reverse-engineering a project that was designed to have no end; harder than you'd think

OK, THE LAST ROAD HOME is back up to speed, the ending sequence is finally paced out in a way I like and I'm kinda sorta back on a regular schedule again. Whee. Unfortunately, I had to choose between keeping it real by retroactively posting blank panels for the days I spent figuring out the ending -- essentially, the month of August -- or cramming in content on those days but blowing the end date I want for the strip. I'm a crammer, not a keeper. If it would please any of TLRH's seven fans to just read the text for this month instead of trudging through the whole month's archive, here it is:

080109
080209
080309
080409
080509
080609
080709
080809
You never loved
the fine arts.
081109
For truly,
if just
a few morsels
from
my previous opus
nauseated you so,
then any three
living Mr. Universe
winners will not
be strong enough
to keep
your fingers
082409
-- or your gun --
082609
out of
your mouth
after digesting
my current work.
083109

I assume that was totally worth it.