Hey folks! Time for a daily barrage of lovely guest art and comics, starting out with a little tale from Mez, featuring some of her original characters and a few more familiar faces :) This one's a few pages long, very adorable and should run into next week, so enjoy!
You can find her Widdershins fan Tumblr here, or check our her own comic when it starts updating here!
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Psst, we're still in Kickstarter time!
Come
check out the project and pick up a copy of Sea Change, or any of the
other volumes too! And because it's gonna be a big bulk mailing, I can
offer some pretty reasonable prices on shipping outside the UK for
either a copy of the newest book or a set of all ten! These are
Kickstarter-exclusive prices, easily the best they're ever gonna be, so a
good chance to hop on and nab a set!
And to restate this as it's all very important-
So!
As usual, I will be taking a nice long break before the next book, at
least a month. I should be back at the end of October or start of
November, but I gotta see how it goes first. The next book is gonna need
a
lot of prep, and that is because the next volume of Widdershins will be the final one.
Yeah, you heard me! Volume 11 will be the last book. It's an ending i've been working up to for some time now, and I hope y'all enjoy it! I'm a great believer in giving a thing you love a good strong ending while you're still able, and I hope I can live up to that for Widdershins. I still love the comic dearly, but I've been working for a few years now on a bunch of new stories that I'm really interested in telling, and I gotta make time to do that. But not before we get a big silly finale!
What project I get to do next is kinda up to the fates to decide, but please be assured that I will still be around to tell my silly little stories for you regardless.
Thanks again for all of your continued support- If you're enjoying Widdershins, please consider helping me to bring this thing to a great end by backing the kickstarter, or supporting my patreon monthly where I'll soon be uploading some design work for the final book, or if you don't like signing up to stuff you could even simply donate a little to the comic via paypal.
See you soon, and please enjoy the filler material until I return!Comments (26)
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Manchester Megacon
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Very satisfying clackety-snap, the cane snapping into place makes me think of a sword unsheathed as the author prepares to do battle on behalf of his creation!
(I was trying to think what I know that snaps into place like that - it's the tentpoles for my dome tent. A nice sound memory.)
I basically just gave Bailey the same cane I have (i think I did some panels where it clips onto tables the same also) and yeah it's pretty much the same noise as tent poles when it unfolds and snaps into place, it's very satisfying! :) sadly I do not have a holster for mine so I can draw it like a sword but it is funny when I pull it out my bag and people don't realise it folds/unfolds, I feel like Mary Poppins XD
Oh my gosh I had no idea folding canes were a thing! Are they easy to fold and unfold? It's always such a pain to find someplace to store mine, so if I could just fold it up when I sit down and unfold it again when I need to stand that would be a godsend
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And these are good too.
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yeah it's very easy, it snaps together by itself (I think there's maybe elastic inside) and the longest portion left is maybe about a foot? it fits inside my bag or the back pocket of my wheelchair when it's folded. If you have normal arm strength it shouldn't be difficult to pull apart again. I can't remember where exactly I bought mine but it was under £10 online I'm pretty sure.Sturzkampf's links look basically similar to mine.
I also have a little spring-loaded clip accessory that lets the cane balance on the edge of surfaces, it's not 100% secure but as long as nobody knocks it it'll stay in place, if you don't already have one I would recommend it also :) again it was fairly cheap and I bought it somewhere online. For both you should be able to get VAT reduction if you're in the UK.
Thank you so much for the info!!! And thank you Sturzkampf for the links, I can't wait to try them out!
helping someone find a new mobility aid was not the expected outcome of this fancomic, but it is my favourite :) yay for representation lol. I hope it works well for you!
Folding canes are so damn awesome. My mom had a couple of them as I was growing up, and let me tell you the feeling of satisfaction is nothing compared to the glee 10-year-old me felt messing around with her spare one!
What a fun way to do the sound effect for the cane! I always love seeing creative ways to do effects in comics aaa
Anyways, ahh, the age old argument of inaccuracy for arts' sake vs factual depictions in media. Existed 200 years ago and not about to stop lol
It's interesting that by her reactions, even previous people, assumedly less anal than Ben is, quickly lost their temper on the job too :D
That's our Ben. Suspension of disbelief who? XD
Fingerpointing with the strength of Ace Attorney lawyers.
Psst! Add a "V" into the middle of that word in the first panel before putting this in print form.
Loving this sidequest story!
oops, good catch thanks :)
I knew what it was supposed to be, but it was still fun because "belie" is a verb, and so "unbelieable" should be a word too, and it almost works...
LOL, either Ben is gonna need to take a serious chill pill or somebody is going to need to revise his understanding of magic and make the story work anyway. :P
Ben has a point. There's nothing like something you know to be wrong to destroy the suspension of disbelief, like daffodils flowering when it's supposed to be autumn, or four propeller blades on a Battle-of-Britain era Spitfire, or a gentleman wearing his top hat in the drawing room. But I wonder if the average reader of Bailey's romance thrillers will know that a summons can't see outside of its summoning circle?
I've been rereading the comic as a whole and wondering the same thing, how common wizardry knowledge is outside of those who study or practice it. Ben on the previous page claimed that "everyone" knows a spirit can't see outside its circle, but based on previous events in the comic, I'd guess that it's not common knowledge.
Although people are happy enough with imbued items in everyday life, they seem scared of practical magic at first hand. Look how a bunch of hardened criminals ran when Sid put up a summoning circle. Perhaps magic is like a steak and kidney pudding - it’s a great life-enhancing thing to have, but best if you don’t know what went into making it.
tbh the book guy has a point just bc sumthing isnt as on point in reality doesnt mean it cant be fun/interstting. altho our old fiend here tries to voice his comlains out he doesnt really know how to explain it on a sivil abt it
There's "fun/interesting" and there's "knock the reader out of your world by making a clear error."
Well, I think we all saw THIS coming!
"it literally is a penny dreadful" is a great retort.
I'm digging the art style. Well done!
ah thank you :) I've only had a drawing tablet since July so there's been a lot to get the hang of but I'm pleased with what I've learnt so far :)