#46 “Midnight”
Man, Tim’s fear is potent. She’d better not get too addicted!
Also, say ‘hello!’ to the mysterious Midnight, who was name-dropped back at the end of chapter one. Ha! slow burn…
Fun fact: This is the first page where Timothy does not appear physically in any manner at all.
Hello, Midnight, pleased to meetcha.
I take it Midnight is in Shadow’s Bed Bugs group? Does she bite? 🙂 She looks like she’s got a blackmail scheme in her head. We know that she’ll meet Tim at some point in the future, but is their relationship originally friendly or antagonistic? (I sense a frienemy in the works, at least at first.)
Third panel, I think Shadow is more overwhelmed by the fear than she is absorbing it.
Yes, Midnight is in Shadow’s group as we will see, and she may or may not have a blackmail plan in the future, but as of now she doesn’t. Also, she is definitely one who plays by the rules and has very little interest in human affairs, other than scaring them and laughing.
Uh oh! Busted!
Y’know, it’s funny, but over the last couple of weeks, I’ve seen a few people wearing a garment similar to what Midnight is wearing. It was like a cape with short sleeves. One guy’s even had a hood.
Could monster fashion be seeping into our world?
Could you perhaps try to take a photo next time?
I´d like to see that outfit too.
Huh. I’ll have to keep an eye out for something similar, but since I live in a small town, it’s mostly just T-shirts, tank tops, hoodies and flannel shirts; Ad Infinitum.
Hello!
(Disclaimer: I’m french, so grammar may make this sound worse than it should! Sorry)
I just found this comic, and I found it very interesting. In fact I love it, and I want it very much to succeed. Your drawings are great and can only improve. I urge you to keep doing so.
If you take a look at Blaster Nation and Rock Cocks, you can see how their drawing improved (yours is already better (subjectively from my opinion) than Leslie’s at BN beginnings) and their story, the matters it deals with, and everything else. Gunnerkrigg Court has also evolved continuously, from its beggings to now, and those two are definitly fan favorites.
Take a good look at http://badwebcomicswiki.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page aka The Bad Webcomics wiki to have a good look at how some webcomics fail miserably, and don’t fall into their traps!
SO KEEP IT UP! You’ve just gained a reader, Sunday can’t come quick enough!
Thank you! I’ll have to take a look through that bad comics wiki for sure!
Welcome to the fan base, my friend!
Honestly not a fan of that wiki, they bash several comics I really enjoy. I know it’s subjective, but sometimes it gets rather malicious.
I’ll keep that in mind. 😉
Oh, I read some comics from there too. Ma3, Dumbing of Age, amongst others. Read Chaos Diamonds as a teen.
What I meant by linking this, is that many many up and coming webcomic authors fall in many traps – not working hard enough on their art, not taking or looking for constructive criticism, poor scenarization, poor attitude, poor storytelling, logical fallacies, poor representation of how people would really react, stories going nowhere, characters always in the same pose (3/4 face), copy pasting characters/backgrounds, etc…
Granted, I do not know Brandon nor his background. What I know however, is that this webcomic is (relatively) new. And that he can either do something great with it, or fall down the traps. And I really, really want this comic to succeed. Last time that happened for was at the birth of Blaster Nation. I know potential when I see it, I read a crapton, whether printed, online, french, English, graphic novels, comics, of “comic-book” type material and have since the last 20 years must have literally read over 9000 if not more. And this one has this potential, and it’s looking to be great, and I want to come back here three years for now, looking forward every update like a kid looking forward to Christmas.
Bad Webcomics is just a good example of what not to do if you want a minimum level of quality, regarding each aspect (art, story, scenario). Like, look at Gunnerkrigg Court. How the art evolved since the first chapter. Monster Pulse, Blaster Nation.
So yes, do go through Bad Webcomics wiki, keep an open mind and think critically at the same time, but yes, it’s subjective (and it doesn’t pretend otherwise actually). And keep up the good work! So far, it’s been great, and I hope it will keep becoming even greater.
Sorry for the digressing! I don’t want to sound rude! I just really, really, really want to still be coming here three years from now. <3 <3 Those love stories are cute.
(Also sorry if I may come across as rude, I'm french, so some english expressions I may not use correctly)
The first thing I did was look up my own comic, and I’m not there yet. So I just have to keep it that way. 😉
And I’ll be there reading.
You’re my discovery of the year.
<3
yea an welcome
Oh dear. We finally meet Midnight. Admittedly she’s exactly how I imagined her… and Tim’s fear for girls is clearly not his only fear she is asorbing… can it?
