Mwah.
And with that, Witch Hunt is over! Somehow landing on the tenth anniversary of the comic, too! Jeez. Please click below to check out the Kickstarter for the print version!
I hope y'all had a fun time with this one, I sure did. Some hopefully entertaining chaos :)
If you did enjoy it, please consider backing the Kickstarter for print editions of Widdershins, or subscribing to the Widdershins Patreon that has managed to keep us going and updating regularly for literally ten years now, or if you'd like to throw a one-time cash donation in my direction that would be deeply appreciated too! If you're low on cash but want to help anyway, it'd be super helpful if you'd link the comic to any friends you think might like it. Spreading the word is so valuable, and absolutely keeps comics like this one afloat.
Also feel free to ask a character some questions for the upcoming Q&A! You can ask them in the comments below or my tumblr ask box here- anon is on so you don't need an account, but do leave a name on there if you wanna be credited!
So, what's next? Well, I'm going to take a little time off updates to recharge my batteries and get the next book planned out, and in the meantime we're gonna have some fanart and some Q&As coming up. Widdershins will return on the 17th November with the next story, Sea Change!
Cast: Gren, Harriet Barber, Sidney Malik
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MWAH ;A; <3
Happy anniversary! Truly couldn't have timed the content match better.
<3
The noise I made was inhuman
"EEEE-URP!"?
That's funny, I was just thinking of an "Avengers" episode called "The Winged Avenger," where Steed ,makes that exact sound!
That's why I heard it. Haven't seen that episode in forever, but for some reason it was the first inhuman sounds that popped into my head.
YES! YES! YESYESYESYESYESYESYEEEESSSSS~! XD
And dare I say: "Woo", and also "hoo". ^_^ Ohhhh man, it feels good to finally see them both 'here', in this place, at this time.
Thank you, Ms. Ashwin. <3
Of course, as this bit of humans being humans does not involve either walkies or food, Gren is uninterested.
I swear she’s awake though and l reckon that’s a doggy smile 🥰
She doesn't need to take any action right now, because all is right with her world.
My blood sugar level just skyrocketed...but in a good way. :)
Happy Anniversary!
[https://youtu.be/BKSkBsnfkFA](https://youtu.be/BKSkBsnfkFA "https://youtu.be/BKSkBsnfkFA")
The Squeees! The Squeees will destroy us all!
But I feel good :P
Never have I been more happy to almost spit out my coffee! Yay!
Aaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!! crazy arms in the air Sssoooo happy!
Dogs i the neighbourhood suddenly started barking all of sudden… i realized it was because of the subsonic "squeee" I let out when reading this strip.. XD
:D
Yaaay!!
Thank you for getting this page up extra early! I have to go into work this morning, and I was dreading not being able to read it until I got home at lunchtime.
Finally
You know, we haven’t seen Ms Barber take out her pipe once since she got back. Are we sure it’s really her?
Going cold turkey is a good way to stop smoking, for some.
Winners never quit, quitters never win. :P
Unless the only winning move is to not play!
abstaining isn't quitting. it is neutral jing
Yeah but she's only been out for a day or two.
She was on the island for between two and three months: In the beginning of "Hangman's Knot" Eliza mentioned that Harry hasn't been seen for a month; the epilogue of "HK" is a month later, and it was evident that Harry still wasn't back yet. When Harry finally made it through the Anchor door into Widdershins, she asked Nyree how she looks, and Nyree said "Like you slept in a bush for three months" and she says "Accurate." [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/august-25th-2020 "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/august-25th-2020")
She was shown running out here [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/september-24th-2019 "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/september-24th-2019") (and that's a small packet, so even if it were new and she was rationing it, it would not have lasted long). Then she went into the water in the next strip and soaked her pipe (and her entire self).
We didn't see her again until immediately before she met Nyree.
I think she'll have been out of tobacco for at least a month.
OK I took the empty packet to be within the last few days but you're right there's no reason those clips of her on the island are at the same time as the scenes in Widdershins it switches back to and now that I think of it I doubt she would have rationed it that long when she didn't know how long it would be.
