On why we are dead. . .

[windlion]

If you hadn't noticed, we haven't updated in a month. This isn't because we have shuffled off the mortal coil; nor is the comic completely dead. What happened is as follows: Nnie went on vacation, I couldn't update by myself, and the comic dropped for a week or two. Then Nnie got to thinking about something that I had brought up awhile ago-

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Re: (It was too long to post in one comment, so here's the rest of it.)

[horror_beloved]

Hey! Thanks so much for understanding/respecting the decision. It's tough, because we realize there is no right or wrong answer, we simply know that right now the comic isn't where we want it to be, and yes- unlike a strip comic, there are only so many things we can do to force it back in the right direction short of starting fresh. Can't make any promises though... the reboot process is going slower than I wanted, and to be honest, it's a tough year- (one of us is graduating, the other working full time-) so excuses aside, we can't even promise a reboot that will be remotely timely. But if we get ourselves organize and have something to show, this'll be the place to check! And any input you have on the previous version of the comic, we'd love to hear! (There are things we can't physically change right now, ie, our slowly progressing drawing abilities, most of the character designs and elements) but feel free to critique anything you notice in terms of pacing, plot flow, visual narration- and any suggestions you might have for the reboot- we'd love to hear it! : )

Re: (It was too long to post in one comment, so here's the rest of it.)

[horror_beloved]

Alright, so I've done the promised re-read and here are my opinions:

1) We don't get much of a sense of what the world they live in is like. Obviously it's sometime in the future, but other than that... A huge expositional intro probably isn't necessary (and would more likely end up clunky anyway), but you might want to work on weaving in some interaction with the world to give it more definition; so far we've really only seen the airport, the school, various characters' homes, and a couple other mostly undefined locations.

2) When Epee mentioned to Cody that they'd been hanging out for almost a month, I was completely surprised; based on what I'd seen I'd thought that it was their first study group meeting. When you have to use a time-skip, be sure to make it clear at the point that it happens.

Other than that, well, you had some trouble with unclear order of speech bubbles on some of the pages, but you seem to have ironed out that problem in the more recent pages.