Squirrel train choo choo
EDIT - Minor change that I think looks better
My dictionary says "NO!" to Grace’s definition, but it ALSO defines flirting as amorous behavior WITHOUT serious intent? As in, it would only be “flirting” if you specifically weren’t interested in something happening.
I've always thought of that as being a type...
2022-03-12 05:01:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Many thoughts
Edit - Dialogue balloon fix
I do believe it is possible to impulsively flirt without that being one's conscious intent. We are definitely capable of acting prior to understanding why we're doing what we're doing.
Please note that this is NOT the same as someone mistakenly believing someone else is flirting.
That's...
2022-03-10 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A natural!
I hadn't planned for panel two to be a fantasy panel, but I decided I wanted an interesting visual for my comic that happens to be a visual medium.
My intent with rounded borders in black (as opposed to grey) is that the visual isn't literal, but the dialogue is. I imagine this is obvious in context, but I also needed text to write in my comme...
2022-03-08 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Looking cool
I considered many names for this character, including ones that were suggested by readers.
One name I felt would have worked would have been Clark, Superman’s real first name, but I also felt it was a little too on the nose for the big guy in glasses. A good name, and one I might choose if roleplaying as someone like this, but not the best...
2022-03-05 04:13:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Who would dare to challenge?
Oh, he knew. He planned it all! For WEEKS, he KNEW he could get Grace to hit herself with a volleyball if he only chose his moment!
Or, more likely, he did not.
Confession: While it was in-character for Justin to caution Grace about showing off her super cool strength (he is a genre savvy super hero fan, after all), the...
2022-03-03 04:03:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Super cool!
Pressure release chopsticks--I mean, super cool strength!
Justin might have a point, but the it's basically 100% guaranteed the lesson Grace takes away from this is to just use her super cool strength whenever and wherever.
2022-03-01 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Grace thought the young man who was challenging her strength had every reason to feel confident. Grace knew that simply looking bigger and stronger didn’t mean much. Beyond the simple fact that show muscle was a thing, neither Grace nor Nanase looked exceptionally strong, but either one of them could lift this guy over their heads.
This did not mean he wasn’t strong, however, or that she was stronger. The natural flexing of his biceps as he moved his arms couldn’t be missed, and h...
2022-03-01 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostCan vote for more than one, next Milestone image Wednesday (Early Access Tuesday)
Camelia and her spikey hair are now friendly acquaintances of Grace. Hooray!
Naturally, this means there’s a poll with her in it.
2022-02-28 03:48:55 +0000 UTC View PostCan vote for more than one, next Milestone image Wednesday (Early Access Tuesday)
Elliot is doing their best to not be scary!
They had assumed their smallest feminine form (in terms of height, anyway), but for whatever reason, people still seem to be intimidated!
Elliot decided to go smaller, and was trying to just be four inches shorter. They accidentally imagined the proportions wrong, however, and became curvier.
Is that the only mistake they made?
THAT'S what happened?!
Naturally, by Nanase's standards, you don't worry until it's one of the last two.
These are not normal standards.
Please do not go by them.
Fun fact, I have a medicine ball! For anyone who doesn't know, a medicine ball is a weighted ball for use in exercise. A long time ago, I impulsively bought one because I thou...
2022-02-26 07:35:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Her legend grows!
Nanase finally got a hug from Grace!
HOORAY!
2022-02-24 05:49:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Huge Success!
Edit - Minor shadow correction
Okay, before I actually comment on anything, this is the comic for 02-22-2022, and I just think that's neat.
If you want to write that 2022-02-22, that is also neat. The point is there's a lot of 2.
Also, I like overly-optimistic smiling Grace with her hands on her hips, and am certain she...
2022-02-22 07:13:52 +0000 UTC View PostMy apologies for the delay.
I have a particularly bad headache that is being persistent, and I've found it almost impossible to focus on what I'd need to focus on for EGSNP.
I feel bad after a delay last week, but I feel it's necessary.
2022-02-18 21:43:12 +0000 UTC View Post
100 PUSH UPS...
Everything is relative, and when you started at school after Nanase, well... You might seem strange, but not AS strange as you might otherwise.
My intent with how Camelia said it: "Na-Ne-See."
Apologies if you read it as "Nane-see" or something.
2022-02-17 06:30:55 +0000 UTC View Post
What no it's fine
Camelia could be surprised by Grace's knowledge, how upbeat she is about the possibility of a head injury, or both.
