#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!
I am legit curious why every page ends in something that could be easily taken as an innuendo. :\ Congrats on the anniversary though! 🙂
Because Innuendo is what I’m all about!
To be honest I just found this and would love to see this animated it’s such an interesting story and I can’t wait to read more of it
It’s a tiny dream of mine as well, honestly. As long as I don’t have to animate it! XD
I love how they have the exact same 😮 expression in pic 1 and 2
😀 😮
😮 😀
Haha, yeah. XD
Worldbuilding overload ! WOOHOO !
Congratulation on your full year of comics ! Although I’m not here since the very beginning, your comic hooked me as soon as I got to know about it !
Here’s to another year !
Can I just say that I’m thinking Tim is going to have to ask permission from this overlord to start dating Shadow, un less they start dating in secret. Ho how I can’t wait to see that.
By the way I’m that guy who reads this stuff but not books, I decided to sorten my name by a lot
Hmm, well, Tim DOES encounter this person someday, we shall see what goes down. XD
Thank you very much!
So question time. Does each faction have a particular ‘look’? As Shadow and Midnight, as with the bathing women before, all look similar. Do they change with the guild?
Also, Umbra means shadow in Latin, and Ventus means wind. Name ideas for future if you want. That’s my D&D Rouge’s name, Umbra Ventus.
Shadow wind, eh? Silent but deadly are they?
Why is it your talking like yoda from Star Wars
They are all the same race, so… they all look the same. As similar as rainbow-skinned creatures with polka-dots and stripes can look the same.
Holy-moly, has it really already been a year?!
Well, congratulations on creating such a wonderfull comic and keeping up the good work until now ^^
I’ve been around since the 2nd or 3rd page and saw the story unfold itself in a steady pace and I love it (despite the withdrawal symptoms coming with the one-week-wait every time XD )
Now, I raise my glass to you and to the start of the second year of “The Monster under the Bed”
Cheers!
Thank you very much! See you in year two! 😉
Well congratulations on hitting the one-year-mark!
And wishing you that this year will go even better! ^_^
Aaaaaaand I’m still looking forward to their very first kiss. ;3
It’ll come! 😉
Ive always wondered who would make the first move and im putting money on Shadow kissing Tim first
We’ll see!
So Tim will be heading to Nox at some point, because of the aegis he has in an earlier comic!
She comes over a lot, how do his parents not notice?
Indeed! And their room is sound-proofed. Yeah, that’s it.
and 2 more pages then end of chapter prob xD
Nope, the chapter goes on for quite awhile yet… it’s a doozy!
Shes an orphan, well that changes my views on what she does when shes not at Tims. Also would that mean the mum art in the gallery is Moonlight?
Indeed, she is. I suppose you might say that Moonlight is like a surrogate mother… but she’s not her real mother.
And Congratulations on your one year Anniversary I think I came in around page 4 or 5 and have never regretted clicking on this link love the comic series and hope it goes on years to come
Thank you! 😀
Nothing like a big info dump to enlighten the readership…congratulations on making it a full year.
Thank you!
I bet it’s hard to come with a song for a page like this one!
First before I comment on the content I wish to congratulate you on a successful first year. Hope for more to come.
I’m not a big ‘tell not show type’ of person, but with a once a week comic I can give a great deal of slack. That being said it was well written again giving a good foundation of what is to come so that the reader has something to come back and reference to when we go into the time jump. Again good job.
Thank you! Well, the time jump isn’t for awhile… but it IS coming.
I’m just gonna chime in with all the others and say congrats on making it a full year, dude. And I love all the names. Roman goddesses and Latin FTW!
And, gotta say – I love the symmetry of the artwork on this latest page. Having Tim and Shadow have the exact same look when they’re learning about each other’s world is awesome.
Thanks! It all just kinda came together in the planning and worked out wonderfully. XD
She looks so proud of her belt buckle
BTW, notice that 3-D effect on the globe? *sighs* I just hope Brandon won’t start charging for the comic, get rich and do a Notch. =P J/K
Heh, I’d love to get rich, but I won’t be selling it off. XD
Notch the creator of Goblins, right? Ugly, Horribly drawn web comic. How does he have any votes on TWC? I want to say the he has bots running for the first few days. He comes back after a hiatus and still haves fans? There should have some sort of drop off in those numbers.
Sorry but I held that in for far too long.
I thought he was talking about Minecraft’s Notch, unaware of any other people with that name. Unless they are the same person…
You guys are right, I thought that was the name of Goblins creator. 😓
I read how he did something similar from badwebcomic. My apologies.