The Far Side of Utopia

A little later than I expected, and it’s rather late my time as I post this, so, I’ll keep this part brief…comic! It exists.

We’ll get back to the other folks shortly. Originally I said I’d planned to have every page this chapter having half of it where we follow Peter and Kally, but it didn’t fit that well at all points, so some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

In the immediate aftermath of distant “booms”… David has a bit of a foul mouth. In this context, “witch” is what some people from Central call people like Elizabeth, Kally, and Sophie. Some folks mentioned they were having redirect issues[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The thing the expect the least… an on time comic. Naomi is realizing she miscalculated slightly leaving Ila to deal with people as she hadn’t quite grasped that Ila doesn’t not have the same limitations as Mium and is nearly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Kally is protesting that seems like entrapment to ask her to summon her dragon in the labs after telling her not to destroy them. What’s going on in Panel 7 is probably not super clear. Honestly I just don’t have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Hey Folks- Sorry this one ran so late. Part of the problem is that this cycle doesn’t work great. The reason I went to half pages originally was that is that drawing a full page doesn’t take twice as long[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

While Naomi is likely telling her sister to stay close to Lisa for to keep her sister safe in a way that feels like she’s giving her an important task, from Naomi’s point of view Lisa probably is a coward that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Sorry, this one ran a little late. Bit of shuffling of pages and schedules. Ila is a little fuzzy on the difference between tired and hungry, but that’s because they are generally pretty similar for her. She is often sleepy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Comic. Mium did fiddle with the gate calculation somewhat, but more directly just interfered with part of the calculation. The gate had enough power to bring two people from Central to Malsa, so by simply inferring with the part that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

This page is a bit later than expected and breaks the model of this chapter of having half the page follow Peter and Kally as I had originally decided to cut this page/conversation as there will be a better explanation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Comic! As this is getting close to running late, I’ll keep the blathering to a minimum here. This isn’t the first time Peter has referred to the dragon as Fluffy, though strangely he doesn’t seem to do that when the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Haven’t forgotten about the Q&A, but also didn’t get to finishing it. This week also looks like it’ll be busy, so not entirely sure when it’ll be up. But it’s on its way. We’ve seen Mium’s fascination with wearing dark[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Q&A is still in progress. It’s not that it’s taking that long, I’ve just been sort of distracted – my other project is going through the print proof stage and getting the details of freight shipping and all that hammered[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Happy 2022! I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that I don’t have the Q&A done yet, the good news is that means you can still submit questions if you have them. I’ll probably answer anything[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Comic. Poll should be up. This will be a shorter poll than usual; I’ll run till about Wednesday night/Thursday morning as I’ll need some time to draw the winner. As no queen can rule forever, the time for a new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I was planning to put the poll up with the comic, but am (clearly) running slightly late. I will try to put it up tomorrow. Mium’s tendency to dislike Arron (or, as Mium would put it, the absence of Mium[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

…I’ll add the Santa Hat poll later. Probably with next comic.

Sorry about the missed comic last week. I don’t for see any more missed comics in the immediate future, but the future is ever opaque. My other project (the D&D book thing) is almost done (from my my side, printing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So this is sort of an abrupt transition to the next day and chapter, as I didn’t do an interlude or intermission, but decided to not sidetrack on the pacing even more than I already I do, there’s a nearly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Tyler’s side effects were considerably worse than Amy’s, though there’s more than reason for that – as it’s rather complicated I figured it was a little too much tackle in depth. The magic he just used was well beyond the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I think one of the things that isn’t explained that well is what an autocaster actually is. The answer is unfortunately that it varies quite a lot. In Weber’s case, since he doesn’t actually use one in combat, it’s more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I’ve been posting comics involving this place for a few weeks now and I’ve just realized the “spirit world” looks significantly different in the exported version than mine version – various effects are lost in the exporting process, it seems.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So I should probably note a few things. Panel 6 is something of an artistic rendition of what Elmon sees, as it’s not an easy thing to render – there’s nothing actually there, Elmon just briefly sees past Mium’s shell[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

As some of you already guessed, Mium is still at the Enkari tower as he was dropping Eliana off from their previous adventure, while Ila split off to go seek Arkady help with the very important matters of scarves. What[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Comic! So… not too much to say yet. We’ll learn more about what’s going on here in time. I will say “palace” is not a typo of place. The palace beyond is one of the things the family calls this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I did consider making this page just four panels of fog with the caption “sounds of fighting intensify” on each panel… This is a little condensed, as admittedly I’d sort of planned this comic to by the first half, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Comic! Sorry this was delayed; I think we are largely the last month of the production of the D&D book now, but I think I’ve said that for… 2-3 months now, so… uh, we’ll see. Elmon is, without a doubt,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Comic! Sorry folks; been a bit swamped with things recently. Tis that time of year that housing things need to be dealt with, getting the book worked on and coordinating stuff there is in full swing, and just generally got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Comic! Sorry it was late.

…Does Vium actually have a nuke? Who knows. After all, he’s speaking… hypothetically. In what he said, the part that Tom probably took as the most significant part is what he revealed he knows, rather than any implied threat (how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Comic! On time! Sort of. I’ll make two quick notes: Reader’s don’t yet have context to why Vium called Tom “Mr. Hero”. He’s referring to something in particular, but we haven’t seen/heard of what it is yet. The language represented[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Bet you checked just to see when I’d delayed the page to this time, but ha! a comic! Arkady is just woke up from a bit of a nap, and is very much punting on trying to figure out what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Vium’s usage of the first person pronouns in panel three is… challenging. Vium is definitely more talkative than F8 (the Mium we’ve seen the most often). Or at least the most likely to say things unprompted – all Miums are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Comic! Technically, this is the first time we’ve seen two characters, though one of them we’ve… sort of seen before… in a manner of speaking. I’m aware there is issues with the wiki. Haven’t had time to tackle that problem[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Saldur is a fairly dangerous enemy, but was heavily disadvantaged with Mium there, to the point where it’s not really much of a fight. As was alluded to with Sophie, a null caster is sort of the worst case scenario[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s not that Mium wanted to step on him. He was just in the way of Mium’s foot, you see. Eliana isn’t quite correct, though not entirely incorrect. Red constructs cannot be concealed to Eidos, as they are “too real”.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So… I think I have good news? The redirect issue should be fixed. Let me know if you still encounter it. I was never able to reproduce it myself, so I cannot confirm, but let me know if you’re still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

A comic! So, this is the first comic drawn on the new computer… there is still some set up to do, and somethings may look odd. Not quite fully set up so some improvised step. But it is way better.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I know that the wiki does not seem be working. I’m not sure why. At a glance, nothing seems wrong with it, so it may just be the webhost being weird. If it doesn’t fix itself in a bit I’ll[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I think Mium has settled on a new favorite phrase, “in a manner of speaking”. Been busy again, trying to get things wrapped up for the D&D Kickstarter book, or at least into the final phase.

Mium only occasionally calls people by their actual name. This not one of those cases. Just because Mium may or may not already know all that doesn’t mean he’d turn down a good testimonial. It’s useful for when people want[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It might not be entirely clear from the comic, but Mium isn’t directly answering her last spoke comment, but rather commenting on her gathering mana to use magic. I’ve noted before that Mium does not actually catch bullets, he just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

You haven’t missed anything with Mium, Eliana, and Ila, the comic didn’t show how they got where they are. Last time we saw Mium and Ila they were on their way to visit Eliana. Hope you folks are all doing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Sorry this ran a little late. I’m having some computer difficulty. I think I’ve talked about this before. I really need to replace my computer, but it’s sort of hard right now to buy up-to-date computer things, and I’ve been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...