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Whiskey Bend Page 16
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Whiskey Bend Page 16

on January 14, 2012
Chapter: Book 3: Whiskey Bend
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  1. Katie
    Katie
    January 14, 2012, 12:56 am | # | Reply

    I like this page. I’ll admit it’s not my favorite page. But I still like it. The flaming horse is amazing of course.

    I’ve already showed this comic off (several times over) to several of my friends. Every time I stumble on a new comic, I read a few pages, If I like it I share it.

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 14, 2012, 8:40 am | # | Reply

      I really do appreciate you getting the word out — I just figured I was overdue for some kind of art tantrum and tried to minimize it and confine it to the single most disappointing page of all time. (Pretend I said that last bit in a GlaDOS voice; it sounds better like that.)

      • Katie
        Katie
        January 16, 2012, 12:33 am | # | Reply

        Heh. Artists are allowed to talk about their art any way they want. It’s how artists are supposed to be.

        I enjoy it, Art and all. So I pass it along to my friends & family, They may not comment on here but I know they enjoy it too.

  2. Winged Anomaly
    Winged Anomaly
    January 14, 2012, 1:24 am | # | Reply

    This page is only bad because the rest of your pages are so damn extraordinary. Compared to most webcomics I read, this is still way above par. Next Town Over is the comic I look forward to most, simply because of the sheer quality of all the updates. There’s never a dull week in this world XD

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 14, 2012, 8:36 am | # | Reply

      D’aww. Thank you very kindly.

  3. Daikizen
    Daikizen
    January 14, 2012, 4:37 am | # | Reply

    Great page, nonetheless. Its still beautiful, and very well done. And as its been said before, your are is awe inspiringly amazing, the previous page had been especially so.

    It was hard week waiting for this, what with exams and all, but it was worth it, definitely. Now to wait for next week…..great….

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 14, 2012, 8:35 am | # | Reply

      What’s funny is that last page is not a fav of mine, either, and people seemed to really like it, which made me think maybe I just critically lack objectivity and I was glad I didn’t whine about that one. But this one…? I just hate it too much.

      Very much obliged, anyhow, for the kind words! 🙂

      • Daikizen
        Daikizen
        January 14, 2012, 10:30 am | # | Reply

        It was an honour.

  4. 12th
    12th
    January 14, 2012, 9:51 am | # | Reply

    My only question is… how does he hold on the horse? Particularly when it’s about to jump over that chasm?

    Hmm. MAAAAAAAGIC.

    Also: Like everyone else is saying, the art is still top notch.

    • Daikizen
      Daikizen
      January 14, 2012, 10:32 am | # | Reply

      I guess.

      See how his right hand is always near that beautiful flaming mane?
      My theory is, he’s probably got something to hold on to. Maybe the mane itself. But magic sounds so much cooler.

      • Spex
        Spex
        January 14, 2012, 2:36 pm | # | Reply

        Well I mean if he’s holding on to the mane itself, as in, the mane that is made of fire, I’m pretty sure magic is a requirement for holding on anyway.

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 14, 2012, 2:53 pm | # | Reply

      You don’t really, ideally, hang onto anything when you’re sitting a horse provided it’s under your control (this is a bit of magic even I can do, I guess? [sitting a horse without hanging onto something, I mean; reliably controlling most horses is easier said than done]). He does have his left hand sunk into the Outlaw’s mane, though, yeah. Just in case.

    • My_Little_Annie
      My_Little_Annie
      January 17, 2012, 3:06 pm | # | Reply

      Bareback riding, even without reins, is a real thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pg1EbXbZO4

      …however, I wouldn’t recommend doing it on a wild mustang that is /on fire/

      • Wm
        Wm
        February 9, 2013, 8:51 am | # | Reply

        Ms. Annie, how would you recommend riding a wild mustang that was on fire?

  5. Sulucamas
    Sulucamas
    January 14, 2012, 4:01 pm | # | Reply

    Damn, Vane’s fearless! I guess she has no qualms with being run off a cliff…it’ll probably just slow her bad self down.

    I’m more than willing to wait for an update, especially if the delay maintains quality and allows you to meet your own high standards. That said, I couldn’t tell that this page was lacking! 🙂

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 15, 2012, 7:55 am | # | Reply

      Good to know!

    • ABeth
      ABeth
      January 16, 2012, 5:50 pm | # | Reply

      Same here. Hate? This page? What’s to hate??? O_o

      (And the last page, with the panels overlaid on her face, and her eye showing as panel and background-for-others both — woah, that was just awesome design.)

  6. Maria Violante
    Maria Violante
    January 15, 2012, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    I saw this and almost peed myself. I haven’t followed the whole story line, but flaming horse? American southwest? Bad-ass chick with dual pistols and some obviously magical stuff going on? I’m working on the second book in a very similar series and after seeing so many coincidences, and all of it executed so much more awesomely in a graphic form – hell, I almost just quit!

