unsounded

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Tried to get fancy with those last two panels; not sure it reads as easily as I'd hoped it would.

Lemuel's channelling himself some Legolas here. Making up for a fight with an enemy vliegeng ...

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There's no knocking Lemuel's courage.

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Dhampir's just gonna bounce for now, don't mind her.

Two character things I really like on this page: Duane and Lemuel do not for one second question going after Will. Of course they're going...

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Everyone who remembered little Will from chapter 7 has been waiting for the other arm I mean shoe to drop. And there it goes, with a sick thud.

Didn't Vampire say the salt lizard didn't immed...

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Shaensigin pragmatically gobbling down Vampire on her way outta Dodge is emblematic of senet beasts v humans, to me. Maybe to humans he was a powerful rebel and leader of men, impossibly old, cut d...

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Four new pages today. I just couldn't bring myself to stagger this any further.

Many assume the Etalarche curse inspires only physical responses. It makes someone want to kill you. But it act...

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Two pages today! Bit of mayhem!

This is all supposed to be happening so fast that I really hate staggering the pages. Threatens to make everyone look too slow to react. Pretend it's happening...

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Page Triple Digit! You know I originally intended for this chapter to be about 75 pages, all in sepia-toned sketch, and a nice holiday from the otherwise tedious artwork Unsounded requires? Oh ho h...

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I like the Salt Lizard's little dig on Roger here. "You had a great time playing the troll and making Alderode hate you. But if you want victory, you'll have to trade away everything you are - and ...

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 A, so that's why the cute science girl came along. To ask the important questions. I like Roger's expression in the last panel. He honestly knows next to nothing about pymary.

Shaensigi...

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Duane was listening to this conversation pretty closely fifteen years ago yet had no bloody idea what this crazy monster was blathering about. Remembering it now however... she does paint a vivid p...

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Shaensigin has called this old ogre heart home for a few decades now, hence the salt crystals that have sprung up everywhere and the odd (floating because of the khert-fire) skull or two. It's cosy...

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Vampire's dialogue is enjoyable to write but at the same time, deeply embarrassing. I worry about people seeing these pages on their own, out of context, and concluding I am a hack. Which is true, ...

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I like this page. Roger is almost skirting the "villain" line - and maybe he completely crosses it for you since we don't have a lot to go on to justify any of this but him and Vampire babbling abo...

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Pretty meaty page, though a lot of it is between the lines. Roger didn't want to marry a woman and his family made sure he suffered for it. I think we can presume his parents had a lot invested in ...

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Here's where Duane first hears the Salt Lizard's name, a name which very few humans know. Revealing it to her was really the only reason Ruffles' Nanna let him start spinning this tale at all which...

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I'd really like to explore a giant petrified heart.

Why do you reckon Vampire is sending his troops away? He must have a lot of trust in Queen Sonorie to be alone with just Roger and her peop...

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If you've been keen on trying to work out just what Queen Sonorie is up to. this page drops some not-so-subtle clues.

I didn't want to name Miss Young and Cute Researcher here - it felt like ...

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Dhampir is a dick, but Duane is a hypocrite, and everyone is terrible!

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I was tempted to do a twofer - the next page is really meaty - but arrgh, Fridays are bad days to skip.

Dhampir there you may remember from the beginning of the chapter - she's the one who pu...

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I like how Vampire talks. It's old-timey, goofy, and a little endearing to me. How seriously can you take anyone who calls dudes "knaves?" Pack it up, Beardo.

Anyway, it was a fun excuse to r...

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This is the start of a series of scenes where there were just too damn many characters to draw. It gets worse when Shaensigin re-enters in a few pages. She takes so very long not only to d...

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See, Will knew what he was doing. Just wanted to season his nasty goat jerky.

Shaensigin here is a very troubled creature and has not had a very pleasant existence the past few centuries. Let...

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This is one of my favourite Lemuel pages. He expresses who he is and what drives him in fairly stark terms. Yes, he has an inferiority complex when it comes to Duane but he's also fiercely proud of...

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This is Duane and Lemuel's first moment alone since their talk the night before in the chapel, and in spite of all that's happened since then that chat's been in the back of Lem's head. Notice he i...

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To make Duane feel better and distract him from Jon's death Lemuel decides to tell everyone that he left school because of a socially unacceptable coat closet liaison with a girl who saved him from...

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Lemuel sees a lot of himself in Will, particularly after Duane told him earlier that night the rumour that Will was put into this Company by his own dad. Lemuel and Will remain close all their live...

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When the zombie apocalypse comes and I can't help fight off the undead hordes because I chose to invest all my experience points in making comics, I will use Evans' line to defend my decision.

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I've always found opossums amazing for their skill at going from adorable to NOPE in basically three seconds flat. They're just fluffy trash babies until you give them a reason to curl their lips a...

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Varpies! And if they were nesting in the big baby's mouth they aren't going to be friendly to even the friendliest of visitors. Don't fall, Will!