2.13
Its Rana! She is Suda’s older sister, and a bit more mature than he is (just a bit). This page is dedicated to Gene, who has already claimed Rana for his wife.
Two items of note: First, the store is updated with what I’ve got to sell, so take a look if there is anything you want. Supplies are a limited to my remaining stock for the Chapter 1 packs, so first come first served (btw, if you have already ordered/paid, I have likely sent your package out already). Second, if you think you know the word of the month, good for you! You can email me with that word at the end of the month, please not before! I will give more instructions about redeeming for the wallpaper at the month’s end.
Oh, and I can’t forget, Yuko of one of my fav comics Johnny Wander, did a fanart of the Emperor!!! I’ve been secretly wanting exactly this picture since I first saw her work so… I guess I am a very very lucky person!
Big theme pimp this week: Herge styled comics! I truly love the Belgian comic Tintin, and I’m sure a ton of you do as well. These folks all have made some very nice webcomics in this recognizable style:
- Ellie Connelly: Victorian era adventures!
- Fifine: Foxy shenanigans!
- Tozo the Public Servant: Detective of the future!
They are all different, but I found them all to be very entertaining.
I’ll see you sometime next week with the next page.
Suda and his bowl of cookies is quite possibly the best thing ever. Baked goods are what brings out the paternal-side madness in him!
Really fantastic page. I really wish I had a better monitor so I could truly appreciate the hard work you put into the background details. I also really dig how much Rana looks like Luca in that last panel with that less than amused expression.
I notice a lot of inspiration from the Nickelodeon series Avatar.
I actually did all of my character designs and most of the writing before Avatar was on the air… not to mention my style of drawing. Annoyingly, readers tend to think that I am taking concepts from the show when they were actually developed at an earlier date. Just like every lion that is drawn nowadays is likened to Simba, haha. Oh well!
Just think of this : The guys of Avatar saw your style and used it for Avatar.
Rana has quite a bit of badonkadonk there btw.
lol, no it was convergent evolution I’m sure.
That has to be the best explanation I’ve ever seen for two similar ideas getting published.
*is a Biomedical major*
I was just about to say that bit about the badonkadonk…in those exact words. It’s a pretty fantastic badonk
Oh man. Love your comic so much. And I just wanted to say, the details of the green chair in the second and third panels are GLORIOUS
creativity is like a virus….it spreads and mutates.
I love this artwork, I never really thought about it being similar to avatar but it slightly is. Noticably in the expression work. Maybe you’re the inspiration behind that…..that’d be cool o_o
character design aside I’m a huge fan of the color work here. I’m way out of practice when it comes to digital rendering so I’m envious of your skill.
I doubt it XD I was definitely inspired by Avatar but my style was already independently a fusion of anime and american style (as are a lot of other artists online). Though this gives me a precedent to throw an internet shit fit and claim that Nick crept into my room at night and looked at my character designs and TOTALLY STOLE THEM lol
I know what that’s like.
Lol, Suda’s got the right idea, grab the food and bar the door, the family won’t be sane for a while. Good lord I remember having to do that a few times when I was younger, probably why I keep a large supply of food in my room even today….
Oh and are there different pictures on TWC everyday? I try to vote every day to see but I vote for so many webcomics that it’s a little hard to keep track of.
Yeah, different stuff every day
And I do that too! Not only because of family crazy but just in case there is a giant flood or disaster where I might need an emergency bag of chips, lol
I don’t vote for all that many webcomics, but I just wanted to say I really appreciate that you have a different vote incentive every day. None of the other comics I follow do.
So thank you!
It’s great how you can see her leaning forward on the chair too. It’s been said tons of times I’m sure, but the attention to detail in not just the environments but the characters’ body language as well is amazing
Haha, yeah, I liked that line as well, but the more I thought about it the less I thought it was something he would say (it is more like something I would say >_>)
i didn’t realize this until after i saw the voting incentive, but i was totally reading suda’s lines with sokka’s voice. XD
Really nice backgrounds on this page! I keep going back to that squiggly rug in that fourth panel
Also: Tintin = YES
Obviously this is Suda’s room, he doesn’t keep it tidy T_T
I LOVE Rana’s outfit and hair! Just simple cultural touches like that really add an extra flair to this story. You can really see the family resemblance between her and Luca.
