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[hollymacycomic]

Holly & Macy and Everyone Else

Chapter 4: Page 47

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#webcomic artist #werewolf #webcomic update #comic pages #narrative comic #storytelling #drama webcomic #original characters #original character art #oc artist #oc story #fantasy comic #it leans heavily into low fantasy or magical realism. but that's technically still true. #also the definition of low fantasy is so split between ppl who consider it 2 mean “high fantasy with gore and grit” vs ppl who #use the term to mean “a world where fantasy elements are so down to earth that they're almost unnoticeable amongst the realism” that idk if #calling something low fantasy is helpful anymore. I am in that second camp btw. and then I feel magical realism might b too esoteric. idk. #and urban fantasy isn't quite there either because. well. they're very much in the suburbs lol.

[tarraxahum]

Phototaxis of a Fighter Ch 1 Pt 3: 12-15

New episode for those who are reading on Webtoon and Tapas, it's time to really throw hands on a big arena. Just big butches going at it, have you seen anything more beautiful.

Link here, you can also read ahead!

Phototaxis of a Fighter is a comic about an underground fighting team of queer women* and a newcomer girl who uses brutal brawling as a coping mechanism. Build on foundations of shonen anime (sans the misogyny, duh), found family tropes and the struggle of not being able to afford medication when your brain turns on you. But also 99% of everything is gay.

Monthly chapters, bi-weekly episodes depending on the platform.

#phototaxis of a fighter #webcomic #webcomic update #webtoon #webtoon canvas #tapas.io #tapas comic #lgbt #lgbtq #queer #butch #oc #original character #narrative comic

[quasi-normalcy]

I think that what's brilliant about The Far Side is how it can imply an entire narrative with only a single panel. It's sequential art without the sequence. Like this one

There's the obvious implication of what's going to happen in the future (there's going to be a hunt), but it also stretches into the past: what circumstances in the anthropology of this group of cavemen must have happened to establish a tradition of dancing with Woolly Mammoths? Why does it, in spite of it's obvious absurdity, feel kind of right that there should be a dance before the cavemen and the mammoths engage in mortal combat? The reluctant fearful expression on the caveman at the bottom; is this his first hunt? Are those his elders trying to reassure him? Does the one mammoth actually seem to fancy him? What about the one looking fearfully back at his friends? How does he feel that the others aren't there to reassure him? One of the mammoths in the upper right looks just as fearful as the cavemen; why? etc.

And all of this is purely evoked. There's only simple line-drawing and two sentences of text, but you see it and it reminds you of other sorts of narratives you've seen or experienced, and your brain constructs a whole temporal sequence; and any possible answer you could get to above the questions would never be as satisfying as what your brain fills in.

I could write an entire essay about this.

#the far side #gary larson #art #comics #narrative closure

[druid-for-hire]

[images ID: three images of a comic titled "one must imagine sisyphus happy" by druid-for-hire. it is a visual narrative beginning with someone with wrist pain (depicted by bright orange nerves) working at a drafting table. the reader is shown the same wrist as the person uses it for many everyday tasks such as carrying a grocery basket, pushing elevator buttons, typing, and doing dishes, until the pain dissolves all the panels into chaos. the person then performs several physical therapy exercises until the pain subsides. they sit back down at a desk with their laptop, sigh, and begin typing. a small spark of pain reappears. end id]

a fun little piece i made during the semester and submitted into our school comic anthology! (which you can buy at the Static Fish table at MoCCAFest in NYC ;] ). it's about artists and injury

#comic art #comics #original comic #chronic pain #carpal tunnel #tendonitis #my art #original #edit: what a delightful surprise to see this take off #this was made for class on very low fuel and very few thoughts and late at night and exhausted #the prompt was just a wordless narrative essay. three pages. and i had nothing and no ideas #and my head hurt and i was too tired to think about doing any of the like. research and mind mapping and ideating i'd do otherwise #but my arm hurt #so i decided to do a thing about arm hurty #i'm surprised to see so many people finding it resonating with them #but then again i shouldn't be. the universal lies in the specific #i should make more things about smaller stuff

[arunneronthird]

pov you just tried to express an opinion in a wayne party. youre a super

#i think keeping the sunglasses for alfred was relevant to the narrative #the only person having fun is jason cause he craves chaos #oh god the tags #batman #bruce wayne #dick grayson #damian wayne #tim drake #duke thomas #cassandra cain #alfred pennyworth #jason todd #dc comics #my art #ladies. gentlemen. you have eaten well.

