crazy last week, and Circe would keep running out into the sunlight only to return completely drenched.

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Purgatory 8/6/2026

It’s never too late to learn a new thing. I did do some sewing. Small patches on my jacket, but I have a long way to go. My hot tip from the struggles I had: Get a thimble first.

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I can't believe Tumblr let me do this, but I give you a special presentation of my 24 Japan Dailies from late March/early April. Bluesky and Instagram only got the photo versions, but Tumblr gets the cleaned up scan versions for the hell of it.

Enjoy, and sure visit me in other places if you've got the time.

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Purgatory 1/6/2026

When I posted this on Patreon. On Monday, it had been 11 years since I started the daily diary comics and got myself into this mess.

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Purgatory 25/5/2026

Comics are made in isolation, and ?I can’t really talk about the process to everyone.

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Purgatory 18/5/2026

Back in the comic mines

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Purgatory 11/5/2026

This could be the last word I have on this program, but I did leave out a bunch of stuff, like how baffling it is that they didn’t expand it past 2000, the yearly audit being added, and being part of a group of former BIA participants who are all stressing about this application because even being on it the first time and producing a lot under it doesn’t mean you qualify under the new criteria. It was a success, that is now being engineered to fail, because we can’t have nice things.

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Purgatory 4/5/2026

I did in fact buy Infinite Jest. It’s pretty good actually.

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Purgatory 27/4/2026

I’m better now, but We’re also running hot from an exhausting holiday too.

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Two Purgatories?! Well, I still have to upload all my Japan dailies here so I pushed last weeks back, but I’m busy as all hell so I’m just posting this and last weeks now.

I feel like complete crap anyway so blehhh

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Purgatory 17/3/2026

I’ll be posting daily comics from Japan on other platforms so enjoy this early release. Find me under Detectiveken on Bluesky or Insta for the dailies.

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Purgatory 9/3/2026

My reputation precedes me.

I may be a grumpy bastard, but I’m not toxically masculine.