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Oct 2021

I wanted to draw a manga that would throw shonen and shoujo cliches out of the window to focus on Western narrative devices, thereby creating a True British Manga.

I wanted to create a story with representation so when people read my comic, they can say ‘wow! That character looks like me or ‘that character reminds me of myself!’ I also wanted to make a story where black characters are showcased in a positive, strong light.

My pilot is here if you are interested :kissing_smiling_eyes:

Well, besides money for sure, because I've never made a penny from it lol
The reasons are I love comics and I love hockey so I decided to put both things together

Here's my story, featuring weekly comic pages.

And for those who are interested, you can also download a 36-page full e-comic book here, with a long story.

So I don't off myself. Decided to postpone it until I finish at least one of my stories.

Quarantine.

And like, I started the script before quarantine, but then...when quarantine hit, I did it extremely because of quarantine.

I've never really thought about a particular reason for making it. I guess subconsciously, I wanted to make the horrible memories and experiences of my middle school years a bit easier for me to digest. So I made a story in which several events and scenarios were taken from things I either did or experienced, and exaggerated them to either a comedic, or more dramatic level.

Even the overall story is an exaggerated representation of things I'd gone through during those years.

I feel like my story won't leave me alone until I draw it, so...

The first reason my friend and I started working on Beta Chip was to fill a niche in the market place on webnovel now we have grown to absolutely love the characters more than anything we have ever done in our 8+ years of writing.

I've always dreamed about my imaginary characters since I was a kid. Making scenes where I'm along with them and I'm already at my 20s.

Even though I got so many friends to hang out with. I never stop thinking about those imaginary girls and guys. I never shared it to anyone, so I decided to write a story about it.

tbh money have never even been considered, ive never believed i can make money making comics lol
I just really want to tell the story of my characters and draw them a lot :heart_03:
and its mostly for me because i draw what i want to see and the characters i enjoy but its fun sharing right? :sweat_02:

I made a fan comic, so I knew making money off of it would be out of the question. I just really wanted my favorite characters to hang out with my self-insert

Since I was 10 y.o. I had a whole bunch of OCs and wanted the things I draw to become anime. My husband writes amazing stories I absolutely love, and drawing them kinda makes me feel like I am having my own anime and I want other people to see them through my eyes and enjoy them too :smile_01:

It just looked fun tbh I dunno what else to tell you, man :relieved:

That said, it's more demanding than I was anticipating ngl :skull:

I just like making stories. The one thing that inspired my recent work is mental health.

Mine also started out as kind of a self-insert fanfiction, but over the years of adding more and more ideas & plot to it, it became something more than that. It still has a lot of those crossover elements, but it's pretty much what makes it very charming; some kids going on an adventure through multiple worlds, meeting their heroes and saving the day, but also trying to live with the consequences of opening all those pandora boxes that they were at fault for opening :smile_01:
The project itself suddenly became longer than I anticipated, but I'm having a lot of fun with it and that's what counts :smiley:

I started making it because it's in my head for a long time and I just wanted to tell it. No special reason, just wanted to create my story

Honestly, multiple reasons. One of them was because I've been helping people over the past years and I realized just how many people felt alone or unheard, there are so many battles that they are fighting by themselves, and I wanted to change that. I wanted to use this as a way to reach out to people, telling them that they aren't alone, that the road ahead can be hard, but there's always light at the end of the tunnel.

Second one is more personal, but it's cause of the passing of my mentor (may she rest in peace), and long story short. It's a promise that she wanted me to promise her and I am following through it.


First, the idea came from a dream especially the character, Lyza. At first, I didn't know her name before asking suggestions from my friends and one friend suggested Lyza and it felt that it fit the character.

In the dream, I pictured a wasteland in which she protects her brother in a very "Mad Max" setting which was super cool and from there, I start build a story around her and her ability.

It's something about this character that I love writing stories about her and so on and many friends have been giving me some positive reception about her.