Bittersweet Candy Bowl

90. Golden Hour, page posted 11/16/15

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Author commentary

Oliver: Here’s the big change! And to a new reader… it’s nothing?

Basically, the big deal is that the rest of the chapter looks like THIS and not like a BCI comic. In late 2015 when this chapter was posted, Veronica was still getting used to the new style introduced in Guest of Honor, we had scheduled a holiday where she wouldn’t be able to work on new pages, and the buffer was about to run out. So the solution was found: update at the normal rate, but finish Golden Hour in the sketchy BCI style that’s way quicker.

Obviously, we knew we had to get around to finishing it in the proper style in time for Volume Six, and so in late 2018 Veronica spent a bit over a month finishing all twenty-five pages. Hidden work goes into every book we publish (for example, all the drawing corrections made for Volumes Four and Five required a lot of work from both of us, as patching over watercolour is a lot more complex) and the hidden work in Volume Six involved redrawing 25 pages everyone already read. Two months of page updates, two months that could otherwise go into the page buffer and avoid hiatuses and update schedule changes, but two months that had to be spent!

So for old readers, while you might have already read these pages, please enjoy the changes!

For new readers, it’s like nothing ever happened! We hope.

As a bonus: check out a comparison of this page to the older style, and a comparison of page 28 to the older style.

Comments from around the web

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Tumblr: out-of-context-bcb November 16, 2015

Hey! Don’t worry about life stuff. Things happen, and family is important! With everything going on I would have expected an actual hiatus, and this is plenty more than that! So don’t overwork yourself, take it easy. And remember your fans love you <3 AND Soupy

Facebook: Eva Goins November 16, 2015

Art is still fantastic. Take your time and get your irl things sorted out, free of stress. :)

Facebook: Mike Qua November 16, 2015

The page looks fine, I won’t really mind it being like this, not even a bit

Facebook: Dàniêl Fàiz November 16, 2015

The page is beautiful. But i gotta say that i hate that your willing to tire yourself out for the sake of your fans. I know so many webcomic artists who take breaks and hiatus, lord knows you deserve one. You are such a hard worker. The stress of work and trying to meet the fans demand could possibly make you enjoy drawing comics less. The authors are more important than the story. You come first, you must always come first. Take the hiatus, please. You need and deserve it. Dont you agree souppy? You two come first. Blow caution to the wind and sleep in. We always got the streams.you two deserve a break.

Facebook: Gimmie Kal November 16, 2015