Well, we're back with the story! Hooray!
It's late so I'm going to leave it at that. Back soon with Wednesday's line art.
Edit: I forgot the storyboard page. Here it is!
--Kaja
2021-10-25 04:08:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The Girl Genius GURPS roleplaying sourcebook Kickstarter is now going strong! Please visit and have a look. They've already met some of their stretch goals and we are very happy. Today's Girl Genius comic is a set of wallpapers celebrating the campaign and showing off Phil and Cheyenne's very nic...
2021-10-22 03:32:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Steve Jackson Games' Kickstarter for the Girl Genius GURPS Roleplaying Book is planned to launch around 8 AM tomorrow. We're so happy! You can follow the project here, and I wil...
2021-10-20 04:42:51 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT: and here is the color version! The sharp-eyed among you will notice that I've replaced "Munich" with "Vienna". There's no deep reason for this, I was just thinking about Vienna and realized that it would absolutely be right up our fancy boy's alley. I'm sure he also visited and enjoyed Muni...
2021-10-17 02:20:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Edit: replaced the storyboard with the correct page. If you're missing the one that was here earlier, it's now available on Monday's page post.
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It's Friday's page already! Here are some sketches. I want Snakkerjape to meet Tarvek, and I want Egon here to meet Krosp....
2021-10-15 04:42:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Cheyenne gave me this with plenty of time. I just want that clear.
However, with our children as old as they are, it has been a very long time since a kid walked into my office and said the equivalent of "I need 52 cupcakes and an asparagus suit for school tomorrow." So I guess we were due....
2021-10-13 05:59:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Edit: Colors!
Well, we're working Cheyenne even harder than we usually do with this nonsense, so we don't quite have colors yet. What we do have is words, Cheyenne's partial work, and the storyboard. I hope it amuses until the colors come in!
--Kaja
2021-10-11 04:12:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's page 3, everyone! Cheyenne got me the colors in time, but I took a long time lettering the page anyway. Sorry about that, it's all my fault.
Once again, I've posted Phil's layout, Cheyenne's partial drawing and Cheyenne's wonderful final art. I think it's fun to see the progress.&nbs...
2021-10-08 05:26:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought it would be good to show you the bones of one of these pages. Here's Cheyenne's line art partway through his process. Next, you'll see what Phil sent him as a storyboard/layout page. A lot of circles and teeth, as you can see! After that comes proof that Phil hasn't lost his ability to ...
2021-10-06 03:28:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! Here's the start of a story about the Mechanicsburg Guild of Monsters, and how it rises to its former...glory?
Cheyenne is drawing the pictures! And, you know, doing the colors, as usual.
I am very excited about this one because I love the main character very much and I have just...
2021-10-04 04:03:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, everyone, as we launch boldly into another weekend full of madness and (I hope) fun!
I'm very pleased to announce that we are teaming up with Cheyenne Wright to bring you an October side story which we expect to begin on Monday! More on that a bit later.
Phil continues to i...
2021-10-01 00:32:30 +0000 UTC View Post
It sounds like Cheyenne might have something for next week. I don't want to get my hopes up, but I can't help but be a little excited about that.
Here is the final version of the Seven Snails! I love Cheyenne's color choices, he really outdid himself.
Phil is still on some prett...
2021-09-28 23:09:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Well. We're now out of pre-prepped pages. I suggested that Phil draw something with his left hand, and when he gave me this I thought he might have been being bad on purpose, but he swears he did his best.
I can see I'm going to have to get creative for the near future. Thank you all for yo...
2021-09-27 03:44:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Second Edit: I almost forgot to upload tonight's page! I've been running around doing all the things a 1950's housewife did all the time, and frankly, I don't know how those women did it. I'm very tired. My Grandma is laughing in her grave. Yes, Grandma, I am indeed very lucky and Phil is indeed ...
2021-09-21 03:36:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Monday's art! I'm packing Kickstarter stuff and getting ready for Phil's shoulder surgery.
See you soon with words!