I'd like to try a deductive question: why (or when) does she generally smoke?
She's had more important things than getting a refill.
I've been waiting for this page for so long :'D ...
I'm not good with questions, I enjoy seeing other people's creativity much more. But if it comes to happen I would like it if you could let the cast know just how much its meant to me to have them just be there, especially during my (hopefully) worst years. Counting with some certainties in the darkest of moments helps you rail your thoughts sometimes, at least that's how it worked for me. So cheers! And good wishes for the cast and your working team too, of course!
Question/Request for Gren: Bark Bark! (Please tell us your side of the last few days!)
At a guess: "mommy's home! yay! yay!"
And with that, one of the longest-running plot-threads in the series wraps up.
Going to back the KS now.
Napping dog = They have been at it for a while, haven't they
I'm sure at least one of the witches must have felt a great disturbance in the Magic, as if millions of voices suddenly squeed out in glee and couldn't be silenced.
I started re-reading the comic a week ago when they got to the alley. Catching up to this is most excellent.
:Kirti and Rajeev, sitting at dinner:
K :pouring tea: It's all sorted out now.
R :buttering scone: It is? Wonderful! :beat: What's all sorted out, dear?
K: Lancelot's difficulties.
R: Ah. The thing with the...
K: Yes. It won't crop up again.
R: And his...
K: He won't really need one now, will he?
R: True, dear. Oh! It was very odd, how everyone was claiming to be...
K: Yes, the young folk do like to make things complicated, don't they?
R: We should know. Remember that business with the greengrocer and the hope chest?
K: Vividly, love. Vividly. But there's a proper number of Barbers again.
R: They do all seem nice. And a good thing too, hey? Say: how'd it get done?
K: Arrangements were made. :sipping tea:
R: Jolly good, dear.
K: Thank you.
Guys I am fanboying hard right now.
Help
Me, loudly at 7am: AWWWWWWW!
That kiss was a long time coming!
Also I love that Gren's like, "okay finally my hapless two-legged charges have figured things out, I can rest now"
OK, so it's now an officially a significant rain.
(Also, the closest possible date to exactly nine years since the first page.)
That's two ships that've set sail thanks to Gren. She's on a roll.
[https://www.youtube.com/wat...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Hj7bp38f8 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Hj7bp38f8")
Were those grey pant-shoe loops there the whole time? Damn fictional pseudo-Victorians! How many straps do your clothes need??
Everything must be in its proper place, no flapping about.
No elastic.
At long last!
Bonus points: Gren approves!
Took you two bloody long enough. ^_^
Relationships are never late. They always arrive precisely when they need to.
Nice! I believe the best relationships start with quiet realization, myself. Not the result of internal conflict from different motivations resolving, but the realization that there is no conflict. This really exemplifies this. Kudos!
So sweet! These two make me so happy :)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FINALLY
eee hee hee hee hee hee hee!
Ahem. That is to say...this just makes me feel warm and happy and soft.
"I like it. I like what we've become." Ah, to have that kind of relationship with someone, someday.
I stand corrected- lips met full engagement without disruption. Both cardiovascular systems skipped a groove before going tachy and Harry's situational awareness is totally flatline. Sid is fluctuating between "Is this real?" and "Who cares?"
In short, "YEEEEHAAAAAAW!!!"
YEEHAW! WE GOT THERE IN THE END!
9 years! 9 years! 9 YEARS! AAAAAAAAAAA
I have nothing to add but joy 👏👏👏
D'awwwwwww.
Been shipping these two since forever. So glad to see them happy together!
Yay! 🙌 happy dance
Isn't this when Nicola comes patrolling by and breaks up the misbehaving couple hiding in that alley?
"Be off with you! This isn....Oh. Hi, Harry, uh...Sid."
"We'll be having a family meeting about this tomorrow. You'd best be ready."
