I spoke with him back in January. He said that he hopes to get back to things at some point. This isn't the first time he's stepped away for a bit. Back in 2023, he was gone for about 3 months. He said that he has another home in another state, and that he spent his summer working on it. Sometimes things outside of tickling require attention. Don't know what exactly is going on right now, but I came away from it thinking that not done with content creating. Also back in March, he posted a couple times in the "Personals" forum. So that to me was further reassurance that he's not done.
He's by far my favorite producer right now. He gets the best Girl Next Door types, and it got to the point where you were just waiting to see what new face he was gonna have in next. This forum is a bit less awesome when he's gone. But for now, we just gotta wait for him to return.