[mysterycitrus]

if i was given like thirty seconds to have a psychic convo with the next writer for nightwing i would hold them by the ears and force them to stare at this single page

it isn’t really the context for this page but it’s still so important. nightwing as a character — for as much as he’s a lynchpin and the vital supportive backbone of every hero under forty — should never ever forget the people he lives down the hall from, the civilians he works with, the regulars he sees on the subway. please reconnect him with his roots. please don’t forget his civilian supporting cast. stop making him a disengaged billionaire and give him some real gd problems to give a shit about

#*i shake them till their teeth rattle* do u understand the concept of narrative stakes #dick grayson #nightwing #dc comics #spokes

[qiinamii]

You gave Xiao your heart.

He thought it was a spar invite.

[Next]

#qiiarts #xiao #lumine #frisk #the art i got too self indulgent about that undertale always has a special place in my heart #also me thinking wouldnt it be interesting to use the flirt route not as frisk #and my fondness to xiao and traveler in particular at this point in time then bam this comic #they're close friends at best with how i see their r/s but putting the tag just in case #xiaolumi #i wasnt sure to upload this at first cus theres a second part and then over time i had figured out a full narrative #soon enough in the future ill do it :3 yes this is a tiny for-fun crossover series incoming #just these two failing horribly at expressing Interest #genshin impact #undertale

[mumblesplash]

part 2!!!! [read part one here]

transcript below the cut arranged into stanzas to help show where the rhymes are:

“that’s why they brought gem in? as a failsafe?” as a pawn. we were told to point her at whoever we need gone

“gem won’t hurt her allies. …yet.” the curse she carries will it’s had its eye on her since she lost the other eye she was specially selected for her hunting skill it’s quite the high honor. “wow. how generous.” we try

think about it: why does almost no one fight the curse? “given how fast scott killed skizz last season, i can guess.” [“any pain you spare your friends, you’ll have to suffer worse”?] it’s designed to shut down higher reasoning with stress

#if you still can't see the rhyme scheme try reading it out loud #if that doesn't work uh. idk. can't help you #my art #grian #geminitay #smajor1995 #bdoubleo100 #inthelittlewood #secret life #grian and his terrible horrible no good very bad eldritch coworkers: the sequel #cant wait to post the next part so i can be like 'my three secret life comics. and yes they all rhyme' #this one narratively doesn't work nearly as well as a standalone compared to part 1 #however i accidentally went way too hard and could probably upload the middle page + second to last panel as their own separate art pieces #tbh i'm considering putting an explanation of everything below the readmore buuut i don't feel like it atm. :3 later maybe #me and my 20+ life series headcanons i only allude to without explicitly stating don't need to explain ourselves #still experimenting with this webtoon-esque vertical comic style #still not sure i like it #it gets long too quickly #among other things #but it's very easy to read on a phone so

[blorbocedes]

live britney react from Abu Dhabi 2021 pre-race interview

#figured this needed to be on my blog #the way he frowns a little and straights up as Jenson turns to him. comical #taking 1000 hits of psychic damage #this was the first time lewis implied he wasn't a good teammate to Nico. the narrative always had been Nico was the sole mind gamer #they were both not good very bad for/to each other!!! #thats brocedes baby #lewis hamilton #brocedes #AD21 #my gifs #nico rosberg #jenson button #yes and teammate

[naturecalls111]

#lawlu #hs au #trafalgar d water law #monkey d luffy #one piece #happy birthday luffy!!! #for anyone following this series - I cannot stress enough how much this is not their first kiss #non linear narrative for the comic again because it’s Luffy’s birthday so it’s set by the time they’re together #law is just still very shy sometimes from how unexpected luffy can be #teehee