I want you to know,
I have saved that last panel as my background;
and I have named the file "widderships"
The past few updates I've been chattering with my friends about Widdershins. It's really my favorite webcomic of all time, and I love many spectacular webcomics. It might be my favorite media, even. So many characters, juggled and used excellently. So many get depth and character and Explanation without being over-bearing or too heavy. Think about how many characters we've seen and how many we were all able to become attached too without the plot feeling spread too thin over all of them. It's incredible work, and I admire it fiercely.
I've been rereading bits of Widdershins recently because, well, things are hard. It's such a great comfort to me. I jumped around various parts of Curtain Call and then read all of Piece Of Cake to remember what had happened there, and just... Everything about this comic is so wonderful. So many running threads all working together so beautifully.
I dunno, maybe Sid and Harry kissing is just making me emotional. I've been following this comic for years- I couldn't tell you how many, though I know I made my first comment on it two years ago.
I hope I can do something like this some day. What a fantastic example to follow and fall in love with. These characters, this story, will always have a place in my heart.
Anyway. I think I have the boost I need to do the work I've been procrastinating on. Just want to say thank you for writing this Ms. Ashwin, and thanks to everyone here in the comments feeling things with me. I dunno, I just really love the company.
ah, gosh, thank you for these extremely kind words! gosh! gonna keep this one to look back on, thank you <3
Speaking of a well-managed cast: now that this is in the history books, I find myself waiting with utter maniacal glee for when Florrie finds out.
Florrie? What about Eddie's kids? They are going to be over the moon that Uncle Sid will be around to do magic for them.
In fact:
Question for the Barber adults: What do you think of Harry's new (first?) romantic entanglement?
Question for the Barber children: What do you think of Harry's new romantic entanglement?
Oh sure, they'll be over the moon, but even from that far off I rather expect they'll still hear Florie squee!
I've also been harassing my friends to read it lately. And I did an entire reread a couple of weeks ago. It's definitely been a bright point in the midst of a lot of not very bright things.
Well that paid off. You craft the most excellent stories.
Though that Gren. Once she approved of the smelly one it was inevitable, obviously.
Kickstarter? Eyes wallet
D'aww. I love those dorks.
Aaaaaaw. Ok. Good story. Hrm. Love it. Thanks Kate.
Adorable! Amazing build up over the years with amazing payoff.
I'm disappointed, Kate. You haven't put The Alley on the map of Widdershins!
For Eliza: Have you even considered to shot the moutain one first, or does it explode those times too? If it does, it's possible that there's something trying to stop you from finding the fourth anchor.
For Mal: How do you feel about being something of a productive member of society now? And a homeowner, to boot!
Question for Alexa King: Have you ever done genealogy research? You might be a descendant of the Barber clan! You could have been working with your great-something aunt
I never comment, but this deserves an "Awwwww"!!! <3 <3 <3
So it sounds like naught in Widdershins but shall change into something rich and strange starting in Nov. 17? That's going to be interesting...
At last!!! These two have come a LONG way (besides back to the same alley, that is.)
Ah, this is a good thing. It's like that resolving chord that lets you finally relax when you didn't even realize you were tense.
To Syd and Harry: I know it might be too soon but who are you thinking for your Best Man / Bride's Maid?
I am a member of a magician's webpage called The Magic Cafe. There is a section devoted to "Not Very Magical" where I made a thread about the webcomics I read when I SHOULD be practicing! Widdershins was the first one I put up, not because it was the first I started reading (Girl Genius), but because it starts with a street magician! Everyone seems to have enjoyed it on the board.
Mama Barber will be pleased that Harriet finally found a gentleman. So will Henry and Izzy!
Now Harry’s Mum will be pestering her about grandchildren.
Wait a minute. This comic has been going on for 10 years?! I still think of this as the "new" comic as I was reading "Darken" well before this one!
Mal, what's the best thing about the new house?
Read this..gave a yell of joy..got kicked out of library...totally worth it!!
I'm rereading, and I love how Gren is totally blase about all this. "Whatever humans, you've clearly already pack-bonded. Sort out your smoochy junk while I have a nap."
Came back to squee at this page for the millionth time and noticed the Q&A note. Does anyone know what happened to it?