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The Monster Under the Bed
“Embrace your fear.”
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WB Brandon~
2 quick questions: does tim know about shadow secret on this timeline? how the hell this guy can get early to work when he “works” every night also? i would have sleep issues XD
Heh, who needs sleep? Micro-naps, my friend!
As I see it, Tim is a fit young man.
Were all fit young men to suffer his misfortune. Besides, sleep is for the weak.
Assuming that he has seen the monster world (and banged Shadow) i wouldnt change a thing either Tim
Yay new comic.
Nice little bit of domestic normalacy here, you always gotta wonder what happens to the protagonists of secret events after the action ends, and now we get to see it before the action even starts.
And yowza Eustace and Muriel must of had a daughter! That old lady looks just like her but acts like him.
On a side note, do you read Cracked.com they had an article last week that might be somewhat relevant to you, about how some artists go from the SFW stuff to making some money with the NSFW, and considering the amount of nudity we’ve already gotten I thought it could be of interest to ya.
You just made my day! I loved that show growing up!
Heh, I’ve been doing the NSFW thing for years. This is my attempt to get out of that hole, one foot at a time. I know darn well that sex sells though, so there’s always going to be an element present.
Nothing wrong with NSFW. However as somebody with my own NSFW setting I understand the need to create more then mere fap material. You’re trying to create a story, a narrative. I have to commend that.
Isn’t that Muriel from Courage the Cowardly Dog?
I thought the same! :p
Wouldn’t put it past Brandon. After all we did see a Jar of “Tommy” Pickles in that fridge.
In this case no, I had no idea the old lady looked like anybody… and checking it out, it’s still kind of a stretch. XD
It does kinda look like her, but with Eustace’ attitude!
Anyone who’s worked retail or service knows that old people are the worst.
Have to agree.
That old bag needs to pay for those not-pictures. The store used their developing chemicals on her film. It’s not Tim’s fault she screwed them up.
Those old crocks are the absolute worst to deal with in retail … or in any other situation for that matter.
I think HE took some pictures but left the cap on.
Nope.
With the kind of hardware a professional outfit it expected to use (reflex cameras etc.), it’s virtually impossible.
Yeah, when I worked in a grocery store during my teens they could be a handful sometimes. XD
Wait, he ENJOYS the mediocre life he has?
No harshness intended, but his Aspiration Levels could use a few exp points.
Also, just started reading a couple days ago, got to this story by pure curiosity, and I have to say, between the decent art and the relatively pleasant plot your keeping, this has been a fun read.
I hate hearing the words ‘keep up the work,’ so I will just end my commenting by saying that you have a new fan and I will upvote your story as you asked. 🙂
He DOES have a good, interesting life, he just accepts that he can’t and must not be famous for knowing what he knows.
I dislike old people
It’ll happen to you, too, someday, if nothing else happens.
Screw you; I found the fountain of youth and now I’ll never age!
That’d be something else.
It’s never too early to hate yourself.
Hey Potdad, what’s new?
Oh my god, you live??? well that’s awesome. I’ve been fine but my dad’s been fighting cancer so I’ve been going through that with him
I’m sorry to hear that about your father. I hope he beats it.
Haha great stuff, just found your comic today n had to binge read it, i really enjoy it n cant wait to see it continue. Also ill drop a vote you deserve it
Thank you very much!
I just found this site, and I gotta say I am loving it. It like Monster Inc. and Monster Mesume had a baby. This will be one of the few sites that I will be checking constantly for updates.
Thank you for giving my comic the time of day! 🙂
Good job, m8. Had everything cleared up on the home front?
Not really, but it’s found a sort of holding pattern that I can deal with.
Fair enough. It’s the same here. It all ended last Saturday though. Fuck you, cancer!
Hey great comic I just found this one today and caught up. You deserve at least a week of votes for what you have so far, I am loving the story and artwork so far. Bookmarked and I will be returning every Sunday night from now on. My favorite characters so far would have to be his parents though every time I saw them I started grinning without even reading their lines yet
Thanks for reading it! Glad you like Thomas and Ruth, I really like them too. It’s kinda hard to squeeze them in, but that should get easier in time. 🙂
Comments seem to suffer if Shadow is absent lol.
Yeah… It wasn’t really the most exciting page to come back to after a week’s absence either, so there’s that too. I don’t blame anyone for not being that excited this week. The next page though, is a good one. 😉
Brandon I have nothing but love for you and what you do. There are three things Id like to mention, and i want to be perfectly clear this is in no way me telling you there has to be and kind of change. 1. Its an awesome comic and I know everyone has a ridiculously busy and hectic life, I was super excited to see how far you and the story have progressed in the 3 months i have been gone but It seems I haven’t missed much(even in the number of comics released in that time span), but more importantly this leads me to number two. 2. The actual story aspect of the web comic (and none of this is me trying to be entitled or anything like this it is just my own opinion and advice In what I find to be an incredible web comic) Like I had mentioned before I had been gone for almost 3 months before I was able to come back and I worry the comic may have fallen into a sort of dialog trap, there is a form you can see in lots of early marvel and dc comics where they would spend almost whole issues just developing characters and setting up future plot revels, but they just stood around talking using a term called “still heads” where it was frame and frame of the characters reacting. In today’s comics you can see them doing the same thing but using not just dialog but action to further the plot, they leave subtle hints in dialog and the world around them, allowing the reader to put the pieces together and learn as the story unfolds rather than when they are told. I have no doubts that you have the plot mapped out to some (if not completely) extent, but you could be putting a lot more work into it by dedicating weeks to the dialog the characters need to have alone. Your characters could always develop more from actions along with dialog. But as is your work is great which leads me to three. 3. I absolutely love all the work you have done so far and if you change absolutely nothing from all of this it wouldn’t make your series any less amazing or impressive in the least. Of the vast comics I have read I can tell there is real passion and character here, This is the kind of work ethic that someone like you Brandon could actually make a full time career out of. If nothing else I don’t want you to think that i wrote this like, what two paragraph of thoughts because I think you need to change everything or that the comic is even failing, quite the contrary. I really am infatuated with the work you do and I write this out of passion for my voice to be heard and as with seemingly every other comment I see here to tell you that you really do have a long time (and permanent) fan of your work.
Kris, i tried to read your comment, but it´s a nightmare.
Use the enter key to start new lines and especially new passages (like the 1-2-3 thing!).
Also, you mentioned your absence twice in an already horribly long comment. Too much.
Sorry, but it´s unreadable.
NO MORE THAN 4 LINES OR SENTENCES MAN. BIG WORDS HURT HEAD, AND MANY WORDS MAKE ME DEAD.
To be real this isn’t an action story. The character development and dialogue are it’s strong points(and the art of course). Thats what I loved about the original story. It was all about the characters and emotions and a little bit of action at the end. I laughed I cried well you get the picture. Frankly if it was a book it would be my vary favorite book ever. But yeah if you think Tims gonna go Super Saiyan and kick a bunch of foot ninjas asses cause Shredder kidnapped Shadow so not gonna happen.
I’m not criticizing or insulting I’m just sayin…pun intended.
TOO MANY WORDS
2 mny lttrs
You’ve missed a Sunday, friend.
… I took a break 3 weeks ago, due to a family emergency. |:-\