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Tidbit #1: "Sci-fantasy?"
Not quite sci-fi, not quite fantasy, and someone even said it's "not quite cyberpunk" either, which makes it all the more harder to pin down. And that's the way we like it.

Tidbit #2: "Set?"
Think of a "set" being an arc, and the subsets being parts of that arc. One can't quite regard them as chapters, as they don't fit that mold. I'm anticipating a total of 8 sets.

Tidbit #3: "Songs?"
Why yes, you perceptive thing, you. Each subset title is derived from titles or lyrics of truly diggable songs. Bonus points to you if you know them offhand without a-Googlin'.

About Bitters Past

Sometimes the only way forward is to go back. A sci-fantasy comic in which the infected strike back and the old come to call. Featured on WCN and Graphic Smash, with handy-dandy reminder feeds.

Title?
From a Tim Easton song. What can I say? I love his music. You bring the bottle / I'll bring the wine. Go visit; I highly recommend him.

Cast?

Blitz

Marseilles

Red
Nwar
Ehrlend

And then there're folks like Chtuchu (first appearance), Raquelle (first appearance), Chewy & Kara (first appearance), Luis (first appearance), Southwest (first mention), and some lovely agents (first appearance). They're not gonna get knocked off anytime soon, I hope.

Updates?
Every Wednesday. After each set, a little break will be taken, generally 1-2 months so that I can recharge my batteries and gear up for the next round. Readers usually like it when I come back with a pow!, and I can't say I blame 'em.

One neat thing is that if you want more than just one update a week, you can have it -- just contribute to our friendly neighbourhood tip jar! Every time the tip jar reaches $100, you get an extra comic page the following week. Hey, toldja it was neat!

How?
The old way was that I'd draw everything with non-photo blue pencil before inking. Now I just do panel borders and dialogue with non-photo blue, and the rest with regular pencil before inking. This is so that I can properly erase everything before I begin coloring with Tria markers. Non-photo blue is tricky to erase, which is why I retain them for panel borders and dialogue.

After that, I scan the page, resize, and add dialogue. For pages that ran before mid-April 2008, I had to make lots of color adjustments because my old scanner was absolutely batty. It didn't scan the same page the same way twice. For pages mid-April 2008 and after, though, my new scanner captures the colors wonderfully, so I only need to make minimal adjustments. I love my new scanner so, so much.

See a typical progression here:

Contact?
Yes, please! I promise not to bite. Gnaw, maybe, but not bite.

Now what?
Read Bitters Past, that's what. Now go and see what all the fuss is about!