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Another page!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yesss
also, clams
First of all, thank you so much to both Phoenix Requiem and Johnny Wander for linking me this week, that is amazing. They are amazing. Seriously, you should read both (or already be reading them).
I’d also like to take a second to pimp for my friend Sheana, who started her webcomic Team DUDE just this week! She’s been working on it a while, so if you like cartoony-expressive stuff like mine (but probably a tad more humorous) you can jump on the bandwagon. And as ever I need to throw Evil Diva out there cuz I love it.
Now for more srs bsns. Probably due to increased traffic I’ve gotten a small increase in incensed comments. Like people getting pissed about nudity, the suggestion of attempted rape, etc. Just to make it clear, sometimes bad things happen in real life. This comic is set in a real world, and there are, accordingly, real things in it. For example, attempted rape. There’s nudity, bleeding, mosquito bites on the eyelid, alcoholism, unhappy endings, etc. Later on when things get heavy there is going to be genocide. I’m not an unfeeling bastard, the world makes me sad sometimes. I feel better about it by making comics. If you’d rather read a comic about pressing social issues like fart jokes or catgirls, I’m sure there are a million for you to choose from. In the meantime, I’m going to continue writing about this stuff because it is important to me. If you don’t like my interpretations (now or in the future) you are more than free not to stick around.
You’re also free to voice your opinion! I am relatively communicative and I don’t mind having a structured conversation about differing viewpoints. You can always post a complaint or criticism here, or on the LJ if you like discussing things with others. Or email me, if you want to say something privately. Or even just not read the comic! Where I live, its a thankfully free country. All I ask is that you refrain from repeatedly shouting “PENIS” like the kids in my classes did yesterday.
Anyways, thanks for sitting through my small rant. As ever, I really appreciate all of your comments (both the positive and negative) and your support!
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Have a good weekend!
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Daaaamn guys thats a lot of comments! I’m sure half of them are mine, but still. Thanks so much for your overwhelming support… I can’t respond to all of them right now, cuz I gots work/ comics to do, but I’ll try to reply when I have a chance! Again, you folks really make me feel like I’m not wasting my time with this project, which means a lot to me!
Yet another reader here from The Phoenix Requiem. And I’ve got to say…Sara warned of nudity, but I have to agree with how she had put it. Its tasteful. There is enough detail to know she is nude, but its not so detailed that it might cross the line into distasteful. As for the issues with the reality of the comic…As you said, they can stop reading. You do not have a gun to their head, and toothpicks on their eyelids, forcing them to read the comic. Honestly, the stupidity of some people. I found amusement and truth in the link to the Penny Arcade strip.
At any rate, your comic was an instant bookmark, and I look forward to where the story goes!
This comic is amazing. I can’t stop reading…
And, for some reason, I love that you made her naked. I dunno, it just makes it seem more natural or something.
I’m looking forward to the next update.
I’m absolutely hooked!
Real life is way worse than anything else people dish out. I’m glad you don’t let it get to you. People these days… You got a good thing going here. Just wanted to show my support : ) PROPS!
Found my way here from Aido’s weekly comic about her and her pals, and…well, this is great! I’m really looking forward to what you’ve got to bring in the future!
I just started looking at your comic and I wanted to say that it’s awesome! You’re done an excellent job so far and I can’t wait for the future pages (: good work!
I think his is my first comment. Anyway, I too found this from Phoenix requiem. And yes, this is absolutely AWESOME.
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don’t feel insulted plis, it means I read your rant!
Who was it that shouted out PENIS in your class? Was it a life drawing class….? O___o
And geez, after being in so many life drawing classes myself, I didn’t really notice the nudity here past thinking, “Way to put it ALL out there!” (pardon the pun). But more so than nudity, I’m refering to the story and I can’t wait until the next chapters. From backtracking through your LJ and your comic roughs there….well if the finished product will be anything like the story you had going in your roughs it just has my on the edge of my seat! I love Luca so much! <3
Your storytelling is really compelling, keep up the good work!!
I don’t comment nearly as much as I should on your amazing comic. The colors, the shading, the composition, the figures~ All gorgeous. I can’t wait to see how you progress through the story, as well as seeing your revisions in the colored versions.
I love how you draw Angora. Her figure isn’t exaggerated, and she looks like a real person.
Anyone that has a problem with nudity in this comic is a hypocretical asshole. Censorship is not acceptable, please go away.
I got this as a recommendation from google reader, and I love it!
I hadn’t noticed the nudity or the attempted rape as anything particularly controversial. It’s art, and a story.