Half Sisters - Episode 22 + Bonus Pinup
Added 2022-06-14 11:44:04 +0000 UTCSandy and Jessica's date is very rudely interrupted...
Yay! 20 new pages of Sandy and Jessica! 😊
Writing this episode was so, so fun -- and creating the art was even more fun. There's a couple of revelations and twists in this episode and, as always, I'm very, very eager to read your thoughts!
Comments
Did you mould Jessica after Jessica Chastain? :D
Oli Szabo
2024-05-12 18:39:51 +0000 UTCI'm not usually big into series but I like this one.
Jessica Thence
2023-05-26 06:03:25 +0000 UTCThank you so, so much, France! Sorry I just saw this comment today!
Emory Ahlberg
2023-01-28 17:18:49 +0000 UTCThank you, Stacy. I doubt he'll remove the cage -- as far as Zach's father is concerned, that part of Nick should never be used again!
Emory Ahlberg
2022-07-01 20:04:50 +0000 UTCOoooh a date with Zach.....I wonder if his Dad will remove Nikki's cage hehe x
stacy C
2022-06-20 22:44:50 +0000 UTCEmory, I am amazed to see the mastery of the expressions not only of the characters but also those of the faces which build the scenario by transmitting the non-verbal movement of their presence and the aromas of their journey. It is a great talent to be able to identify and produce the reflections of their thoughts like a mirror in front of reality. WOW
France Day
2022-06-18 22:09:24 +0000 UTCsometimes i feel like the story doesn't move, i mean, it's been about 1.5 episodes of that bench, i realize that this is a part of establishing something in the plot but it would be rather refreshing to see the scene change more often
dov
2022-06-15 19:40:40 +0000 UTCalways love a good ally during pride month
Nina
2022-06-15 10:29:38 +0000 UTCHonestly I hope those two jerks get what's coming to them. (if) they take things a step too far and suddenly find themselves 2 balls short for their favorite sport. (well at least that main jerk, the heavier guy seemed a bit more backseat jerk)
Emily Morgan
2022-06-15 03:04:44 +0000 UTCAs for Zach, yes, his dad’s the one who’s forcing Nick/Nikki to be his son’s beard, and at the same time it now seems to some extent at least that Zach’s bullying is a defensive front, like his mirror glasses; never seeing his eyes is a brilliant and telling detail on your part. Sophia standing up to him and his cohort’s baffled reaction could be the start of his father’s entire strategy unravelling. Great set up. And your artwork is exquisite as always.
Robertlouis
2022-06-15 01:47:38 +0000 UTCA terrific episode, Emory, and psychologically very complex too. Sophia talks to Nick as two guys, but refers to Scott as him. That’s presumably to keep their friendship on the kind of even keel that Nick will feel more comfortable with - if Sophia started to talk about either or both of them as girls, it would arouse Nick’s hostility or make him withdraw even further. As it is, it’s simply reinforcing his isolation and refusal to accept his new reality - not that that’s all bad.
Robertlouis
2022-06-15 01:41:32 +0000 UTCI don't remember if page 5 is the first time Mrs. Ferris' husband is mentioned and from what Jessica said he was obviously a crook too, huh? We know Zach's dad has dealings with the Old Xu, how does the Ferrises fit in all that mafia?
Pelicanboss
2022-06-15 00:48:12 +0000 UTCI know it’s a long stretch. But I would love to see the three football buddies falling in the hands of Mr. Xu, or maybe admitted into second dawn 😝. And wow! The last panel with Jessica is beyond gorgeous! You are reaching very high levels of quality in your art, Emory! It’s wonderful to watch!
