Past the Edge, Page 12
This Cassiopeia Quinn update is the Hiveworks answer to comics not brave enough to make jokes about tandem bicycling!
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WiP 6/5/2017
We almost didn't share this one 'cause it's a tad spoilery, but y'know, you guys are paying for this stuff, you've earned it. This page is actually further along than this, but more detail might give away what's gonna happen next in the story!
I actually stood and looked over Psu's shoulder while ...
2017-06-05 14:57:21 +0000 UTC View PostPage Commentary No. 37
Psu: We fought about the last panel! I only bring that up cause you added it to the public comments. Otherwise I'd be okay to pretend our writing sessions are perfect harmonious hug fests.
Gunwild: I might feel differently about it if we did it now, I just thought...
2017-06-04 03:53:53 +0000 UTC View PostMay Pinup Preview
We aren't able to just give the whole pinup to everybody for free, but this bit was too good not to share around.
2017-05-31 20:26:40 +0000 UTC View PostMay 2017 Pinup
We MIGHT have to do a small production run of plush toy versions of the characters and like, auction them on eBay after this...
Get your pinup HERE!
2017-05-31 20:24:20 +0000 UTC View Post
WiP 5/30/17
This was the first concept art for this month's pinup. Some changes were made, as you'll see soon enough! A lot of it in the positions of the stuffed animals and stuff...
2017-05-31 04:38:23 +0000 UTC View PostPast the Edge, Page 11
This Cassiopeia Quinn update was trained in secret as part of a plot to overthrow the Emperor. I mean, Hiveworks. I mean... look, just keep quiet about the whole thing!
READ IT HERE!
2017-05-29 21:51:32 +0000 UTC View PostPage Commentary No. 36
Gunwild: I wrote this, but you added the Vanaa in the various panels absorbing solid culture, which is what makes it. Well, actually what makes it is the AMAZING title, but that goes without saying.
Psu: That Vanaa is a spy!
Psu: He's gather...
2017-05-26 23:18:44 +0000 UTC View PostWiP 5/17/17
There are SO many people in panel 6.
Speech bubbles, even the "burst" ones we use for off-panel people talking through a speaker, get laid in before any sound effects or even lighting. They take up a lot of real estate, and need to be put in an order that the reader's eyes can flow between natural...
2017-05-26 19:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostPast the Edge, Page 10
This new Cassiopeia Quinn update is perfect for a Sunday morning - you don't even have to get out of bed to read it!
Get into it HERE !
2017-05-21 12:35:39 +0000 UTC View PostPage Commentary No. 35
Psu: Oh my glob, Maddy's dress uniform (pun!) was fantastic!
Gunwild: It's a good one. So is the lame but delightful joke, which I'm sure we came up with not as an actual idea for a comic, but just as something like "What would a Vanaa do at a Christmas party?" 2017-05-19 06:53:19 +0000 UTC View Post
WiP 5/17/17
We decided not to have Feti hit the deck in the last panel - Maddy's not going to get the upper hand all of a sudden and pull out an easy victory in two pages (if at all). So this sketchy first pass is the only time you're gonna see her down there! Besides, it would be really hard to stand up fast w...
2017-05-17 23:39:32 +0000 UTC View PostMonthly Pinup Subject Poll
Here we go again! Help us pick the subject of this month's sexy pinup! Vote, and feel free to throw some suggestions as to the specifics of the pinup in the comments section. They may not get used, but they never hurt, and Psu might like your idea and run with it!
In the future, ...
2017-05-17 05:55:08 +0000 UTC View PostPast the Edge, Page 9
What, you haven't read the latest Cassiopeia Quinn page yet? You should check in more often, it'll do you good!
See it HERE!
2017-05-16 05:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostWiP 5/11/17
Oh, this is something we don't see every week! In the top left you'll notice that the sO2da sun is already colored. That's because it's lineless! The art doesn't have any inked lines drawn or to color inside, it's just drawn right there with brushes in the colors required.
Also, it's nice to know ...
2017-05-11 05:38:15 +0000 UTC View PostPage Commentary No. 34
Gunwild: You pretty much wrote the last one. This one was my answer to that, I guess, I had to pitch it to you.
