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.
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).
This is the second time we’ve had a Fire Force vs. Black Clover One-Shot, so I used the same location from last time for this comic. There’s a lot of new characters being introduced in this one, some of whom I don’t really know, but hopefully I captured everyone well and fans of both shows can enjoy this one.
As has become tradition, here is a compilation of some moments from this year’s Studio Christmas party. Hiro Hamada won the lottery to get chosen as the official Studio Santa this year, but as you can see he’s not the only one sporting the look. I had a lot of fun putting together this year’s party, and I tried to fit in an eclectic selection of characters. I hope there’s a little something for most everyone here, and I’d like to wish you all Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas.
Here’s page five of our monthly SubscribeStar Bi Ongoing! There were only two scripts submitted for this month, which were fairly similar to one another, but I did my best to pull from both as we move into the real meat of this comic.
The winning script for the November One-Shot focuses on two of the main ships in Fairy Tail. The script called for some unspecified dialogue in the last panel, and I did my best to write something that fits them even though I have only a passing familiarity with the characters. Hopefully everything here feels on-brand.