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Original - 07 - HD
Critical miss!- At egscomicsCommentaryThis is what happens when you have an absurdly good alignment, but are also into things you're embarrassed about.
Original - 06 - HD
Whoops! Hang on a second!- At egscomicsCommentaryThat moment when you accidentally ship your boyfriend with a girl you look up to.I gave not-Elliot the wrong hair in the previous comic, and even had to redo the inking of the character's outfit in the first panel, because I had drawn him in one of Elliot's standard black shirt.To the shock of no one, it was a comic made while tired and distracted, and it wasn't actually intended as foreshadowing for this comic.This comic is me making lemonade out of that lemon, as I did want to draw ...
Original - 05 - HD
Writing!- At egscomicsCommentaryI mostly just wanted intense Ashley writing as a visual.
Original - 04 - HD
Serious business!- At egscomicsCommentaryI never really gave that much thought to the difference between a starship and a spaceship before, and this strip gave a unique opportunity for me to look into that.I essentially wanted to reference engineers on Star Trek in the last panel without making it a direct Star Trek reference, and I wasn't sure how to do that. After trying "spaceship", it occurred to me that that's not what the ships are called in Trek, and many other things. They're called starships. Why is that?It's be...
April 22 Poll #2
Grace in a half-griffin form with wings, a tail, and a beak.--Can vote for more than one. Next milestone image this upcoming week.
April 22 Poll #1
Super evil Cheerleadra in an eeeeevil outfit that’s evil.Cheerleadra’s physical form is…--Can vote for more than one. Next milestone image this upcoming week.
Original - 03 - HD
THIS time...- At egscomicsCommentarySome were confused by the half-closed eyes in Ashley's imagination, and I can't believe I have to explain this:Everyone in fantasies like this are bored.At least, I think that's the reason for that look. Maybe they're trying to look attractive somehow? That doesn't make sense. They MUST be bored.Pronunciation!I have no idea how not-Ashley is saying that one thing she is saying in panel three.Honestly, I don't want to think about it too much, because I'm not sure what I might conclu...
Original - 02 - HD
Original Characters Do Not Steal- At egscomicsEDIT: Fixed the bordersCommentaryI think we can all see what's happening here.And what's happening is that Ashley is doing a darn good job making up completely original characters who do not resemble anyone in her life.Good job, Ashley!
Original - 01 - HD
Friend fiction- At egscomicsCommentaryThis comic got delayed for two main reasons.One was because humans apparently need sleep, and I was catastrophically behind on that somehow (it's a mystery).The other was because I decided I wanted to spin off the previous comic into an actual storyline, and I needed to decide what exactly the heck that would even mean. I knew there was fun to be had, but how to go about it, and how to not make Ashley come off as simply being awkwardly weird about her friends?Turns out step one was super easy: Have Ashl...
Next EGSNP Saturday
Next EGSNP Saturday for "Dan needs sleep, apparently" reasons.I should have decided to do this earlier, but as I tend to do, I was in denial about it's necessity.
Size Change Antics Survey
Shorter version on TwitterOne character is larger than the other, and it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with their normal heights.Which of these options appeal to you?NOTE: Can choose more than one
Assortistant - 12 - HD
Assistant- At egscomicsCommentaryI'm not sure what exactly Ashley is imagining?Probably Sarah doing paperwork.
Big Susan
I'm not entirely sure what the in-character plot explanation for this would be. Susan was already taller than Diane, so she could already joke about being the big sister (even though they're not sisters).She's also petting Diane's head, which could simply be evidence of progress with being okay with physical contact, but did she need to be twice as big for that?It's all very mysterious.And the FACT that it's THIS mysterious makes me assume that another character is imagining this. Sarah? Elliot? Rhoda? Catalina? Jeremy?T...
Assortapep22 - 11 - HD
Pep thoughts- at egscomicsCommentaryI like that Susan has impractical long hair. It says something that she keeps it in spite of various other aspects of her personality.What exactly it says, I'm not even going to try and articulate.But it's definitely something.
Assortolarry - 10 - HD
An entirely unexpected turn of events.- At egscomicsCommentary- Feminine LarryI'm not 100% sure this is actually Larry? I liked the design, and wanted to use something like it here.An anime I like is (deep breath)I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.Or Bofuri for short.ANYWAY, I tend to get fixated on things I enjoy, but then I run out of thing. Boo. So I will turn to the YouTubes and see if there are video discussions, reactions, etc.As one might have guessed by now, in spite of knowing the full title, there are a n...
AssortOfUAndMe22 - 09 - HD
About me! ALWAYS ABOUT ME! MWUH-HAHA!CommentaryThe last few days have been weird for mostly non-comic reasons that were NOT good for my sleep and/or work schedule, but I also liked the idea of laughing with myself about having three out of eight of the previous "assorted" comics involve my avatar.I guess it's four out of nine now.Look, I'll do something about that ratio unless something unexpected happens on Wednesday.SPECIFICALLY something "just" unexpected. If something SUPER unexpected happens, there'll be stick f...
