May 20th, 2009
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What… the….?
Should I understand what’s going on?
nnnnot really XD Aside from the fact that this is a flashback.
Wow. Just. Wow.
grandfather is a giant mudpuppy? this is AWESOME :O
in adendem to my kneejerk “omg”, it looks like he’s been fighting something with teeth.
Excellent call.
Love it, but something about the giant salamander made me a little dizzy… Upon further inspection, I think his back left foot is backwards (assuming, of course, that I am interpreting this correctly).
Ahaha, could this be… a ROOKIE ERROR yes I think it is XD I’ll correct that when I get my next chance. Thanks for catching it!
… Dude, how could you tell where/which one/what his back left foot WAS? I could hardly tell the difference between one of it’s legs, it’s tail, or a tree.
But I still thought it was awesome and my first reaction was “I want one!”
Whaaat? YES. Oh my goodness, yes! Oh, I’m so excited now!
Is it like, an axolotl made of trees? I’m all geared up now.
Yes! I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought “big skinny axolotl”.
Me too! My pet one died two years ago, he was my first pet :<
I feel really sorry for this guy though, he looks like he would be in a lot of pain.
Woooow….that’s….AWESOME. <3 This comic never ceases to amaze me. Great job, Alexds!
Well, that’s something you don’t see every day.
I’m guessing it is some sort of tree spirit that was guardian of her village. The village was destroyed, and her grandfather was killed during its fight with something equally as large, but this one lost the fight.
holyomgwow! I LOVE IT! a twisty turn, not expected, but totally plot electrifying!
ps- i like your webcomic XD
awesome!
I love the colouring <3
so if Angora’s grandfather is a muddy bleeding thing-a-mabob, is angora even human?
Adoption?
Cool Salamander!
can’t wait to see what happens next.
Oh boy, this is going to be epic. Funny but the thing that shocked is that Angora is wearing a dress!!!
I suppose this explains the lack of people skills.
I’ve been waiting for this ever since I saw the original sketches in the lj… aaaaaaaah!
It looks amazing, and the atmosphere… oooh. Her grandfather reminds me greatly of some latin american myth… I can’t remember anymore… I feel like a terrible latina now. But still! Amazing! Awesome, Alexds!
the mudpuppy’s body seems…. awkward? he’s cute though. and yeah i caught the back foot error too XP
his front feet just dont really seem to fit where the rest of his body would be…
but i definitely thought he was a giant tree until i read the first comment, and i didnt even see angora until a few minutes later haha. but i really love the colors, i wish your comics were more often or longer per page!!
love them!
Yeah, he has odd proportions and I always loose track of them! The front legs are correct but odd looking (and biologically impossible), they are very very long.
._. omg
I was the same way when I first saw it Stephanie. I didn’t even realize it was a creature and not a tree until I read the first comment. And I think that it may have been fighting something with huge claws as well because some of the marks seem like someone (or something for that matter) just clawed through him. Like the marks on the very front of his face seem like claw marks to me. But that just might be me lol. I can’t wait for the next update I’m really excited!
And I wish that it would update more often too. However I understand the whole “having a job” thing kinda getting in the way ;P Keep up the great work! I’m actually voting for this webcomic everyday lol
….CLOTHES?!
My reaction exactly! The albino mud puppy is awesomely surprising too though. I had a normally-pigmented non-giant one as a pet when I was a kid.
For some reason I felt this comment was the best out of all. J00 winz th3 !nternet~ XD
lollll
D’aww, that’s why she liked her little buddy she found so much.
Is her hair more brownish here, or is it just the lighting?
What an enigmatic page! You always keep me wanting more!
Remember? It’s moldy now and grows flowers in the spring
Keeping with the face that she’s wearing clothes, I think she had a better sense of hygiene at this point.
*fact
it looks so sand and very much like a tree-mander (tree+salamander)
those are external gills.
good for you XD
Now thats a really intersting twist and I really like it, it means there’s more to this than just a coragus young woman lost in the jungle and finding friends but there may be a deep rooted mythos behind everything.
Is this her grandpa?
I had imagined him a little more… human-like… but that’s fine too.
Oh, wow, Grandfather turned out even better then I thought he would. Did she originally have brown hair in this flashback, or is that something you added for the final version? If so, it works great!
Yeah, it was part of the original but I didn’t bother mentioning it since most people missed the fact that her hair was green to start with XD Thats the problem with b/w comics, doh.
This page has a great impact.
I really didn’t expect the “You are a lot like grandfather.” line to be so literal. : D
p.s.
Another lovely colour scheme.
Oh wow. The flashback is looking even more awesome than the first version.
Oh MAN did I have some catching up to do. But in a way, it helped a lot, because I can see the progression coming along a lot faster when it’s not one page at a time. Can’t wait for more! <3
Holy crapoli this just went from zero to totally bitching in one page!
No, not really, this just went from beautiful but slow to totally bitching in one page.
lol, I have to agree (sadly)
i like how you censor by they way…. feel free to show the boobies but still covering up other parts
which makes it not trashy or slutty in any way. kudos
I think there might be a slight bug in your site. When you open the comic the vote button under the page disappears D:
Wow, this is looking so far more awesome than before!
Thanks, glad you think so XD Would you believe this is my first colored pic of Mocheril? This page took a bit longer to color cuz I had to figure out what his exact pattern was, haha.
I love your dragon-lizard-tree-thing…yeah! I want to learn more about it. It’s really creative and well drawn. I wish I could draw bloodly animals like that.
