User blog comment:Godisme/The Battle/@comment-117598-20130213154602/@comment-117598-20130213190611

if it, in fact, was drawn up and finished by early to late December then it wouldn't have skipped last week with Kubo being out sick. Nor would it ever miss a week due to whatever reason other than holiday. I can't recall the part of Kubo stating that he writes on the fly and finishing things quickly to make deadlines, but it would make sense in some instances where the writing and artwork is great in one week and the next week just go no where. Maybe its a way of stalling and dragging out unimportant moments because he hasn't clearly come up with the next chapter. No clue.