Nice.
Suda when will you stop being so adorable/awesome.
this page looks amazing. I love the way he’s holding the cookie while he’s counting off on his fingers, too.
Ha, I was thinking the same thing as I was reading this; she certainly does look like Luca’s daughter. And Suda is quite adorable/awesome. Adorsome?
Adorsome. I like it!
Or alternatively, awesorable! XD
The art and Suda’s “Cookie?” line just made made my day. Nice job.
Awesome! Have I mentioned I love Suda? xD “Cookie?”
Bwuahaha
In that first panel… Suda has his dad’s maniac smile XD it must be genetic. The crazy I mean.
Brilliant!
Hqiz. I *am* totally hooked, after my first exposure. Let’s just call this electronic coke…
*snif*
*snif*
*snif*
Damn, Rana’s got back!
She gets it from her dad’s side of the family D:
Lol that’s funny, considering Phe has just as big a badonkadonk. Guess in runs in both sides, huh?
…sounds like my family. XD
Haha, well Pasori women tend to be a bit more… curvy. Thats probably one other reason why Luca likes Phe so much XD
I love how sinister Suda looks when he’s looking at… a bowl of cookies.
I liked that Rana!
Can´t help but thinking that she could be an interesting pair for Pinter (if she only wasn´t a princess…) But maybe I´m being too rushy.
Gah! You do dialogue so well.
I really can’t find any flaws in the art, story or anything! This comic is perfect in every way!
I loveeee iiit.
heh, sorry for being an ass now, but I couldn’t help but say that Tintin is a Belgian comic, not a french one. I know I’m nitpicking, but forgive my pride for my country.
Love your comic btw, Especialy the first two pages with the little animal.
Oh crap! I apologize for that error, I should have double checked!
You’re doing weird things with expressions again! I am not sure if the “and with these cookies, I will take over the world” face is super appropriate at the moment.
Then again, maybe the cookies are just THAT GOOD.
Yeah, I may want to go back and modify that a bit XD I fixed it up to look less scary before I posted, if you can believe it!
… He’s got serious potential as a mad scientist, I think we can all agree to that.
DON’T DO IT! Seriously though, that’s my favorite frame.
Suda’s DEVIOUS FACE kills me.
Oh, how I love the last panel!
Your way of making storyboard is marvelous!
(sorry for my poor English)
“Bravo” on getting the page out by Saturday, based on your schedule as explained last week I really didn’t expect one this week, but you came through!
Keeping your web-comic schedule is not as important as school or work. But, when you demonstrate your commitment to it like that it makes it easier for readers to commit to loving it.
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ITS MY WIFE YOU GUYS HANDS OFF
<3
Man, Suda we need to hang out and eat some cookies.
I think this is my favourite page of the chapter. The way you drew Rana’s hands and her rocking on the chair… I laughed when Suda broke it down. : )
I love this comic, the way the characters are portrayed and interact with each other is both charming, interesting and highly amusing. The way you display the emporer, with his superiority complex, anger issues, and the brilliant use of contradicting facial expressions (smiling to show annoyance and dissaproval is very difficult to do, hats off to you for showing great understanding of the human face), create this very lovable characiture. More so because we can see underneath what is shown, and see subtle hints of other sides to his personality, a softer side, a caring side, and of course a small dog complex.
The style of art matches the characters, and in general the whole layout of this comic is very classy and rich.
I’m actually enjoying the emporers arc, even more so than the main section with the main characters! It will certainly be interesting when their paths cross, but alas I’m getting a little ahead of things. I’d rather just enjoy the plot as it comes.
Thanks and keep up the great work!
