You might have heard of the Valentine’s Day Sex Drive. This is our third year doing it. Last year is was Faylin, and the year before that it was Ardra. Here is Ardrienne, drawn by John Peters:
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Click through to see the full image and to get links to the other VDSD participants!
Sorry this wasn’t posted earlier, but John drew Ardra in an awkward school photo for the 2013 fundraiser to raise money in a fight against human trafficking. Basically it’s a giant desktop wallpaper with a myriad of creators working together to get the word out, and funds raised! It’s the Comic Creators for Freedom!
You can make a donation to Love 146 here, and you will then get the 4th fundraiser wallpaper, with little Ardra among over 100 other characters in their younger years!
If anyone out there would like to submit some guest art or comics for Ardra, now’s the time to submit!
Hopefully the poll mechanic works, and you can voice your opinion like that, but feel free to comment as well (because we want to know your reasons).
So, you may have heard, after the current storyline (Vengeance²), John and I will be going back and redoing the whole Ardra archive for print.
Why? Well, for print, so we can have something to sell at cons, and such. It’s the next logical step to showcasing Ardra to a wider audiences. Plus the remake will also happen online as regular updates. ALSO helping to increase the audience, and hopefully start making an earning for the artist. It’s the nature of the beast.
The remaking of the archives should not be as severe as the treatment of The Road Trip. Which was fairly rewritten and rearranged, but did not change the overall plot or intentions already laid out for the characters. The “Dizzyland” segment from the original Road Trip would be placed somewhere else, possibly expanded, but the other storylines should remain fairly untouched as far as placement and content.
For the most part, the plan is to remove references that “date” the comic. Maybe add some jokes, tighten the script (dialogue and art), and perhaps slightly expand some stories for added character development or clarifications. But nothing major that should affect continuity.
An idea that also came up, is to possibly add other storylines during this period. New storylines of experiments, jokes, or adventures that could have also happened during the time frame. The plan for these would not to be affect the continuity of already established canon (at most, they may be referenced, but would not affect the plots or content of existing storylines).
I would like your thoughts!
-Fes
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Hello loyal fans and readers of Ardra!
We are gearing up to start updating Ardra this Halloween, with a special Halloween comic; and then continue with the Vengeance storyline, on November 7th. We will be aiming for Wednesday updates. For now, John is working off some commissions from the summer, and a couple of the next Ardra comics. The “Part 2” of the Vengeance storyline should run between 20-30 pages. It’s about half re-scripted, so almost there with that.
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To see the main comic, please visit the Main Archive.
Hey gang! Sorry for the delays, once again. Still re-writing the script to part 2 of the storyline for “Vengeance”. I got in touch with Adam Smithee, whom had originally pitch several ideas that are mostly or partly used in this storyline. And, of course, it has been convention season. We hope to get things rolling again in September.
In the meantime, if anyone wants to submit GUEST ART or COMICS, just let us know!
By the way, Fes will be at Dallas’ Webcomics Expo: Strip on August 4th, and at Intervention Con in Washington, DC on September 21-23.
Looks like Ardrienne won the 2012 Miss ComicGenesis! Thanks to members of the ComicGenesis forums! Here are the other nominations:
Jinn of The Volet
Harli Dust of Flying Tigers
Winter Rachel Farthing of Metal Solstice
The Canadian of Scribook
Erika Epstein of Space Princess
Frieda Marie McVixen of Critters
Lori Newman of 8:1
Marie Thayer of Loud Era
That’s right! The entire Road Trip storyline is finally in print! All pages are colored, colors remastered, and all 32 pages just for $5! Order your copy today!
Okay, everybody. Time to finally explain the whole “Ardra thing”, and why exactly I’m leaving. Honestly, there are a number of reasons…burnout, creative differences with Fes, and just a general sense that the time is right. But really, it comes down to this:
I’m an opinionated guy. And sometimes, those opinions are going to rub certain people the wrong way. Understandable. The problem is, I’m afraid that John and Fes might get caught in the crossfire, so to speak, and be made to pay the consequences for things I say. I don’t want that to happen, ever…but I’m afraid it may have already happened, and may happen again. So, I think it’ll be best for all parties concerned with Ardra if I just leave to do my own thing, and let John and Fes carry on with this project without me. They’re more than capable and talented enough to do so.
I’m planning to write some webfiction with Ardrienne at some point in the future, but barring unforeseen circumstances, I’m out of the webcomic game. Thanks for all your support over the years, and I sincerely hope you’ll continue to read and enjoy Ardra.
Best wishes,
Jason Dunstan
