Behold the Kevin
The views of Kevin regarding the quality of human Kevins relative to magic training wands made Kevins do not represent the writer of this comic or any of their shadow corporate overlords of questionable humanity.
Kevin, and Kevin alone, is responsible for his statements regarding Kevins.
Annnd CUT!
Part of me th...
2023-09-19 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Wait who?
Nanase representing casual readers trying to keep track of all of this comic's nonsense.
Granted, Kevin was just in the main story, so when this comic was new, it would be hard not to remember Kevin. someone reading this at some point in the future, however, might be on the same page as Nanase.
This isn't definite canon, but Elliot MIGHT be ...
2023-09-16 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The Only Solution
Commentary
Have I mentioned this storyline is canon? Because it's canon.
And takes place before Tedd getting a haircut (likely the weekend before Tedd made their de...
2023-09-14 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Nanase and her fox begins!
I found the third panel a little awkward. I wanted Nanase's mom to go easy on Nanase based on the lie, but she also wouldn't tell Nanase not to worry about putting her clothes away, either.
This isn't a "Nanase's...
2023-09-12 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Ashley, Grace, and Tedd help Elliot demonstrate the differences in height between his many forms (by using clone forms in which only the hair and eye colors don't change).
Also, note to self, ask Ashley if she's ever considered a hairstyle like, because holy carp that's adorable.
Ellen COULD have helped with this, but she had a feeling that Ashley would love the excuse to transform into Elliot's default feminine form, so she claimed she had to go solve a mystery with Nanase.
Oh noes! The mean, elitist cheerleader Ashley was bullying the misunderstood, loner goth Grace! Now Grace has given in to magical nonsense, and is transforming her bully!
Okay, so, OBVIOUSLY, this is just a couple of gal pals acting out a story one of them wrote. A totally common thing for gal pals to do.
Hearing about this later, Diane, a former cheerleader herself, had no idea how to react. She wanted to argue against the mean cheerleader stereotype, as she knew for a fact that ...
2023-09-03 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI intend to do more Dan's Choice sketchbook similar to the one with everyone looking like Nanase, and I'm already plotting to do at least one with everyone looking like Susan, BUT...
Okay, TWO with Susan. I literally just now thought of a second Susan scenario.
BUT! I'm curious about other characters you'd choose for this sort of thing.
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I'm only asking for character sug...
2023-09-02 19:39:50 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a significantly longer break than I'd been planning, but I want as many EGSNP comics done in advance as I can get before it returns, and I want it to return on a Tuesday.
Production on the first four is already in progress (mix of layouts and sketches so far), and those four are the bare minimum I intend to have done in advance. My actual goal is however many more I can get than that (so I guess I want to get at least five done).
Minor spoilers (the premise for the storyli...
2023-08-30 21:38:10 +0000 UTC View PostNanase transforms into a small fairy in a little dress.
Can vote for more than one, poll ends with the month
2023-08-28 19:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Now, the story behind THIS is, um... Nanase got a new spell, and... She, Rich, Larry, and George were at the comic shop, and...
Uuuuhhhhhh...
Okay. Cards on the table? I just wanted to experiment with characters taking on the form of other characters while keeping their original hair and eye colors for fun (and to help identify who's who in scenarios more complicated than this).
I decided to keep the eye colors the same, too, because some characters have similar hair colors,...
2023-08-27 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI thought of an EGSNP storyline. I still need to write it, I just have an idea I want to do.
There's just one thing: It has Nanase again.
Does anyone care? It wouldn't be "Who Is Ellen... AGAIN," like, at all, but we just had over a year in a storyline with Nanase, so I'm curious if anyone thinks I should be looking for something with no repeating characters before this storyline (it will happen eventually either way).
(I don't know if this matters, but Ashley would also be ...
2023-08-23 18:14:36 +0000 UTC View PostCan vote for more than one (assuming the Patreon app behaves), characters listed alphabetically.
Character with the most votes will be in the end of month poll! Poll lasts one week.
Other characters could be included, but they will be based on who the winner is, and what scenario is come up with.
I will check to see who else was close, however, and at least consider whether they'd be a good inclusion for the poll.
2023-08-18 17:28:44 +0000 UTC View Post
EGSNP's Return - TBD, Sometime early September
This is a longer break than I'd originally hoped, but I want to try and work ahead, and I have a lot of planning to do.
(The first storyline idea I had got promoted to a storyline that will be in the main section.)
Mid Month Character Selection Poll for End of Month Poll - A few minutes after this very post.
Next Dan's Choice sketchbook - Mond...
2023-08-18 17:18:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Full circle!
EDIT: I edited this earlier to fix a missing "an," and it all went wrong somehow? The comic itself went missing entirely, as did the message I wrote about it?
I'm not sure how I (or Patreon?) managed that, but the fact that the comic image itself wasn't there for a bit is why I'm notifying Patrons about this change.
Someone’s going to be drinking figure and hair modifying, clothes reducing magic tea in a Dan’s choice sketchbook. But who?
Can vote for more than one, though I’ve been told the app sometimes doesn’t allow this, so MIGHT need to use the website for that.
