Fairy godmother countermeasures - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-089
"I've gathered up the cold iron, sir. Where shall I put the implements of destruction?"
"For the love of—We're not fighting her! How much did those cost?!"
"...Gotta go!"
A warrior cannot see all ends, nor all paths to those ends. They can only make the best use of the information available ...
2025-09-18 03:24:07 +0000 UTC View Post
A mission from Raven - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-088
"This is the most important mission I have ever given you, and it will involve delicious snacks."
EDIT: Discreetly fixed "discretely" typo
Friendshiiiiiip - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-087
"Did you know that horses have to learn dance choreography?"
"What?"
"What?"
"So first of all, did you know horses are big?"
"Yes, of course."
"Like, REALLY big?"
"Um, yes. I rode a carriage to get here."
"Oh, right, of course. Well, did you know they have brushable manes?"
"Uh.....
2025-09-13 04:06:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a plan! - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-086
"First thing's first. To solve this mystery, we'll need a magnifying glass!"
"To solve the mystery of who I am? Why do we need that."
"To hold while thinking about stuff and looking smart."
EDIT: Kicked out an extraneous / misplaced "out" in panel two.
If nothing else, attempting to describe som...
2025-09-11 03:32:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Who and what I want to be - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-085
A skateboarding dinosaur was one possibility I'd considered, but ultimately decided against.
I questioned the use of "merry chase", as I imagine in the context that inspired the metaphor, those foxes definitely weren't having merry times. Quite bad times, in fact. Grace is proposing Sarah be confident and, dare...
2025-09-09 03:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Bestest buddies, shall we say - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-084
"Hi! I'm Grace. We're friends now!"
"We are!"
"Yep!"
"Huh. Feels right."
- Grace asking if Sarah was a hound
An anime based on Anne of Green Gables—title Anne Shirley—came out thi...
2025-09-06 04:37:24 +0000 UTC View Post
High charisma - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-083
Elliot has a natural, accidental charisma to him. It is for the safety of everyone that he is never allowed to wear cool sunglasses.
"No, really," Cinderella insisted. "You could definitely charm them! Go try it for a minute!"
Elliot looked uncertainly toward the ballroom. "Well... If you insist..." The reason he'd f...
2025-09-04 03:28:25 +0000 UTC View Post
What's the etiquette, here? - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-082
"Whatever it is, it probably involves saying something fancy, like... Chandeliers. Chandeliers are fancy, right? We should talk about those."
"Seriously, nobility is complicated. Do you have any idea how many different forks and spoons I need to know about?"
"Um, no?"
"Really? Darn. I think I've f...
2025-09-02 03:34:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Nanase's party has just secured a whole bunch of gold! One might even say a hoard of gold! Possibly even reminiscent of a dragon's hoard!
Also, they rolled really low on their perception checks!
They might be about to roll for initiative.
2025-09-02 03:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSarah, Grace, and Ashley. Ashley has pressed a button on a remote she was clearly not meant to press…
Voting ends midday Wednesday (West Coast US time)
The next sketchbook will be Wednesday.
2025-08-30 17:13:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh hey! Cinderella - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-081
This isn't just about those incredibly wicked and evil stepsisters thinking "but what if women", after all!
Oh, right! Cinderella Tedd. Yes.
There was a gap between comics as I decided what exactly I wanted to do next. I know where the story is headed, but how exactly to get there has options.
For example,...
2025-08-30 03:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI'm feeling indecisive about what exactly I want to have happen next, so I'm going to have the next EGSNP Saturday instead of Thursday.
Sorry about the delay!
2025-08-27 20:16:04 +0000 UTC View Post
"So what obvious reason are you here for?" - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-080
"The most obvious reason of all, obviously."
"Free food?"
"Free food. Also wine."
What's the point of fiction if you can't occasionally write a ridiculously forward line like that, and have it be so well received?
No point, that's what.
Again for the fun of it, I wrote a...
2025-08-26 03:01:08 +0000 UTC View Post
What's with the suit - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-079
Is it clubs? Diamonds? Spades? HEARTS?! Yes, we're talking about cards! This isn't about the comic! We're playing competitive solitaire!
We probably shouldn't applaud royalty slapping people, but I do a...
2025-08-23 04:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
A bit of a Doggo - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-078
By which I mean "dog", in reference to a hound. You might have been confused by the presence of a redundant "g" and a superfluous "o", which is understandable.
"This better not awaken anything in me."
"You're blushing."
"Uh-oh."
And just to confirm, that is Liz, canon friend to Ashley.
--
M...
2025-08-21 03:16:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Not a Hound Dog - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-077
And any accusations of being a squirrel are ridiculous, too! Probably! Maybe! Honestly, I'm not sure why I'm second guessing whether someone is a squirrel. Seems a bit of an odd impulse.
