Slipping Through: News

Slipping through now has it's own website:

Slipping Through

Lots of pages you haven't seen are posted up there! Any new pages will be posted THERE. I will NOT post any more pages here. Happy reading!

Slipping Through: Changelings Chapter One--Part Two

End Chapter One.
Chapter Two coming soon!

Slipping Through: Changelings Chapter One--Part One

Slipping Through 3.0

The hardest part of learning is that when you start a project, two weeks later the work you've already done is nowhere near the quality of what you're doing presently. Twice I have started Slipping Through and now I'm going for three.

The summer I am dedicating my time to the epic tale of Slipping Through, the tale of a world quite like ours. Expect, here, magic is practiced openly and one might become a Magician the same way one might become a doctor, an attorney or insurance salesman.
The story takes place after a time when the world almost ended, but was repaired in time to save it, though not without cost. The world does not remember how the sky cracked open and other worlds began to slip through into theirs. They do not remember the brave Magicians who made terrible sacrifices to save everyone. It as if none of it ever happened.
The world, however, was imperfectly repaired and there are a few people who remember what happened. Maggie, our hero, remembers. She remembers the magicians who sacrificed themselves so completely that their very existences were destroyed, making so it is as if they were never even born.
Now Maggie's worse fears are being realized: the cracks are reopening and her warnings fall on deaf ears.
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Maggie is not our only hero, there will be at least six different story lines that converge for the final quest to save the world from cracking apart once more.

This summer I will begin the final version of Slipping Through (No more restarts!) and you will meet everyone from Ting the shape-shifter to the Gray Prince, an exile from another world.

Slipping Through (new): Part 3

I have been told I draw quite the adorable penguin.

Hm. I drew these pages this summer and altered them quite a bit since then. And already my art has progressed to the point where I want to redraw all these pages from scratch. However, I would never get anything done that way since I would be starting over every month. So I'm finishing up three more pages I drew this summer before I start to bring in my more recent work.

In the next installment we shall go to Maggie's place of work and meet her fellow employees. Needless to say, they are an interesting bunch.

Pretzel and the Princess: Part 5

Just a brief update. We meet the other sister! I don't think it was mentioned, but her name is Regan. She is the middle child. Goneril the oldest. Our heroine the youngest.

Slipping Through (new): Part 2

Woohoo! Part two! I think there is a definite improvement in the art. Learned a few new tricks in photoshop. Upcoming: penguins and quirky co-workers.

Musings

Just this moment I was going through my "Slipping Through" sketchbook and I realized how jumbled and out of order the pages are. I suppose this is because I tend to sketch things out as I think of them, regardless of when they take place in the story.

For example, when I rebooted this comic I started off with Maggie standing in a nightclub looking deeply annoyed. How did she get there? I wondered, Why is her hair a mess? And why is she wearing a cape? Then I realized she must have just come off work, that is, she had just had a throw down with some villain. So then I had to go and draw that bit and change that to the beginning.
Later on, in stuff you haven't seen yet, I got frustrated drawing Maggie's apartment so I skipped to drawing stuff with her at work. Now I've had to go back and fill in the gaps.

It just struck me because I've started coloring some pages that are next chronologically, but I drew them months ago. It's getting quite confusing. Especially since in some of the older pages I went back and reworked some of the panels. So in some pages there are bits that I know are ages old, but there's some stuff which I only thought of recently so it's got to be new.

Well, back to work.

Pretzel and the Princess: Updated!

There, a whole bunch of pages for your enjoyment! I'm having fun with this comic. The Princess leaping from tall heights only to be rescued by her amphibious squire seems to happen more than Pretzel would like.

Next: The Great Escape!

It's been awhile

But I'm back! Bringing with me "Slipping Through" version 2.0! Enjoy twelve pages of my comic. At least, I hope you will enjoy it. I'll refrain from belittling myself and just let you read it.

By the way: This is a work of fiction, any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental. That means that Maggie is not supposed to be me and her mother is not supposed to resemble mine. I thought I should throw that out there before Mom gets any ideas. Any traumas, sufferings, or family problems Maggie has are her own and have nothing to do with me.

And I have never interrogated a rat in an alley. (Please don't ask if I've interrogated them anywhere else)

Any questions, criticism (be kind) or other input is welcomed and encouraged!

Pretzel and the Princess: Part 3

Another installment in our thrilling and action packed adventure! Ahem. By the way, there are cellphones in this world. Actually, I'm pretty sure at least one of the castle's towers is a cellphone tower.

Coming up next: Vague parenting and sibling rivalry!

New Project: Slipping Through

This is my new project, a comic called "Slipping Through". The main characters are Maggie the Magician and Ting the shape-shifter. Together they fight crime! Uh, Monsters. They fight monsters. They come from broken homes, too. Keep checking for updates!

Pretzel and the Princess: Part 2

The Princess has rescued Pretzel, but what's going on at the castle?

My Newest Venture

Are you familiar with the story of the Frog Prince? Well, too bad. This is almost nothing like that. There is a princess, she has a golden ball and she's friends with a frog named pretzel. Similarity ends there. Pretzel isn't even sure if he is just an enchanted frog or an actual enchanted prince.


There's also that little matter of reclaiming Princess Jean's stolen kingdom . . .

Pretzel and the Princess: Part 1

Everyone, this is Pretzel and the Princess. Princess Jean and her best friend, Pretzel. Is he an enchanted prince? Or an enchanted frog? Will they be able to regain her kingdom from Princess Jean's wicked sisters? You (and I) will find out the answers as I continue my attempts at creating a comic.