I’m wondering if Grampa isn’t the spirit of the forest, or some such, and all the logging is killing him. My current theory, based on the limited amount of information I have, is that he endowed Angora with special powers, evidenced by her green hair, so that she could go “do something” about him getting killed.
I’m quite prepared to be entirely wrong, of course
Good guess! You’ll just have to wait and find out ;3
D= omg poor giany smily salimander!
Woww, this page really struck me, I love her grandfather! If my grandpa was that cool i’d want him around all the time….
LOL beautiful page!
we can’t be totally sure that it’s her grandpa. it could be! i hope it is!
Oh would you look at that! She’s wearing clothes! @.@
I dunno what everyone’s on about. I like the weird legs. It makes everything all crazypants and out of the blue. It had this insane impact, and I’m sure that part of that was just the fact that I had to try and get my bearings first. I think changing the feet would be a shame.
haha, crazypants. Well the foot problem is definitely my fault, but the legs are all him XD Thanks for the vote of confidence!
Supercrazyawesome. That’s the only word to describe this sudden shift!
I think that’s one of those blind cave salamanders, those red leafy things are gills.
Here’s a pic
http://www.edwardsaquifer.org/gallery/images/Texas%20blind%20salamander.jpg
Actually, mud puppies aren’t blind. They’re similar to the eyeless salamanders, but they’re more closely related to newts.
http://magickcanoe.com/amphibians/mudpuppy-800-large.jpg
Anyway…
I don’t really think the leg is backwards, honestly. I can see how it could be perceived that way, and of course, it’s your art so you know how it should look. But the way he’s wrapped around the page, I would imagine he’d have his leg kind of angled that way for balance.
Cave salamanders are different from mudpuppies! This guy in the comic is a giant-ish sort of cave salamander thing. Though I can see how you could mistake it for a mudpuppy, since both salamanders are paedomorphic (which means they retain their juvenile characteristic -the gills- into adulthood).
That would then explain the axolotl inferences, then, as they’re the neoteny of a particular species of salamander!
(In a fantastical overthinking on this, it makes me think that he had a lot more years in him, and eventually grow into a giant salamander. That if there are any other of his species, he’d only be a child.)
The evulsed or torn skin on his head makes me cringe every time! (And I’m not squeamish at all–our EMT instructors loved flashing really disgusting photos at the greenies, lol.) While a lot of the cuts are claws, are those puncture wounds on the top VERY left on his tail?
Wow crazy twist of events. He looks like a huge skinny Greater Siren with trees for gills and an extra pair of legs. Crazy cool.
But I just noticed that in that last panel, the rain is drawn to look like you are looking straight down at them, but the angle at which you drew Angora makes it look more like you’re looking at them from an angle, as if you were perched on the top of a nearby tree, rather than straight above them.
Does that make any sense?
Anyways, wonderful comic. This is the first time I’ve commented on it, but I love it. Your style of lines and colors is totally unique and unlike any comic I’ve ever seen. How you manage to do it all and still post once a week is baffling to me. Amazing work.
I think I see what you’re saying but she’s leaning forward, not sitting up, so it works.
this page is so beautifully done
What.
If that dude’s her grandfather, then HELL I AM JEALOUS OF ANGORA. I wish my grandfather was a giant tree-based lizard.
I have to admit I like the tangle of legs too–it fits with the confusion of the sudden appearance of the salamander and how battered up he is–but until you said so in the comments I didn’t realize Angora’s hair is supposed to be brown. It’s so close to the color of the mud that I figured it was either dirty or that you’d given the comic a sepia coloring to reflect the sad mood. I remember having this same thought when you showed a panel of Angora like this earlier in the comic… The hair isn’t green, but it isn’t QUITE a natural brown either…
And one last thing: Grandpa’s gills look REALLY cool XD I love the way you colored them. I kept scrolling back up to look at them as I wrote this
Haha, thanks! Like everything I do his gills were a happy experiment/ accident, I’m also pretty glad with how they turned out.
Axolotl?!?!?!!?
I has one
Well. That explains why her salamander friend reminded her of her granddad. Awesome page. Though now I’m wondering how Angora’s hair turned green in the middle of the jungle…
…
wow.
and ouch.
Your comic is beautiful, and I’m really looking forward to its progress. I know you put a lot of effort into your artwork, and I want you to know that, at least for this reader, it’s really appreciated. The colors are deep, the style is refreshing, and somehow it invigorates my imagination. Great work!
Thanks so much! I’m glad my effort isn’t going to waste XD
being a grandfather doesn’t mean to be “human” (less in the case of angora, nothing is conventional with her XD ) It was suspecting it when she spoke with the little salamander before, although
unfortunately I knew it from your wiki, is too much spoiling…
so, her grandfather was severed, I wonder why…
by the way, I liked this page very much! It is very well made and It means a lot for the story so far!
Haha, yeah I think I didn’t edit Angora’s article enough (and I edited some other ones too much, oops!) but I’m glad you are enjoying it still!
The evulsion-esque skin flap makes me cring! The skin is ripped OFF. D:
His gills are so neat! I also enjoy the mud-splatters on Angora’s legs!
woooah
this is EPIC
you raised the suspense factor from… lemme say 10 to 100000!! XD
guuh can’t wait for wednesday/thursday!
Next page updates on Saturday, silly XD Thats only a few more days!
oh my, I thought it’s saturday XD aaah…
then…
YAAAY
By the gods, I think I’m starting to understand this story but I’ve only read the first three chapters and seen artwork… Man, I hope you never stop making this comic ’cause I wanna see it end, I really do.
Really? ‘Cause I don’t want it to ever end. Evah.