OK, I think we have finally officially earned the self-proclaimed title of “America’s Most Emo Comic Strip.” Wow. Bleak stuff.

And sorry, but the next episode is not going to be much happier. But you know what they say, right? Always darkest before the dawn?

In other happier (I hope!) news, if you still want one of those limited-time signed copies of the first print issue, featuring all sorts of goodies you CANNOT get anywhere else, you only have until Oct. 13 to pre-order. On Oct. 14, the comic hits the streets and internet sales move over to plain, ol’ boring, unsigned copies without the nifty shipping discount. So quit stalling.

Also, we’ll be on hiatus next week. Not that any of you read this text below the comic to even know that, so I’m sure I’ll get messages on Facebook or Twitter or whatever next week wondering where are the new pages. HIATUS, kids. We’ll be back with Part 007: Odyssey on Oct. 21.