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Heather Goes Off The Trails: Cast of Characters
I received some feedback about folks not remembering characters ten pages apart since that could also be five months apart. Sure, they were referring to comics like Statue Rentals and Little Witch. But, Heather has somehow stayed relevant while being just a statue in a remote woods.Release Note: I was going to do this ...
Garden Statues
There's a teaser image for this story here.The car passed the gatehouse and drove up the large curved driveway leading to the front of the mansion. The car was worn and old but recently cleaned and otherwise well maintained. If not for the obvious wear it might have qualified as an antique car.The driver parked sli...
RENDER: Garden Statues - A Teaser
I'm on a roll with getting teasers ready. This one is slightly spoilery. But not so much that will matter two days from now when you read the story. How do you feel about the translucent dialog bubbles? I'm curious.Garden Statues is a standalone written short story not part of any my franchises. It isn't a ...
Statue Rentals: Cast of Characters
I received some feedback about folks not remembering characters ten pages apart since that could also be five months apart. Fair. It was Reggie, poor Reggie. Forgotten after 2 appearances 5 or so months apart.In any case, this is the second Cast of Characters post to help index the comicstrips. It was supposed to appea...
Statue Rentals #12: Home, Sweet Home
Mom is obviously a loving and thoughtful person, worried sick about her son, now daughter.It occurs to me in hindsight that Anna should have been turned into a statue a few days ago so she would ready to install at the restaurant as soon as Stacy was removed from the restaurant. Was Brian saving money? Is there some po...
Trust Machines: Briefs
“Wow, they’re all together?” Phil was tapping his friend’s arm and pointing toward the venn machine.“What? Who? Oh. How many are already in the machine?”“Wow, they’re all together?” Phil was tapping his friend’s arm and pointing toward the venn machine.“What? Who? Oh. How many are already in the m...
TEASER - Trust Machines: Briefs
Evan watched as Charles walked away. He was startled from his woolgathering when a pair of teenage girls walking by giggled at the man holding a pair of underwear near the mall exit.Early in the story coming to Patreon this weekend, the scene above happens. Trust Machines: Briefs is playful tale about a chance encounte...
Little Witch #15: Date Night, Part 2
EDIT: I don't know what happened to cause the images to go missing. It was there yesterday when I looked at it. They're here now. Sorry for the inconvenience.Off by one scheduling: The statue in the restaurant, Anna, is first seen in Statue Rentals #12, which comes out next week and we see her meet Meredith. Oo...
Little Witch: Cast of Characters
I received some feedback about folks not remembering characters ten pages apart since that could also be five months apart. Fair. That was for Statue Rentals but it spurred me to make Cast pages for Little Witch, Statue Rentals, and the highly character dense (not!) Heather stories. Rather than bug you with these pages...
Meet My Ex (Part 2 of 2)
Braedon met Lia for dinner on Sunday. Lia was a little worried. “She didn’t say anything.”“Not a peep or a flash.”“That’s better than an outright no, I guess.”“What brought on being a mannequin? And don’t tell me Janet did it.”“Indirectly. More like how Janet influenced Courtney.”“You never ...
RENDER - Gutter Maids 1 & 2
2025/09/30 - When I originally scheduled this (in early July), there was only the first page and a vague notion of a second page. Now, there's the second page. I have a vague notion about the third page. Will I finish it before this posted at the end of September? (It's August 6 as the second page is added to t...
Meet My Ex (Part 1 of 2)
A two part story about a man who is happy to introduce his latest girlfriend to last more than a month to his ex-girlfriend.“That’s the apartment. It’s functional. Oh, and that’s Janet, my old girlfriend,” Braedon said to Lia.“What? The mannequin?”Standing in a corner of the living room of Braedon’s apa...
Statue Rentals #11: Arrangements
Texting. I hope people just know how texting looks. The other person's name is at the top and their text is on the left side. The phone owner's text is on the right. I don't have to spell it out, right? Oh. Heh.TranscriptROW ONEPanel 1 – at the art studio. Stacy and Brian are by the sofaBrian (stands): I ...
RENDER - Heather Reflects on the Year
And the ivy is dead. Fall begins September 22 in the northern hemisphere.My ReflectionsHeather Goes Off The Trail was just a fun idea I had in October 2024. #1-7 were rendered 2024-10-21 in standard HD dimensions (1920x1080) and #8-10 were rendered 2024-11-10 in 4K HD (3840x2160). And then they were released here that ...
Trust Machines - Puzzled
Tom and Susan are back. And Susan is subject to one of Tom's overly cleaver venns, if I can say so myself.“Hey, you can’t cut the line!” A man called out cutting through the background din of the mall.“I’m by myself,” Pat said, he was pulling a hand truck behind him. “How could I be cutting the line b...
