The one where Te Fahn learns the nuances of the genre.
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Just want to reply a bit to the topic from Friday’s update, and say thank you to everyone expressing concern for my well-being. I’m not doing as badly as I seem to be making it sound. Just need to get some shirt sorted. You know how it is.
Taking a break from the comic is, to be honest, one of the last things I want to do. Anybody who has been around webcomics for awhile has seen what hiatuses from updating can do to one. It’s a risk I’m not willing to take until I absolutely no-other-options need to. Because for as long as I still chuckle to myself visualizing things like Te Fahn’s face in the last panel, I want to keep drawing these things.
I hope to have a few thousand more of these silly damn faces out of me before I stop.
Thanks to Spongebob Squarepants, I’m not picturing Te Fahn making angry dolphin noises.
I meant “now” XP
Meanwhile, I’m hearing the “12 Minutes Later” voice.
I absolutely love this. <3
I laughed out loud and had to explain Te Fahn to my husband. 🙂 "But you see, she's this quiet, shy girl… and … "
And Dave, you know what they say. Getting shirt sorted is better than being short sheeted.
Okay, nobody says that. Maybe they should. If you do a few thousand more, I'll be one of the people following right along with you!
Owtch.
Dave, a break from the comic does not need to be a long hiatus. The enjoyment of life can be found in the moments. Take a morning off to see a sunrise over the mountains, an afternoon off for an ice cream in the park, or an evening off to watch the sun set across the lake.
Watching the lake with Selkie is a Superior idea! I vote for Bare Foot in the Park, with Ice cream with Selkie. Dave you do you, we’ll do fan-boys commenters, and it’ll be glorious. Sort your shirts, colors with colors, lights with lights, no bleach, no starch, mind the buttons.
She’s adapting fast. 😀
that face! it screams future meme to me….and kudos for the white eyebrows! ok i know technically its just so that we can see them at all when they´re so far up in her hair, but awesome nonetheless. ways to identify when te fahn looses her shyness: her eyebrows turn white….i´m totally imagining the super-saiyan power-up ‘whoosh’ here!
Ahem… EVERYBODY!!!! We need your fanart so that Dave can take a break and still stay immersed in the comic. Can you draw a vaguely recognizable Sarnothi? If not, is your lettering legible enough that you can label one “Sarnothi” so we know that’s what you were trying to draw? Dave could use a little supportive tribute here. Here’s your chance to to win fame, admiration and fan gratitude. If you’ve been enjoying the comic, why not put ten minutes (or ten hours, ten hours is okay too, just sayin’) to do a sketch so Dave has something to post and can relax into playing with the puppy.
Er, Dave? What’s a good format for fan art? And how do you want it delivered? Is this e-mail dave@selkiecomic.com good to send art as an attachment?
Oh, Te Fahn! How her parents have been dreading the day that their supposedly meek and shy offspring’s capacity for violence is exposed to the humans! This was a scenario they never envisaged. They truly believed it would be months before some injustice or slight triggered the war goddess within her…
Err… Dave? Have you considered puppy pictures as a possible stand in for updates? Or are you one of those overprotective types who believe that post pictures of your juvenile dependants on line is a violation of their privacy?
Naw, I post puppy pictures periodically. The Selkie Discord server has seen a few, for example.
I love it! Te Fahn’s inner predator emerges …
Haha I really loved today’s strip. I love them all.
Te Fahn is truly a quick learner… I didn’t saw it coming 😅
If you ever make stickers for Telegram or Whatsapp, this should be one of them!
Had the same reaction when watching Pacific Rim. You had that awesome sword the whole time and only now use it?
Yeah, that sounds about right.
Excellent. I’m sure Te Fahn has a lot of suppressed rage from her family’s forced eviction to the surface world. It’s good that she found an outlet for this.
….Because if they use the laser sword too early, the bad guy might DODGE it!
This is actually canon in Voltron. (There is no excuse in Pacific Rim, besides the quite reasonable ‘It’s more awesome this way’)
Off topic but I had to mention this. In today’s LFG comic, the heroes are in an underwater city inhabited by crab people. In one panel, they are patroling with guard eels. First thing I thought of was PAANNTTTSSSS!
Seems she’s learning a bit more English than others might approve of.
It’s possible that what’s been redacted is actually swearing in her native language… O-:)
(Halo Onna Stick)
I like this kid better with every strip she is in.
Te Fahn is òAó but with more teeth
Drawing characters making dumb faces is one of the best perks of comicking.
Maybe instead of taking a hiatus, just dial it back a bit, to one or two updates a week?