You as a kid.
SOOOO here's the page I hinted at earlier last month (and July) that I was working on as an edit/ switch to the page in Chapter 5 where we had the original introduction to Norman's family backstory,
I felt that this part sets up the awkwardness/story/pain better because it gives us a glimpse, but doesn't give us the whole story. And it makes readers ask questions like "Where are his parents and sister now?" "Why is their photo in the dusty attic?" "Why doesn't Norman...
2021-09-05 16:12:55 +0000 UTC
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Do you want to talk?
So for this page, I just recycled the previous scene's art/paneling with some minor changes to expression/eye position to add dramatic effect.
I felt that this part–the part where Cal first opens up about his feelings about his father–was kinda rushed. I think it was rushed in a good way though, I just wanted to add some awkwardness to spice it up a little.
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2021-09-05 16:09:34 +0000 UTC
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Realization.
For these next two pages, I wanted to add some depth to the scene where Norman and Cal argue and console with each other.
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2021-09-05 16:06:58 +0000 UTC
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Y'ALLLLLLL I cannot even begin to find words for how excited about this I am.
In just the first 2 days, we doubled the goal and reached $10k. 10-FRIGGIN-K!
And with over 150 copies of the book. I'm over the moon 😭💕 Thank you to everybody that supported this. I can't tell y'all enough how much this is going to help.
Love ya 🌈💗
-J
2021-09-03 14:55:11 +0000 UTC
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WOOOO IT'S FINALLY HERE FRIENDS! 😭💕👹🔥🙌
Get your print copy of BKI Volume 1 🥳
You can find the kickstarter by clicking on this link:
http://kck.st/3jB5z7W
Black Key Incubus, Volume 1 Cover Art Copyright © James Schleisman August 2021 All Rights Reserved
2021-09-01 14:12:14 +0000 UTC
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Confrontation.
For these pages, I really wanted to rework the scene where Danny appears to attack Cal. It just felt so random and sudden in the original one and my editor literally said "Yikes." when they read it 😂
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2021-08-27 16:41:52 +0000 UTC
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Hey beautiful.
Budding romance between Jazmin and Vanessa 😋💕
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2021-08-27 16:24:07 +0000 UTC
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Emotional Manipulation.
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2021-08-27 16:19:08 +0000 UTC
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King of Hell.
For this page and 31B my plan was to introduce a scene showing Astaroth as more of the villain, so I wanted to build up his character as the emotionally manipulative/abusive father Cal has said he is.
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2021-08-27 16:17:51 +0000 UTC
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Vanessa.
YAS OMG y'all I can't tell you how excited I was to share these pages with y'all. These were the pages I was talking about on my post where I said I was writing Jazmin a new storyline/narrative/character development arc. Hope you like our intro to Vanessa, too 💕
Her character is very special, near, and dear to my heart and I can't wait to share more about her in future chapters.
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2021-08-23 19:13:49 +0000 UTC
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Volcano Chorizo.
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2021-08-23 19:10:15 +0000 UTC
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Great minds think alike.
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2021-08-23 19:09:20 +0000 UTC
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All of them except mushrooms.
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2021-08-23 19:08:22 +0000 UTC
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Park pizza.
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2021-08-23 19:06:50 +0000 UTC
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Why isn't it working?
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2021-08-23 19:01:45 +0000 UTC
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Hi friends!
Some big changes are happening in my life at the moment, and I'm taking some steps to reflect those changes.
The change I wanted to highlight here is that I am changing the name I use for writing credits on BKI Cover Arts to my legal/birth name "James."
I'm doing this to keep them congruent with how I copyright the pages under my legal/birth name "James Schleisman."
Also, another life change, I go by a different casual name now.
2021-08-22 19:37:21 +0000 UTC
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Hi hi!
After further thinking on this change, I decided to remove the 4th wall narration from the edits I previously added. It just felt like...too much.
I let y'alls feedback sit for a week and I agree that less is more, and the narration detracts from the emotional impact the pages had previously. There's just something to be said about an art page with no dialogue–it hits different, ya know?
Thanks for your love and support on these changes, it means a lot to me.
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2021-08-20 20:07:46 +0000 UTC
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Summoning incantations.
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2021-08-19 22:45:23 +0000 UTC
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Translocation.
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2021-08-19 22:44:19 +0000 UTC
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A spell for True Love.