--Kaja
2021-09-19 02:12:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, there isn't much going on here at the moment, besides handling Kickstarter stuff and doctor appointments and such. So here's an extra picture of Jim the corn snake. He belongs to our youngest kid and he is a very good snake. This picture is one of the last of him in his old enclosure, he's ...
2021-09-16 03:36:15 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT: I went to the doctor and got my eyes dilated today, and they now hate me. Before that, we saw a squirrel carrying a baby almost as big as itself, it walked right up to Phil and I thought it was going to ask for a treat, but then it kept going past him and through the alley on the side of ou...
2021-09-14 05:42:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahoy! We're back with the latest page. Phil just finished it, and it's getting a bit late, so I'm going to letter it tomorrow.
In addition to the gallons of delicious salsa he's been churning out, Phil has a HUGE pot of just tomatoes cooking down on the stove. The house smells heavenly. Tom...
2021-09-12 06:52:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Well. I'm sorry we don't have a story page today. It seems it's Phil's turn to have surgery. His shoulder has been hurting him for some time now, and the doctors have finished all their MRIs and x-rays and voodoo, and so, a couple of weeks from now, they're going in. This is going to make our aut...
2021-09-10 04:17:51 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT: Well, this took longer than I expected. I've started a new medication, and it's making me stupidly fuzzy-headed. With luck, that'll pass soon.
I need...more movies with beautiful haunted mansions. I'm running out.
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It's Wednes...
2021-09-07 05:58:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Here are the pencils for Monday's page!
Take care--
--Kaja
2021-09-05 05:14:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again! Here's the art for Friday's page. I should have the words up sometime tomorrow. We are FINALLY getting the shipping for the last Kickstarter underway, what fun.
I think that next time I'm going to change up my Kickstarter model so I can get the books out the door faster. I have...
2021-09-02 06:05:30 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT: and here are the words and the colors all in one swoop! Cheyenne sent the colors in while I was lettering.
I wish I were as cool as Tolkien and had a whole language worked out for the geisters. It's all nonsense, for the most part, so please don't put a lot of work into trying to figu...
2021-08-31 22:40:43 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm feeling a lot better! It's a good thing, too, because my youngest kid starts school again in a few days. Today we went out and bought some school supplies, apparently along with half of Seattle.
I've got a didgeridoo here that we picked up second-hand a long time ago, and I've just got ...
2021-08-30 04:20:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! I got a vaccination booster, and also a flu shot, and I can definitely feel it. That's good, I hope it means that my immune system is busy making all those lovely antibodies!
But it also means I'm feeling gross. Yay!
I just finished lettering an 8 page Girl Genius story for...
2021-08-27 04:59:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Aaaand, here's the other part of the pair! I like it better with Gil getting glared at first, then Tarvek getting laughed at. Poor Tarvek. Heh.
I wonder if he remembers Eotain from Sturmhalten?
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So, our electric steamer died. It just stopped heating th...
2021-08-23 04:55:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
Interesting fact, this page was actually drawn as page 47, but we swapped it with Wednesday's page and tweaked the words because we think it's funnier that way.
I want to get this up asap, so I'm not going to blather a lot today!
Enjoy,
--Kaja
2021-08-23 04:09:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes. It is he. The actual hero of the book.
He has his own logo and everything.
I think maybe after 20 years I should update that.
We're at another one of those story points where we have to be REALLY careful what we say so we don't put our foot in some sneaky plot h...
2021-08-18 02:32:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's Wednesday's page, I think you may all know what's coming.
If you don't, never fear, I'm going to post Friday's page within the hour. Stay tuned!
Edit-I messed up and uploaded the wrong pages. Sorry about that!
Thanks, everyone--
--Kaja
Sorry this one wasn't posted early, I was feeling pretty gross today and didn't get things done fast. On the plus side, I'm already working on Wednesday's lettering, so it should go up pretty early!
Thanks all!
--Kaja
2021-08-16 06:39:14 +0000 UTC View Post