A few pages ago, I made a big deal about the obnoxious green color of Katsuko’s shirt. Yet, on this page, Katsuko’s new jacket is a similarly obnoxious color. Why? The color was only a part of the “problem.” The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
15: Running Cold
21 comics.
CCCXXXV: Hey, Remember Ash’s Nickname From That One Time?
on October 4, 2022
at 4:30 am
Production Code: UTC335
As a main character, Noah deserved to have his own waking-up-in-bed silhouette sequence. I had been searching for a way to write it into the comic for 9 or 10 chapters by this point. Now all of the regulars have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Writing this page was an exercise in “less is more.” I originally had massive amounts of dialogue, mostly a back-and-forth argument between Noah and Morty that hit basically the same beats as the final page, but did so laboriously and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
CCCXXXIII: Three Thirty-Three
on September 5, 2022
at 4:00 am
Chapter: 15: Running Cold
Characters: Cameraman, Dr. Vine, Jen, Jerry, July, Katsuko, Keris, Lawrence, Melody, Pa Blum, Sinbad, Student 20, Student 29, Student 7, Trombone
Location: Attic House, The Woods
Production Code: UTC333
Normally, when you see a character in a plain shirt in this comic, it’s because I wasn’t inspired enough to come up with a unique style for them. More and more often, I’ve been pushing myself to give characters more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
CCCXXXII: Painted
on August 26, 2022
at 6:30 pm
Chapter: 15: Running Cold
Location: Attic House
Production Code: UTC332
Jen’s portion of this story arc could have been an entire chapter on its own. I challenged myself to condense the entire potential plotline to a single page. I couldn’t do it. This conversation will continue on the next page,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…