Look at this page, isn’t it neat?
Wouldn’t you say that it’s really pink?
Okay, that’s an imperfect rhyme scheme, but I like it. Too bad I can’t sing right now, because I’ve had a cold for a WEEK AND A HALF. I haven’t been sick this badly, or this long, since high school. I’ve gone almost 13 years and not been sick like this. I flew to Los Angeles, expecting a super cool vacation, and most of it was pretty solid! (My rental car sucked, though.) But instead of spending a second day at Disneyland, I spent my last day languishing on the couch or bed of my AirBnB attempting not to puke up my guts. Then I woke up nice and early the next day and got on an airplane 😀 😀 :D. I’m sure those people sitting near me are still in great health. Then, when I finally got back to where my damn car was parked, it was dead! Because in my delirium from having to wake up at 1am to get to the airport that day, I left my interior light on from when I was checking on something! But I got a jump from AAA, got home, and then had to get a new battery the day before Christmas because mine was toast. Neat! Then I had to stay up here for Christmas instead of visiting my aunt in Mississippi because I was too sick to drive down. Boo hiss. I’m going for New Years, though! I’m also going to the doctor today.
Anyway, long story long, I thank you all for your patience with one page a week for these last two weeks of December! I desperately needed the break. Probably a lot more than I actually realized. I feel more refreshed working on next week’s pages than I have in awhile! Since I started this comic back in February of 2015, I’ve never missed a single page or posted a day late, so I feel like this small break has been earned. And hey, I’m working up to my two year anniversary soon! That’s terrifying, actually.
A few people pointed out they thought the tree falling was Connie’s way of keeping them from leaving. Maybe! That’ll be somewhat clarified in next week’s pages. Or more mystified, maybe. I feel like every time I bring Connie around again, I answer one thing and confuse everything else. So look forward to that!
Okay, I’m going back to being sickly and finishing next week’s pages early so I can go visit my family this weekend. Woo! If nothing else, my abs should be pretty impressive after all this damn coughing…which is great because I haven’t been to the gym in a month. Kind of busy! Being sick, apparently.
Thanks for another cool page, hope you feel better
Getting there! Today I finally acquired drugs, so we’ll see what improves from here!
Well, shit, that sucks.
First! Woohoo!
This is the best kind of First Post celebration. You made my day, Dave.
And your comment would be first if it hadn’t needed to be approved! Sorry for bumping you down ;).
Well good luck with the whole sick thing. I would say I know what that’s like but I can count on 1 hand the number of times I was sick enough to miss anything so yeah, I’m one of those lucky ones. And yes 2 years without missing a page kind of does deserve a break. Also I’m just a little confused because perspective makes me think the 2 falling trees are going to crush 3 of the untrained werewolf pack but the final panel, thankfully, doesn’t have that happening. Then again I confuse myself often so not the hardest feat.
It was a little hard to make it clear with the scale of the trees! They’re falling behind that tree Tim is in front of, which means so far, none of these dudes are in fear of getting smushed. Yet. I think I need to go in and add some shadows for clarity, actually. Hm.
Red sky in morning, [insert whatever group does stuff outdoors] take warning.
So looks like a whole lot of storms are brewing.
So we might we see a storm with torrential down pour pelting our protagonists?
Thunderbolts and lightning, Very very frighting.
Wet witches in the rain highlighted by flashes of lighting as they stalk ever closer.
The smell of wet werewolf fur.
That would be “red skies at morning, sailors take warning; red skies at night, sailor’s delight.”
There ya go. Though in this case, I just enjoy pink.
🙁 Elias you’re mean. Okay. Okay. I get it. Priorities. Save the guy who was kidnapped over the kidnappers. Especially when going back for them might mean no one gets out. When I phrase it that way, it sounds like such an easy decision.
Save the hot dude unconscious from a side/possible gut injury.
VS.
Save five hostile kidnappers who are unconscious in a grove of falling trees.
Exactly! He’s only got two arms, though I guess Malaya could carry like, three of them probably. If they had the time.
Supposing that Malaya wouldn’t be tempted to either bite their heads off, or accidentally crush their legs or something…. I mean, there’s a lot of things she could “accidentally” do to make sure they aren’t chasing them for a while. Just because you save someone doesn’t mean they’re gonna do you a solid next time you’re in need.
Well, there’s five of them, but all but one of them have hit, kicked, tripped, or BITTEN a white hat recently. Grab that one.
Cool and hope you feel better soon
Getting there! Various parts of me have stopped leaking, at least.
Be proud of people thinking Connie is doing this on purpose. A sign of good writing is that people are guessing multiple levels of motivation for your character.
I have the feeling they will be guessing with her until Chapter 8, because most of this won’t get concretely explained until then lol.
… Is Connie going to use this as motivation to get them to attack her house and Family directly?
With Marin there as backup, that’s gonna end BADLY for the pack if they tries. Malaya and Elias aren’t the bruisers, Marin is, and they STILL managed to mop the floor with the five of them.
