I’m excited to announce that Cleopatra in Space will finally resume regular updates in June! Sorry it took so long. I never planned for this hiatus to last as long as it did, but some things came up (besides a baby) that made it impossible for me to return any sooner. But I’m so ecstatic to be back and can’t wait to start updating a regular webcomic again.

A couple of things to note:

• CiS will still update once-a-week every Monday. Sorry, but I just don’t think I can keep up with a twice-a-week schedule and maintain the quality I want for CiS. Especially for some particular pages down the road.
• The story is set up in three acts and Act 1 is paced a little slow. Important (possibly funny) stuff, but slow. So I wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to hold off a few months and read it all in one chunk. The other two acts however are very action packed and I can’t wait to start drawing them. I hope you all enjoy it.

Also- starting TOMORROW, a 4-page “deleted scene” from Chapter 2 will start updating twice-a-week. It’s a fun little exchange between Cleo and Akila written by me with art by two of my absolute favorite creators, Wes Molebash and Josh Ulrich. So hopefully that’ll tide everyone over a little longer till June gets here.

Caanan is back with another amazing guest comic! I seriously want to hire Caanan to do a spin-off series spotlighting all the other students at Yasiro Academy. He just seems to have an uncanny grasp of these characters and the hijinks they get into. Perhaps his past self was a school girl? Ah well. If only I had my own publishing company…

In case you missed his previous guest strip, you can read that right here. And make sure to check out his own fantastic comic, Max Overreacts!

Story by Richard J. Maloney
Art by Manuel Preitano

Another amazing guest strip! This time by the story/art team of Maloney and Preitano. I’m starting to run out of creative ways to gush over these. So much to love about this one from that giant mummy to his “dark side” of a belt to the super fun hieroglyphics that frame the already beautiful art. Plus it’s funny. :)

Preitano’s no stranger to CiS, providing this adorable fan art a year or so back. So I encourage you to check out more of both Maloney and Preitano’s work over at Instant Press Comics, including one of my favorites, Mysteries of Bakerville.

Thanks so much, guys!

Shiver me timbers this strip is BEAUTIFUL! And fun. Loving these space pirates and their super rad O2/gravity bubble. Totally going to pillage this booty of an idea. Yarr.

I’m a huge fan of Gene Gonzales, who draws some of the best pinups in the biz, so it was super awesome for him to provide a guest strip this week. Seriously- the quality of this–ALL the guest strips so far–just blows me away. I’m almost afraid to come back.

Oh man. I LOVE this comic by Harry Myland! It’s amazing, with so few chapters of CiS, how well these guest comickers are capturing the spirit of the comic. Just perfect. They are even helping me name a few of the supporting cast. Up till now, Dennis was simply knows as the “Big Hairy Guy Who Liked Beads A Lot.“ Also, gotta love that heart fist bump.

Make sure to check out Harry’s Nomad Tofu, which is just simply a stunning and well-executed b&w comic.

Everyone thank Brian for this awesome comic he provided for me just yesterday! I mentioned on twitter that I didn’t have a guest strip for today and he graciously came to the rescue. So it would make me all kinds of appreciative if everyone would check out his comic Instant Classic in return. Brian’s got a great whimsical style that I’m sure a bunch of you will love. I sure do.

I’ve gotten a few emails of late from people assuming I’m not coming back to this comic. This is untrue! Chapter 3 is still a go. And sooner rather than later. In the meantime, I’m just thankful to have so many awesome friends and artists taking the time to provide some content for the site while I swim though this busiest of times. Both professionally and fatherly. :)

When I asked Bryan to contribute a guest strip for this comic, I was hoping he would draw something uncharacteristic, slightly gross, and a bit off kilter.  Bryan never disappoints.

For more of Bryan’s unique and wonderful stylings (as well as some exceptionable 3d work) make sure to check out his art blog. Or for a more introspective Bryan, take a gander at his photo blog.

This is great. I need to implement a gigantic gaterzilla into this comic stat. You can see more of Merrill’s art on her art blog.

Thanks, Merrill! I love it!

Yay! It’s Kayte! Always so happy to see when my guest comikers use some of the other supporting characters. And Kayte proved a popular one. Even though I never addessed her by name in the actual comic. And look! Nathan Fillion decided to show up as well!

So yeah. Caanan. The guy is amazing. Seriously one of my favorite creators working in the biz right now. Whether it’s fan art or comics, he puts so much thought and care into everything he draws- and it totally shows. Make sure to check out his Eisner-nominated Max Overacts and, if in some shape or form you haven’t already, his truly wonderful Muppet Thor 24-hour comic.

He drew that in TWENTY-FOUR HOURS! Gah. Still drives me nuts.

Haha. Poor Khensu. He tries so hard to stay propurrr.

Sorry about that. Anyhow, I’m a huge fan of Mike Laughead‘s work. He’s just got such a fun and unique style, and his comic pacing is top notch. I love this one.

Along with this strip, Mike also sent me roughs for a fantastic eight-page Cleo comic featuring a young Marc Antony in Spaaaace! Unfortunately, he got too busy to finish it. But maybe if we all tell him how awesome he is we can convince him to finish it!