#standalone artwork

[Merry Christmas all! =) Hope you're having a good one this year!

Here's the news I promised! DGiacomo will be returning on January 1st this coming year (2026). =) Hopefully I'll be able to keep it running smoothly from here on! I managed to bust most of my to do list during this hiatus, leaving basically only DGiacomo, plush I need to make and the Bokumono collab I run! =D The next chapter will drop on the 1st at the usual time, then the anniversary pic will drop on the 9th. =) Then the comic should post as usual! I intend on taking a planned hiatus in July 2026 this time, at which point, the yearly character tournament will take place!

Thanks for hanging in there with me, hopefully this will be a considerably less stressful journey on my end from here on! XD

See you in the new year!]

[Happy Halloween! =) Despite it being a hiatus, I wanted to do the yearly tradition an have a Halloween pic for the comic! Also, some news! First of all; DGiacomo's Third Tournament will be held from 1st November this year! =) If you want to vote for your favourites, be sure to check back here from the 1st! Secondly; If all goes to plan, DGiacomo should return from hiatus on the 1st of January! =D I will update on Christmas day as to whether this will happen or not, but fingers crossed it will. =) Thank-you all for reading and hope you all have a great spooky season!]

[So I had to make a cover for this comic for usage over on Comic Fury (Yes! You can read this comic over on Comic Fury; here. Or on my website; here!).

It would be difficult to slip it in at the start of the comic on here since I would have to edit literally every single post to link to it instead of the current first page... so I figured I'd just post it generally as an art piece for people who read this comic here to look at. =)

(The clouds are a real photo I took of the real sky outside my house yesterday! Thankfully it was a nice day for it ¦D)

[Hope you're all having a great day today. =) Thanks for sticking with DGiacomo (and me) the last 2 years!

Side note to those of you who don't know yet, you can also follow me (and technically DGiacomo) over on Bluesky too! Plus I put up more art over there of other Pokémon characters and even my OCs/originals. =) Hope to see you there too!

Merry Christmas!]

[And Giacomo is entering "teacher era"! So to celebrate, here's a pic of him dressed as a teacher.

A huge thank-you to everybody who is still here and reading DGiacomo! Your comments, likes, shares and support are what keep me going. Thank-you!! Here's to DGiacomo 2026!]

Bonus;

[So to celebrate I... figured it wasn't worth drawing the same pic again but with a different colour t-shirt, hahaha XD So this time, have a pic of Giacomo in his current state!

Thanks, once again, to everyone who's followed this comic since I started 2 years ago and to everyone who's joined along the way. =) Thanks for all your support, I'm glad if you all continue to enjoy what I do! Here's to 2025!]

[Way back in April, I held this poll in which Ortega won... and so, finally, here it is! I feel like more could be added to this the more you guys find out about him, but as it stands, this is it. =) This sheet is also to scale with the ones of Giacomo and of Mela, too! (That's why there's so much white space at the top, shhh!)