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!
Last year we started a new Halloween tradition of a highlight comic set in the Studio Halloween party. Like last year, our randomly-selected costume model, Space Beth, takes the center panel while we check in around the party with the rest. I know some characters who appear here may be hard to place, especially in the glory hole panel, and I imagine some will only be identifiable through the tags in the public post. I’m pretty happy with how this comic turned out, and I hope y’all will enjoy seeing some of the Studio residents enjoying the spooky season.
Maron and Marron are both pretty minor side characters tied to Krillin, one made for anime filler and one originating in the manga first. They were both named by different parties looking to expand on Krillin’s “chestnut” name pun. This is the real world reason for them having almost the exact same name, but that hasn’t stopped jokes around Krillin naming his daughter after his ex-girlfriend. Either way, I thought it’d be fun if Marron let a little of her dad’s side come out here in her reaction to Maron, and it was fun to get to draw her with her signature GT hat after drawing her so much without it for PPP.
Another Ask with an answer I think people could easily predict. The only thing I had to consider here was who to pair Usagi with. I kinda wanted to keep up the theme of pairing her with Dragon Ball characters, but I didn’t want to go with any of the obvious big names. Maron’s only appeared a few times, and is a cute ditzy character I could see Usagi potentially vibing with.
I started this pic a while ago, but just now got around to finishing it. I’ve always liked both Maron and Bulma’s design in the Garlic, Jr. Saga, even if it’s a filler saga and many people consider it non-canon. I don’t have any specific ideas, but I would like to draw both again sometime soon, possibly in an all-girl pic with Chi-Chi. 😀
I’m currently working on the next page of Sleepover Raid, plus two large-scale single image commissions that are taking a lot of time to work through. I will also likely be posting the first couple pages of a new commission comic, one I started a long time ago but is just now getting released. Hope you all will enjoy these pics when they come out!







