Don’t Barf in My Car 10
All y’all that asked me what the stomach-mouth would barf up? That. A black sphere. I’m not telling you what it does yet, though.
Jackson’s all, “I don’t know what to do so I’m going to keep holding this water!”
Fun Fact: I color the stomach-mouth’s tongue with super dark black and don’t shade it or put any gradients or what not on there.
Also: KICKSTARTER!!! Let’s keep this thing rolling! Only one week left!
Oh man, that doesn’t look fun. And poor Jackson, he didn’t sign up for this. But HEY, YOU MADE THE KICKSTARTER GOAL WHOOP WHOOP! Here’s hoping you get to the stretch goal! Man, it’s /killing/ me to not be able to contribute, especially with the possibility of the exclusive comic D: Still, though, great page! I’ve been anticipating it ALL WEEKEND and now I will sit here and wait eagerly for the next one.
Yeah Kickstarter!!! There’s always the pdf level, but I get that not everyone is into that. These comments are good too though! I don’t get a lot of comments, so it’s been really great to read yours so consistantly lately.
…I find it ever so slightly concerning that Ed looked more conscious (or at least more aware of his surroundings) after getting his head bashed on by a wooden plank than he does in that second panel. And is that a spontaneous nosebleed?
I like how honestly freaked out Jackson is.
Hmm, well, whatever the black stuff does obviously isn’t something that would force them to pull over or abandon the car. Unless it was Ed who threw up in the car. Looking forward to the next page, and congratulations on getting funded!
Part of that difference is that the first chapter was one of the first comics I’d ever drawn, so I wasn’t as good at showing some things as I am now, but yeah this is definitly supposed to come off as pretty harsh.
Ed was the one that did all the barfing up until now. I tried to show that by having his shirt and jacket both still buttoned when they entered, but sometimes it’s harder to figure stuff like that out when you have a few days between each update. It’s easier to be subtle, I think, when you know people are going to be reading things all at once.
And thanks! I’m pretty psyched about the KS getting funded!
Ah, okay. (I will say that on reading the first chapter I was actually pretty excited that you didn’t go with *bam* instant unconsciousness, or just have him shrug it off after staggering a bit, and went for badly stunned instead–even if it turns out that was as much for pacing as anything else, it was a decision that I don’t see very often.)
I thought as much when they first entered the apartment, but then I got less sure in the next few days–so you’re probably right about reading it in one go through! I’ll admit I hadn’t thought it was Ed the first time when they were at the office, though.
It’s an exciting thing! I would have loved to help back it, but going up to my family and saying ‘Hey, would you help me fund the printing of this one comic even though you haven’t ever read it because you don’t read webcomics?’ has so far been a bit outside my comfort zone. ^^;
Similar circumstances here, actually. It’s not quite public that I read a bunch of webcomics, and my family probably wouldn’t approve of most of them, however harmless. I set up a semi-secret paypal account that supposedly I only use for school stuff, and I could probably use it to pay for the PDF level? I’m not sure how kickstarter works with payment methods and such. But I probably could, and I’m thinking about it really, really hard, but I’m scared of it showing up on my next bank statement and getting too many difficult questions. Plus, I have no income, and even five dollars is a meal to a student trying to pay for college. But I’m seriously, seriously considering joining the party anyway before it’s finished, maybe try to help you get to that stretch goal.
I thought you did well pacing these few pages, and showing how Ed’s condition deteriorated. Plus, I think Jackson would have been a little more freaked out if the mouth had barfed before now.
I don’t want you to feel weird around your family or have to explain things that will make your relationship with them strained for any reason. I had one of those parents, and despite being financially dependent for a long time and currently half a country away from them, I still didn’t tell them I drew comics until this year because I didn’t want those conversations. So trust me, I get it, and will not think less of any of my wonderful commenters who aren’t able to pledge.
I totally understand. If people don’t know about webcomics then it’s really hard to explain the culture to them. Then they look at you like you have two heads for a while, haha.
Haha, yeah. Thankfully my family is pretty chill on the matter–they don’t mind, and will even briefly read one or two webcomics that follow closer to the old newspaper style or are part of a topic they like (such as DnD) on the rare occasion. But I haven’t worked up the courage to well and truly say that I’d be thrilled to get a printed copy, and so far off-handed requests around holidays earn me the same vaguely confused looks that I get when I look for a physical book a week after getting it on the Kindle. xD