In this update, who Emmy carries the illusion of is decided. I’m not sure why I put in the need to make the decision in the first place, but a lot of what I do is so that the fourth panel of every strip has a small “cliffhanger” to hopefully make people interested in what comes next.  In retrospect the explanation of her ex-husband’s death is rather brief and…

We’re back to that other plot line involving Mari, Lily, Iris and Emmy. It’s been a while since I drew them so they may be a little off model but it was fun to draw them again, especially the group shot in Panel 3.  Now that Emmy has a safe place to stay, getting her there is the next challenge. 75  

Back to the present with Daffy and Sunflower. I could have taken longer with the flashback but it was already pretty long and I gotta keep the flow.  I wasn’t planning the final panel, it just came out of Sunflower. These characters tend to write themselves and I feel like I’m just passing on the information instead of creating it. To see the full comic, click here. 74

You can see the comic here -> https://www.claycomix.com/sunflower/posts/73/ Marigold takes things into her … own … hands.  Ouch. Sorry about that. Honestly, this wasn’t planned, this was a case of letting the characters decide what they want to do.  Instead of drawing the actual act, I think drawing Daffy’s reaction was the better one. The only thing I regret about this strip is that Marigold looks way too satisfied…

You can check the comic out here. With all my comics, I have a general story I want to follow but the panel to panel stuff I generally let it unfold through a kind of improvisation.  That is, I draw a panel, think about what would follow naturally, then draw the next one.  I don’t know how many other people so this but it works for me, and occasionally…

https://www.claycomix.com/sunflower/posts/71/ The story continues with Daffodil probing the memories of Pierre. I really didn’t have an idea what I was going to do with this page, until I started drawing the third panel and the story unfolded by itself.  I mean, if you’re somewhat normal, seeing the world through the eyes of a serial killer has to be disturbing, right?