Snow by Night

Knowledge is power on Chapter 8 Page 3. Snow-by-Night is bound as Bertrande prepares to extract her aether. To see a preview of the next page, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

So Blaise’s commentary about everything being uphill was drawn from Brittany and my experience in Québec. Our friends were kind enough to drive us downtown to see the Old City. We left the car and went uphill. That evening, we walked uphill to get back to the car. Brittany and I looked at each other and said, “Wait a minute… how… what? Is this city built on a giant möbius strip that is always going up hill?” Apparently in Québec, you can go uphill both ways to walk to school. Oh, and you will be walking through the snow.

I saw Thor over the weekend. I enjoyed it a lot. I was particularly entertained by the Norse in Space artistic style they had through most of the movie. The blending of the fantasy and science fiction elements together reminded me lot of the old ’80s movie Krull. I haven’t seen Krull in a long time so I don’t know how well it stands up, but something about the artistry of Thor kept reminding me of some of the fun ’80s fantasy movies with much better special effects.

The SpiderForest Webcomic of the Week is Supervillainous. It’s a relatively new webcomic of a super villain who is trying to juggle work and family life. If you like a satirical look at the superhero world from the villain’s point of view, this comic is for you.

Also, we have our call for fan art. Snow by Night will on a brief hiatus over the holidays. We would be more than happy to post any fan art during that time. It’s a great way to get notice for your comic or portfolio. Send any inquires to me at eric (at) snowbynight.com. Thanks!

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This week’s Almanac entry is The Great Grass Sea. This is my fantasy version of the Great Plains. I imagine the prairie dogs freaking out the first Japethan explorers. Oh heavens, it’s been a long day and I’m tired. So I’m going to wrap up the journal entry here. Have a great weekend, everyone.

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Bertrande and Jassart trick Snow-by-Night into the chair in Bertrande’s laboratory on Chapter 8 Page 2. Bad things will come of this. To see a hint of those bad things, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

I’m tempted to make Snow-by-Night’s comment into a button. Maybe “I sit through opera without restraints.” Or maybe “Opera without restraints.” Not sure yet. I’m still playing with the wording.

We will be taking our holiday break from Dec. 23 through Jan. 3. There are a lot of holidays in there and the team will be spending them with our families. So there won’t be any pages or almanac entries during those two weeks. We’ll resume on Jan. 6. During that time, I’d be happy to post any fan art. If you’re an artist, think of this as free publicity. I’ll put your art up on our landing page and give the link to your portfolio/website/webcomic. Check out some of the previous work done as fanart on our Extras page.

A little bit of legalese. If you submit fan art to Snow by Night, you are granting Mythmakers a limited license to display the art on our webpage. You retain all other rights to it. In fact, Mythmakers will give you permission to sell the fanart, even though it uses our characters, as long as you include a link to our website on the art itself. The link can be small and unobtrusive as long as its legible. If you previously submitted fanart to us or participated in Art Contest earlier this you, this permission retroactively applies to you too.

The Spider Forest webcomic of the week is Cooties. They’re in space at the moment. Yes, teenagers in spaaaaaaaaace!

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We begin Chapter 8 Of Making and Unmaking with Page 1. We’re back from our vignette to the present day. Who’s that making a chalk drawing on the floor? What’s up with the drawing? Who’s that on the wall smiling? Why is his portrait on the wall after what he did? All will be explained in the coming pages.

You may have noticed our new layout. Many of our readers recommended a landing page for the comic. After giving it a lot of consideration, Diane and I decided to restore the landing page. We thought that this would give you, the readers, more options when you first come to our site.  You can go to the start of the chapter, a particular page of the chapter, the Table of Contents, or the most recent page. Also, we have links to the most recent almanac entry and to our store below. I particularly like the idea of keeping that beautiful almanac image by Erin Mehlos on the front page more than just once a week. Let us know what you think.

We are also giving thought to removing the arrow key navigation from the pages. Some readers said that they use the arrow keys when writing comments below and having the arrows tied to turning pages caused problems. Let us know your thoughts on this. We may be removing the arrow navigation in the near future.

The SpiderForest comic of the week is Cooties by Nick Perkins. Cooties is an all-ages comic strip which follows a bunch of kids and their adventures dealing with school, friends, parents, the opposite sex, and the occasional paranormal/extraterrestrial catastrophe. One of the joys of webcomics is watching the quality of the art evolve over the pages. Cooties does this rapidly. It’s like watching one of those sped-up videos of a flower blooming. Check it out!

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We return to Bertrande and her reaction to Peyre’s letter in Page 10 of A Life So Free. This concludes the vignette. My thanks to Minuiko for illustrating it. She helped bring the scenes of the voyageurs to life. Thank you for all your hard work. She now joins our ranks of our contributors on our About page.

We will begin posting Chapter 8 on Monday, Dec. 2. It’s titled Of Making and Unmaking and will be picking up right where we left off in Chapter 7. To see a preview of the great cover page that Brittany did for Chapter 8, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

We will not be updating the Almanac on Friday because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Also, this Friday is Native American Heritage Day as the capstone of Native American Heritage Month. Our thanks to the First Nations for being one of the inspirations for Snow by Night.

And finally, don’t forget to check out Kaspall, the SpiderForest webcomic of the week. Good stuff over there. Lucy is a talented artist and writer.

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Peyre meets his end in the icy waters of the Upper Country on page 9 of A Life So Free. Shooting the rapids was a dangerous temptation for the voyageurs. You could either carry your weight in furs and then come back and get the canoe — a process that could take hours of heavy labor. Or you could avoid all of that by shooting the rapids. The Ottowa River is littered with rapids named after the voyageurs that drowned there. To see the a preview of the final page, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

This week’s SpiderForest webcomic of the week is Kaspall by Lucy Lyall. It’s a long-running (from 2005) mystery comic. A good bit of the supernatural creeps into the story so be ready for thrills and chills.

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This week’s Almanac entry are The Sweet Seas. What happens when you put the Great Lakes through a fantasy filter? Great things, naturally. (Oh, the puns.) Read all about the five freshwater seas of Everique in the almanac. They are the beating heart of trade, communication, agriculture, and a vibrant native society.

Don’t forget to check out Kez’s What It Takes. It’s a fine webcomic with good art and good story.

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Peyre and the voyageurs head home in Page 8 of A Life So Free. The trip downstream from the Sweet Seas goes much faster than the trip up from Ville Marcelet. To see a preview of Page 9 and the fate of Peyre, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

Don’t forget to check out What It Takes by Kez when you have a chance. If you’re a fan of post-apocalyptic adventure (and you probably are, with the Fallout-playing and the Walking Dead-watching), you’ll like this comic.

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