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Nightnight
Written and illustrated by Peg Thorn
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Hi!!
Remember how I said I was coming off hiatus? Remember how that turned out to be a lie? Well, here’s the tea!
Nightnight comic is offically cancelled!
But that doesn’t mean it’s over! (TL;DR at the end)
Long story short, I came up with the concept of Nightnight ages ago because I was suffering a huge writer’s block. I wanted to write something nonsense and fun, and I wanted to improve my art skills. Low and behold, Nightnight was born.
However, the more I thought about where the plot was going, the more invested I got. I realised that this is a really good story, probably my best yet. I started wanting to produce professional quality because that’s what I felt like it deserved. But I wasn’t giving it professional treatment. I haven’t written out a full script, I just make it up as I go along. I haven’t had any objective feedback, I haven’t treated it like a professional project, largely because I currently don’t have the time.
So I’ve decided to cancel the posting of Nightnight for now. When it returns it will be from the beginning, on a different platform (tumblr is not really a good platform for comics because it’s impossible to get them seen) and every page will be planned, polished and refined before it gets to you. I can’t say when this will happen, maybe years, but it’s my sincere hope that it does happen eventually.
TL;DR I want to produce this comic at professional quality, and until a time in which I can give it that attention I’m calling it quits.
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported the comic so far. I hope to see you again in the future of Nightnight.
So long and Good Night!
- Peg
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Updates
Hello again! It’s been a while and I apologise for that, life has been hectic. However I’m here to give you a few updates!
Nightnight is coming off hiatus!
Sorry it’s been so long! There was a lot of debate (with myself) as to whether or not to go back and edit the prologue before continuing onto chapter 1. My art skills have improved over my hiatus and the prologue no longer reflects my best work, however I started this comic as a way of improving my art, so I’ve decided to leave it as a testament to my improvement. I may still go back and draw the parts I wrote out instead of drawing pages for at some point.
I haven’t decided on a day or time of uploads yet, and depending on my work load updates may be weekly or every other week, I’ll let you know when I know. The first few pages of chapter 1 will be out later this week!
I may have to go on hiatus again in September once classes start again. I'll do all I can to balance drawing and studies but it may not be doable.
Happy Pride!
Usually I want to keep this blog away from heavy topics, but last year I drew the above art of Nightnight’s protagonist, Ivan, and I think it’s relevant again now. While June is a time for members of the LGBT+ community to celebrate how far we’ve come, it is also a time to mourn those we have lost in our struggle and remember we only got this far by fighting. Due to recent events more than ever we need to love and protect our black siblings, both in and outside of the community.
Donating to good causes is one of the best things we can do right now, and I hope you will consider donating what you can to charities like https://blacklivesmatter.com/. #Blacklivesmatter #JusticForGeorgeFloyd
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Happy (belated) Fathers Day from Nightnight!!
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Nightnight
Prologue - Part 11
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“Well, this was fun, but I ought to get to bed.” The others whined complaints and frustration as Ivan stood up and made for the door. “Sorry.” He shrugged. “But I have to be up early tomorrow. See you guys later.”
“Bye.” “Night night!” Krys and Alex called after him. Sammi watched him leave. They couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off with their best friend. They excused themself and followed him into the hallway, and just as they had suspected, found him leaning against the wall, refreshing a page on his phone over and over.
“Heya.” At the sound of their voice Ivan quickly tried to hide his phone. He smiled sheepishly at them.
“Oh, hey.” He babbled. “I was just – um – checking stuff. I’m off now-“
“So she still hasn’t called?” Ivan fell silent and looked away sullenly.
“… No.” He replied, starting to leave. “But she will.” Sammi gave an anxious sigh.
“Look, I know it isn’t my place to say anything-“
“Then don’t.” Sammi was taken aback by the harshness in his tone, and the cold look he shot back at them before tuning and climbing the stairs. Sammi stood gawking for a moment, and in a low, pained voice said. “… Okay.”
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Ivan lay wake for hours, constantly checking his phone for messages, before he finally let himself try to sleep. Even then the fear of missing her, the urge to reach for the phone, kept him awake long past midnight, past when even the cars and creatures of the night had at last fallen silent, and then until sunrise. Only then did he finally give up waiting and let himself drift off…
The usual morning clatter of his housemates was enough to wake Ivan up. He rubbed his eyes drearily and reached out for his phone.
8:23 am
“Shit!” He jumped out of bed and threw on some clothes. He had been putting off talking to his professor about changing course for months, and now that he finally had a meeting he was missing it!
He flew down the stairs and out of the front door, not stopping to return Sammi’s chipper “Morning!” He started up his car and accelerated forward onto the lonely countryside roads.
If I keep up a good speed, maybe there will still be time to talk before the lecture starts, Ivan tried to reassure himself. I’ll have to come up with a good excuse, if I tell her I slept in she’ll think I’m not taking this seriously. As thoughts whirled around his brain, he began to feel the heavy weight of sleep deprivation tugging at his eye lids. The rumble of the car was so comforting, and the seat felt soft and inviting. He felt his head droop, when he was suddenly snapped back to consciousness by the strangest sight…
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Happy Pride month from Nightnight!
#nightnight#nightnight comic#pride month#gay pride#lgbt pride#nonbinary#nonbinary pride#ace aro#ace aro pride#panseuxal#pan#pansexual pride#bi#biseuxal#bisexual pride#trans#transgender#trans pride#ftm pride#black lives matter#black trans lives matter
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Nightnight
Prologue - Part 9/10
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The four of them settled into a night of card games, friendly chatter and drinks. As birthday surprises go Ivan thought it was pleasant, hanging out with his housemates in a relaxed environment. Clubbing would have been no fun tonight, and simple as it was a games night was captivating enough that he was no longer checking his phone every five minutes.
