Weāre starting to see some tensions flare on Page 4-3 š
Letās see where this goes in a week!
You may have also noticed that the last couple of updates have been coming up later than they should. Iām not sure whatās causing the autoscheduler to not do its job, but Iām looking around in the backend to see what I can do to get around it.
Ronan doesnāt seem to be particularly enjoying the festivities.
Issue 4 launched yesterday, but because of work obligations and generally running around, I didnāt get around to posting about it. Hereās my attempt to rectify that. With the launch, we had a couple of changes this issue:
We got a second writer for this issue! In an attempt to tighten up some of the frayed ends of the writing due to having to split, recombine, and re-split Issues 3 and 4, I enlisted some additional help. Issue 4 is sure to tug at the heartstrings a bit. Alsoā¦I changed the logo again. The reason why is this:
As a fun little side project, Iāve started an official Japanese translation of Electric Fencer, with help native from speakers, even! You might remember I have a shirt in the merch store (which you should check out among our other things). When talking to my fellow translators, we decided that Dengeki Fencer (é»ęćć§ć³ćµć¼) would be a more fitting name for the series in Japanese than Denki Fencer (é» ę°ćć§ć³ćµć¼). So that entire lineās probably gonna be discontinued at some point in the near future š I actually tried to recreate the original logo in Japanese, but it turned out to be a giant headache, so I figured some more minimalistic branding was in order. Once this design ā finally shook out, so did this one š :
The branding around the site will also be changing as well, once I get around to finally redoing the character portraits around the site.
Finally, I added a new page to the Extras section in the menu: Fan Works! Currently, weāve got one piece of fan art over there by WVGrizzly!
Itās Elliott! This was actually part of an art trade. Hereās my half, as per their request:
With all these new changes, Iām hoping Issue 4 will really be one for the books. Iāve got a buffer built, but still more pages to go, so itās back to the salt mines for me!
After a busy several weeks, Iām back from my trip and itās time to get this ball rolling again. First off:
The cover for Issue 4 is finally ready, and just as well, the issue itself is still good to go for April 3! We have help from a guest writer this time around, so this issue is sure to be a really special one, this time around, in my opinion.
As promised, I have photos from my trip to Japan! I picked the ones that stood out the most to me (there were quite a few):
We had an amazing time and though we didnāt get to experience nearly everything we wanted, we accomplished a lot! Weāll be back to visit sometime down the road!
Page 3-21 is up and along with it is a new character, Lyndisfarne, the Spirit of Lightning!
Thisāll probably be the last youāll hear from me here for the next few weeks as Iāll be traveling out of the country to Japan! Maybe Iāll share a photo or two of my travels!
The comic will still update over the next couple of weeks and Issue 3 may or may not finish before I get back, but as previously stated, the comic will take a two week break following the end of Issue 3 and start back up April 3. Iāll post an update or two after I return so the site isnāt just, like, dead, but otherwise weāre wrapping this issue up soon.
Page 3-20 is up, as is Birdā¢.
Soooā¦the wheels on the comic creation train screeched to a halt the last few weeks. Why? Because I decided to blow out some candles for my birthday recently, and wouldnāt you know itāthe universe hit back with a little gift of its own. Got slammed by the notorious bug whose name rhymes with āblovid blineteen.ā
Hereās some free advice: get your shots, mask up, or at the very least, donāt be that tool who thinks theyāre above it all.
Everybody do your share on Page 3-19! As good stewards, we must leave the world better than we found it.
Ronanās adult angst continues on Page 3-18. My guy just canāt catch a break from these literal children.
And frankly so have I with being sick the last couple of weeks, but thatās not what today is about. Page 3-17 is live!
Very soon, Iāll begin loading pages for Issue 4 onto the site. Iām really excited for everyone to see what our heroes get up to next! Itās been a really slow burn up to this point, but once we get over the next couple of hurdles, things will be in full swing. Once issue 3 is done, the comic will go on break for two weeks and return April 3, 2024, which will be the tentative date for the start of Issue 4. Weāll also be making a handful of changes around the site and its offerings during that time, so if thatās something that may be of interest to you, please continue to keep an eye on this space for when we start making announcements.
A smoothie.
Page 3-16 is live! Iām not so sure keeping our new Distortion Pup buddy is a good idea. At least we can keep him on the Characters Page, right?
Issue 3
