Selkie 872
Jan04
on January 4, 2017
at 12:45 am
“Kimberly” is Andi’s truck. Named for the first Pink Power Ranger.
Thank you again for your patience, regular comic will be up on Friday.
Have a piece of fanart to share! Sierras illustrated Monday’s prose update in comic style:
Thank you!!!
Today's edition of the Secret Commentary is empty, because Dave failed to come up with something for it.
Kimberly? Is this someone new or am I getting forgetful in my old age?
From the context of that first sentence, I’m gonna guess that it’s the name of Andi’s pick-up truck. (Naming one’s vehicles may be rather odd to some, but it was a tradition in our family to name our VWs after “Peanuts” characters.)
All our cars get names! Spouse’s is the latest in a long line of “Raven”s. My three have all had different names. (Lady, Greymist, and Blue Belle.) Kid dubbed my M-i-L’s car “Stuffy Stella” because the air circ isn’t so great in the back seat.
At one point my family had four cars and a tent trailer named after the Guardians of the Galaxy. We made special hangers with images of the characters on them. I honestly can’t remember a time when we didn’t nickname our cars.
We’ve named dressers (“Bonnie” is one, I forget the other one offhand). If only because it was easier than trying to describe which one we meant when Mom had two of them in the same room.
Whoops, meant to mention that in the blog. I’ll add a clarification.
Kimberly is Andi’s truck. Named for the first Pink Power Ranger.
while it’s cool to do so in the “written” form, to name a truck since you can pad out the sentence with descriptive text ABOUT the truck… HOWEVER: unless you have somebody actually SAY the name IN-COMIC when you get to updating in the “comic” form, you’ll just generate massive amounts of confusion as you can see here, simply because the READER can’t SEE the name OF the object… that is, of course, unless something like the license plate clearly says “Kimberly” (or whatever abbreviations will still make a legit plate)
I’m not crying! OK, yes, I am.
No tears, it is just my allergies. Dang hay fever! Pine, fir, and spruce.
(Does fake sneeze) see?
Totally awesome art, Sierra, you can fill in for Dave if he mauled in a bear-hug by some random grateful child,… Or fan.
I almost like the written version better. It’s actually easier to see it in motion.
But I do miss your art.
Heh. Amanda bear hugs. I didn’t think she liked them.
She’s not big on receiving surprise bear hugs, which is why Todd hugs her lightly.
Well it’s different to be in control of a hug vs. at the mercy of a hug. And it’s different for a less-powerful or smaller person to be hugging a more-powerful or larger person.
There are reasons that sort of thing can be one-sided.
One of my characters enjoys being touched and cuddled, but can’t be physically constrained in any way (always needs a way out), and can’t be surprised by it or approached from behind. There are always nuances about how affection can be expressed for each person.
The fanart is really good. It’s interesting how the style of the art is distinctly different, and yet Andi and Todd are still easily recognizable. Also interesting (and not noticed until the second time I looked at it), Andi, in the first panel, in profile, bears a striking resemblance to Catherine from Sister Claire. Her hair style and color are different, but those are both easily changed. (Catherine’s hair is described as red but, at least on my monitor, it looks lavender. And do we even know Andi’s natural hair color?)
Now, don’t get annoyed just because someone calls you a princess, Buttercup…
Oh, I think we all got that right away. Good of you to say it out loud for those who missed it.
Hehe, yes. Princess Bride references FTW.
The loyal steed waiting idly as the flurries flutter, she stands proud to bear the festive burden; ye there she waits, her voice a quiet reminder that time waits for no man. Harken unto her, she that waits! Trust in her, for she shall burden thee homeward.
Ah, the fiery princess, drunk upon the merriment, yet sobered by reality, she grapples with more than just her father, for she grapples with the harshest and fiercest of beasts; Truth! Truth shall be her undoing, Truth shall be her salvation, Truth her task mistress, Truth her ally. Heed her words, child! For the Truth shall set ye free!
Lo, the Father, lo, the Mother! Ere the sun hast set upon thine first act, the intermission still continues! Dance, ye merry jesters! Thine strings be tangled most decidedly! Art thou motions feigned? Be thy words mere tomfoolery?? Nay! Thine words are contracts though ye know not with what you sign! Scripted thou mightest be, thinketh thou? Knaves! You know not what you speak! Remember the past! Pray for the future; your second act begins.
And the last, her absence is felt, for who but she knows her own thoughts?! Ah, but does she? A torrent of cacophony, kaleidoscopic memories do swim tantalizingly before her, enticing her to snatch at them! But dare she, DARE SHE? Wouldst that she could recall upon a past morn, her own displacement, the why, the how, verily she could teach She of Fire, sister in word, sister in deed, sister though she wishes they were not. She of Waves, quench not the Fires, thine time is nigh. The moon shall fetter thee away, fear not; thine dreams await, a penance to tide ye over until the morrow.
O blessed eve, this night of snow, this night of broken and mended dreams! Carry forth now, into the distance. Take us, O snowy skies, drift upon our brows a sweet promise of yore. Your chilled touch, a soft reminder of whence we came, and where still we must go. For now, we slumber, as you sing your icy lullaby.
Been awhile since I saw these, great
to see again!!
This is cool, seeing Selkie in prose form. You get a peek at stuff that’s hard to portray through imagery. You could probably fill a whole kindle book with prosified Selkie comics!
Thanks for tossing up my fan art, btw!
Hey Sierra, I’d like to see your take on the second prose. Your comic style is quite nice.
Maybe Dave will consider posting it.