Exclusive for Patreon members, here are the full-sized versions of the pictures from the Cursed Shop event for your perusing pleasure. Once the second batch of pictures are up, I'll post their full-sized versions too.
2017-12-02 15:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to investigate the work practices back at the cursed shop! Lunch break hassles have to fall under some kind of international treaty. Probably a major one.
Today's picture is thanks to DarthRevan! Thanks, DR!
"I'd like to see Pip in a fancy Victorian gown, a dress so big he can't even walk out the front door of the store."
Title: Transported
Media: Comic
Main Characters: Rico, Alien Grays
Chapter 1: Intro
Page 6
Rico has finally risen. He stands slightly slumped, a disaffected posture, and barely comes up to the aliens' torsos. While the aliens still glare down at him, Rico waves his arms at the viewing screen, "That's not real."
The second alien now looms large, as the previous one nods sagely in the back. The alien's eyes are furrowed, l...
2017-12-01 03:16:24 +0000 UTC View PostIt's time for a new bonus art request thread as thanks to all the fine people that support at the $4 patron tier. Thank you all for your support, both the new members and all you returning readers too! We should have a story voting thread for December depending on how some things go on this end.
Leave a request a picture for the weekly bonus arts in the comments!
Do you have a specific Mercs What If you want to see? Do you want to see Sloth in a cute hat? Do ...
2017-11-30 19:35:28 +0000 UTC View Post
There's the catchphrase!
I suppose being a dancing girl doesn't really provide you so much in the ways of hiking gear. OR! She's trying to show up everybody by doing it in impractical heels. You go, girlfriend!
2017-11-30 03:17:43 +0000 UTC View Post
It's back to the shop and Coredumperror puts Pip to work. Pretty, pretty work.
"I'd love to see Pip get treated as a "live mannequin" for the shop's vintage finery. :)"
Everybody knows it's the bonnet that brings in the sales.
For more information on the event, see the earlier post here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cursed-shop-15514594
2017-11-29 15:52:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Title: Transported
Media: Comic
Main Characters: Rico, Alien Grays
Chapter 1: Intro
Page 5
As the movie continues to play on the screen, Rico looks over to the two aliens, who are nodding intently to the screen. Rico shrugs and hooks a thumb at the display, "I... I don't get it."
The alien stands imposingly over Rico, gesturing with grandeur at the movie. "Through great peril and scientific advancement beyond your comp...
2017-11-29 02:51:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Maybe it's just the holidays and creepy glowing lights are how this town now chooses to celebrate. Times change, dancing lady! Have you even stopped to consider whether those hills are now alive with or without the sound of music? Selfish.
2017-11-28 01:30:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Title: Transported
Media: Comic
Main Characters: Rico, Alien Grays
Chapter 1: Intro
Page 4
One of the aliens gestures back to Rico, who is now sitting cross-legged on the ground, a mixture of pouting, anger, and general grumpiness on his face. Still with an imposing air, the alien beckons, "You have been collected for a grand purpose, creature."
The alien dramatically motions behind the group to a viewing screen that d...
2017-11-27 02:21:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to plug a friend's Kickstarter project, "Ambition: A Minuet in Power".
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joymanufacturingco/ambition-a-minuet-in-power
I used to work with the Design and Art Director and they're good folks making a neat, and pretty danged unique game. I mean, how many puzzle-y/sim-y/management-esq/dress up/visual novel-ish games...
2017-11-26 00:57:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Our first customers for the Cursed Shop community event were sent our way by DreamingEndless.
"Pip working the counter for customer service, as a transformed girlfriend wants to return a very ill fitted two piece swimsuit, while the boyfriend begs her to keep it."
I think the outfit is getting a bad rap here. It's just creating extra buoyancy for water safety. Cursed bikinis save lives! Thanks, DE!
For more information on the event, see the earlier post here: ...
2017-11-25 16:08:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Title: Transported
Media: Comic
Main Characters: Rico, Alien Grays
Chapter 1: Intro
Page 3
Rico recovers and immediately switches to shock and anger. He throws his arms out and shouts, "Hey!" at the aliens. They don't overtly react.
Rico rants while angrily pointing a finger at the aliens, the absurdity and newness of his situation completely thrown out the window and causing him to ignore the gravity of the situation. H...
2017-11-24 02:10:57 +0000 UTC View Post
In the non-food, non-sports spirit of Thanksgiving, starting up a new community event felt like a fine way to give thanks to you fine readers for coming along with us as we started up Transported here on the site.
While Lust is getting her holiday shopping and preparedness done, Pip seems to have found himself in another situation. And that's where this event's theme comes into play! The suggestions don't have to be limited to just following up what happens to Pip, you have the whole shop to w...
2017-11-23 18:30:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Nooo, not the pretty tiara! Especially not the pretty tiara with a suspiciously antennae-esq thingie on top!
2017-11-23 02:32:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Title: Transported
Media: Comic
Main Characters: Rico
Chapter 1: Intro
Page 2
Rico is sprawled out on a metal floor with an iris gate sealing closed under him. His hair and clothing are disheveled so we know this is the outcome of him being sucked into the air. He's slightly gasping, not sure what's going on and not quite acclimated to where he now is. Rico's eyes are still somewhat panicked and darting, a bit drained by the order.