Psu: I really love the framing in all these panels. There's a lot of playing going on with how the closeup of the first panel makes it look like a bigge...
2017-05-11 05:12:08 +0000 UTC View PostGuest Comic: Sattelite Nine
Did you read the latest guest comic? It asks the hard questions you can only explore in sci-fi! (I didn't write this one, as I usually write the guest comics. Sat did it on her own.)
Read i... 2017-05-10 18:07:46 +0000 UTC View Post
WiP 5/6/2017
We weren't totally sure about Kamsi pushing the ad out of the way physically in the first panel, but it made more sense than her, say, tapping an "X" button in the corner of it to close it. If you go back to 2017-05-06 07:08:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Page Commentary No. 33
Psu: I think we actually managed to plan a "break" in the action to coincide with a holiday.
Gunwild: Yeah. Also, we're never gonna be as good at heartwarming moments with cute kids as Kiyohiko Azuma's Yotsuba&. But clearly we love it and wish we coul...
2017-05-04 21:21:16 +0000 UTC View PostPast the Edge, Page 8
It's over, reader! This update has the high ground!
Check it out HERE!
2017-05-02 21:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostApril 2017 Pinup
As stated in our very second story, Alina "Cupcake" Ison's hobby is baking (hence the nickname). But it looks like she's got a Keebler fudge stripe cookie there. Can you make those at home? Because I want some... maybe it'll be possible in the future? Anyway, enjoy! Especially the cute Vanaa cameos ...
2017-04-30 04:08:34 +0000 UTC View PostPage Commentary No. 32
Gunwild: Talps is pretty on the ball with human language already. That's why she knows when to use "Aye!" when honestly, a lot of humans get it wrong.
Psu: I don't even know what the right usage of Aye is.
Gunwild: You answer "yes" to a ques...
2017-04-27 20:55:00 +0000 UTC View PostWiP 4/27/17
Panels 4-8 were all written in reasonable detail in the script. But you'll notice they're still in sketchy redlines now, while the rest of the page looks more firmed-up. That's because at first, while we were still deciding on layout, that entire space just featured the words "FIGHTING STUFF," becau...
2017-04-27 15:23:32 +0000 UTC View PostPast the Edge, Page 7
Ah, spring. When a young space heroine's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of reading a new Cassiopeia Quinn update!
Read it HERE!
2017-04-25 19:35:04 +0000 UTC View PostPage Commentary No. 31
Gunwild: It's okay Skwidj, you shouldn't be ashamed of your body!
Psu: I know people were hard on Farring in the comments. But I feel like if you took a moment to imagine just what he's implying, and the idea that he'd actually SEEN it happen, you'd probably be af...
2017-04-21 19:47:15 +0000 UTC View PostPinup WiP 4/20/2017
Extra Work in Progress update this week! Because she was only a couple of points behind in last month's poll, and because Psu really wanted to draw her, Alina "Cupcake" Ison is going to be featured in this month's pinup. We decided this was fair largely because if we had another poll, she'd...
2017-04-20 13:19:18 +0000 UTC View PostWiP 4/20/2017
There will be some detail differences on this page, but what's unusual about it is that the color was laid down almost in the first step! We had to know how it would work out jumping from present to flashback and back. It can really change the effect of the page. When you see this page publish...
2017-04-20 13:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostPast the Edge, Page 6
The show @Midnight did a "Hashtag Wars" segment called #RuinSciFi last night. Maybe check out that tag on Twitter, give yourselves a laugh! Of course, AFTER you check out this update. Goes without saying.
2017-04-19 06:32:22 +0000 UTC View Post
WiP 4/13/2017
In the initial sketch of this page, panels 3, 4, and 5 were all just one panel of Kamsi and Vernon themselves calling the start of the fencing match. That's not terribly likely - they're commenters, not officials. We thus decided it would be a more exciting page if there were reminders of everyone e...
2017-04-14 00:47:03 +0000 UTC View PostPage Commentary No. 30
Gunwild: I really like the storytelling in this page, the comedic timing in the panels is excellent, good work Psu. Also, I like to imagine that the Vanaa on the PA was referring to some pretty swank adjustable cup holders that tighten up around any size cup, so now he's having to h...
2017-04-14 00:31:41 +0000 UTC View Post