Just a heads-up, I plan to take Monday off from the comic for Christmas. Next Selkie will be Wednesday Dec 27th.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!
I should've had Amanda put the sunglasses on then give finger-guns as she rebounds off the wall and turns her back to an explosion.
Aaaand this is where the birthday goes bad. Eh, it wasn’t so much a joke as it was a casual competing insult.
Eh, I don’t think it’ll go BAD, as even Selkie all-but reacted with a “…yeah, I kinda deserved that” tone.
…I actually like Amanda now, the dynamic they got going on now is fun. Gj Dave.
selkie buddy, what did you expect from giving that remark lmao
Yeah, it might not be cool, but it was totally in-line response.
disagree. Id have done the same thing.
They’re starting to act like real siblings.
Yep. Eight year old siblings, for sure. 🙂
Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!!!
That’s what I was coming here to say =^.^=
I’m glad this story is going so well, and I look forward to more awesome characterization, worldbuilding, and plot details to come.
It’s been a great year for me (although a stressful one), and, again, I thank Dave for the constant inspiration he provides me with while I’m establishing my own tales.
I still think my Christmas guest strip here is one of the best public pieces of art I’ve ever done ^_^ and I’m so glad he spurred me on to give it a try.
And even though I’m too busy to be very active in this community right now, I’m glad you’re all here, providing interesting commentary to skim after a new page comes out. That’s fun for me as well.
Merry Christmas, y’all!
Having been a kid, and then having raised kids, I’m expecting this to happen one day.
Selkie grabs Amanda in a bear hug, pinning both her arms.
Amanda yells, “What are you doing!?”
Selkie says, “I want you to know that I’m glad you’re my sister, and I love you”.
Then she kisses her three or four times. Not a romantic kiss – a fraternal kiss. Like say, a 12-year-old girl would kiss her 9-year-old brother, to make him take a poke at her while saying, “Yuch! Girl cooties!!”
Kiss her on both cheeks, her forehead, and maybe the end of her nose. Then let Amanda break free – “Let GO of me, you freak!”
And the next morning her whole face itches.
This would be good to do the night before Picture Day, or when she’s getting ready for her first REAL date.
i agree, this scene totally needs to happen some time in the future!
however, throwing selkie´s glasses away went beyond sisterly teasing – even though amanda is most likely not aware of it – since it endangers selkie via exposing her glowing eyes to the public.
ok, lillian and the other kids won´t care, but if only one of the other visitors of this place sees it and links the green glow to that funky ray of light in exact the same shade just the other day…..
Yep, it’s not Amanda’s responsibility to care about that. This is on adults to protect Selkie.
nots cools at alls…. I have family from Florida showing up later today, so I’m binging on comics to pass the time, as opposed to helping get the house ready. Anyone else in the same boat?
Selkie’s comments are making me think of that fanart comic of future Selkie and Amanda in which Amanda is pretty chubby. I remember Dave said that his idea of what older Amanda would look like is similar. I’m wondering if this is the start of the road to that future for Amanda even though there doesn’t seem to be any noticible change to the way she is drawn right now.
I was thinking of that one too! 😀 In my head, it is totally future-canon.
Lot of chubby kids grow up to look like their parents, … Ok bad wording; lot of chubby kids grow to look like their parents. Kids in my family did. I expect Mandy to grow to look like her Mom, not Todd.
Weigh in on Wednesday, Dave? On the idea, not on the scales.
Growing older is not optional, growing up? Totally!
I don’t mind chiming in to it now, in fact. 😀
Firstly, for those that may not remember the alternate future fanart, it’s located here in the blog post. And as I mention in the comments under it, the way Anna portrayed Amanda in her fanart is actually pretty close to my own vision of Amanda as an adult.
Todd and Andi are both pretty trim in body type because they both exercise regularly. Todd has a treadmill in a small front room of the apartment (more of a big closet than a proper room) that hasn’t really been shown in-comic but exists in my floor plan. Andi jogs a few laps around the block each morning.
Amanda however, I don’t really see her as the type to follow in that habit. Amanda will grow to be somewhat curvier than her mother, more closely resembling her biological grandmother in terms of body-type. She may not get as round as Patricia, but she won’t be as thin as Andi or Todd either.
Hahahah admittedly, Selkie deserved that one. Amanda will probably go back down and get them anyway. Next time, say thank you, Selkie.
Amanda come ON.
I mean, if they’re the kind that won’t break when fall from this height and Amanda is sure of that, that’s kind of ok I guess. Selkie was asking for it.
But from Selkie’s expression, I’m getting that there’s a good chance Amanda didn’t just refuse to bring her her thing, but possibly BROKE it. And that is, in fact, not cool >_>
I am, however, very glad that Amanda came down to get Selkie’s sunglasses in the first place. SISTERS SISTERS SISTERS
It looks more like she just casually tossed them behind her back… but, yeah, these two are really beginning to behave like siblings. Kinda see it turning into a ‘Nobody gets to make fun of my sister except for me’ kind of thing.
yes she did, but she was NEAR THE CEILING at the time
Aw, Selkie… not cool. She did you a favor. Granted that’s a total sibling move but still…
Amanda can be a hyper bitch at times. But this time was totally justified. She went out of her way to help Selkie and she was being a fat butt about it.
It makes me wonder how her character is developing. Are we going to start seeing a shift in how the two girls behave?
can we please not used fat butt as an insult here -u-
(if only bc Dave chimed in above confirming that Amanda is, in fact, chubby, and the problem is using it as an insult, not asserting it as fact)
I think Dave said Amanda’s GOING TO BE chubby, not that she IS chubby now.
That doesn’t mean tn she’s not chubby-ish right now? She looks like she has wide bones, at least.
Also, this has nothing to do with not using fat butt as an insult.
(And “Selkie did it first” is not a fucking excuse bc Selkie is 8)
Right now, Amanda’s lucky that Selkie doesn’t have death-ray eyes.
Yup, Selkie, you earned that.
Selkie…. why!!! This would have been a good moment to be gracious!
Yeah, but she’s eight. “Gracious” is a learned skill. Incidents like this one are part of how kids figure out that it’s a good idea to learn it.
^^^ this.
This is such a good comic about CHILDREN.
Joke on second-to-last panel: ’cause hips don’t lie?XD
nope that’s a harry potter reference