Moon and Star Stories

The one-hundred-and-second comic page has just gone up (WHEE!), and I spent some time on the sidebar yesterday.

There are pretty new buttons for each comic so far, and I finally got around to putting a Top Web Comics voting link up on the sidebar, so if you like the comic, I’d be happy if you clicked the button.

Forgive the extreme lateness of the next page. I’d blame the Half-Blood Prince, but it’s not his fault. I did like the movie, though.

The great news is I have a job! Yay! Two, actually.

And I have Thursdays off. So to make life easier on myself, I’m changing the update schedule from a page every Monday and Thursday, to a page every Tuesday and Friday.

It will smooth some things in my life up a bit. I hope it doesn’t inconvenience anyone too much.

I hope y’all have been enjoying “Together”. Page 40 will be up on Tuesday (May 12, 2009). :]

If you notice a sudden difference in text and speech-bubble quality on Together, p12 and on, it’s because my hard-drive crashed on Monday, Jan 26. I am currently working to recover all of my files, but it’s possible I’ve lost about a year’s worth of artwork and comics because I wasn’t diligent about backing everything up. *cries*

But I only lost one page of Together that had already been completed–p12–and I have now reconstructed it. My techy brother gave me this wonderful Linux Ubuntu OS cd that can run your computer on only it’s cd drive and RAM. It has The GIMP, so I’m teaching myself how to use it very quickly and awkwardly. With my working files saved on a flash drive, I’m able to letter the comic pretty decently. There should be no interruption in the comic at all, though the text and bubbles just won’t be as pretty as I was able to make them in InDesign.

And, yes, general reminder to everyone to BACK UP YOUR HARDDRIVE so when your HD suddenly decides to DIE you won’t be quite as devastated as I was. geh.

Welcome to Moon and Star Stories!! This site will be a repository of all-original comics, each with a science fiction or fantasy bent, and a liberal smattering of romance. I plan to be consistent in posting 2 pages a week, a page every Monday and Thursday.

The first story is ‘Earth-Rooted’, a sci-fi romance in 21 pages.

I’ve already begun penciling the second story, which will be a romantic sci-fi set in a war-torn city. I have four additional stories outlined as well, with preliminary character designs, so please keep checking back!

I hope you enjoy my stories. Comments are currently open to all, and appreciated.