You can skip my commentary and go right to the full comic here. This is the end of Raven’s monologue. I don’t think I can add anything here in a commentary to it. As I said in an earlier commentary I wrote this dialogue a while back and I didn’t change much as I was doing […]
For Love and Light
A Strawberry Memory page 28 – Final Page
This comic is done! Well, I still have to make a cover for it, and there’s some tweaking I still want to do with it now that I have all the pages in front of me, but as for a complete story, it’s done. There was a lot more I *wanted* to do, I didn’t […]
A Strawberry Memory page 27
We must finally be getting near the end if there’s hugging involved! I have to admit I had a lot of possible dialogue for these two characters but scrapped a lot of it because I knew I had to end this comic at some point so I could go on to the next one. I […]
A Strawberry Memory page 26
In this page, Robin and Wren continue their conversation but it takes a more serious turn as Robin tries to warn Wren about going for revenge as it could escalate into a far more dangerous situation for her. You can read the entire story here: https://www.claycomix.com/forloveandlight01/
FOR LOVE AND LIGHT #1 “A Strawberry Memory” page 25
In this page, we move to another locale (whew!) and Robin and Wren introduce themselves. It’s a lot of fun having these two characters meet each other and still keep the continuity intact from the depression comix series. They have a lot to say to each other and they immediately establish how they complement each […]
FOR LOVE AND LIGHT #1 “A Strawberry Memory” page 24
On to the next page! This page took me to another unexpected direction. For a while, when these two met, I imagined a fight — the drink was initially supposed to spill on Robin, not Wren. It was a much more complicated story then, but somehow it became this. It’s better — Robin is too […]
FOR LOVE AND LIGHT #1 “A Strawberry Memory” page 23
In this page, Wren pulls her hand out but ends up making matters more humiliating. For me, this has been the way it usually goes with dealing with bullies, I could never win and resistance was often seen as entertainment. Again, when I got to this page I deviated from the script because when I […]
FOR LOVE AND LIGHT #1 “A Strawberry Memory” page 22
In this entry, Wren finds her situation getting a lot worse. I intentionally did this page the same way as the beer dunking one, but the situation is in reverse — it’s not Wren getting the upper hand, and there’s no Misigi to protect her this time. You can read the entire story here: https://www.claycomix.com/forloveandlight01/
FOR LOVE AND LIGHT #1 “A Strawberry Memory” page 21
In this page, things go a little too far. William can’t take the hint and tries to go for broke, and Wren’s temper flares. I’m not quite happy with the last panel, it will make more sense when page 22 is completed and I may redraw it then when I see how it flows into […]
FOR LOVE AND LIGHT #1 “A Strawberry Memory” page 20
In this page, Wren goes in search of alcohol. Of course, this being a comic, it isn’t that simple as she runs into an obstacle. Some things I was thinking of while drawing this: In panel 1, I wanted to make it seem like Wren was going on a journey, so I chose a view […]