Or something else entirely. Reader's choice, really.
2022-02-15 05:13:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, you. You're finally awake.
This comic was delayed for writing reasons. They weren't super complicated writing reasons, but I was tired, and they seemed very complicated at the time to me?
In any case, this is pretty much a very streamlined version of what I'd originally planned. Getting from the original plan to this was a convoluted maze of twists ...
2022-02-12 04:19:18 +0000 UTC View PostMy apologies for this! I wasn't happy with what I had originally planned, but I thought I could work on other things, and sort it out in the back of my mind in time to get it done anyway.
That did not happen. Sorry about that.
2022-02-10 01:58:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Grace's Turn!
Those last couple of sound effects probably shouldn't be taken literally.
Probably.
I mean, maybe one of the students is a fan of fighting games, and they said those?
The exact spacing and angles in panel two also probably shouldn't be taken literally. I just felt hitting the borders illustrated what happened with the grea...
2022-02-08 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
First version Susan is in long pants, second version Susan is (presumably) in shorts.
Story A:
Catalina was in a cat form. This much was obvious to Susan.
What was not obvious to Susan, however, was whether that proved Catalina had cat-themed magic. This was evidence in its favor, certainly, but there were other factors to consider.
For example, the collar Catalina was wearing. Susan believed a collar, if you weren't Rhoda, was an odd thing to wear. Od...
2022-02-05 05:56:21 +0000 UTC View Post
SPIKE
I really wasn't sure how big to make the volleyball.
I looked up how big volleyballs were, but that wasn't the issue. Scale in comics with stylized characters gets weird, as everything is relative.
An accurately sized volleyball might not look too small relative to the character's body, but what about when compared to the cartoonishly-proport...
2022-02-05 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The judge.
2014 Godzilla "let them fight" references are still popular with the kids, right?
"Uh..."
YEAH they are!
Challenge!
I'm not sure I'd be comfortable making this joke if Smash Bros didn't exist.
2022-02-01 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostCheerleadra cheering like a Cheerleader.
Can vote for more than one.
2022-01-31 02:55:35 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Grace’s power is challenged during volleyball by a tall, muscular guy, Grace decides to make her form show her strength. But how does she do this?
Can vote for more than one.
At least one Milestone image later this week.
A new challenger!
This guy is intentionally more muscular and bulky than he likely would be, because this is a visual medium, and I needed to convey that this is a beefy dude.
Were this a novel, I could write... Um... What would I write?
Some dude walked up. He was BUFF.
Yeah, that would've done it.
Anyway, he has glasses, beca...
2022-01-29 07:29:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Can you do the cool thing?
I'm not a volleyball expert, but I'm pretty sure this all checks out.
I actually went back and edited the previous page a bit to make Spikey-haired girl's eyes closer to how I want them. I was really tired when I made that comic, and I don't think it was my A-game.
I was feeling better drawing this comic, and Grace in pan...
2022-01-27 06:13:10 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT - I didn't quite get Spiky-haired girl's eyes right the first time? Could still be improved, but don't want to devote too much time to them. If curious, the first attachment is the original version, the one with "FIX" at the end is the newer one. I also corrected a shading error.
I'm hypothetically conscious enough to post this
I really was...
2022-01-25 08:17:46 +0000 UTC View Post
What
Me: I'm going to draw a simplified big crowd!
Also me: Wait, what exactly would that look like?
Also Also Me: Where actually even are they in the school that's big enough for a big crowd, a high ceiling, and is presumably AWAY from the cafeteria?
Also Also Also Me: Do I really have room for a crowd in four panels? I really want that sile...
2022-01-22 05:20:37 +0000 UTC View Post
No handstands!
Yeah, um, here's the thing:
Grace is a LITTLE stronger than she looks.
Just a little.
I have no idea if anything about this makes sense. I just wanted Grace to do a cool move enough to draw five gosh dang panels for it.
And yes.
The ceiling was high enough.
Because I said so.
2022-01-20 04:35:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Be true to yourself.
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME! Especially not with a full backpack hanging on one leg. SO many ways that could go wrong.
With THAT out of the way...
YAY!
I'm soooo happy this comic exists. I really, REALLY wanted to do this comic (and the next one), but I wasn't sure I could pull off Grace ...
2022-01-18 05:15:32 +0000 UTC View Post