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 15, 2012, 7:54 am | # | Reply

      I just checked out your blog. There are striking similarities! Isn’t it always vaguely depressing to find someone else doing something similar…? I am depressed, right now, reading this synopsis! Don’t quit, though! The American west is big enough to accommodate all the magic & flaming horses! 😀

  7. Zee
    Zee
    January 15, 2012, 12:33 am | # | Reply

    Looks darn good to me!

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 15, 2012, 8:05 am | # | Reply

      Thanks, Zee!

  8. Maria Violante
    Maria Violante
    January 15, 2012, 12:49 pm | # | Reply

    Hey, thanks for taking a look! Either way, I will definitely go back and read your comic from the beginning.

    I have never written a review of a comic on my site, but yours looks amazing, and I think it might be something worth doing. If that is something you’d be interested in, please shoot me an email at mviolante@airampublications.com. I’m not 100% sure how I would do it, but the concept is very intriguing, and the similarities in storyline, etc., might help out readers that are looking for similar material!

    Thanks,
    M

  9. Maria Violante
    Maria Violante
    January 15, 2012, 12:50 pm | # | Reply

    Oh, and I fucking love the horse, if for no other reason than it’s exactly how I pictured Alsvior in my head all along.

  10. Slowvehicle
    Slowvehicle
    January 15, 2012, 11:18 pm | # | Reply

    …just found the comic, and devoured the archive. At the risk of sounding the hopeless fanboy, this is creepy, beautiful, thrilling, engaging stuff. Can’t WAIT to see where you’re taking us!

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 16, 2012, 6:40 am | # | Reply

      Thank you so much! I’ll look forward to having you around.

  11. rinalicat
    rinalicat
    January 16, 2012, 1:34 am | # | Reply

    The way you draw that horse makes me wish fire horses were real…

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 16, 2012, 6:41 am | # | Reply

      I think there is a part of all of us that wishes fire horses were real.

      • My_Little_Annie
        My_Little_Annie
        January 17, 2012, 3:02 pm | # | Reply

        I had a fire horse once. Actually, he was a flaming idiot and a hothead, but that’s pretty much the same thing, right? Anyway, not so cool.

  12. coffeecult
    coffeecult
    January 17, 2012, 1:30 pm | # | Reply

    I won’t lie, the last page made it into my gtalk status for days. People must know about this.

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 19, 2012, 8:08 am | # | Reply

      Wow! Thank you very kindly – plugs are always appreciated.

  13. AnnaMaria Bryant
    AnnaMaria Bryant
    January 19, 2012, 2:19 am | # | Reply

    I’m so in love with how you draw horses and clothing. It’s funny how artists will be praised for their least favorite pieces and criticized for their faves sometimes. But I gotta say, this page looks excellent, I’m not seeing what’s wrong with it at all. Loving the purple shading here, too.

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 19, 2012, 8:10 am | # | Reply

      Thanks — feedback from another comic artist is always extra-validating; maybe this page wasn’t quite as bad as I made out … or maybe I just wanted everyone to rush in and tell me it was okay. 😀

  14. Sybarite
    Sybarite
    January 20, 2012, 3:03 am | # | Reply

    New fan here: This was the first page of the comic that I stumbled across. I read your disclaimer and thought, “If this is the crappy page, then the rest of this must be amazing!”. I am glad that I was proven correct.

    • Squidbunny
      Squidbunny
      January 20, 2012, 7:55 am | # | Reply

      Very much appreciate the kind words — hope to see you around in the future, then.

  15. Jon
    Jon
    January 25, 2012, 3:50 am | # | Reply

    Silhouette-only horse blackness? I approve.

    • Ben
      Ben
      January 25, 2012, 9:24 am | # | Reply

      I wish I could say it was purely an aesthetic choice but it was largely for productivity/economy.

      But I’m sure you wouldn’t know anything about that.

  16. WitUnderPressure
    WitUnderPressure
    July 12, 2014, 8:08 pm | # | Reply

    I know it’s the horse’s tail, but it looks like the bullet came flamin’ out of the horse’s butt.

    • AlpineBob
      AlpineBob
      September 27, 2018, 2:11 am | # | Reply

      Ha!
      After the fourth or fifth time I perused the page looking , it suddenly struck me that the tail looks like a rocket exhaust., and it made me laugh. 😀
      Clear for Take-off!

  17. Storel
    Storel
    May 2, 2016, 2:22 am | # | Reply

    Is it just me, or does the landscape here remind anyone else of the Roadrunner cartoons?

    Only MUCH more beautifully done!

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