by Nicholas Killewald

Monday, October 5, 2026

In my not-particularly-well-defined home, I stand before a sink, watching as water fills up a small, cubical, glass aquarium. I say, "Well. That'll teach me not to get fancy with page layouts." As I carry the now-filled aquarium somewhere, I continue: "Fortunately, after the next chapter's intro pages, I should be able to go back to my usual page templates for a while." As an aside in smaller text, I add: "...and looking at the 6-panel template, I have no idea why the horizontal gap is smaller than the 4-panel one." Now at my desk, I set the aquarium down. At the desk is my sketchbook, my usual mechanical pencil, and a small plastic toy boat. "So next up is putting Chapter Ten together. I think I've got a good framework and broad plot elements ready, but the whole thing as a complete story isn't quite there yet." With the aquarium in place, I now hold the plastic boat in my hand. "Though, it's one of those ideas I've had percolating for a long time, so I'm looking forward to at least getting it out into existence for you. Should be good." At this, I toss the boat into the auqarium. It floats. Holding my sketchbook and starting to draw in it, I conclude with "Oh, and it involves the sea, by the way. Just to be clear."
 
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Greetings. Welcome to the Dementia of Magic, a somewhat silly plot-grounded comic, updated MWF (eventually). Sit back, enjoy, read the story, have a look around, just have a nutty good time.

If you're new here, you're best off starting from the beginning. It's quite a bit plot-dependent.

November 15, 2026:

Can anyone see this? If you can, you're on the backup server.

I'm not quite sure what's happened to the server on which the DoM usually resides. One day (October 31) things were all working fine, the next (November 1), everything went kerflooey and the server wasn't serving http(s) anymore. Worse, the person who runs that server hasn't responded to emails (and I haven't heard from them in quite some time besides). Sure hope nothing's gone really wrong.

Regardless, once I get DNS and SSL certs sorted out, this should be working again. I'm working on it.

But while I'm here, I guess I never actually made a newspost about Chapter Nine finishing up. So, briefly: Yay! It's done! I'm working on getting Chapter Ten planned out and ready to draw. I've got ideas, don't worry.


This version of the Dementia of Magic is hosted on Exclaim Industries. If you're reading this, it likely means I sent you to the backup site for whatever reason, and it further means I'm looking into why I didn't send you to the main site. The whole thing's automated by AutoFox 2.5.7.2. So there.

This comic and all material related to it are ©2002-2026 Nicholas Killewald, except where otherwise noted. Please do not redistribute without permission, which I might give if you ask nicely and aren't a jerkface.