SS6 84 An agreement is reached
skyangel on June 16, 2018
Kim mentioned in her comment last page that she thinks I'm quite brave for putting so much of myself into my story and it reminded me of how I felt before posting the very first page.
I've always credited Patricia Grullion for being my inspiration because it was her comic ‘Friction’ here on the Duck that set me off from the very first. Her art and writing touched me so deeply that I felt an incredible urge to follow her same open approach to making comics. I wrote the basic script for the first chapter in one evening and then did the art for six pages but when it came to going live I felt extremely vulnerable and nervous about having been so open. I was pretty convinced the general reactionto my main character Sarah would be that she was just a self-pitying teenage whiner, so I helf off posting for almost a week before finally taking the plunge.
To my relief though so many readers across the world related to Sarah's thought and feelings that it was a huge lesson for me and in a strange way the old addage ‘Art imitates life, life imitates art’ is quite true because putting myself out ‘as art’ was testing the water and when I felt comfortable enough to go in deeper it reassured me that it was okay to keep sharing all my personal baggage.
In return it has made me stronger in real life too because I'm far more outspoken in my views now and honest about admitting my weaknesses and mistakes because Sarah has shown me that a lot of people will agree with my perspective on life and what fun it is being human rather than feeling like I have to pretend I'm something more impressive than I really am. You can't win them all, but knowing you can say something stupid and not curl up in a ball for having spoken is an important step to learn.
Next week… As DV quite rightly pointed out last week, Sarah's incurable quest for truth will inevitably cause her to discuss the strange events at Carlingford with Laura and that in turn will lead the story back to a very interesting conclusion. ;)
Have a nice week! :)
fredhedges at 9:42AM, June 18, 2018
Lucy, Sarah, and especially Laura are so even-tempered! I would be just furious at the way Ron and (Helen, is it? I forget) have messed with all their lives. Coming to an "understanding" of why he acted so badly, recognizing his inherent weaknesses and lack of character, does not let him off the hook for what happened and could very well have happened that night at the construction site. Grrrrr. And that's a lovely portrait of Laura in panel 3. You really have come a long way in being able to express the individuality of your characters in ways other than hair style, clothing, etc.
KimLuster at 7:10AM, June 18, 2018
'nuther beautiful page! Some fantastic bird's-eye shots!! And Laura has totally won me over!! And Lucy has all the power haha!! Ya know... if Lucy doesn't work out for either one of them... ;) Just sayin'! :D
DarkVisor at 10:03PM, June 16, 2018
Panel three, what is that building half buried in the grass? o_O
NicAndBen at 4:41PM, June 16, 2018
Yes! More wispy hair in the breeze :D Happy to see that they're being very mature and respectful about this whole situation, as well as to each other.
moizmad at 2:12PM, June 16, 2018
Gorgeous scenes sky, but how about some action? Maybe an alien spaceship lands, or a big gun battle, explosions, car chases... sort of like American movies?
Infected Blood at 12:38PM, June 16, 2018
Beautiful conversation! They're taking the best approach: open up and deal with your feelings like an adult (as Laura pointed out). Let's see what Lucy says, now... To me, the beauty of webcomics is that people can take more risks than on regular paper comics. That includes openly putting a lot of yourself into your own comic, which can be therapeutic for the author, but it could be fatal to your readership, if your storytelling is not so good. More power to you, because you write really well and in a very relatable way, so I highly doubt your characters come across as whiny (unless you want them to). To be completely honest with you, there is only one character I personally loathe and find very unrealistic, because it feels very forced to me (maybe it has nothing to do with your life or it could be you're passionate about this character, so you overdid it - again, this is just personal opinion). Still, I can easily ignore this character, because the rest of the comic is so good :)
fallopiancrusader at 6:20AM, June 16, 2018
Wow, those backgrounds are amazing!
BearinOz at 6:19AM, June 16, 2018
"Author comment I see , lurk until page goes up, I shall"....I thought, seeing that one to Fred B-) waiting...waiting...Bingo ! Eventually B-) As Arici says, all grown up and civilised - if only we had politicians like that !
arici at 5:19AM, June 16, 2018
They ARE grown up, aren't they... I can't get the timeline straight, but Sarah is what, like in her mid-twenties?