I Don't Believe It
Today's strip concludes "Carol Returns." Holy F-as-in-Frank, I can't believe that I finally made it to the end of this story. Which really started back in August, almost exactly eleven months ago. I pretty much had the whole thing written out then, with the exception of the "Shaggy McWhiskey" episode; I had to write a story that brought Alan to rock bottom in order to get him ready for Haley's appearance, so I threw that one together during my Christmas break.
This year-long story arc is dedcated to all of the readers -- those whom I know personally and those who I do not -- who have been here from the very beginning; You know who you are. Thank you.
The ongoing story will continue, of course, but I need to take a break from the longform story arcs (and all of the 8-16 panel strips) for a few weeks. Therefore, I'm going to publish some sketches Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week, and starting this Friday, I'll be doing standalone/"gag" strips for a while. I'll announce when the next story arc (Working title: "Lightning Always Strikes Twice") begins here in the blog. If you would like to see your name in "Ask a Suburban Tribe Cast Member," now is an excellent time to email me your questions.
Some notes & tidbits from the past year's storylines:
1. Haley will return
Haley turned out to be more popular than I expected, with me as well as you guys. Haley had a few top-secret adventures during Carol's abscence, and you can expect at least one of these to show up as a flashback story. Haley will also return in a "present day" story someday as well... and that's all I'm gonna say about that ;)
2. I do know how Caesar escaped the government and came to be Tiffany's pet
That story was to be told in "Carol Returns," but there was just no room, so I had to cut it. Look for it somewhere down the line, but probably not this year.
3. Shaggy McWhiskey will return
I like that little dude. Don't be surprised if his little harem of butt-nekkid faeries show up too; those chicks were fun to draw.
4. Jessica is here to stay
Yes, I know a lot of you hate the way she treats Alan and hate that she's such a flake, but she makes my job as a writer so much easier.
Okay, I'm going to get to work on the Haley print and try to put a dent in Harry Potter 6. Peace.
16 Comments:
Don't they still have one wish left?
Congratulations on a well done story arc. Kudos.
That was a remarkably good story arc - for any webcomic. ST is always good but this took the cake. Very enjoyable.
" Don't they still have one wish left?"
Hmm. :|
Thanks for the compliments, everyone. I'm glad you enjoyed my little magnum opus as much as I did.
I certainly hope you pull Shaggy back into the story soon, because he's been living in a cupboard in my office for some time now and people keep thinking it's me that smells of old leaves and whiskey... of course the nekkid faeries are cute, but the parties are out of hand. Too much of a good thing --
You MUST read Harry Potter six... don't let it sit. Someone is bound to ruin it for you if you delay too long...
Why is Carol doing that thing with her hand on the window in the most recent strip?
Well, I could take a stab in the dark and guess it was her crossword that she was struggling with ?
-Is that where Shaggy has been hiding? Little jerk told me he was going on tour with The Brobdingnagian Bards
- Carol has one hand on the window glass and the other is holding a piece of paper with her questions for Caesar.
-I just started Chapter 8 of HP6. I hope to have it finished by the end of this week.
But her hand that isn't holding the paper is doing that "middle and ring fingers together, index and little separate." isn't that some kind of masonic thing or something?
I don't know about the Masonic reference (ask ElJefe about that), but I draw hands like that whenever I can because it makes them much easier to render. Kind of like drawing only 3 fingers instead of all 4, but not.
I've just looked at a pencil sketch, and thought "hey, what a honey !" . . . this is both alarming, and disconcerting !
Haley does look hot there, but I prefer the Carol attire.
This has been my favorite storyline. I love the long build-up and the nice long arc of the story itself. It sucked to see Haley go so soon. Is Alan ever going to get a break? And Dave has a heart, sort of...who knew?
Well, at least he did get to sleep with Haley, right?
Doesn't sleeping with Haley mean sleeping with Carol?
Brings up an interesting question- would hte smart chip make her better or worse in bed? Sure he wouldn't know how Carol was, but I am sure her "performance" couldn't change that much.
And that is enough assinity from me today.
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