Song of Straygo

A couple of weeks ago, JT Shea on the NightGig Studios Gigcast ( a webcomics podcast) announced they were going to Mega Con, and if anyone wanted to send some promotional stuff or minis, he would put it on the table. I didn't send a lot of stuff, but it still got me all giddy to squint and see my stuff in the photo. Images behind the cut. Thanks, JT.
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The new page is up, as well as a new section on the website. The new cast page is here.

I'm going to finish lettering the last few pages today. But okay, this strange double-posting (relettered on wcn, latest page here) is starting to weird me out. Here's what I'm going to do: There's a new relettered page for this Saturday, and I have it fixed there will be new relettered pages for pretty much everyday left in april. I'm going to let the relettered pages update until they are out before I post anymore new pages. The new pages will be on wcn on a Saturday (may 3rd), even if the old pages run out on Wednesday.

My apologies to those who have been following the story from the beginning. I do encourage you to check out these new pages, as they are cleaner, easier to read, and the dialogue has been corrected. There's even some new jokes sprinkled here and there.

This whole lettering situation shouldn't happen again. I started the comic creating the digital files in many different ways, some were horrible and bitmappy, others stretched. But now I've devised a method that each page will have somewhat consistent blacks and quality. The only problem is margins... don't get me started on illustrator.

Edit: There are still a few relettered pages left, so those are posting everyday until
they run out, which will be May 9th, and the newest page will be updated May 10th. Thank you for your patience.

worser and worser!

here's this week's page. Sorry it's posted a little later than usual.



This week: So close to the trading post, but have they lost all the sheep?

I'm still all caught up in relettering the old pages. They are maybe 1/3 done, so I better haul butt.
The new site is up! check it out here.




I'm not crazy about the inking this week. Looks like each panel was done by a different people with alternating skill and near-sightedness.

But it does offer a small slice of Kefke doin' a little wilderness tracking.

here's page 36. Hopefully next week's page will be at the new site, along with all the old relettered pages.

We're moving! The Song of Straygo website is changing to wwww.webcomicsnation.com/straygo
I don't know why I didn't look into this site sooner. The layout is easy, and you can upload multiple
series into one account. I'm liking this, as I would like to upload some of the pages from my mini-comics,
such as A Parent's Guide: Clown Safety, and Custard on Chinchilla Island.

The new site is updating slowly, as I rescanned all the pages, readjusting the levels. Everything is getting "remastered", and put in a template so they are more consistent in margin ratios and image size. Even the lettering is getting redone, cleaner and more readable. I am reediting a bit of the dialogue, because I can't resist.

But I'm not going have the updates start over (like a old redone page every week.)I'm going to upload all the old ones at once when their finished, and then start updating new pages from there. Until then, new post will continue at this livejournal spot.

Also, I gotta say, the wheather is so nice right now, sunny and warm with a breeze. Birds cheeping, which they did in the winter, but I just don't notice it as much. Watching the snowbanks melt in the city is uber gross though, watching hundreds of moldy cigarette butts get unearthed by the melting ice.

Here's page 35.

Page thirty-four.

I'm posting this weeks' and next weeks' comic today, since they were finished early. Hopefully this is the start of some more consistent updating. ( Read more... )

Here's page 27 for Song of Straygo.

Some info on the birds that occur in panel 1.

Lower left : Common Chad, usually live in groups of 3-10. Habits and movements are
similar to pigeons, but no head-bobbing thing, and uh, less poop. Eats berries, bugs, and seeds.

Above the Chad: A Shrift. Nocturnal bird (awake now). Eats the same as the Chad, but can also
digest flower pollen through a secondary digestive system that starts in the nasal cavity. Through microscopic filters, they can gain nutrition through tree pollen in the air, so instead of allergies, they get
food. This is only supplemental though, and not a main part of their diet. This process is so far unknown to science in Straygo and Kefke's world.

Top left corner: "Gecko bird".. I'm not sure what their actual name is. They use their four legs to crawl through the trees. Not true birds, they cannot fly and only have vestigial wings. They pry worms from tree bark, and above all love eggs and some smaller mammals and birds to eat.

Top middle: also unnamed, these birds are similar to sparrows, live in packs, and scavenge some meat.

Top right: A Black Emperor. Generationally, these birds alternate between being nocturnal and diurnal
creatures, and their eyes partially metamorphosize. Diurnal Black Emperors have smaller eyes, and can see
some color, Nocturnal ones have larger eyes for seeing at night. All of this type habitually roost up-side down. The bird pictured is a diurnal.

far right: Slivered Cross-beaks. The "sliver" is after a white crescent moon marking on each wing. They mate for life. (Note: cross-billed birds do exist, but are a type of songbird.)

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