You’re Not Going To Die
Another unfortunate reality of my life-situation – I worked through the weekend, as I will have to do on short notice for some time to come. So sorry there’s no comic this week but that’s the life I’m living right now.
So at least this week, I get a three-day weekend.
I promised a further view of what’s next for 6-Commando last week, and only now do I realize how weirdly ominous that may have seemed. It’s really not. Basically, what’s next is that we’re moving towards the end of the story. After a lot of writing and planning and other such things, I ended up editing the end of the story pretty savagely, not because I want to end it, but because so many things I thought would make sense when I started this project nine years ago simply never made it into the story, and now don’t exactly work. Chapter 8 will be the midpoint of “Season 3,” which will conclude with Chapter 9. Then there will be a Series Finale, to finally, at long last, bring 6-Commando to its conclusion.
I went back and forth on this, and I feel like I’m finally getting a grip on the best and fairest way to end this story. Naturally this isn’t happening tomorrow, or really even next year, but it is happening sooner than I had at first imagined. My biggest concern is to do this thing justice, and to make it all finally come together for you after all this time.
So that’s a lot of rambling, I know, but there it is. We’re moving towards the finish line on this and the end is a little closer than it might originally have seemed. But I think you’ll all like it, and it’s gotten me feeling very enthusiastic about the story in a way I haven’t been for a long time. So here we go!
Well, that’s comforting…I guess.
In its way, I guess.
i have the feeling it will be a sad ending, BSG-style.
BTW, there is a comic out there the 6 Commando fanbase might like. Permission granted to post the link into the comments here?
Permission granted, of course! The more the merrier!
Alice Grove, by the guy who does Questionable Content.
http://www.alicegrove.com/page/220
Link will lead you to the furst strip.
I’m reading it right now! I love it! 🙂
“She’s not a demon. She’s an a**hole.”
“Hey!” 😉
I read the whole thing and loved it, thank you! Am on Questionable Content now.
I’ve not often commented here (I think at least once?) but I’ve been reading for some time now and wanted to weigh in. Another comic I read for a long time recently ended, fortunately with a proper wrap-up (despite the artist being unable to complete it as graphical pages,aside an illustration or two and a final full-page spread), unlike many that have fizzled out or stopped without any explanation over the years. What I’m trying to say, is that I understand and accept that having a set end (instead of going on forever) is sometimes the better thing for a story (and in some cases the artist!). So, glad to hear it won’t be ending super soon and thank you for continuing to provide us with this entertaining and interesting tale despite the demands and struggles you’ve had to deal with. It is much appreciated! ^-^
Thanks, man, I appreciate that. I’ve never planned for this story to go on forever – it always had a beginning, middle and end. But over the course of the story there are points that we’re going to come up that never did, and sticking to the original structure just became disjointed and unnecessarily drawn out for no reason. It had been so long since I edited the script that I’d sort of forgotten, and now I feel like it will really be a better story overall. What I don’t want is a lopped off end that gives some impression that I’m just bored, which is not the case, or just to drop it and forget about it, which isn’t fair to anyone.
This page is almost a perfect balance of the serious (what with the battlefield wreckage), nostalgia (Milo!), enigma (so so very much), and just plain “awwwww!”. Quietly understated, it’s one of the best “show, don’t tell”‘s I can remember. I like it! Really nice way to get back in the story!
Very kind of you to say! I’m perinally very fond of this scene, and I find it a very heartbreaking side of Sarah that she would be contemplating mortality in such a childlike way.
Thanks for that. Believe me, I definitely understand that a story in one’s head can sort of evolve between creation and the actual telling Looking forward to seeing what comes ( … 🙂 And ***hopefully*** making some sense out of it all at the end!).
You know, such hiatus is kind of a good thing on our side, Mathieu – we have more time to prepare and “heat up” to guessing whatever is happening in there 🙂
And last but not least – “it’s all unfolding just as planned”, however the plan has changed along the way 😀
Of course, take all the time that you need, and keep warm out there. 🙂