Yes, you read correctly. This time it's Ben who does the art while I have complete control over the text!

Mwhahahaha—*hack-cough-wheeze*—ha! Er, let's not try that again. A-a-anyway, let's start off with Arby. Can't go wrong with an arbyfish. In all honesty, I'm a bit freaked about writing this thing. "Stage fright", as I already told Ben.

To recap: Esa sent Ben fanart, Ben suggested a webcomic, Esa agreed.

Ben generally complains about his skills, but frankly I think he's one of those few multitalented people who can be good at practically anything with relatively little practice. Give 'im a couple of months of intense studying and I'd say he'd match me, easy. The expression here is, rather nice. Serious, perhaps a bit depressed…. Expresses the mood rather nicely—something I have a hard time managing a lot of the time.

Ben suggested I try explaining something about how the comic is created, but I think details should be left for a more dedicated article. Basically, the process is still a mess. There's the script, yes; and based on it, I draw images—these days, on an A3-size sheet, since I get thinner lines that way. (BEN: "Make the lines thinner! And add more explosions!") Generally, I manage some drawings, get stuck, email to Ben, or MS-Messenger him, we talk, I draw, we come up with something proper, I finish the page, Ben adjusts the script to fit what I drew, and then I notice a thousand little details that went wrong. Or something. Sometimes it doesn't work quite like that, though.

Sorry about the constant delays in comics, people—I'll try to cull my apologetic nature a bit—and the latest page is quite a far along. I could have finished it today if I didn't have to leave pretty much as soon as I finish typing this.

I'll try to put a couple of more hours of work on it today, but looks like a completely missed week at this point—mostly because I won't have access to my scanner. Maybe the story should be made to a cartoon format, instead, in the spirit of some of the zanier series. I mean, If you look at this:

This would be a great character design for something more Warnerbrothersy. Then again, seeing how few artists have been attracted thus far, I doubt we can put together an animation studio overnight. It's a thought, though.

Cut train of thought, must distract the audience—Oh, lookit, an Arbyfish! Looks like a white one, too! Hard to tell in a B+W enviroment, but let's go and say hello! "Greetings, Mr-or-Miss unknown Arbyfis—*Slash*GLBLBLGR"

*RESET*

Ah, much better. Where was I? Couldn't have been important. Anyway, this looks funny:

Aww…She looks so cute when she's hungry! Aren't the kids adorable? They're so straightforward at that age. Later on, they learn how to act less selfishly, which 'course is rather a good idea after a certain age. Still, Terra's an interesting character. One of the things that attracted me to this project was the concept of a genocidal monster with oodles of power, older than almost anything else, trapped in the role of a young (adopted) princess. In fact, the original plans for the comic were for random short funnies, 4-koma style. 'Course, we needed a few pages for a set-up, and it sort of…what's the expression?…ballooned from there. But, frankly, that's a different story.

Um, I'm running out of ideas…

How to end this? I know, with some Arbyfish!