[theellipelli]

planning for the future

#please know that this was all written and thumbnailed in june #and i remembered it three days ago #and decided to finish it #anyways. #so flower husbands amirite #they are the pinnacle of a couple doomed by the narrative #they know each other through a hundred lives and only fall in love during the one where they can never have their happy ending #they still have an iron grip on me #as you can tell #scott smajor #jimmy solidarity #mcyt #traffic smp #trafficblr #comic #3rd life smp #life series #art #digital art #grian #gtwscar for like a single panel #also ignore all the inconsistencies this was all done from my memory of 3rd life #i know grian isnt in the bunker but i dont care enough to fix it #also literally just ignore any typos i beg of you #cw blood #cw corpse #cw death #long post

[hollymacycomic]

Holly & Macy and Everyone Else

Chapter 4: Page 27

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[tarraxahum]

Issue 4 is up online!

The grand conclusion of the first arc is now up on the website, ComicFury, GlobalComix and Tumblr!

[ LINK ]

By now this story has enough pages to fill a whole TPB comic book, and while I'm not printing, I'll still take pride in the fact. Here's to many more to come!

Phototaxis of a Fighter is a story about a street brawler who made pain and bruises her whole world, and an underground fighting team of women and genderqueer folk trying to make their way to the top. Featuring an LGBTQ+ cast, found family tropes and perhaps a deep emotional message somewhere under all the brutal fights.

#phototaxis of a fighter #webcomic #webcomic update #oc #comicfury #globalcomix #comic #narrative comic #lgbt #lgbtq #badass women #honestly the only tag that matters tbh

[fantastic-nonsense]

oh my god all this time I believed that what fanon!Jason stans really wanted to read was Helena Bertinelli's books (because of all the relationships and interpersonal dynamics they keep stealing from her to project onto Jason) but what they actually should be reading are Catwoman books

Selina's the one who killed Black Mask and dismantled his operation after War Games. She's the one explicitly protecting the East End (aka Crime Alley) and going out of her way to protect the women and children of Gotham's underworld. She was the one doing mafia kingpin shit in the New 52 while Jason was off messing around in space with Dick's friends. She was the one protecting the Alleytown kids and trying to root out crime by "taking control" of it.

like Selina literally took over a crime family and united the criminal underworld in the New 52 while Jason was off fighting the All-Caste and Crux with Roy and Kory, I can't believe I didn't make the connection sooner

#yeah Helena is the one who has all of the relationships and interpersonal dynamics Jason stans keep stealing #but Selina is the one who has the JOB they keep insisting he fill #insane that I just FORGOT that Selina has that narrative niche cornered when I've been reading her comics for 15 years 😭 #selina kyle #catwoman #jason todd #dc comics #selina kyle meta

[cyanbeetle]

My Wonder Woman and friends

#my art #the last drawing is from a panel in the legend of Wonder Woman that I find really funny #I’m so sorry to the public. if I had free reign I’d change so much about Diana’s supporting cast #especially barbara and Steve I think there’s so much missing potential with both of them to be interesting antagonists/friends to Diana #maybe if I read more comics I’ll find them in the narrative roles I seek.. alas #wonder woman #diana of themyscira #dc #dc comics #etta candy #steve trevor #barbara ann minerva #barbara minerva

[katabay]

desmond & friends modern day assassin sequences…..I miss you……..

#specifying ‘and friends’ because I hate William Miles with my whole heart and he is not included in this sentiment #anyway vaguely this is nyc so the cops are probably wasting taxpayer money by fucking around in the subway #komiks tag #assassins creed #shaun hastings #desmond miles #this is almostttttttttttt shaundes #but I didn’t continue the dialogue far enough to make it really flirty. There’s a hint of flirting happening. #someday I’ll have to actually do a longer form fan comic to land my favorite ship AND my favorite narrative elements in the same #go (the horror and dialogues on free will and what we owe each other past/present/future & also what failure means AND-) #this ties into my second favorite relationship dynamic: clay and desmond. obvious. clay might live in my head rent free a little more than #Desmond does because that end of game reveal in AC1 is a top 10 games experience to me and I think about it all the time #ANYWAY IM OFF TOPIC NOW. desmond picks up snacks at a bodega on his way back