Archive for January, 2010
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Well, here we have – guest week #1! I’m really sorry for spending my last week on another project…I’m actually itching to draw out the next few pages of this story. Sadly, it’ll have to wait a few weeks until my surgery is all done, and I get my cast off. Yes, you heard it – I’m scheduled for wrist surgery this Friday, on the 29th of January. Came as a shock to me, to be quite honest…I was expecting a few months down the road. :/
Anyways, that being said, I’ve been spending every waking moment trying to get two very important things done – one, finish my entry for the Blizzard Calendar Art Contest, and two, get a few preemptive weeks of Byron done. That, along with tying up any lose ends at my full-time job…well, I’m pretty frantic as of late. ^_^;
This is where I renew my plea to you, my wonderful readers – if you can spare an idea and a bit of time, why not have some fun and show off your 1337 skills and make a guest comic for WoW Eh? The world is your oyster on this one, folks! It can be funny, serious, violent, cute, whatever! Just, y’know, no ‘Two Girls One Cup’ sorta thing, alright? :s
I should only be out of commission for…maybe three weeks? Four at the absolute most? The doctor I saw was kind of vague, although I’ll have better information once it all goes down.
Thanks again for being such a wonderful community, guys. I feel awful for putting WoW Eh on hold again, but after this, my wrist will be in top working condition! 
Initiate Alpha Code, All is Well, Pints are on Me
~Kelly
So, I have something to confess. A weakness, if I may.
I don’t like confessing things. I am very proud (yes, I admit it) and don’t like asking for help.
Now, that being said, here’s the skinny: next Thursday, on January 21st, I am going to have surgery on my left wrist. I am left-handed. Bearing that, I will be in a cast for about a week, followed by an undetermined recovery time (unless I am forced/ordered to otherwise, I’ll hopefully be drawing the minute I get my cast off >_>;;). As you would imagine, there’s a lot to do before next Thursday:
-3 additional pages of Byron, as ordered by the benevolent WoW.com (1/3 done!)
-The completely finished product for the Blizzard Calendar Art contest due February 8th
-…Well, my full-time job, which is crazy-busy.
I tried…believe me, I tried to get some extra WoW Eh’s done, as I felt horrible at the idea of having to take another break right after Christmas. You guys have waited long enough, and I really feel like I’m letting you guys down by having to take another small break. I’m going to try my darndest to have a page done for this weekend as well.
So, here’s my proposition – if you want, and I stress – IF YOU WANT – feel free to send in a guest comic. If you want to wait 2 weeks until I’m all better, then that’s cool. If you want a chance to draw a comic with the girls, then by all means. I’m just voicing an option for you, so the ball is in your guys’ court now. Any comics I [may] receive can be about whatever you want, just please, nothing vulgur, pornographic, etc, etc. You know the drill. :p
Again, I offer my deepest and humblest apologies. I thank you all who have wished me well, but while you all have supported me, I feel like I’ve let you guys down with my horribly choppy schedule. 
~Kelly
This is more of a ‘character observation comic,’ I guess. Their route isn’t really that integral to the story, but I wanted to show the chemistry (or lack thereof) between Cadistra and Kama. She is not happy with his company…
Also, the talbuk just made aggravating situation even worse. 
Not much has been going on my side of the bluff…working like mad to not only get additional comics done before the 21st, but also finish my submission to the Blizzard Calendar Contest. I’m doing the Lunar Festival…if anything, it’s fun to do. 
Too Tired to Think of Something Clever
~Kelly
If anyone figures out which movie I parodied the title from, you win the internet. And possibly cookies.
Man, Cadistra is a friendly lady, but she does not like this Kama guy. I mean, she arrived on the scene to her best friend in pain, and he’s just standing around, going on about some ’schedule’ that needs to be kept? Looks like she’s gonna give Kama the cold shoulder until she finds out more about this elf…
SO! We’re back! Hooray! I gotta say, even though it’s upping the workload again, it feels great to be drawing WoW Eh again. I really missed this comic! As far as the wrist, it’s actually getting worse…but the holidays are over, I’m bored, and you guys have waiting long enough. I plan to get a comic done for the week that I’m out for surgery (it’s at the end of January), so hopefully I won’t have to take any more time off. That would just be mean on my part.
In other news, I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful holiday. Mine wasn’t that restful, but I got to visit a lot of friends and family, and I think I ate about 1.5x my body weight! All in all, it was really wonderful, and I hope for everyone to have a happy, healthy and prosperous 2010.
Now, if you follow me on Twitter, I’ve been eating up an anime series called ‘Ghost Hunt.’ I watched in subtitled (duh), and just finished the 25-episode series earlier today. I have to say that I really enjoyed it, although the ending was a bit too anti-climactic. Also, the series ended off as if it was going to continue, but I seriously doubt it will (unless it did under a different title? Anyone know?)
The series is staring Taniyama Mai, a young girl who, after breaking an expensive camera while exploring an old schoolhouse, gets roped into being the assistant to the ‘Shibuya Psychic Research Center’ after the original assistant, Lin, is hurt. Its leader is Kazuya Shibuya, a cold, business-like young man, and throughout the series, is joined by an ex-monk (just called ‘Monk’,) a self-styled Shinto Priestess named Ayako, an Australian Catholic priest named John, and Masako, a famous spirit medium.
The characterizations were wonderful, and even though it was a full cast of seven people, I really felt that no one got trampled over, and everyone was given ample screen time (except for Ayako, the priestess, but you find out why at the end). There were times when I was watching that I would genuinely get freaked out, like during poltergeist scenes and what-not. I honestly don’t think there’s an anime that has spooked me as much as this series has. All in all, great characters, interesting plots, and fantastic animation. I give it a must-watch.
Also, adding a new webcomic link to the blogroll: ‘No Pink Ponies!’ by Remy ‘Eisu’ Mohktar! I read through the entire archives over the holidays, and I love this comic! A very cute styling of a girl geek who opens a comic book store to get close to the guy she likes. Great story, great [geek] humor, and great art. Enjoy!
~Kelly