The comic is going to take a brief hiatus to allow Katie some time to support her mom with her ongoing health issue. Won'[t go into details, but it’s best that Katie spend time with the family right now.
We’re going to take this time to look into a new feature for the comic that you all will hopefully enjoy. Some guest art has already been completed to work with this new feature.
Am I really the only one to vote for this on Top Web Comics this month? Because it looks to be at 1503 with 2 votes, and I’m pretty sure both times I voted were this month …
Just saw your comment inside our filters, apologies for the delay in approving and thank you also for spotting what appears to be a problem with our link. We’ll get it corrected ASAP!
Hoping 2020 is better for all of you and also for our team here at AW. Our love and support to Katie after her very difficult year, and please have patience readers while we try and give her some time before we resume our regular comic schedule.
In the meantime, you may have noticed the sidebar talking about AW After Dark. We’re excited about this new feature, which will start very soon. The end goal is that we can provide a way for readers to enjoy the ongoing story at its current PG13 level (minus Remy’s swearing, which we apologize for continuously), and still give those readers looking for a little extra skin a way to enjoy that as well. Our Patreon page has some more details, but the short summary is this: After Dark will include extra pages that allow you to look back at more ‘intimate’ moments of the plot. Generally, these will be fill-in of previous points in the story, or perhaps more ‘adult’ oriented side stories characters may get pulled into from Varia. You don’t need to read the After Dark content to follow the story, but it’s there if you want it. The majority of the After Dark content will be donation-based, so the more people donate the more frequently you’ll see this content appear.
Ugh, sorry about the 2+ hour downtime. Plugin hijinks broke things for a bit and it took some noodling to get it going again. Bob says I do NOT get a new years cookie.
It’s just one page currently, but the first of what we hope are many more. Click the link in the sidebar to the right to take you to the main After Dark landing page. It explains more. We hope you enjoy the concept and continue to apologize for the delay in the main comic. Katie needs a little more time with the recent family loss, but we hope to resume plot pages soon.
That was the initial plan, since many of them will be flashbacks to previous moments in the story. However, we value feedback on user experience and are evaluating how best to provide access to the feature. The way it was done provides the most consistent experience (for new and old readers) with the over 18 clicky, and a chance to refresh on what was happening at the time of the after dark look in. However, we’re sensitive to the number of clicks needed to get there, so if this is awkward or painful please let us know and we can try to work out a better way.
Okay, was just making sure that that was intentional
Do understand the reason for the clicks (specially the Over18 confirmation)
So, just to check, will the AfterDark pages simply be 18+ additions to the regular story? Thought it was going to be a separate story (which is probably what added to the confusion)
Another excellent question! The plan is for it to be both. Sometimes, as now, we have a guest artist who is willing to do one (or two) pages, which are harder for a good adultish side-story. Such as our time with Wondollar was limited. IN cases like this, we may go fill out previous ‘moments’ where in headcanon there was more going on behind the scenes than what was in the main sequence of the storyline. Those times should be flashbacks as in this first case. We also have some planned side stories that are current with the plot and hopefully we can get those done at the same time as the events so we don’t have to flash back. The other limiting factor is artist availability. That could cause some of the ‘current’ side stories to get out of synch time-wise, but the after dark links will always be from the page closest to that point in the story.
Okay, so they will be ‘side-branches’ to the regular story (sometimes a single page, sometimes more) to ‘fill in’ gaps you weren’t able to tell the first time
We’re working on getting started back up. Apologies, we wanted to give Katie as much time as she needed. She’s working on getting caught up and we hope to have regular comics starting back up sometime in March. In the meantime, there should be another After Dark page coming up (also a flashback) this week sometime.
As Bob promised above, new After Dark page is now live. To save you search time, click the After Dark link to the right, which will take you to the AD index page which will take you where you need to go.
After Dark lets you see more private moments that generally happen off camera. These special pages will happen from time to time and 'enhance' the reader's experience. These pages are canon but you don't need to read them to keep up with the story. Those that enjoy the After Dark pages can consider donating, as all donations will go towards adding more After Dark content as the story continues. More info here!
If you like the comic but cannot donate as much or as often as you like, you can still help the comic grow and thrive by taking 30 seconds of time and vote for us on top web comics. You can vote once a day, and the count is reset each month, so vote early and vote often. :)
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I’m starting to think that Remy’s new catchphrase is ‘what the fuck is going on?’.
Sailor Moon reference? o_O
Or just a generic Magical Girl reference?
Maybe both? 🙂
Awwwwwwwwww! YAY Make Remmy a magical princess! Maybe that’d make him less of a brat!
