#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!
Wow. Congrats on the 1 year milestone. Your comic has been a great series and I can’t wait to see where goes now that you’ve hit the 1 year checkpoint. Again Congrats.
Pop culture? Tch, I was hoping Shadow would have more taste than that.
Congrats on the anniversary!
Congratulations I’ve been reading since your sixth page was published I’m sure a great many more awesome pages to come
Thanks! Yes, expect at least a few more pages.
;-P
I see a craving for soda in he future with how it’s was said she was THIRSTY for pop culture.
Was the text changed? If so do you still have the orginal somewhere?
The text itself was not actually changed, but I did change the punctuation and where the line break occurred to clear up the ‘thirsty’ line.
She’s thirsty for more pop-culture, it was not meant as some sort of cliff-hanger. XD
Ok, saw from older comments. It got alot of us wondering Including myself. Also found the original on altered page on the facebook.
I love your work! Do you have a Patreon or something like that? It’d be great to have people donate enough to where you could put out more than one page a week! <3
I’m thinking about a Patreon, yes. Keep an eye out! Thanks for the comment too!
i love this story they way you tell it is done very very well all you characters seem memorable and you art style is really quite good. i have only one issues with the series THE WAIT FOR NEW PAGES IS KILLING ME lol but i understand your comic is definely one i check up all the time so not to miss anything. keep up the great work and i wish you luck here hoping we get to celebrate your next milestone.
Thank you very much!
I’ve been reading this for a year(or close to)? Wow… Keep up the good work and thanks.
Mother Moonlight!
You rescued me long-ago night.
And all goodwilled I joined your guild.
From junior ranks I give my thanks.
And from below I had to go.
Because Tim is fine,
Hope you don’t mind.
‘Cause we fear you, Mother Moonlight.
Mother Moonlight, mistress of fear,
Here I am mother dear.
Hope you don’t come here.
If I’d stolen just two more socks,
I’d stay and stay down in Nox.
And we fear you, Mother Moonlight.
—from “Mister Moonlight,” Dr. Feelgood and the Interns. But if you know it, you probably know it from The Beatles.
Haha, rhyming Nox and Socks! XD I bet you’ve got a lot more ammo now after this page.
Well, it’s real easy to find “Shadow” and “Moonlight” and “Midnight” in songs…
Going to do one where Shadow’s friend scares an Arabian boy? “Midnight At The Oasis?”
Ha! XD I’ve never really considered dedicating whole pages to word puns, but maybe someday!
Go back a few weeks.
Wow, I just found this comic and it’s its 1 year anniversary? Sweet! Loving the comic so far, and I can’t wait for more in the near future! 🙂
Thank you kindly!
Are you gonna start update twice a week now?
Of course. Weeks are 14 days long now, right? (Grin)
YEAH!
if there’s two Sundays in a week than yes, I’m sure he will.
Eh? Nope. Where’s this coming from suddenly? I’ve still got my boring ol’ day job getting in the way. X(
Don’t burn yourself out, we don’t need a broken and over worked artist. Once a week is good enough for me, an I’m sure it’s good enough for every one else. =^.^=
“this heres my belt buckle, par’ner”
XD
Its already been a year, wow to think I have been reading from the start. If you like this comic I also recomend twokinds the comic its great. Also when r they going to both go to shadows world and start a romeo and juliet cleché
Thanks, and not for awhile. Like, AWHILE awhile.
Congratz for yor first year!, i hope to keep reading for much more of those.
Great comic, enjoyed it.
I hope that in non-flashback timeline they will look older than the way they were drawn in the very beginning.
Yeah. I’ve been working on making them look older, more like how they did near the end of chapter one. At some point when I find the time (and really settle into their older teen looks) I mean to completely redraw the first three pages to alleviate this problem. I’ve already made a few adjustments, but couldn’t push them forward enough with the material I left myself.