Episode 4 - Page 52
posted 22nd May 2022, 8:49 AM
22nd May 2022, 8:49 AM
mars
Well, she has a funny way of showing it...
Alice Keeley : Taking the most complicated route to get to the most simplest of points! Smoothest gal this side of the Beta quadrant!
Enjoy!
~M
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23rd May 2022, 8:23 AM
mars
Right?! How did she miss it, what with all the snide jabs and jeers?!
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22nd May 2022, 8:31 PM
StarSword
Alice better hope she didn't butt-dial Tara on the last page. :P
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23rd May 2022, 8:24 AM
mars
Oof, and after all the effort Tara's spent pining over her... truly a tragedy in the making.
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22nd May 2022, 9:31 PM
someone
Ah yes, the pulling pigtails school of showing you have a crush.
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23rd May 2022, 8:26 AM
mars
She muddies up the water by pulling everyone's pigtails though. Self sabotage, no wonder nobody understands her hidden messages!
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23rd May 2022, 8:22 PM
Chaucer59
Clearly Anna never went to elementary or middle school.
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23rd May 2022, 9:50 AM
Thracecius
Interesting, Alice's camouflaged attempts at flirting surprised me, I didn't have a clue. I might have guessed that Anna had issues with herself, many people do and I can personally understand it, but hate?
Maybe there's some value in these two misfits learning to be friends, even if a "relationship" in Aliceworld is likely to be a chaotic disaster, especially if Anna isn't interested in a romance.
P.S. I love the range of facial expressions, Mars. :)
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24th May 2022, 12:29 PM
mars
Alice's "attempts at flirting" are about as camouflaged as can be, to be fair. A thin, thiiiin line between actual loathing and romantic intent that would baffle even the most observant psychiatrists, to be sure.
Ah well, at least Anna's relatively thick skinned! If anyone can survive Alice's tidal wave of... whatever it is she does, it's her.
ALso re faces : Thanks! I did thoroughly enjoy crafting together Alice's exasperated expressions on this page, haha
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24th May 2022, 1:03 PM
Thracecius
This relationship sorta reminds me of an episode of the TV show "Night Court", where Bull is dating an ultra sarcastic blind woman and Roz says offhandedly, "the blind leading the blank". I'll let you determine who is whom in this pair. :D
Also, Alice's expressions are great and very much in character, but I think Anna has an equally admirable display or expressions for us to enjoy. Really, really nice job, Mars. :)
Okay, NOW you can worry about expectations by setting the bar too high for yourself! MUAHAHAHA! ;D
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24th May 2022, 10:11 AM
jerrie
YES!!! I KNEW it!!!! I knew these two really liked each other!!! I KNEW IT!!!!! (well, I was hoping they'd end up a couple wasnt sure if it would happen, but I was hoping)
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24th May 2022, 11:21 AM
Observer
k i'M Glad i'm not the only one shipping these two super hard. They're far too transparent in their obvious respective obsessions with one another :D
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24th May 2022, 12:24 PM
RandomUserName
" these two really liked each other"
This ^^
Anna seems to be exactly the kind of person Alice is into. Emotional, honest and capable, or at least thats what it seems. What she was looking for and thought Tara was like (for whatever reason haha)
Anyways Anna drop the attitude and take advantage of the situation that's fallen into your lap (metaphorically speaking... for now)
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24th May 2022, 12:34 PM
mars
An emotional counter culture rebel who dresses like a hot topic model?! Of COURSE Alice is going to be down with that!
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28th May 2022, 6:14 AM
Chaucer59
I was rereading this page and realized that—if Anna had looked up immediately following Alice’s response in oanel one, the rest would have been unnecessary. That HUUUGE CRUSH is all over Alice’s face in panel one. Her eyes in that panel are a testament to your skill, Mars. I don’t know how you wrung so much emotion out of so tiny a picture of Alice’s eyes, but her feelings are there for all to read.
I’m aching to see the follow-up response, so I guess Mark is going to dash my hopes and switch back to Tara or the enemy or possibly Jay (we haven’t seen Jay in quite a while).
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28th May 2022, 7:52 PM
mars
I'm very glad that all came across in the 1st panel, cause that was 100% the intention :D
And yeah... I feel like it's been forever since I've drawn Jay. Honestly the way I've split the characters up in this chapter, while intentional, has been weird for that. Kate's not been seen forever too... I'll probably try to limit that a little bit in the future as I don't like the huge gaps
But anyways for now, don't worry, we're not cutting away QUITE yet ;)
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