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2021-08-19 22:42:44 +0000 UTC
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Video Diary, Part II
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2021-08-19 22:35:01 +0000 UTC
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Video Diary.
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WOOT NEW PAGES! 😍
This is the first of many extra pages Daryl and I worked on to help patch/fill certain parts of the story to improve flow/readability/character development/plot/etc.
The pages will contain some odd names like "7A, 7B" etc so they can fit in their designated spots in the tags on here and on Tapas/Webtoons. The letters stand for the part they come after, so the original Page 7 will be the page before the patch here.
Lmk what you...
2021-08-19 22:32:04 +0000 UTC
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HEY Y'ALL BIG THING:
After I finished the dialogue/speech bubble page edits I went back through and added Chapter Tags to every comic page post for the current story.
NOW ALL CHAPTERS HAVE THEIR OWN TAGS!
YAYYYYY 🤩
If you want to read the comic by chapter, or just want to go back and re-read, you can just go to the tags search and type in "Chapter 1" or whatever chapter you're looking for and you'll find all the pages for that respective chapter ali...
2021-08-19 20:28:36 +0000 UTC
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ASDFGHJLKJHKLAGHH
FINAL storyline/dialogue update for ya!
Recap: I've been reworking certain dialogue scenes/pages/parts of the story in preparation of the print version of BKI, Volume 1.
The next dialogue update/round of edits I worked on were from Chapter 5. WOO I'M FINALLY DONE WITH THESE 😭🙌
The changes I will be implementing here are as follows:
- General retouching/reworking of most dialogue & speech bubbles (wording, posi...
2021-08-19 17:49:07 +0000 UTC
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Yuh
Got another storyline/dialogue update for ya!
Recap: I've been reworking certain dialogue scenes/pages/parts of the story in preparation of the print version of BKI, Volume 1.
The next dialogue update/round of edits I worked on were from Chapter 4. The changes I will be implementing here are as follows:
- General retouching/reworking of most dialogue & speech bubbles (wording, positioning, flow, etc.)
- Narrative edit on ...
2021-08-15 15:27:13 +0000 UTC
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Hell-o AGAIN teehee 👹
Got another storyline/dialogue update for ya to feast your eyes on:
Recap: I've been reworking certain dialogue scenes/pages/parts of the story in preparation of the print version of BKI, Volume 1.
The next dialogue update/round of edits I worked on were from Chapter 3. This chapter actually wasn't too bad–I was able to get it all done in one night.
The changes I will be implementing here are as follows:
- Gene...
2021-08-13 23:19:24 +0000 UTC
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hEy friends 💗
Here's your comic update for August 2021:
1) Daryl and I worked on some new pages to flesh out Chapters 1-6.
I know I said expected completion was going to be within a week last time, but it ended up being longer 😅 sorry about that, friends.
I'm working to get this completed, but I can't really say yet when it will be done. I hope it's soo...
2021-08-10 17:56:17 +0000 UTC
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Hell-o 👹
Got another storyline/dialogue update for ya to feast your eyes on:
Recap: I've been reworking certain dialogue scenes/pages/parts of the story in preparation of the print version of BKI, Volume 1.
The next dialogue update/round of edits I worked on were from Chapter 2. This chapter definitely had a lot of work. My speech bubble skills back then were so bad 😆 There were also parts that needed some dialogue rework to fit the story bett...
2021-08-10 17:45:02 +0000 UTC
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Hi hi!
Got another storyline/dialogue update for ya to feast your eyes on:
Recap: I've been reworking certain dialogue scenes/pages/parts of the story in preparation of the print version of BKI, Volume 1.
The next dialogue update/round of edits I worked on were from Chapter 1. I wanted to highlight the introduction of the "Narration" part of the story that will be on some pages going forward.
The changes I will be implementing here are as foll...
2021-08-04 20:50:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends!
Just wanted to shoot y'all a notification that the BKI website (blackkeyincubus.com) will be down until I can finish and upload edits.
I've been uploading the new versions of finished pages to Tapas/Webtoons and got a couple confused non-Patreon readers message me on Insta about the differences in dialogue, so I temporarily made the BKI website private.
Also, kinda as a question to y'all: what do you think would be the best way to go about changing posts...
2021-07-26 17:15:05 +0000 UTC
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