She has a motivation, though it might not be as complicated as you might think :).
Sometimes all the motivation you need is just wanting to punch/smash things. It works really well for the Hulk.
Hey, love the comic! I like it so much I disabled my adblock so you’d get money of my clicks. I think you deserved the break, it’s the holidays, you’re/were sick AND you’ve never gone off schedule before, that’s crazy!
Awesome! I love anyone who will put up with looking at my ads :D. I think 90% of the success of this comic so far is just consistency lol.
The problem afterwards will be the (Wolve´s) Council (in which Elias mom is)… They may think that any ill happening after this was cause to an escalation of the situation. Not good… still, I´d have done the same as Elias. He´s one hella cool dude :3
That is the current dilemma! Do they get involved after everything is “resolved” and make things worse just out of a sense of justice? Or remain neutral like Switzerland in an effort to not exhaust their meager resources?
1/4 cup of vodka, 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, & 1 tsp cinnamon, heat for 30 seconds, stir in 1 tbsp honey then 1/4 cup carrot juice – it WILL make you feel better, it also helps you actually get better, I recommend it once in the morning when you first wake up, before eating breakfast, and, if you’re going to be home, repeat before each meal
That’s a lot of vodka.
2oz, a large shot I’d say.
I don’t drink alcohol, but the rest of it would be doable lol. I have fought past colds with apple cider vinegar, but this one hit me a little too fast to do much about :P. I’m feeling better now, though!
omph, I feel you >.> I’ve been super sick recently too. Another amazing page though! Don’t be afraid to take more time off if you need it ^^
I think I’ve finally kicked it! But the time off has been super helpful :D. I hope you’re also feeling better!
So I’m guessing that Connie has officially given up on the pack and she’s just going to suck dry whatever energy they have left so she can stay alive a little longer. Which sucks, because they could’ve been rehabbed. (Well, maybe not Tim… and maybe not Aubrey either… but Harley and Ginger would’ve been more than happy to ditch Connie’s clutches.)
Connie definitely is more interested in her own immediate needs rather than any sort of long term planning, so we’ll have to see ;).
Mal’s were-form still looks like it has dopey grin… Maybe you should give her fuller lips or something.
Lips on a werewolf sound even weirder lol. I don’t mind the goofy grin :).
So, a curiousity, does the werewolf healing factor extend to diseases, and they don’t get sick very much? Or does it work the other way, and they need to worry about parvo?
I would imagine that it would be pretty hard to infect a werewolf with anything that would stick around. They might get sick for a little bit until their system fought it off.
I COME FROM THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR.
And I’ve been meaning to point out, not sure if it’s the boobs or what, but damn, Mal’s wolf form looks way bulkier than Elias’, and Mal also got (not so) little fangs. I love it. The bulky deal might be clothes though? I feel like Elias, as a born werewolf, would be far better prepared for that than Mal… Man, I need more good werewolf stories in my life.
She’s much bulkier! The number one rule of being a short person is that any bulk looks ten times more impressive because there’s less space for it :). Elias gets longer and leaner as a wolf, more built for speed and reach. Mal gets bulky and strong. I wanted to make sure that everyone looks different from each other, even as werewolves, so their werewolf forms reflect their human physicality. We’ve only just seen the two full werewolves so far, so there’s not much to compare it to yet!
I love this. This is a really neat thing that needs to get done more often. I can’t tell which of the two wolves I like more XD
You know, looking at that first panel, I’m amazed her shorts didn’t burst.
They have a lot of stretch! Spandex is amazing :D.
She needs to find the spandex shorts with a velcro patch tail hole already in it…. From the werwolf clothing outlet store. Silver free jewelry, watches that show the phase of the moon…. There could be all sorts of specialty items…
Happy New Year!
We’ll see! I’m still dreading 2017 if it’s anything like 2016 lol. But to you as well!
Happy new year
To you as well! 2017 has me on guard O_O.
I just like binge read the whole comic. I want more.
I also just binge read the whole comic, coming down from, ironically enough, my own anxiety meltdown.
Thanks for so many things: people staying people even when shit happens, Werewolf Politics (TM), Tim, having such a diverse cast (and not having it be a big deal, where Every Single Day Elias Mourns The Heterosexuality He Never Had, but just like “yeah that’s not gonna happen, i’m gay”), and really good action scenes
<3
I’m glad you’re feeling better! I hate when my anxiety ramps up to the point that I gotta waste most of a day fending it off so I can function again :P.
You just listed all my favorite things that I’ve put in this comic, so I’m happy you liked them too 😀 😀 😀
Great, now I have The Little Mermaid song running through my head… “Look at this thing. Isn’t it neat? Wouldn’t you say my collection’s complete?”
😛
The Little Mermaid connection is to make sure everyone else has that song stuck in their head just like me :D.
Thats one Hairy body O_O
For sure lol. On both Mal and Elias :D.