I certainly enjoy this chapter 2 a lot. Luca has become my favorite character already!
I love how laid back Suda is, he’s a good brother. XD
I like how you can really see the family resemblance.
xD yup
I love this one. And the best is “cookie?”
did you know that “Rana” is the italian for “Frog”? :3
Yep
It is the latin Genus name for Californian frogs as well.
I totally should have noticed that! D: I’m a freaking zoology major and I didn’t notice that! *facedesk* XD
Maybe you will appreciate the other sibling’s names then (Hyla and Sudacris)
I like how you can tell which side of the family both of them take from in different ways. Physically, Rana looks more like her dad, in facial expression as well, but the fun crazy over cookies Suda currently has kind of make you think of Luca too, but only kinda, cause Luca has yet to unleash the fun crazy, he seems really serious. Suda also seems more laid back, like Phe, but in less iof a calm mannor, so really, Suda takes after a puppy.
GASP! Phe is part puppy! xD
I love the details of how Suda’s bed looks messed up like he didn’t bother to make it that morning. Rana really looks like her dad too, she has the glare down pat.
Where do you get the time to find all of these awesome webcomics, aside from creating an equally (if not greater) webcomic of your own?!
Not to mention you’re going to school. You are a crazy person.
Definitely love this page. Especially Suda’s expression in panel one. XD
Awesome body language in this one. And I really want cookies now…
I just.
I love this comic.
So much.
I never knew the act of stealing cookies warranted such deviousness XD my love for Suda is ever rising. Great job on making the sibs look related to each other and to Luca! They both really seem to take after him – do they have any other siblings who look like their mom?
AAAAAA!!!
I love how Rana looks almost exactly like her dad. XD
one more thing, what’s with the fourth panel? it looks like Rana is sitting on the wall. XD
She’s rocking on her chair. Though that confused me at first, too.
She’s leaning forward on her chair….which is on a carpet
Dude, speaking of Hergé-like artists, you forgot to mention the webcomic by Les McClaine called “Jonny Crossbones”! (http://jonnycrossbones.com/) It’s the best Tintin-esque art I’ve seen and it has a great story.
oh! can i have a cookie? please?! *puppy dog eyes*
My, they look very much alike.
He wears that face better, though.
You definitely deserved a bowl of cookies! =D
Also, I missed so many letters – probably too many to form a word for the wallpaper thingy. D:
I didn’t catch Suda was Luca’s son until this page.
Yeah, I wrote it that way (so there wouldn’t be too much info at once). Though technically this is only page 13, so someone reading this for the first time would figure that out in the first few minutes instead of the first few months like its been so far T_T
re: Last two panels
The kid isn’t as dumb as he looks! Have a cookie.
I love it so much when you talk about your characters as if they were your acquaintance! It’s amazing how you can answer any question about them and the world you created. Do you improvise or has everything been imagined for a long time?
Well, technically I’ve known them for a few years now
I tend to develop the characters first, so I can get a feel for what their motivations are and how it will effect the plot. And I like thinking about small details… so most of this has been imagined for a while, but if someone asks a question I hadn’t thought about I can usually extrapolate the answer based on what I already know.
okay, do NOT even feel the need to apologise for/explain late updates and all that nonsense. you have a life outside this comic, and to be honest you’re doing a fantastic job juggling work and this “hobby” of yours – which is turning out to be epic.
the quality of each page is just. superb. WELL WORTH THE WAIT.
kind of reminds me of the lackadaisy cats comic by tracy j butler.
The lighting is gorgeous, it seems that I see huge improvements with every post (on an already awesomely gorgeous comic). I also like how you made the siblings bear resemblances to the parents, almost to the point where I laughed seeing the daughter bearing such a close resemblance to Luca
Fantastic work as always! And I think I have the wallpaper word. Eeeee.
Did you mean to leave his cookie unshaded in panel five?
<3 <3 <3 This comic
Yep, sounds like he knows his parents.