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Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – page 5

“Welcome to Duvane: You Probably Won’t Get Eaten Here!”

VoSS – The Long Run page 4

Valley of the Silk Sky: The Long Run page 4 is actually a PSA suggesting that perhaps stopping to smell the flowers is not such a great idea after all.

Point your eyeballs thisaway:

here on tumblr
here on Tapastic
here on Studio NDR

I am in the midst of coloring page 10, which I will probably finish today. Will I be able to knock out the rest of the chapter by next week? Maybe! We shall see.

In a perfect world I’d be able to complete chapter 2 in time to do a little promo book of the first two chapters for ECCC. This is not totally outside the realm of possibility, but it’s probably not worth rushing the art for. The question is, if I don’t get chapter 2 finished, is it worth it to print up a book that’s just chapter 1, or is it better to hold off and just do the 2-chapters book. I’m leaning towards the latter.

In other news, Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts should be going to press very shortly, so that I should definitely have for ECCC. Woo!

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – page 4

Such pretty flowers.

Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” page 3 – A PROTAGONIST EMERGES

Check back next week to find out whether or not xe* got eaten already.

Where can you see this frabjuous page?

Here on Tumblr
Here on Tapastic
Here on Studio NDR

* Quick note about pronouns: I expand on this more in the VoSS FAQ, but the TL;DR version is that cultures of the Pocalo Valley don’t have a concept of gender per se, so they don’t have gendered pronouns.

Whatever your physical body may be (and they know there are more than two possible configurations), that carries no expectations regarding your social behavior or your abilities.

Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – page 3

A PROTAGONIST EMERGES. Check back next week to find out whether or not xe* got eaten already.

* Quick note about pronouns: I expand on this more in the VoSS FAQ, but the TL;DR version is that cultures of the Pocalo Valley don’t have a concept of gender per se, so they don’t have gendered pronouns.

Whatever your physical body may be (and they know there are more than two possible configurations), that carries no expectations regarding your social behavior or your abilities.

VoSS – The Long Run page 2

With page 2 of Valley of the Silk Sky, our aerial survey of the valley continues. The settlement on the lower right is called Duvane, and there’s a reason it’s not on the ground. Not that the sky is a whole lot safer, it would seem.

So many choices of where to see the page!

here on the Valley of the Silk Sky website
here on Tapastic
here on Studio NDR

Progress report on the rest of the story: I’ve been nailing down the script for the rest of the book. Chapters 1-3 were already scripted and thumbnailed, and while I knew what happened for the rest of it, now it’s a matter of getting all the bits in order and formally set out. For instance, I now know there will be seven chapters total plus an epilogue. I don’t have a final page count yet, but I’m guessing it’ll come in at around 120 pages, give or take.

Chapter 1 pencils are finished, and I’m most of the way through the inks for page 10. Once the inking is wrapped up, it’ll be back to coloring.

I’m hoping to have a little minicomic of chapter 1 available for sale at ECCC. At this rate I should have all the pages done in time to get something printed up. This is mostly for promo, probably not going to print each chapter individually. Though I do very much hope to have a print book of the whole story once it’s complete.

So! That’s the status of things. Tune in next week for an actual PROTAGONIST.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – page 2

Our aerial survey of the valley continues. The settlement on the lower right is called Duvane, and there’s a reason it’s not on the ground. Not that the sky is a whole lot safer ….

PiQue ends, VoSS begins!

Lots of stuff to run through today! This is the last Politically InQueerect post for awhile, but it does feature Todd’s hairy chest, so you can’t say I never gave ya nothin’.

I will obviously babble more about PiQue once the Old Ghosts book is out, but for the foreseeable future my comic energies are bent (har har) towards …

… Valley of the Silk Sky, which officially debuts today! You have several choices for where to read this series:

On the Valley of the Silk Sky website, which is convenient if you’re a Tumblr user. This is also where you’ll go for further VoSS fun like character info, worldbuilding details, publication info, and so forth.
I’m also running it on Tapastic for the convenience of people who were already following PiQue over there.
And yes, I’m publishing it here on Studio NDR as well.

So! Pick yer favorite, and follow along!

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – page 1

We begin with a bird’s-eye view of the world we’ll be exploring. The structure is called Pocalo, and it’s a country consisting of seven levels. Each level is a separate province.

You can see five of the provinces from this end of the Valley. The other two are only visible from the sea. Or by falling trough a hole … but you wouldn’t be so careless as to do that, would you?

Hello, and welcome to my Queer YA webcomic project, Valle...

Hello, and welcome to my Queer YA webcomic project, Valley of the Silk Sky. This comic updates on Wednesdays, and is intended for ages 13 and up.

This archive contains comic pages ONLY. For additional material, such as details about the world and characters, FAQ, concept art, publications list, etc., please visit the Valley of the Silk Sky website.

Book 1: The Long Run follows the adventures of Razi, a young refugee whose only means of survival is to collect rare plants to sell. But the Pocalo Valley can be a dangerous place, and the best prices to be had are on the plants that are the hardest to get. So what’ll it be? A bare subsistence on the low-hanging fruit, or some financial security in exchange for possibly (but not necessarily!) being devoured by wolfcats?