When does the comic update?
New pages are uploaded every Tuesday.
Will this be available as a book?
Yes; this story is intended for print. Hopeful completion date is early-mid 2011. You know, I'm not even going to try giving a timeframe on this anymore. It takes however long it takes.
Printing, pricing, etc. will be announced as soon as each factor is confirmed.
Is an RSS feed available?
Yes, I've re-established the feed function. It should publish text links that will take you to the new pages.
Why isn't there a comments section on the comic pages?
Because <Epic is a long-form comic, I prefer there be no extra text around the pages to pull the reader out of the story. News is always posted in the center column of the front page,
and author
comments can be found in the notes.
If you need to contact me, please e-mail ek[at]tjandamal.com.
How come there's fanart and fanfic if it's not finished yet?
Several months passed between the time I came up with the characters/story and the time I decided to put it all into a comic book. During those months, I posted a lot of development sketches and story doodles to LiveJournal and various gallery sites, and it sort of took off. Since then, though, I've been keeping the rest of the plot details pretty closely guarded.
Hey, on [page], is that a reference to [book/film/TV show]?
Quite possibly. I've compiled a page of notes and credits; check them out if you like.
Is this story "yaoi"?
I... maybe? Probably not? No. I think.
Nobody sparkles, at least.
How do you make the comic?
First, I hand-write a script for each section - Dialogue still changes as the page comes together. Then I do a bunch of thumbnail sketches to decide on the layout of each page. After thumbnailing, I draw each panel to scale on a separate sheet of bright white paper.
I draw the first rough pass in Col-Erase Pink, the second pass in Col-Erase Carmine Red, the third and fourth passes in mechanical pencil and ink, then shade with 2B and 3B soft pencil lead.
I then scan the artwork and import it to Photoshop, where
I extract the Red channel so that only the black and gray lines are visible.
After that, I piece all the panels together into a single page, do retouching and corrections, and add panel borders, balloons and lettering on new layers.
Original pages are 3975 x 6150 px. I drop the web-version pages to 625 px wide before posting.
A single page takes anywhere from 8 to 15 hours, start to finish.
I work on the comic 3 or 4 evenings during the work week, and 10-15 hours over the weekend.
What font are you using for the dialogue?
Cloudsplitter BB, from Blambot.
Will you be at [convention]?
Definite:
NYCC (October 8-10, NYC)
Possible but unlikely:
Ikkicon 2011 (Dec 31, 2010 - Jan 2, 2011, Austin, TX)
Past conventions: Stumptown 2010, Staple 2010, Staple 2009, Ikkicon 2009, Ohayocon 2009, AnimeFEST 2008.
Can I make icons/wallpapers/sig images from your art?
Sure, have at! Just please use your own webspace (or a service like Photobucket) for hosting them, and please give credit or a link back to this site if you can.
I'm generally fine with folks using my drawings for stuff as long as they're not being sold or plagiarized.
Do you have any banners?
Yup! I currently have these on Project Wonderful, as well: #1 (125x125px square) - #2 (125x125px round transparency) - #3 (468x60 banner)
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