TWCL

[WillKelley]

Hey folks! My life-partner and collaborator Sarah has been working on a web comic that started in October... Although the idea had been gestating since she finished high school. She's completed 8 pages that are available to read now, starting here:

http://kelleygreen.sbanning.com/comic/?p=23

Every page has been painstakingly hand rendered, scanned, cleaned up and digitally painted. Obviously, we both have day jobs, so it can be a struggle to maintain it consistently.

We're trying to bridge the gap between older and younger audiences; it's a sweet and sentimental story about imaginary friends and what happens to them when you grow up and forget about them... but with a much darker tone than 'Fosters'. I draw other comparisons to Dark City and A series of unfortunate events - there are frightening elements but it will remain whimsical for the most part. Certainly no bad language.

We'd love to hear what you think!

[vaslittlecrow]

Your art is beautiful! It almost looks like color pencils, rather than digital.
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[WillKelley]

Thank you so much, she really appreciated that

Sarah has taken some feedback from a few other sources this week, I have a feeling the next panel may look a bit different.

[vankman13]

I second Vas. Art is absolutely beautiful, story is captivating. Can't wait for more.

[dpat57]

Interesting fun read and easy on the eye art, I was annoyed when I ran out of pages, good job.
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[WillKelley]

We've just hit the end of 'chapter one' and I'm hoping I can get some feedback. Chapter two will start soon from the perspective of "the girl in the window"

We're going to have a small press booth at Wondercon if anyone is going?

[antleonardi01]

Wow, your art is fan-fucking-tastic Really looks like disney!

The story is interesting and holding my attention.

Please more!

[WillKelley]

Thank you! Sarah is cranking out more pages again. Chapter 2 began on Sunday and there should be another update later this week. I wish I could help her more (it's a lot of work and she has a day job) but alas I am a mere graphic designer with poor draftsmanship... So instead of helping I'm making some cubeecraft versions of her characters

[LifeInPanels]

Wow, I found myself getting into the comic pretty quick. The 3rd page was a real good hook for me haha. Your artwork is also very nice! About your text, is it the same as the text used for "Walt Disney"?

[Jeroen Willemse]

I have to say I'm impressed. I especially like the coloring, but the art in general is good - it's solid and consistent. It all reads very easily, it's quite a page-turner at the moment, but it remains to be seen where you are actually planning to take the story.

If I have to find some minor things to point out, I think something's still off about the lettering. Little details make me assume it's hand-lettered, which would be fantastic. Still, it is decidedly uppercase, except for the letter "i". It's far from being a dealbreaker, but it just stood out to me. The "e"s also stand out a bit, though I can't quite put my finger on why either.

I have to say, chapter 1, page 1, final panel: I love it.

[WillKelley]

Sarah got a BFA in animation, which might explain the Disney connection. She is indeed hand lettering it. We're thinking maybe it's time for her to have it made into a font, that way she doesn't have to hand letter every panel, with the exception of words that need special emphasis... But yeah, sorry if the letters are bothering you, it's a labor of love for her really, I think she really enjoys doing everything... even the scan cleanup

[Gual-kun]

Wonderful art style and great characters. The story is interesting too. Only complaint is it has too few pages at the moment
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[WillKelley]

Apologies to anyone on TWCL waiting for an update; we've been contracted to do a children's book, so Sarah is splitting her time between the two projects.