Comments for Dark Places - A webcomic of Fantasy, Adventure and Horror

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 10 by Gillsing

Gillsing — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:48:33 +0000

Kos is too precious.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 10 by dadman

dadman — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:54:07 +0000

Oh, that can’t be good. Maybe it’s because they didn’t wipe their feet first? Or maybe the guardian’s getting a dressing-down?

Thanks for all the work and artistry, and have a great New Year yourself!

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 10 by Chow

Chow — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:32:02 +0000

Kobolds are like children in some sense. That includes being adorable.

(I know they’re vicious sociopathic communists, but still.)

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 10 by Egypt Urnash

Egypt Urnash — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:36:52 +0000

oh god I DO THAT TOO *giggle*

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 9 by Steve

Steve — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:43:58 +0000

It had some personality to start with, but it’s got more idiosyncratic with time.

Comment on Rethinking things. by Liquessen

Liquessen — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:27:56 +0000

I’m just happy when a new page arrives! Don’t worry, take your time. It’s better with quality than rushed and sloppy any day. It doesn’t matter if we get to wait a month for the next page, that makes me all the happier when it -does- come out, actually.. Isn’t that ironic? But I do love this style, and the morbid darkness to these.. well, I suppose you can call them a sort of fairy tale, of the old kind. But fantasy. You know? Fantastical and mystifying and holding one of the edge of one’s seat somehow, through a medium of simply black and white that somehow is more expressive than a box of crayons. I was quite glad to find this comic back when I did, because I enjoyed the apparent simplicity coupled with intriguing story.
Eagerly awaiting you next page! Whenever you might post it.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 9 by Chow

Chow — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:23:10 +0000

First it got itself a personality and some quirks, and then it got left alone for centuries to stew and go a bit crazy.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 9 by Alexandre

Alexandre — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:49:31 +0000

So basically, the golem is Wall-E? I mean, in the sense of the personality developed because of “defects”.

Comment on Rethinking things. by Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:00:25 +0000

And thank you for reading. I think I’ve developed a signature style for the comic, rather than trying to slavishly render every little thing (which is slow and laborious, given my working practices). And yeah, now there’s enough in the archives that I can start linking things together and having stuff like, I don’t know, character progression and stuff.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 8 by Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:58:38 +0000

Haha, thank you. I’ve been somewhat remiss in plugging the comic into the various rating sites around the place, which is probably an oversight on my part.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 8 by Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:57:39 +0000

Nudging its perceptions slightly is a lot easier than binding it to her command, and in the meantime it’s tasked with ensuring the safety of the castle and its guests, so the explorers get a free bodyguard.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 9 by Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:55:11 +0000

It’s a theme that seems to keep recurring in Dark Places – things are not as they once were, and something has been lost. Given that it’s effectively a post-apocalyptic setting (albeit a century later) then I suppose that’s not entirely surprising.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 9 by Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:47:19 +0000

Well, it’s somewhat smarter than a traditional golem, and is also pretty old – so it’s had plenty of time to build up enough quirks and idiosyncrasies that it could easily be considered to have a personality of its own.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 9 by dadman

dadman — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:21:24 +0000

The glimpse into the hopes of the Sentinel makers is so filled with pathos among the signs of ruin and decay. I find the cognitive dissonance very affecting.

I like the clipped-by-the-frame word balloons, and the framing of panel 3 with the flanking skulls in panels 2 and 4 is particularly nice.

I’m so glad you’ve found the grace to return to your storytelling.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 8 by ChrisT

ChrisT — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:03:11 +0000

Yay! I win!

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 9 by Chow

Chow — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:18:08 +0000

That is probably the most talkative golem I’ve ever seen, outside Discworld. But then again, technically it is not called a golem at all, so perhaps it is to be expected.

I also rather like how Kos is looking at it in the second-to-last panel.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 8 by daftnewt

daftnewt — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:40:06 +0000

Kos makes an absolutely darling little girl

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 8 by Fugelthang

Fugelthang — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:54:52 +0000

That central panel, where the golem is trying to compute orders… Sick.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 8 by Gillsing

Gillsing — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:45:45 +0000

That is a clever trick. But I wonder why she bothered. Just because she could, or will that golem serve an actual purpose? It doesn’t seem as if she ‘programmed’ it to obey her, as it’s still following its old routine.

Comment on The Stranger Unmasked, Page 8 by dadman

dadman — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:02:22 +0000

“Are you sure about this?”

“Moderately.”

Excellent! And welcome back. So happy to finally find [i]Dark Places[/i] on the TopWebComics list—you’ve been favorited (as you have been in my heart lo! these many years ).