<... 2017-11-22 02:08:11 +0000 UTC View Post
It's another request from a Sins Fun Club member at the $4 level! DarkZamiel asked for "Female Pip taking over Mercy's pregnancy for a night while Lust takes Mercy and Ruth out for a girls night."
Nobody warned our dear writer that he could be held accountable for stories he writes!
I'm not sure what the bigger betrayal here is. Mercy pawning off a curse onto her director or the fact that they don't invite Pip to girls' night out.
You don't hang out in front of weird hatches, rancher man! That's like dealing with the extraterrestrial 101. Doubly so if the space metal is oozing goo!
2017-11-21 02:45:31 +0000 UTC View Post
We're kicking off our new series, Transported! Strap in for sci-fi fun, laughs, and probably some comically bad things happening to Rico.
The format will be as follows: Four "panels" worth of story accompanied by an illustration of the page's events. Typically, we'll have the story up top here with the illustration attached at normal resolution and the full size too.
The first few weeks of the story will be available for free for everybody and will stay free as a preview so you kno...
2017-11-20 02:17:15 +0000 UTC View PostToday marked the last page in the Sins Fugue storyline! You can still check it out at: http://sincomics.com/
I included some info on the next projects in the post, so I wanted to keep everybody here up to date too:
And that wraps up the Sins Fugue storyline! Altogether, Sins has racked up over a decade of comics and over 2000 pages! That's quite a bit. But the series isn't over yet. Those of you that played th...
2017-11-17 12:02:55 +0000 UTC View Post
And here's the official start of the next Mercs storyline! Full of apparently ranchers, saucers, and ol' timey cussin', by cracky.
2017-11-16 01:23:59 +0000 UTC View Post
No ethical dilemmas this time around! Just good old fashion crafts falling out of the sky! And a rancher with some mouth on him. Using the g-word right from the start!
To receive Mercs comics twice a week, images at higher resolutions, and other goodies, join the rest of the Sins team on our Patreon right here!
2017-11-15 21:56:42 +0000 UTC View PostI was cleaning up some folders and came across a project that didn't get off the ground, so I thought it would be fun to share as a Patreon exclusive thing. Way back when (you can tell it's been a while since they have the Venials logo), Thom was working on putting together a card game for the comic network he works on (the Wotch and such) and asked me to be a part of it. You may also remember Thom from Murry and Lewy ( http://murryand...
2017-11-15 14:03:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry if it feels like a cop-out to anybody, but I felt ending the story without revealing the outcome was the only fun way to do it. Actually showing the decision would have stripped it of its worth and the outcome you imagine is always going to be more fun than the outcome I chose. Does the scientist take it? Does the assistant? Do they share it?
Also, I wanted Ruth to get some payback against Sam for the conclusion to the recent bridal story. Ruth isn't a total pushover and Sam doesn't get ...
2017-11-14 02:57:22 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for more bonus art from the supporting members of the Sins Patreon! To make your own requests, join up at the $4 pledge level!
This month, Eliseo asks for "What if Sam helped Travis from "Whistleblower"?". Thanks, Eliseo!
We saw Travis get a bad end without the Mercs in a previous What If, so a What If with Sam seems like a... slightly less bad end? At least he's the business world's cutest CEO, right?
We have another commission continuing the adventures of Melody and her pal Pip thanks to Melkorios! This time around, we have a continuation of the community LustCorp dress event and we get to see the results of Lust's mobile dress factory in action. Which leads to some inaction on the parts of its victims. Melody at least seems used to it by now.
Thanks for the commission, Melkorios! Visit his gallery at:
2017-11-09 13:29:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh no, heady stuff! Deep moral and philosophical choices about who makes sacrifices! Or maybe one of them will just claim a food allergy and claim they can't have one of those tasty, tasty science bars. Beats the heck out of a dry strawberry cereal bar on a road trip!
2017-11-09 01:12:12 +0000 UTC View Post
We have some more bonus art from the supporting members of the Sins Patreon! To make your own requests, join up at the $4 pledge level at!
This month, DreamingEndless asks for "Lust wearing something saucy while Rhett is dressed as a chef carrying a pot of sauce".
Oh, Lust loves her daft farm boy. He might not catch on to innuendo as well as the rest of them, but his heart is in the right place. And he looks good as a pants-less chef. You go,...
2017-11-07 12:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post
That's right, this storyline is all about cannibalism! Okay, okay, maybe not. But really, isn't cannibalism just a transformation from person to meal? If the Valkyrie have teams for transformations from man to women, human to robot, and human to statue, is there a supper division?
It's time for this month's Patreon commission! Big thanks to all our Patreon members for keeping the lights on and supporting us so we can do bonuses like this. Huge thanks to all you fine people that are already members of the Patreon Fun Club!
This month's picture was done by Ichimoral. Lust is both adorable and spooky! And I'm super jealous of that hair swoop. Check out his gallery at:
2017-11-05 12:54:37 +0000 UTC View PostIt's time for a new Mercynaries story! Our $4 Patreon members voted on a theme for the next story and "Vacation" was the winner, so we have a tale of sun, sand, and suspiciously friendly islanders. This one doesn't have illustrations since I was working on it for the hiatus downtime, but to make up for it, it's a bit longer than the others and features drama, action, and even has some ties to some grander things goings ons in the Mercs world.
To stay tuned for the poll for the next story, keep...
2017-11-02 19:28:33 +0000 UTC View Post