Something about the final panel of today's comic made me think of the confrontation between Atreyu and Gmork from The Neverending Story. One of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite movies.
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I'm still figuring out Truck's design. His first appearance looked too much like a taller and fatter Young Todd. Tweaked his head to emphasize the unruly hair a bit more, and now he's basically a fat Goku. XD
I feel like Selkie’s move to get a teacher is the right idea executed for questionable reasons. XD – – – – – I thought I’d take a stab at selling the ink-and-paper lineart used to make the last few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I tried putting Tony and Amanda in the background of that last panel, but something about it looked really off. *shrug*
So, here’s a fun background production factoid you may not be aware of. From strip #301 onward, I made a change to my production system for the comic which I am really liking the feel of. I’ve brought a little[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
"Snowmageddon" comes from my cousin, who used it to describe a 10-inch snowfall blizzard we had in my area a couple weeks ago. Which turned to warm sunshine in less than a week. What the hell, Midwest?
While sketching out the character, alternate nicknames for "Tommy the Truck" were Brick, Tank, and (briefly) Block. I chose his real name (Tommy) after I settled on his nickname, for alliterative reasons. If I had settled on Brick or Block, he would have probably been named Barry.
Bear in mind, this is not an April Fool’s strip. Tony has cast Summon: Crew and rolled a 20. Chanelle: School friend. Likes math. Michael Robert and Giselle: The psychic devil orphan kids. Lynni Gideon and Tommy (aka “Truck”): No[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I've felt for awhile now that Tony has more of a "rival" feel than an antagonist. Time to step up his game.
As is always the case with Tony’s french, I welcome and invite correction offers. Tried for “Snowball fight” on the translation website I use, I think what I put here is actually “Snow fight”, or maybe “The battle of snow?”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Why is Sandy's spirit animal a velociraptor? Because she's a clever girl.
For records sake: The last appearance of Hamud and Moonsong (also Wu and Sandy’s last appearance prior to this arc, now that I think of it.) Amanda pranks two kids with one lie. I feel like I am breaking an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The First Day of School arc, waaaay back when, underwent some re-writes midway through when the original ending I had intended stopped feeling "just right" to me. A consequence of this that I've regretted since then is a removal of the follow-up to Amanda's duo-prank on Selkie and Hamud. It's not a huge or important thing, but I hated that the incident just dropped off as a result of the rewrites.
(Doing the temporary half-comic thing again folks, sorry to do this twice in a row. Colors and backgrounds will be completed tonight.) I recall awhile back, somereader coined the term “adorifying” for moments where Selkie’s behaviors are equal parts adorable[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip is, I believe, the first time Mina's wardrobe has not been monochromatic.
Sorry about the half-comic. It’s gonna be a “I’ll finish it later” day. Hopefully by the afternoon. Sorry. -EDIT Comic and Director Commentary updated!
I'm playing with giving Tony more head stubble to make it clearer that his bald head is voluntary. He likes the look.