No, she’s absorbing his self-conscious fear that he might be a freak by thinking about a monster in such a way and actually liking it.
If that makes you a freak, than let your freak flag fly. 😀
He sure will, but for now the thought is quite troubling to him. He can see his normal life flying away!
I have 3 things to say to that:
1) Normality is over-rated
2) What is “normal”, anyway?
3) Given that he has psychic parents, I doubt that normality was ever an option for him.
Very good points all around! XD
*a fluttering can be heard in the distance* Oh Crap the normal life is back! RUN TIM! RUN FOR YOUR AWESOME LIFE!
Well well well. Looks like we finally got another lovely demon gal on our hands.
I cant wait to see what Shadow`s mother and father looks like.
Her dad probably looks a lot like the main character gargoyle in the show Gargoyles.
Heh, well… you might have to wait a loooooooong time for that to come up, considering Shadow doesn’t know her parents at all! 🙁
Awesome! We finally get to see the monster world. Man, I look forward to reading this comic so much every week.
Yep! We’re finally here for a brief stop-over. And thank you for reading every week! 🙂
New theory, the monsters of this world feed off fear yes? Or at least it benefits them in some way, almost like a drug.
Do some monsters kidnap kids and bring them to their world for a supply of fear, maybe even selling and trading them in some kind of messed up fear auction? Is shadow the scouter, looking for new kids to take?!
Heh, now that’d be an interesting plot to tackle someday… but as of right now: no, they don’t kidnap children.
Was I at least right about fear being kinda like a drug to them?
Kinda, I guess. They get a nice feeling off of human adrenaline, the fear response being the most readily available to them.
damn, midnight is pretty! she looks like a piece of nightsky come alive, complete with stars….btw, i read the story this is based on, and even managed to find the sequel, which leads me to the question: will the comic follow the plot closely or differ? and are you solely focusing on the comic now or also writing part 3? cause i would love to know what that spider is up to 😉
The comic will essentially follow the original, but a few things will be tweaked or added along the way (such as this current chapter which is wholly original.)
Where did u find it? I spent a few hours looking after i saw this comment and couldn’t find anything.
part one on deviant art, along with a bunch of nice sketches for the comic, part 2 (the monster on my mind) on hentai-foundry…and yes, it takes some DEDICATED googling to find it 😉
Heh… just put “ ” around the title and it’s the very first result. It’s a little trick I picked up if you want an exact phrase only. You could add my artist’s pseudonym to the search as well, that narrows things down.
Quick question, on deviant art, there are two stories, “The Monster Under the Bed” and “The Monster on my Mind”. Whats the difference? Is one his older self and one his younger?
The Monster Under the Bed is the first story, and The Monster On My Mind is the sequel, following the events of the first one.
Thank you Ill start reading it imediatly.
Btw, the monsters world/human world thing reminds me of the trolls in homestuck.
There are parallels in everything, really.
I am a firm believer that every type of story has already been written, everything else is just rearranging the details and hoping for the best. XD
“There are no original ideas” Mark Twain
OMG THIS IS AMAZING!!! I just finished reading chapter 3 of Monster under the bed and I’m loving it!! Your an Amazing author. Keep up the good work! ;D
Thanks! XD
So she “feels” his “fear”?
I wonder what it feels like.
It’s more like a smell, but it makes her feel good. Possibly too good?
Another awesome page, the only complaint I got is that the pages don’t come quicker 😛
Love that little tail flick.
On a side note: we’ve seen that Tim and Shadow are… “physicaly” compatible (I figure Shadow is essentially mammalian), but are they biologically compatible?
You’ll have to wait and find out! 😉
I like the reference to her toes clicking on the floor. I remember a pretty good line from your original text stories about her doing that 🙂
Yes, her claws click on hard surfaces (when she’s not careful) She can of course, move silently when she has to.
I like the steps in the wall.
Thank you! Considering how much I hate drawing the backgrounds, I’m glad somebody actually appreciates them! XD
It adds to the believability.
So are we going to see some ‘action’ between their younger versions or just the grown up ones ;-)?
Just the grown up ones. ¦-|
I have been reading this since the page where Tim and his parents are eating breakfast (after he met Shadow) and have loved every page. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I will.
I wonder if Midnight is going to notice the cake stain? If she does, what does Shadow say? It’s more than whether she tells a lie or the truth? It could be a mix and, even if she tells the truth, that doesn’t mean that she tells the whole truth.
Also, how much does Midnight understand about humans? How much does she think she understands humans? Will she give Shadow any advice? If so, how useful would it really be?
We’ll find out next update, I think!