Page five of this comic! We’re done with the strap-on now, and there’s only a couple pages left of this one. I’m still really enjoying working on this comic, but due to some other obligations it might be a bit until page six is ready.
So, just a reminder for folks who don’t know, but I have a handful of different categories for the types of ongoing comics I work on. One is the SubscribeStar monthly comics, of which there are four that cycle through one page per month on a rotation schedule. I also have a handful of comics that just update when I can get to them (Tournament of Power, Butt Witch’s Busy Weekend, Leave It All On the Court and The Eizouken’s Closer are the current lineup of those). The rest of the comics I do are on a rotation schedule, where I will work on one comic for 3-5 pages before then moving on to the next on the schedule. I have this schedule posted on the sidebar of my site, but it’s pretty far down, so I don’t know how often people see it.
This page marks the end of ZMN’s run as the focus comic in this rotation. I know it’s just getting to the good stuff, but it’ll probably be a while before we work our way back around to this one. For now, though, we’re going to leave things here and move on to the next comic in the rotation schedule, which I’ll talk more about when the first page of that comes out in about a month.
So there was only one script submitted this month, meaning this page is sort of like a throwback for our monthly ongoings in that it’s one Subscriber’s singular vision. This is not personally the direction I would’ve taken this comic at this point, but here we are.
So, if I’m not mistaken, this is actually our 100th One-Shot, which is wild to think about. I’ve been doing these monthly since the fall of 2016, and there’s still plenty more to come! This one was won by a relatively new Subscriber, and is a focus piece on Invincible’s Atom Eve. She’s a character I feel like there’s some demand for more of, so I hope y’all will enjoy this action with her. I think I personally would’ve stuck with pairing her with other ladies from Invincible, since there’s a lot of good ones I haven’t drawn yet, but they instead elected for a more eclectic lineup. I hope y’all will enjoy it!
After Kody’s accidental discharge, he and Chase engage in a little sixty-nine while he recovers.
Here’s the sixth page of “Leave It All On the Court.” Not much to add here, but Yoinks and Maki seem to be having fun.
This page had two incompatible scripts submitted, so I wasn’t able to blend them like I usually do for these. Both scripts took the comic in a different direction I wasn’t thrilled about, so I basically just went with the idea that made the most sense to me. This one should be wrapping up pretty soon, I think.
The first One-Shot of 2025 is focused on Scott Pilgrim, a franchise I’m quite fond of. I first got into Scott Pilgrim through the movie, but I like the comic a lot as well and really enjoyed the Netflix series. I’d been toying with drawing Scott Pilgrim content for a while, but wasn’t sure how well I’d be able to handle the style. I was excited to see this script win, though, and I hope I did a good job with these characters.
Here’s page eighteen. Despite their best plans, Kody did indeed end up blowing his load to early. I’m sure they’ll figure out a way to move forward, though.
Of the two scripts that were submitted for this page, I basically went with the action of one script and the dialogue of another. I think it worked out pretty well. I feel like we’re winding down to a natural conclusion here, and I wouldn’t be shocked to see this comic wrap in the next rotation (though we’ll see).