Snow by Night

Blaise and Snow-by-Night dance on top of Temple of Giavere on Page 4 of Winter Fantasy. Julie Wright once again works her magic. To see one of my favorite panels of this vignette, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

Brittany and I will be at Anime Mid-Atlantic this weekend. Come by and say hello if you’l be there.

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Blaise and Snow-by-Night emerge from the Harp & Trumpet and carry their song onto Iniquity Row on Page 3 of Winter Fantasy. To see where the two end up next, vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

Brittany and I will be attending Anime Mid-Altantic this weekend. Come by and say hello if you are attending.

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Blaise’s daydream takes us to the stage of the Harp & Trumpet on Page 2 of Winter Fantasy. Blaise, like most of us, sounds better in the shower or in our dreams. To see Julie’s gorgeous rendition of the outside of the Harp & Trumpet, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

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Today we begin with page 1 of Winter Fantasy. This vignette is the first to feature a main character. Normally, I use the vignettes to tell stories of side characters, but I wanted to show some of what is going on inside of Blaise’s head at this moment. His head is filled with bubbles and streamers as he delights in his new-found love. With such thoughts, it was only fitting that the vignette be a musical number.

Yes, a musical number. I wanted to see if I could pull off a musical number in a comic format. To do that, I recruited Julie Wright. She is an amazing artist who is the colorist for The Dreamer as well as one of the creators of Ianua. She rose to the challenge and the art she produced is breathtaking.

The melody I’ve chosen for Blaise’s love song is Auprès de ma Blonde, a traditional French song that dates back to the 18th century. It’s a drinking song that then became a marching song. Leave it to Blaise to make a drinking song into his love song. The most endearing version of this song I could find is by nondepouk on YouTube. It’s fantastically sweet and simple – one man with a guitar, which is how I figure they would have sung it on the frontier.

To see a preview of the next page, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

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Almanac References: Drab

Chapter 6 Page 29 concludes with a new bargain struck between Snow-by-Night and Blaise. Let’s hope that the third time is the charm. Next Monday, we begin the vignette Winter Fantasy, illustrated by Julie Wright. To see a sample of the incredible art you can expect, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comic.

Brittany and I traveled down to Animazement this weekend and the convention lived up to its name. It was amazing. We met so many great anime fans down there and got to tell hundreds of people about our comic. We sold close to 70 books, which is a record for us. No rest for the wicked though. Anime Mid-Atlantic is right around the corner.

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Blaise finally catches Snow-by-Night when she runs out of town on Chapter 6 Page 28. There, she confides in Blaise what she saw in  the temple of Giavere and makes a startling declaration. To see the next page in progress, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics and see several panels of Brittany’s pencils.

Only one more page left in this chapter. I’m afraid that Monday is a holiday for us. So our next page update is next Wednesday, May 29. After that, we start the vignette for Chapter 6, titled Winter Fantasy. It’s written by Yours Truly and drawn by the immensely talented Julie Wright. You may know her as the colorist for The Dreamer or as one of the creative pair behind Ianua. I’ve poached her for this project and I’m so glad I did. It is so dreamy. Which is good, because… well, you’ll see.

Animazement this weekend. Brittany and I are off on Thursday since it’s down in North Carolina. Diane’s in charge while we’re gone. I’ll do my best to get an Almanac entry together before I go.

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Blaise and Snow-by-Night bound across the rooftops of Sherbourg on Chapter 6 Page 27. To see a glimpse of what awaits them on the next page, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

Brittany and I will be attending Animazement this weekend. We’re at table M24 on this handy dandy map of Artist Alley. We won’t have a new page on Monday in observance of Memorial Day.

Last week, I added Snow by Night to Tapastic in an effort to reach more people, and has it been successful. Tapastic even featured us on their front page. If you have a moment, please visit our series page on Tapastic and give Snow by Night a rating. The higher our rating, the more notice we’ll get over there.

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Once again, Blaise finds himself chasing a manitou on Chapter 6 Page 26. Except this time, he’s outside at night in the snow. The advantages are all hers. To see more of the chase, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

This week, Snow by Night joined Tapastic. This is a webcomic hosting platform and it’s a way for us to try to reach new fans. Don’t worry, this site isn’t going anywhere. All my almanac entries are here. But if you would be so kind, please consider visiting Snow by Night’s series’ page and giving us a rating. The higher our rating and the more likes we get, the more prominently we’re displayed on Tapastic.

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