Friendship? Friendship!
"Pffft! Nobody's going to show up to try to find a husband at this thing. I bet a whole lot of women are ...
2025-08-19 04:36:09 +0000 UTC View Post
As Sarah had anticipated - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-076
One doesn't see a prince flee one night and expect them not to the next. Keep this in mind the next time you're a prince or princess and need to make a good first impression.
"You didn't think this storyline would end without her, did you?"
"You know, for a second? I thought it would."
I don't even k...
2025-08-16 03:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Perfect Timing (Sort of) - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-075
A Cinderella is never late, nor is she early. She's not on time, either. If we're being completely honest, we're not really sure WHEN she shows up.
EDIT: Had an "I've" where should have been "I'm"
Assessment by the prince's assistant - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-074
"This deck doesn't have nearly enough land. And is this a Mesa Falcon?"
"Sir, we were talking about the fairy situation?"
"His highness's deck has a Mesa Falcon in it. The fairy situation can wait."
The foolish foolishness of men - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-073
Disclaimer: This manner of foolishness is not applicable to all men. Everyone's a foolish fool to some degree, but not necessarily this style of foolish fool. There are variants of foolish foolishness.
EDIT: Typo. Wrote "sensibile" instead of "sensible".
Mission report! - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-072
"Someone promised another woman a horse. She'd been asking for one, but I don't think she'd expected anyone to take her up on it."
Cinderella: "Fortunately, he was just one random noble guy out of many, and he wasn't interested in the general idea of the ball, so it's not like I was distracting him from anyone else. Stil...
2025-08-07 03:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
A perfectly balance evening with no complications - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-071
Would an unbalanced evening be daytime?
- Previous ride in the carriage
This comic made me go back to the previous comic with them inside the pumpkin carriage, and I discovered past me forgot to incl...
2025-08-05 03:00:53 +0000 UTC View Post
A mysterious mystery that is mysterious - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-070
As opposed to all those mysteries that are completely lacking in mysteriousness.
Accusations that I wrote around getting Adrian to say this are valid and fair.
(For those unfamiliar, a character obsessed with Fairy Godparents in the cartoon The Fairly Oddparents couldn't help but say "fairy ...
2025-08-02 03:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Fleeing and stealth - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-069
This is the part where I'd paraphrase the "Brave Brave Sir Robin" song from Monty Python and The Holy Grail, but "Sir Robin" and "Cinderella" have a different number of syllables.
Technically, Elliot came back inside from a balcony, so I'm not sure that's "emerging". On the other hand, when I did a search on the defi...
2025-07-31 03:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostCan vote for more than one, poll ends end of day Friday West Coast North American time.
I hope to have the next sketchbook next week or the week after. It will include Rogue Nanase from their TTRPG, and a short story as commentary.
2025-07-29 16:18:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe certificate has been successfully renewed after failing to auto-renew.
Unfortunately, I wasn't done with EGSNP when this issue cropped up, and I didn't get anything more done while sounding various alarms and checking in with people. I don't want to stay up late to finish it, so I'm going to finish it for Thursday.
While a legitimate technical issue did come up, it's still my fault for doing things in an ill-advised order today (I worked on story comic things earlier in the da...
2025-07-29 03:38:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe site has an SSL Certificate issue. I have sent an e-mail to tech, but I don't know how quickly it will be resolved.
I don't want to post anything or direct people there until the issue is resolved. While nobody is logging into the site or anything, it's still quite the scary message to get from a browser.
Unless it's resolved very quickly, I'm going to postpone at least the next EGSNP, possibly the next story page. I will post again when I know anything, or if the situation i...
2025-07-29 02:26:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Time to go - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-068
And so Cinderella ran off, leaving behind a single glass—what do you mean three nights?
EDIT: Barely noticeable shadow correction
Naturally, each night of the dance will take approximately twenty comics. Then, the time between nights will be five comics apiece. The grand finale will dwarf all that came before...
2025-07-26 03:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Another on the balcony - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-067
Could it be a pirate ghost?! No, of course not. That wouldn't make any sense. Why, then, was it the first thing I thought of? Darn you, Scooby Doo, how thoroughly did you warp my mind?
Elrick—er, Prince Elliot, much like regular Elliot and Ellen, is smarter than he gives himself credit for.
There are times...
2025-07-24 03:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT: Corrected a shading error on Adrian's jacket in panel two, and a shadow error in three.
Wheels Within Wheels - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-066
Y'know, "wheels within wheels" sounds all intriguing and such, that's why I chose it for the preview text, but does it make any sense whatsoever? If I put extra wheels inside the wheels of my car, does that do anything?