Little Witch #14: Date Night, Part 1
Daddy's a bit of prick, isn't he? No wonder she likes to spend time ignoring him.I may have over done the "Hey, Mommy is remembering prior events" visual cue. Likewise, the camera angles for the car shots are a bit much. And I guess they were lucky no other cars were out and about while they were out.Tr...
Doll For Rent
Note: This is one of my longer short stories at a little over 6000 words. I would normally split into two parts except there's no good place to split this story in the 3000th word vicinity. So enjoy some extra word count this week.Lars was surfing Beggar’s List when he saw an advert for a sex doll. It was the mos...
Statue Rentals #10: A Decent Proposal
The placement of her left hand in panel 1 was entirely by accident. I was amused and vexed by it. Amused that it had happened. And vexed that it hadn't been on purpose. Such is making art.TranscriptROW ONEPanel 1 – On the sofa in the art studioBrian: I never thought this day would come. You are even prettier in p...
Magic Shoppe - For Real Now
As the door opened, a bell bracketed to the wall rang. “Welcome to the Magic Shoppe,” the tall, thin man behind the counter announced. “What can I do for you today?”The man walked to the counter still looking around the shoppe. Aside from the man behind the counter and a woman wearing a maid’s uniform sweepin...
Little Witch #13: Who's Babysitting?
Mommy and Daddy go out on their date, finally. Who's babysitting? Or, more accurately, who's babysitting whom?Mommy and Daddy go out on their date, finally. Who's babysitting? Or, more accurately, who's babysitting whom?TranscriptPanel 1 – foyerMommy: We haven't gone on a “date” date in far to...
Last Mannequin For Storage - Render and Manip
2025/09/02 - Scheduling Note: Today is Tuesday. Little Witch #13 was scheduled to release today. But, the current post is an anniversary post, as explained below. So, LW13 has been bumped to Thursday this week. The anticipation will just make it even more fun, right?The original photo for this story has a create date o...
I Talk - September Is Here
This is a bit disjoint. Sorry. First order of business: Welcome to any new Patrons. Thanks for your sponsorship. And now... on to my random ramblingsWritingAfter several weeks in a row heavy writing, I took basically the whole week off. Other than a few tweaks to some comic scripts, I focused on comics. My usual 4k wor...
Sold (Part 8 of 8)
NOTE: There are five epilogues below. Some of them overlap each other temporally. As each epilogue starts, any mention of time passing is basically relative to the end of the first seven parts of the story.Epilogue 1Within five months of taking control of the business, they had gained four more high availability rental...
Statue Rentals #9: Restoration Surprise
When I first put the dialogue on this comic (and the next one), Stacy's dialogue bubbles were white. I considered making her bubbles slowly become the hot pink they are now. I gave up on the idea because I didn't think it would be necessary. I realized at this point Stacy is a far more top heavy that I realized...
Sold (Part 7 of 8)
“Nora?” her mother said. She sat on the guest bedroom bed next to the sleeping woman.“Mom?” Nora woke. “What time is it?”“Just after nine. Elaine got called into work and had me bring Ryan to school.”“And then you came back here?”“I thought we could talk. And, I’m kind of glad I did. I’m sorry...
Little Witch #12: At The Mall
The little fashion show was fun. But, Mommy seems a bit distracted.LW#8 through #11 take place over the course of a single afternoon. Angela said her parents should go on a date. LW#13 through #16 take place over the course of a single evening. A few days pass between these two mini-arcs.Who's that in the last pane...
Sold (Part 6 of 8)
Three of the dolls wanted to remain permanent dolls rented out using the website. One of the dolls, Mary, wanted to get back to her life. Funds taken from the kidnapper were used to help her get back on her feet. The other four dolls became part time dolls, spending between thirty and eighty percent of their time as do...
Statue Rentals #8: Business Is Booming
Does a statue maker really want to have a lucky break? I'm sure her subjects don't want to be broken. The statue in progress seems "rough" because the figure asset is a low polygon asset. Makes the figure seem unfinished automatically. I had to work to make in-progress Stacy seem unfinished.That's r...
Sold (Part 5 of 8)
Most of their friends who had gone on the raid to rescue Nora six months earlier were gathered in Jean’s and Dave’s apartment. Dave, Jean, and Eddie filled them in on everything they knew. Two of the men knew a bit more.“Ron, Jacob, can you two tell the group about the only lead we have?”They looked at one anot...
Little Witch #11: Sally's Gift
Aawwwww... Such a heart warming moment. And some shenanigans.TranscriptPanel 1 – Daddy in closeup, Angela is facing him, arcana is seen in her hands behind her back. Mom is by the ottoman also in an arcana bubble.Angela: Daddy, there’s only two dolls: Mommy and my friend, Jenny. That other doll is just a doll.Daddy...