The evening was not without a little derailing. Krys, a testy but charismatic troublemaker, was evidently getting bored. Several rounds into a game he took a card from his hand and slid it face down onto the table, announcing “Go fish.” This got a few raised eyebrows, and as usual Alex interjected.
“That… That’s not even the right game.” They sighed disparagingly. Krys cocked his head in fake confusion, further irritating Alex.
“Oh.” Krys pouted. “What were we playing again?”
Ivan knew by now that these two just loved to engage in petty arguments, and rather than listen to their pointless row he instead turned to Sammi, who was rolling their eyes at the squabblers.
“So… I talked to my professor about dropping out.” This was a conversation he had had with Sammi many times. As his best friend they were the only one he felt comfortable talking to about such embarrassing and delicate matters. As much as they wanted Ivan to stay Sammi was the one who pushed him to start looking at other options. Upon hearing that he had done so they couldn’t help frowning a little.
“Oh yeah?” They tried to say coolly. “Was she upset?”
“Nah, she was really helpful.” Ivan told them. “I’m going to see her before my lecture tomorrow to discuss my options.”
“Yikes.” Sammi chuckled a little. “Isn’t your lecture at 8am?” Ivan laughed nervously in response.
“Yeah, but it’s the only time we’re both free.” He replied. “And I really, really want to have a plan. As soon as possible. I think my dad’s catching on to the fact that I’m not really… Happy with this course.”
“Oh, he doesn’t know?” Ivan looked away as Sammi spoke, only furthering their concern. “I thought you were going to tell him when he came ‘over today.”
Ivan knotted his hands and gave a curt sigh of frustration. “I was going to… But I didn’t.” He said shortly. The sound of Krys and Alex’s increasingly heated argument filled an awkward pause before Sammi spoke.
“If you’re worried he’ll be ashamed of you, don’t.” They reassured. “I know how much he adores you, he only wants you to be happy.” When Ivan did not respond Sammi reached out and held his fiddling hands in one of their own, causing his fingers to be still. “You deserve to be happy.” Ivan looked at them now, a warm smile on their perfect, rosy cheeks. He smiled back.
“Than-“ Before he could finish talking, Krys lunged at him, giggling madly as he attempted to hide behind Ivan.
“PSYCHOLOGY IS A REAL SCIENCE!!” Alex boomed from barely a metre away. Sammi leapt from their seat, switching instantly into Mum-friend mode.
“Alex! Put DOWN the footstool!!!”
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Sammi quickly resolved the conflict by assigning Alex to a less vocal game. Ivan was not 10 minutes into a chess game with them, and while he insensly thought through each and every move, Alex breezed through on either pure talent or dumb luck, and was now playing with the pieces they had already captured. They held a pawn between their thumb and index finger and held it up to eye level.
“Does it ever occur to you that Chess is totally a war strategy game?” They pondered. Ivan didn’t even look up from the board.
“... Can’t say I’ve ever thought of it that way.” He answered honestly.
“It is though!” They flicked the pawn across the table and began arranged other pieces into shapes. “The whole point of it is driving back the other player’s forces and trying to invade their land. It’s all war strategy; being one step ahead of the enemy, being smarter rather than stronger.” Ivan moved his bishop after a long inner debate, only for Alex’s queen to swoop into the gap it left and take his remaining knight. “Each piece has its role, a talent that the others can’t succeed without.” They swallowed the knight in their fist and gave Ivan a sly smile. “And sometimes the only way to survive is to sacrifice others for the greater good.”
At this point Ivan was rather sick of loosing embarrassingly to someone who wasn’t even paying attention to the game. “Wow.” He said with all the sarcasm he could muster. “I’m 14 and this is deep.”
“Shut up and let me be dramatic!”
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Update!
Sorry that I’ve been gone for a while! All my equipment is falling apart, I’ve been working extra time and I’m preparing to leave home for uni. None the less I’m still drawing this comic! However my drawing tablet isn’t working and my dying laptop isn’t helping. Plus I’m kinda bored of drawing the prologue, I want to get into the good stuff!
So here’s my plan: while I sort my technical and time issues, I going do the rest of the prologue as written updates. I’m unlikely to come back and redraw the scenes I write, but I promise my writing is a lot better than my drawing so as a temporary thing I hope it won’t be too much of an issue.
The first written update will be posted later today. Thank you for all your patience!
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#nightnight#nightnight comic#prologue#sorry updates are shorter and less frequent#My laptop is broken and needs replacing
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Update Delay
Sorry I have to keep putting them off! School holidays are a very busy time at work for me, plus my laptop is dying and making it harder for me to make good quality stuff (well, ok quality).
Updates won’t have a schedule until these issues have been resolved, but I promise we’re nearly at the end of the prologue and by the time we get to chapter one things will be running more smoothly!
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No update tomorrow
I’ve been ill so I’m just taking the time to get better. See you next week!
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Scheduling Updates and Short Hiatus
Hello! Thank you all for supporting my comic so far! I just wanted to let you all know that at the moment my plan is to post two pages here every Sunday at 8pm GMT (British time)/ 3pm EST.
Also I’m going to take a short hiatus as I have several time consuming projects going on at the moment (creating a D&D campaign, preparing my cosplay for Comic Con and I just got a Nintendo Switch 😅) but I will return to my regular update schedule on the 3rd of March 3pm EST
Now please admire this amazing drawing my even more amazing friend @smithysaur did of my boy Ivan as a birthday present to me!
Thank you all for your continued support and I’ll see you all again soon!
-Peg
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