Bouncy…
****ANNOUNCEMENT****
The comic is going to take a brief hiatus to allow Katie some time to support her mom with her ongoing health issue. Won'[t go into details, but it’s best that Katie spend time with the family right now.
We’re going to take this time to look into a new feature for the comic that you all will hopefully enjoy. Some guest art has already been completed to work with this new feature.
Will update everyone as soon as possible.
Bob
So if I get this right, talking cats are the crazy homeless people of Varia…
Pass along hope and support to Katie and her mom.
Oh no! I hope things go better than they’ve been and Katie is okay. I hope all of you are okay, take care!!!!
In the meantime I’ll keep imagining Remmy as a magical girl ♥
Am I really the only one to vote for this on Top Web Comics this month? Because it looks to be at 1503 with 2 votes, and I’m pretty sure both times I voted were this month …
(Might help if the image were fixed: use e.g. http://topwebcomics.com/rankimages/rankimage.aspx?ImageTemplate=dynamiclink2&SiteID=15162 …)
Samuel,
Just saw your comment inside our filters, apologies for the delay in approving and thank you also for spotting what appears to be a problem with our link. We’ll get it corrected ASAP!
Thanks!
Happy New Year everyone!
Hoping 2020 is better for all of you and also for our team here at AW. Our love and support to Katie after her very difficult year, and please have patience readers while we try and give her some time before we resume our regular comic schedule.
In the meantime, you may have noticed the sidebar talking about AW After Dark. We’re excited about this new feature, which will start very soon. The end goal is that we can provide a way for readers to enjoy the ongoing story at its current PG13 level (minus Remy’s swearing, which we apologize for continuously), and still give those readers looking for a little extra skin a way to enjoy that as well. Our Patreon page has some more details, but the short summary is this: After Dark will include extra pages that allow you to look back at more ‘intimate’ moments of the plot. Generally, these will be fill-in of previous points in the story, or perhaps more ‘adult’ oriented side stories characters may get pulled into from Varia. You don’t need to read the After Dark content to follow the story, but it’s there if you want it. The majority of the After Dark content will be donation-based, so the more people donate the more frequently you’ll see this content appear.
Hope everyone has a great 2020!
Bob
Ugh, sorry about the 2+ hour downtime. Plugin hijinks broke things for a bit and it took some noodling to get it going again. Bob says I do NOT get a new years cookie.
ATTENTION!
Author Wars: After Dark is now live!
It’s just one page currently, but the first of what we hope are many more. Click the link in the sidebar to the right to take you to the main After Dark landing page. It explains more. We hope you enjoy the concept and continue to apologize for the delay in the main comic. Katie needs a little more time with the recent family loss, but we hope to resume plot pages soon.
Bob
Wait, to get to the “After Dark” page, we have to first go to the page it leads on to (page 87 this time)?
Is that going to happen every time? o_O
Guesticus,
That was the initial plan, since many of them will be flashbacks to previous moments in the story. However, we value feedback on user experience and are evaluating how best to provide access to the feature. The way it was done provides the most consistent experience (for new and old readers) with the over 18 clicky, and a chance to refresh on what was happening at the time of the after dark look in. However, we’re sensitive to the number of clicks needed to get there, so if this is awkward or painful please let us know and we can try to work out a better way.
Bob
Okay, was just making sure that that was intentional
Do understand the reason for the clicks (specially the Over18 confirmation)
So, just to check, will the AfterDark pages simply be 18+ additions to the regular story? Thought it was going to be a separate story (which is probably what added to the confusion)
Another excellent question! The plan is for it to be both. Sometimes, as now, we have a guest artist who is willing to do one (or two) pages, which are harder for a good adultish side-story. Such as our time with Wondollar was limited. IN cases like this, we may go fill out previous ‘moments’ where in headcanon there was more going on behind the scenes than what was in the main sequence of the storyline. Those times should be flashbacks as in this first case. We also have some planned side stories that are current with the plot and hopefully we can get those done at the same time as the events so we don’t have to flash back. The other limiting factor is artist availability. That could cause some of the ‘current’ side stories to get out of synch time-wise, but the after dark links will always be from the page closest to that point in the story.
Okay, so they will be ‘side-branches’ to the regular story (sometimes a single page, sometimes more) to ‘fill in’ gaps you weren’t able to tell the first time
Are you okay? Is everything okay
Hi Bunnygurl!
We’re working on getting started back up. Apologies, we wanted to give Katie as much time as she needed. She’s working on getting caught up and we hope to have regular comics starting back up sometime in March. In the meantime, there should be another After Dark page coming up (also a flashback) this week sometime.
Thanks for sticking with us!
Bob
As Bob promised above, new After Dark page is now live. To save you search time, click the After Dark link to the right, which will take you to the AD index page which will take you where you need to go.