#57 “Moving Forward”
Well, well… as it happens, today is the one year anniversary of The Monster Under the Bed comic series!
When I started this project, I never thought I’d make it this far, that nobody would care enough to bother; but luckily I have been pleasantly surprised by the turnout!
I’d like to thank everyone, all 4,293,942 of you who have come by time and again to read my little story since it launched this time last year, and I welcome you all to the second year of the comic where things really get cracking. Expect great things this year as I continue onwards with Chapter 2, and eventually Chapter 3 later this year, which will see Tim and Shadow leap forward in time to the very beginning of the events that really kick-start things.
But all in good time… first, enjoy the new page! I realise it’s not much of a page on the surface for celebrating a milestone such as today, but, well, it just kinda turned out that way in the scripting of things. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy learning some interesting factoids about Shadow’s world and forgive the lack of cavity-inducing artwork!
See you next time!
Oh, and don’t forget to vote for me! LINK
I’ve added a pretty nice incentive, I think. It’s a giant, textless, uninterrupted view of the hug from page 56 you can use as a background maybe? The power is yours!
So, can we expect a time skip?
Sure, like a few days, maybe a week or so. 😉
Ooo, world-building. Tasy, juicy world-building. So that’s why Tim is wearing one of those buckles when he’s older, so he can enter Nox too. Before, I figured the monster world was just underground on Earth somewhere, but given how big Shadow describes it as, it’s more likely another world or dimension.
So the Sisterhood of Noctis controls the portals leading under beds, presumably giving rise to the entire notion of monsters under the bed. Maybe another faction controls the portals leading to closets, thereby causing closet monsters?
Indeed, that is a very good inference!
Oh and congrats on one year of great comics! Here’s hoping for many more.
Thank you, I certainly hope so too!
Yup, and the closet monsters use screams as a power source. 🙂
… I did not notice that he had the buckle too….
I’ve just been re-reading the whole comic while waiting for #134 and only after seeing your comment did I notice that…
yay lore!!
alot of new things to create new theories about stuff *evil mad smile*
also congratz for 1 year of comic!
now i actually have a meaning on making a fan art, will come 1 week late but no problem =p
will probably make something simple later but next week comes my real 1 year gift u.u~
Yes, it’s not much of an ‘art page’ but it more than makes up for it by answering a few burning questions!
meh, too much sleepy to make something nice right now ~.~
(yeah, i was trying to make something to the anniversary till now)
It’s alright. I don’t expect anything from anybody. I didn’t exactly give a huge heads up or anything either.
good job
Thanks!
i found this comic about 2 months ago while looking for a good web comic to read. This is amazing. Sounds like it’s going to get interesting.
Indeed, some interesting developments are in the works for year #2!
I expect that other doors lead to cupboards.
I wonder if she ever saw the news or documentaries (and what she thought of them). Or whether she ever got any ideas from the horror genre.
I suspect that all that reading and television would be noticed in Nox. After all culture, whether high- or lowbrow, does change the way we think. I suspect that it would be the same for Shadow.
We shall find out eventually!
Happy anniversary for tomorrow
Thank you very much!
POP-culture and THIRSTY… XD Was this pun intentional?
Uhhhhh… yes!
Hehehe, Shadow looks pretty proud of her Aegis. That look on her face is like “Yup. Had to eat five whole boxes of Spookios just to find it.”
That pose though… It wouldn’t take much Photoshoppin’ to make it a futanari pic.
Happy anniversary, Brandon! There are other webcomics that I follow, but your’s has become the one that I look forward to the most. Bring on year 2!
Well, that’s the internet for you – Always adding things where they ought not to be! XD
Thanks!
That sounds like a challenge. Who will take him up on it?
And then it will be up on rule34, any publicity is good publicity.
Somebody on Funnyjunk.com already did.
I could not find the pic on funnyjunk.com, anyone have a link?
Yeah, she’s veeery proud to have one!
Ah learning. What a great way to spend their time even though that is probably why they will get caught eventually.
Possibly, who can say? XD
incentive? where?
Intellectual time. “Nox” is also the name of the Roman version of Nyx, the Primoridal Greek Goddess of Night.
COINCIDENCE?!?!?
Mooowhahaha! *twiddles moustache* You’ve found me out! XD
YAY, I’m smart! Mythology-based name inspirations are the best name inspirations.
Also, Happy Anniversary! Seeing as how it’s the comic’s first birthday, I defer you to this video featuring an appropriate scene from our youths. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9h57OIaMFs
Thanks! I love that movie! XD
So, her home is called “night.” And that thing that looks like a belt buckle is called a shield.
Very good! XD
Its hard to believe that it has been a year already but TMUTB is definitely picking up steam and growing its fanbase with exponential leaps. ^_^ I’m really glad for that. Brandon, great work and I expect more great things from you and the comic in the coming year. And cliffhanger sentences are pure evil. XD
Hmm… for some reason the tunnels of Nox bring a certain ost to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CGIuHyPE-Y
…..my mind says ‘”No, no, NO”, but my heart says “Oh, f*** the hell, YES”
Maybe I should re-write that last sentence… it’s not really supposed to be a cliff-hanger, as I tell you what she is thirsty for in the same sentence. XD
i would love to make this a video game
That’d be something! 😉
sorry my game developer mind wants me to create almost everything