Next EGSNP Tuesday
I tweeted the following earlier. "Next week" is in parenthesis because, in my hurry, the original didn't include that >_<-- First tweetNext EGSNP will be Tuesday. I was also planning a sketchbook that will instead be sometime (next week)Something personal has come up that is devouring my day.-- Follow up tweetsThings are okay. My back is bothering me, I’m running on about four hours of sleep, and I unexpectedly needed to take a cat to the vet, which did NOT help with the back thing, because THIS cat weighs 27 lbs, and their cat ca...
Assorted Twenty-Two - 08 - HD
Wait who is that?- At egscomicsCommentaryPersonally, I think I look closer to Ellen or Elliot.The confusion could have been simply due to my drawing similar faces, but I think it was at least partly because I just had a new avatar show up without explanation or introduction. A "is that Tedd? That's probably Tedd" response was understandable.In any case, after I saw that response, I wanted to draw a comparison.
Assortamatic22 - 07 - HD
Me again!- At egscomicsCommentary- First panel- Second panel- Two comics ago, this avatar's introI just found myself wanting to talk about this, and hey, I'm doing whatevers right now in EGSNP, so huzzah!Also, I really need to keep "I'm making standalone EGSNP comics" in mind right now, because I make a lot of jokes on The Twitters that I could definitely retool into EGSNP nonsense.In addition to wanting to talk about this, I'm also just happy to be able to toss myself into comics in a form I'm happy with.Like "o...
Aprisorted - 06 - HD
April 2nd April 1st Comic- At egscomicsCommentaryThis is SORT OF something people could actually do for April Fools?It's just, like, they'd have to ACTUALLY do a good job of it.
Assortment 22 - 05 - HD
Sandwich- At egscomicsCommentaryThis is just something that occurred to me recently, and have wanted to talk about.The surface level of the distinction between making something for yourself, and something for someone else, is obvious. I want to write a story about hamsters. Someone says I should write about gerbils. I stick to doing what I want to write about, and write about hamsters.Success.But that's only part of what it means to make something for an audience. As the comic says, if you're just expressing yourself, it's okay to b...
March End of Month poll #2
Susan has grown bigger, and is patting the head of…Can vote for more than one. Next milestone image next week.
March End of Month poll #1
Conan undergoes a feminine transformation, and winds up with a figure and height similar to…Can vote for more than one. Next milestone image next week.
Assortocity 2022 A - 04 - HD
CELEBRITY DRAMA!- At egscomicsCommentaryI recently had the following to say on The Twitters, which inspired this comic (even though Justin's attitude is a bit different to my own):A question I'm asking myself more and more is "why do I care?"Not in general, but in specific situations, such as a celebrity drama that's vaguely alluded to on Twitter. I stop, and sincerely wonder "why do I care?"Answers in such a case tend to be things like "I want to be in on the loop", "just curious", "it's anno...
22 Assorted... Stuff? - 03 - HD
Suddenly, you see...- At egscomicsCommentary"I assume you have formed an opinion without basic knowledge of the situation.""I have basic knowledge of the situation.""WELL, you see..."
Assorted 2022 A - 02 - HD
Ellen rides up front because she's good at sports- At egscomicsCommentaryIt just seems like all the positive stuff about sports has nothing to do with trophies.Like, I'm not in favor of participation trophies, but I'm also not a fan of first place trophies. I'm just not big on trophies. I feel like that's sort of taking away from what games should be, which is, well, all that non-material goodness.If I was in favor of trophies, though, it's almost like the participation trophies make more sense? Because I don't care ...
Assorted 2022 A - 01 - HD
Lost squirrel!- At egscomicsCommentaryApologies to those who don't get the video game reference!This is a joke I've had in my head since the day I started playing Elden Ring, a recent "Souls" style game (named after the Dark Souls game. A Souls style game has a similar gameplay loop to it as those games).In that game, there are locations of importance known as Sites of Grace.When you find them, you are prompted to "Touch Grace". Upon doing so, "Lost Grace Discovered" triumphantly appears. You can then rest at the...
Jestful Statement - 47 - HD
Conclusion!- At egscomicsCommentaryI really wanted to establish all of the things in this comic without it taking a whole bunch more comics just to check everything.The one thing I had wanted to note was that the moral wasn't "hey guess what having to keep personal secrets you wish weren't secrets is no big deal", but I'm giving you all the benefit of the doubt that you wouldn't jump to that conclusion just because I gave Grace a bit of a "making the most of it" win here.Naturally, I'm insecure enough to stil...
Jestful Statement - 46 - HD
Something something boats?- At egscomicsCommentaryI hadn't originally planned on showing Grace's interpretation of people reacting to her.What I'd originally intended was simply Grace thinking about how she could tell when people like-liked each other, but was less sure about people being like-liking her, and I'd planned for her to note it wasn't exactly a challenge to tell when some people liked each other (cue reference to Justin in regard to Conan).And I would like to get back to Justin, but when Grace's train of thou...
Jestful Statement - 45 - HD
Floating hearts and stuff- At egscomicsCommentaryWhile writing the previous comic, I very, VERY briefly considered having Grace deliberately hug Ellen to capitalize on the rumors about them, and to imply to Conan that she and Ellen were a couple.I would like to emphasize how very brief this consideration was, because that would be alarmingly out of character for Grace.Out of character ideas will sometimes give way to very much in character ones, however, and Grace just happily hugging Ellen without even thinking about it is very much in charact...
