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11 years ago
3/29/12
The Reason Is Unveiled
A little while ago while I was showing some strips of this story to my brothers, and one of them asked what the purpose of them becoming the MagiCouple was. I figured I'd make this strip to explain it for them.
3/27/12
"Wow" Hardly Sums It Up
Whenever a character is saying something simple when something more complicated may be expected (or maybe not), I always make the talk bubble a lot bigger than it needs to be.
3/26/12
Clear View of the Amulets
The reason Lily thinks she needs to do it is has to do with Julia and Lily both being girls.
3/25/12
Couldn't She Just Stick With President of I.W.M.A.?
The blue speck in the last panel of the top row is Earth.
3/24/12
Xavier and Quayde, Astronomers
I think that, solely due to the last panel, this is one of my favorite strips of this story.
3/23/12
Flashback Comparison #3
This third Flashback Comparison shows the week immediately following the previous one. This first one, instead of having an opening fourth-wall-break, has something more like a teaser:
I apologize in advance if this next one violates some copyright rule...
Originally I was thinking about combining these two into one and replacing the second with one about how Moe never looks at his enemy, and so Julia shows him the picture. But then I realized that I needed to keep these more-or-less identical.
I mentioned in my first Flashback Comparison that, in the early days of the strip, Moe was an extreme prankster. After writing that, I looked through my Tricks label, and realized that Moe would still qualify as a (minor) prankster, as he is still playing practical jokes every now and then on Julia.
Plus, I normally don't make characters' shirts and pants the same color anymore, so in the first of these strips, I made Julia's pants the pinkest shade of purple I could find. And I changed Moe's last line so it would seem a bit more suspicious.
Plus, I normally don't make characters' shirts and pants the same color anymore, so in the first of these strips, I made Julia's pants the pinkest shade of purple I could find. And I changed Moe's last line so it would seem a bit more suspicious.
When I showed the original to my Dad, he took one look at the soap-bottle-Charlie, cracked up, and asked me what I was drinking back then. I've since decided that Charlie was a soap bottle then due to a curse put on him by Jocken Fred. Plus, I accidentally colored Moe's outfit pink in the first of the original panels, so I made a reference to that mistake by making Moe's pants (in the newer version) pink. Also, at the end of the first original panel, we also read "Yay! Clap clap clap!" But I removed that soon after writing it (yes, I didn't just erase it), probably because Julia would have suddenly gone from "Yay!" to "What the snake tulip...?"
More Flashback Comparisons to come! Stay tuned!
More Flashback Comparisons to come! Stay tuned!
Julia Has Vivid Green Eyes
For some reason, I keep thinking that I showed in a previous strip that Julia had brown eyes...
3/22/12
Puny People?
The pink sky is a reference to a deleted panel of yesterday's strip (I mentioned it in the caption).
3/21/12
Did She Just Turn Into A Rocket?!
Originally there was going to be another panel before the (now) first one, showing that Julia was turning the sky pink.
3/19/12
3/18/12
NO Control, Julia!
Apparently the urge inside Julia has to do with her removing one of the amulets, even though she put it back on.
3/17/12
Welling Up Inside Her
Just F.Y.I., the "strange power welling up inside" Julia has absolutely nothing to do with puberty.
3/16/12
3/14/12
3/12/12
Supposed Secret Society
Lily's line wasn't in the original script. I put it in because I thought it'd be funnier this way.
Also, Lily's ponytail was the last thing I put in. I didn't put in when I first drew Lily, for some reason. Then when I was making a final check on the strip before I drew it. I thought Lily didn't really look right, and suddenly I realized I forgot to draw her ponytail. So I did.
I haven't used any orange for a while!
3/9/12
No X-Ray Again
The title is a repeated title of No X-Ray.
I'm not exactly sure how today's strip came about; I figured it was time to head back home, since I only have three weeks left to do the remainder of the story, and...well, this strip just kind of happened.
3/8/12
Watch Your Language, MagiMiss!
The title is a repeated title of Watch Your Language, Moe!
When I showed my earlier strips of this story to my mom, she said that Iikutaat looked like he had more human proportions than the other characters did. So now I'm trying to keep him more Real Person-y, except for the three fingers and a thumb (characteristic of cartoons) and the lack of nipples (I'm not fully sure about this one; maybe it had something to do with an ancient ritual for males).
3/7/12
I Think There Was A Box Filled With Double-Posts in the Attic
Yeah, I've been getting really behind. At least I'm posting the missed strips later, right?
I Think There Was A Box Filled With Double-Posts in the Attic
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