Ella Cherry
2022-06-14 22:26:08 +0000 UTCP.S. Very very fan of Jessica, I always had a weakness for a beautiful redhead.... but she's gone a bit cross-eyed in the pin-up 😜
ckarya
2022-06-14 20:14:34 +0000 UTCWow, this was a great chapter...another one. 🤩 So looking forward to seeing these two interact in college! Although I'm afraid Nikki is not going to have a good time at all.... at least at first. I think Sofia being an outsider and more mentally mature will handle it better, but you'll come up with something to make it difficult for her hehe. A month to find out how Nikki digests this news, ufff.... I'm really looking forward to seeing her reaction and hearing from her mother and her asshole of a father. Good job Emory! 😘
ckarya
2022-06-14 20:06:51 +0000 UTCGood thing Zach knew about Sofia. Still, risque move, could have backfired... Last picture must be fake/imagination - how else did Sandy manage to keep truth about herself from Jessica... :D
punarotta
2022-06-14 16:59:36 +0000 UTCOK! Here's the babble, as promised/threatened. Poor Sandy, never noticed for her personality, only for her superficial similarity to a rich woman's lost daughter, or for her past as the not-really-rival to a hot guy in a tank top, or for her humongous melons. Interesting to get confirmation from someone other than Nikki (who has good reasons for her anti-Zach bias but nevertheless probably can't be trusted for an *entirely* objective opinion of him) that Zach has a history as a jerk. Especially interesting that it's relatively recent. Arsehole dads turning their kids into younger versions of themselves! If I had to choose that or forced fem... Well, yeah, it's obvious which one *I* picked 😛 And, WOW, the story of how Zach's family *and* the Ferrises got so rich. Just awful people all round, wow. Also, Jess, while it may be true that Zach's only the QB because his dad bought the stadium "a new jumbotron", a) there are actually two of them, and b) don't let Nikki hear you refer to her tits like that. God, the panel where Sandy's confirming she knows about Zach was where my pulse *really* started to pick up, and I started remembering her talking about being a bit of a thrill-seeker. What are you about to do, Sandy??? Jessica being protective of Sandy! 😍 Sandy being protective of Jessica! 😍 "When I was a kid, I was picked on because I was small" — idk I feel like talking about her life with Jessica has been really good for her when it comes to feeling like a complete person, like "Sandy" is just the latest version of the person who started out as a small boy, being bullied. Love this for her. Also, she's so fierce and she's so smol and Jessica is *so* into her right now. Flashing back to when Sandy described herself as having "a short fuse and no way of expressing my feelings other than with my fist". Lads, one of these girls has been in a lot of fights and the other one is hefting a bottle at you... Reconsider your options! God, I don't know if "coming out" to Zach was the only way to solve this situation but it sure did fucking solve it. Incredible work, Sandy. Incredible work with absolutely no consequences! And then the hints of the boy Zach used to be, before his dad got his hooks in him. I feel for Zach, tbh. He made some dumb decisions — arguably he should have told his dad to fuck off years ago — but he's young and it's not fair to him that his mistakes have had such outsized consequences just because his father is a lunatic. He's got a tightrope to walk here, and it's bad for everyone if he falls. He *could* have been the guy his dad wants him to be, and paraded Nikki around these last weeks, but that's a choice he didn't make, and possibly his first actual good choice in a while (no matter how bitter she is about feeling forgotten, after everything that was done to her!). Also: a date! 🙃 "A special friend?" — Jess is jealous! And, Sandy, tell her about Josh, at least. "I want to tell her about the real me. That is, about Scott..." — Ah yes, I, too, talk about the real me in third person. I love the layers of complication in Sandy's situation, and I sympathise *so* hard. Being a trans woman and deciding when/if to disclose that to a potential partner is unbelievably daunting, and while Jessica would absolutely not care at all that Sandy's trans, well, Sandy's not exactly conceptualising of herself that way. And the "imposter" stuff is *such* a parallel to the shit that invades the brains of trans women who transition the normal way... She needs hugs! Final panel: aha. I see she's getting hugs! Nice, chaste hugs. Incredible update, Emory. You built the world out, gave us more absolutely prime Sandy-being-Sandy, and then you gave Sandy... a hug. Fantastic work ❤
Alyson Greaves
2022-06-14 16:53:43 +0000 UTCWOW... so much data to process... IDK why but I see light deeply buried in Zach like Luke saw in Vader... but as Sofia stated his surroundings is definitely all dark.
Maggie Heels
2022-06-14 15:14:24 +0000 UTCMe a few panels before the end: OMG the fabled Zach ally moment! Me at the end: Oh wow. No thoughts. Head empty. (I will undoubtedly be back to babble incoherently about this episode later. Because it was GREAT. More than worth the wait.)
Alyson Greaves
2022-06-14 11:53:45 +0000 UTC
