I’ll Soon Have You Licked!
Nov19

I’ll Soon Have You Licked!

by Courtney on November 19, 2023 at 11:14 pm
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Whoa- hey!

Some stuff has happened since the last update.

Victor and I got engaged in April! Can you believe we haven’t actually been married this whole time? Well, that’s gonna change!

So, what happened to the comic this past… year? Well, not to get too personal… there are a variety of reasons for the hiatus, but above all, I was exploring some stuff for my mental health which ended up conferring certain benefits, and helping me see things in a new light, but also made concentrating on art a heck of a lot harder, especially a webcomic that demands like 15 hours per page. At first, I didn’t want to believe it was affecting me in such a way, but it’s kind of obvious looking back at the last few pages’ descriptions… “Wow I really can’t concentrate at all, haha! I don’t know what’s going on!” I say after starting medication that changes one’s brain chemistry. Hmm! The point is: I continue to explore what works best for my life, and for more than just creative reasons, realized that avenue was probably not it. (Plus: are fight scenes so intimidating that I may have scared myself away for nine months? Possibly.)

On the note of exploring what works best for me: I’ve done some thinking about the comic as I prepared to bring it back, and decided it would be more helpful for me to view this project as a graphic novel I’m telling at the quickest rate I can, rather than a “webcomic” adhering to the once-strict rules I had set for myself. I will now, for the time being, be updating new pages whenever they are done. That means some will take more than a week. Some will take less than a week! And they will be uploaded on any day I feel like! It all depends on how difficult the page in question is and how much else I have going on in my life.

If you want to know when a new update has dropped, you can just check back from time to time- or you can follow me on one of these places!

The website formerly known as Twitter
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I will be making an effort to reliably post in each of these places whenever there’s a new update.

Happy Normafest! Sending all my love to our ever-patient and ever-amazing readers.

-Courtney

(PS: If anyone can comment what the title is a reference to, you win uh… even more love!!)

(PPS: Victor and I highly recommend Super Mario RPG.)

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Jul05

Heir of Silverskull info hub

by Courtney on July 5, 2021 at 5:03 pm
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Hello! Congrats on making it to the bottom of the page! This post aims to provide some info for new folks or people who haven’t checked this site in years and are now coming back and thinking “hold on, where’s the shark guy?”

The Fourth is currently on hiatus until life circumstances are more favorable for me and Victor to continue its story with the quality and humor we think it deserves. Heir of Silverskull is a side project taken on by me (Courtney) mostly solo, with minor editing and narrative help from Victor, and will be updating Mondays and Fridays until its story is told.

This is a sequel to the events of The Fourth’s part two: chapter three, “The First Key”- or, as I’ve often just affectionately called it, “the pirate arc”. You can read that story starting here, although it likely will not make much sense if you haven’t read the rest of the comic that leads up to it. Heir of Silverskull will recap the events of that chapter, and aims to be enjoyable whether or not you have read anything else of The Fourth. If you’re just here for pirates, it’s up to you how much you engage beyond that; much like Chapter Zero, Heir is a completely self-contained story that can stand on its own. You can click the “start of chapter” button to be taken to the beginning of Heir of Silverskull.

For old readers: this story is about Goldgills and his crew, and will not feature the main characters of The Fourth whatsoever. Its intention is to flesh out the world of Idenau beyond the hero-villain dichotomy of Blank and Skärva. If you’d like some more detailed info about what to expect and my thought process going in, you can read more on its reveal page.

And if you’re new here, don’t think the rest of the site is only relevant to the “main” comic! You might enjoy checking out the Worldbuilding page (under “About” in the menu up top) to learn about the kingdom of Idenau and its many species, holidays, magical metaphysics, and more. Have a poke around!

Thanks for reading!
-Courtney <3

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