2023-08-14 18:06:02 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT - Some corrections to the background
I have a fondness for characters just going about their business when transformation nonsense happens. I'm pretty sure that's a more uncommon fondness, but I do.
I also have a fondness for calling things nonsense.
An Extra Step
The voted upon sketchbook only called for Rhoda and Lucy to grow and shrink respectively, ending up the former height of the other. I had imagined this being a more dramatic dif...
2023-08-13 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Who is George?
Only one comic left! And then, an EGSNP break.
I'm not sure how long of a break, as my writing focus has been on the main story, and I still need to decide on what's next in EGSNP. I might need to make it a "I will announce it on the main page when EGSNP is returning" thing.
Grey borders
Grey, rounded borders are ...
2023-08-12 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Just walking along and stuff.
I'm genuinely at a loss as to how much to say in this commentary is appropriate, as it very easily veers into spoiler territory.
So I'm choosing to err on the side of caution, and simply say that the next comic, and its commentary, will likely answer whatever questions you suddenly have.
About this comic, I mean. If you s...
2023-08-10 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
So much for THAT hypothesis, BUT...
- George letting Justin know that he knows (knowledge later passed on to Elliot in the New and Old Flames story arc)
Wednesday's story page, August 9th, will conclude Part 2 of Layers.
Part 3 will begin Wednesday, August 16th. This is primarily to get my schemes in order, and hopefully work ahead some.
Who Is Ellen, the EGSNP storyline, will also end soon, but THANKFULLY, not this same week, since I'll need a short break from EGSNP once it's done, too.
That would've been a very bad overlap of storylines ending o_o;
2023-08-06 20:05:50 +0000 UTC View PostMy hope is to have the next Sketchbook / Milestone a week from Monday (week from Sunday for early access), and intend for it to be a three panel sequence with Rhoda and Lucy (and a mystery someone).
This was originally going to be a before and after in which Rhoda grows and Lucy shrinks until giant Rhoda is Lucy's height, and tiny Lucy is Rhoda's height.
That's now going to be the middle panel, however, because that's not nearly as dramatic a difference as I anticip...
2023-08-05 16:19:44 +0000 UTC View Post
But how can be?!
EDIT - George's facial hair was missing! This was a result of layering nonsense.
To confirm: That's Rich and Larry going "eh?!" in panel one.
And so the big, amazing reason that Cheerleadra is flying around IS... Trying to prevent crime simply by existing.
In a very low crime area.
Allegations that Elliot just wanted an excuse t...
2023-08-05 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Gasp! Outside The Shop!
- The whole George thinks Ellen is Elliot thing
There were several reasons not to predict this happening. Genuinely, by what logic would this happen?
There was also, however, EVERY reason to predict this would happen!
You see, your cartoonist,...
2023-08-03 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostCurious what generic outfits / uniforms for non-canon nonsense people might be interested in.
Cheerleader, classic nurse, baseball uniform, that sort of thing for instances when characters dress up or have their outfits transformed.
Also potentially for canon nonsense, in part because I like theming outfits on things like that.
2023-08-01 21:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Can has dinner?!
EDIT - Finally fixed George's glasses
It's possible George doesn't normally hang out with a lot of people outside of the comic shop.
Larry's wound up wearing more of his heart on his sleeves, which I like. It works with him giving far less of a carp of projecting a certain persona than he used to (which is good, given his prior attempts at ...
2023-08-01 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Eh?
Larry was originally going to join in the "eh?", leaving them one short of a barbershop quartet.
That didn't feel quite right, however, so Larry gets to experience a moment of undeserved embarrassment instead.
2023-07-29 03:45:06 +0000 UTC View PostLavender and Edward, and Edward experiences a bit of a change…
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Three panel sequence / comic. Poll ends with end of month West coast USA time, can vote for more than one.
Some patrons have reported not being able to choose multiple options in the Patreon app. I might limit choices to one in the future if Patreon doesn’t fix this, but for now, I can only recommend voting in a browser if it’s an issue, or choosing just the one you want most. 2023-07-28 16:02:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Lessons For Nanase
I wasn't sure how to naturally include what Nanase learned from playing, and I wasn't sure how to make Ellen suggest everyone getting dinner together without it being abrupt and/or awkward.
Naturally, when you have two problems, you throw them at each other, and see if something you can use comes out of it.
That, or you run away whi...
2023-07-27 04:06:37 +0000 UTC View PostApproximately 90% of my favorite new milestone image / sketchbook ideas favor a before and after, and possibly a middle image.
As such, I’m planning to do more and more sketchbooks like taller, in-color EGSNPs (taller to allow more visual visuals).
I don’t intend to do this for EVERY sketchbook, but most of the ideas I really want to do are like this, and the comic format speeds things up in some ways.
For example, a recent poll result has Ashley acciden...
2023-07-26 17:54:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I know that thing!
- Tensaided introducing Larry to the show
Because OF COURSE Larry likes Susan.
Did Susan's opinions have anything to do with the development of Larry's outlook over time?
MAYHAPS!
2023-07-25 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post