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Studio Halloween Party Highlights 2026

Another year, another Halloween party here in the Studio. This year’s party felt like it took longer than usual, and I think that might be in part because I tried to fit too much into each panel. Not only does this make the page take longer to get out, but it also makes the figures smaller and maybe even harder to make out, so I’m going to try avoiding that for the Christmas party if I can. I am happy with everything we fit in, though.
There’s a couple characters here we haven’t seen in a while, maybe even some of you didn’t even know some of them were in the Studio. This year I finally got to do something with Carmella Creeper, the undead DJ from the monster cereal line. I always pictured her in charge of the music for these parties, but this year we got to see her. We also got a fun little nod to the Poll Me Closer series, plus I finally got to pair Corey Park with one of the Tom & Jerry witches I introduced last October. We also have a follow-up to the Canute Ask. Of the costume ideas submitted, Link and Zelda just seemed weirdly fitting and also gave me some ideas for how to use them in a scene.
I hope y’all enjoy this year’s party! In spite of it all I’m pretty happy with the final page, and I’m already busy working on Christmas’s!

Seras Victoria Character Ask 3

One more spooky Ask here. When thinking about this one, I figured it’d be fun to focus on just other vampire ladies. There’s a few who haven’t really gotten to appear much, so it was a good excuse to bring them back. Obviously there’s more vampires than this in the Studio, including a few of my own OCs, but I feel like this lineup is pretty fun and eclectic.

Blinky the Clown Character Ask 1

Blinky and Clyde get semi-regular Asks submitted for them, and a lot more this month after it became clear I was focusing on a few Halloween Asks. Unfortunately, both of them are a bit tricky to do much with in Asks. You see, when I make Spookyverse characters, I often think about how they’d work if they were in a legitimate horror movie (or the like). For the Punchinello Pranksters, this means they have a bit of a group dynamic. Inky and Pinky are kinda the faces of the group, the ones with more personality who get all the dialogue. Clyde is more of the silent, creepy supporting character, while Blinky’s the one who mostly communicates through laughing. Of course, those aren’t hard rules and I could break them at any time, but since they haven’t shown up much I haven’t had much opportunity to convey these elements of their characters. This Ask was convenient because it’s focused a lot more on Kazuma’s reaction, something he does well in his own role in his show. Having an over-the-top reaction to some trouble he got into due to the proclivities of Darkness is just as much on-brand for him as laughing at nothing is for Blinky.

First Shoot #31 – Heles

So here’s another First Shoot! This is the second of a trio that tied, so there’s one more left and then I’ll be pausing this series for the foreseeable future. Heles is the kind of character who feels made for people in my profession to make use of, but I also just didn’t really have any ideas for her. That’s why she ended up in a FS poll to begin with, and once she one her random partner was Daria. I drew Daria for WWOTM a millennia ago, but I think she’s a somewhat comedic counterpoint to Heles’s personality.

Silas Holloway Character Ask 3

Here’s another spooky Halloween Ask that my Subscribers got a few months early. I don’t know if Silas has a “slutty” side, but I feel like it’d be more accurate to say he doesn’t have the cultural stigmas and societal concepts one would need to develop such a thing. I didn’t really feel like it mattered who topped him in that sense, and just kinda let a random guy fuck him since I felt like that’s mostly what people would want to see from an Ask like this.

Lydia Deetz Character Ask 1

So for all my Subscribers, this current batch of Asks are coming out in August. However, it’ll be October by the time they go public, so I’ve sed aside a couple “spooky” ones I thought might be fun. This one’s pretty straightforward, but I thought it’d be fun to see Lydia again after her MomSwap, and I always enjoy an excuse to have Yumi and Michiyo work together.

Ken Takakura Character Ask 2

I don’t know if I see Okarun as someone who specifically goes after aliens the way someone like Dandy does. Obviously his obsession with them is a major part of his character in Dandadan, but I’m not sure how much I see that interest turning into a fetish or whatever (especially considering the majority of interactions he ends up having with aliens throughout the series). I did think it’d be kinda funny to turn that on its head a bit, though, and have an alien eyeing him. I thought one of the bigger, rougher types topping him would be fun and kinda match his energy, so I paired him with a DBZ alien who hasn’t gotten much screentime. This also gives him a little extra something in common with Momo, for anyone who remembers one of her old Asks.

Swimming Club: Nessa

My Subscribers voted for the Swimming Club to get their next card. This is a fairly well-established club in the Studio, but this was a good chance to go a bit more in-depth with their activities. Like always, the member who got the card was randomly selected, but I think Nessa has a lot of fans and I haven’t drawn her often. She comes from after I dropped out of Pokémon, so I don’t know her super well, but here she is posing at the pool.

Sandy Cheeks Character Ask 1

I had an idea for how Sandy might respond to this comparison that I thought would be funny. I’ve also been trying to avoid using truly unidentified anons for Asks like this, and I felt like making the cock Johnny Bravo’s would work since he comes from a similar cartoony universe to Sandy. He’s also a fellow karate enthusiast, which works well into the Ask.