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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 85

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This is it! The last page!

I have so much more work to do to get it ready for publication, starting with giving the library an unreasonable amount of money to print the whole thing out so I can take editing notes, but for now, join me in celebrating! I drew a whole comic! Twelve-year-old me with her collection of drawing books (it was the era before YouTube tutorials) would be so proud.

I’ll be working on editing for probably the next month or two. After that, I’m starting a new book (more on that later) and planning Volume 2. Thanks for sticking with me until the end, and I hope you continue to do so! I have lots more of this story that I’m excited to show you.

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 83

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All four of our protagonists are in one panel! And, as you’ll see, we’ve just about come full circle from the beginning.

Two pages remain!

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 82

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There’s some cool action on this page, but I think you mostly want to see the cat.

I have a keyboard with a number pad, but the alt-codes for special characters don’t seem to work. I have to copy/paste the O with a macron (ō) into Photoshop. I do make sure that the num lock is on. Does Windows 11 have different alt-codes?

Anyway, three pages remain!

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 79

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It’s been tens of pages (and therefore many weeks) since we’ve had a proper fight scene, so I hope you’re ready for the last, climactic battle of this volume.

Six pages remain!

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 78

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A new kind of magic? We’ll explore it more in later volumes, but for now, know that it is a thing.

Seven pages remain!

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 77

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Eight pages remain!

For now, have a little glimpse into the political nonsense of the setting, and get ready for the next big fight.

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 53

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Time for Ichiro to wake up and get the plot moving.

I liked this page up until Panel 4, which utterly defeated me. I know it looks bad. His arms don’t make any sense. His head is simultaneously too big and too small. Unfortunately, what it would take to fix it will take more time than I have, so here it is. Please don’t make fun of me too badly.

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 52

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We’re letting Ichiro convalesce for one more page.

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 51

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Hey, it’s been like two pages without any blood!

Physically, our boy has been patched up as much as he’s going to be, but emotionally…not so much.

Also, don’t forget about the Spooky Frog Horror Book Fair at the Sheraton Brookfield tomorrow, 11-4!

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 50

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Things I’ve learned about comics, fifty pages in:

  • Block shadows cover a multitude of sins.
  • If you make the figures bigger, you don’t have to draw as much background.
  • The panel will never be perfect, and with one to one and a half hours to dedicate to each one, it’s more important to get it done.

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