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Sketches and Commentary: Chapter 5, "YOUR 3Y3S H4V3 B33N CLOS3D"
First off, let's talk about the elephant in the room: One very long page. There were a couple reasons for this authorial choice, which was planned quite a long time before reader support made this the first "second update," which we can call a happy coincidence.It's a little too soon to be discussing the full reasons for decisions like this, but this will be far from the last chapt...
Sketches and Commentary: Chapter 4, The Contest
Hi everyone! We thought we'd do something a little different for the commentary this month, and bring you an exciting and VERY serious live discussion between two of the members of the writing team. What witty and engaging insights will they choose to share, I wonder...Pages 119-123A1: Gina’s art, though. To kick things off.a2: oh my god gina's art though. like holy shit are you seeing t...
Sketches and Commentary: A Treatise on Representational Democracy
Well folks, we done goofed it. Specifically, I goofed it, and didn't write any commentary for the bonus update in January. Sorry about that! Hopefully you haven't been literally starving for my insightful self-reflection. Although I guess on some level, by virtue of the fact that you're paying for it, that's a hope that undermines our entire business model...? Hahaha... ok moving o...
BONUS UPDATE. A Treatise on Representational Democracy
$5/mo Bonus patrons and above can log in and enjoy the update on homestuck2.com/bonus! Thank you to everyone for your support!
Sketches and Commentary: Chapter 3, How Are Your Feelings
96This is what those of us in the business call an “establishing shot”. To establish that we are indeed back in space, and that there is something truly stupid on the horizon. The choice was made to deliberately call back to the opening panels of HS^2 here. This is what those of us in the business call "the refrance".97Pip brought this to the rest of us and said something like “i jus...
Sketches and Commentary: Catnapped, Part 2
I don't know if you noticed, but everything is terrible right now. And I don't mean just in Homestuck's dumb fake earth. I mean in our dumb real earth. Our planet is burning and folks go to bed hungry just so twelve guys can have more money than Croesus could have ever dreamed of. The concept of "truth" is at its most tenuous – political divisions involve contradictory interp...
Sketches and Commentary: Chapter 2, Clown Logistics
57) Two of Them.58) If you love Vriskas, i hope you enjoy more Vriska content. If you hate Vriskas, well. Here is another one that is kind of different. Feel free to contemplate nature vs nurture and how best to apply this dichotomy toward emoting about the vriskas of your choice how you see fit.59) Runner up nickname was VSCA. Not sure how long that social media platform will be relevant, but Vri...
BONUS UPDATE. Catnapped, Part 2
$5/mo Bonus patrons and above can log in and enjoy the update on homestuck2.com/bonus! Our Benefactor and above Patrons will receive our panel sketches and update commentary later this week to thank them for their generous support. Thank you to everyone, and happy holidays!
CHAPTER 2. Clown Logistics
Suggestion box open. Stay on tenterhooks -- the rest is coming right after we pick an entry!
Sketches and Commentary: Catnapped, Part 1
Nearly all of our "main characters" abandoned the Meat timeline Earth C. To our knowledge, there's only three left behind. We see two here. Jane, who just soundly defeated Karkat to win the planetary presidency, and Jake, who thinks shorts and a long coat make any sense at all for January weather in Washington DC C. Typical.Jane is surrounded by flags of the Earth C planetary governmen...
Sketches and Commentary: Chapter 1, Ghostflusters
33 - Not sure what any of this shit means. It’s pretty deep though. We were going for an echo of the beginning of the epilogue when John is dreaming in anime. Except here it’s Jake, and nobody is dreaming, at least not yet. Also an anime dream wouldn’t be a nightmare for Jake, since Jake likes anime. Or he used to. Now anime probably just reminds him of Dirk.Good thing we’re never gonna he...
BONUS UPDATE. Catnapped, Part 1
$5/mo Bonus patrons and above can log in and enjoy the update on homestuck2.com/bonus! We've also made a news post, available to everyone, discussing our philosophy on these side stories. Our Benefactor and above Patrons will receive our panel sketches and update commentary this week to thank them for their generous support. Thank you to everyone for your support.
Freelance rates for Hiveswap, Pesterquest, and future What Pumpkin projects increased for all workers after success of Homestuck Patreon
The level of support for the Homestuck Patreon has been overwhelming, and What Pumpkin couldn't be more thankful this Thanksgiving. Fans want to support the independent artists behind their favorite works, and What Pumpkin has gotten to business making it happen.In early November, What Pumpkin founder Andrew Hussie and the freelance creative and technical team behind WP's projects agreed o...
CHAPTER 1. Ghostflusters
(24 pgs)[Commentary, sketches and bonus story later this week. Thank you for your support!]
Behind the Scenes Sketches and Commentary: 10/25
Hello fans! The support for our comic so far has blown everyone on the team away. We wanted to show off a big bundle of sketches and assets and went all-out on the commentary to thank our BENEFACTOR-tier patrons!Patreon bonus updates start in November, and we can't wait to share our side stories with you.Pages 1-2This initial zoom inward was the first visual concept we established for the open...
