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Originally published: March 30th, 2008.

My first Kobold comic!

I kind of like everything about this one. The Kobold, Krom's annoyance, the dark ending... I feel like I could see myself making a very similar comic nowadays. It would probably have the same basic features, it would just be half the panels. Just looking at it now, I would probably remove panels 1 and 4.

I looked at my comic files and noticed that there were two files for comic #136. It looks like I originally had a different layout for the comic, and changed it at the last minute. Here is the original:

It looks like I decided in the end to make it 2 panels wide. I'm surprised I expanded the first panel to take up the entire width of the comic rather than just remove it entirely.

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Sartharina/Scow2

It looks like you expanded the first panel to show off that background. While "What a nice day" certainly sells the banal routine and out-of-nowhere nature of the encounter, it also draws attention to that lush, vibrant forest you drew. Also, in comics, space is time, so the bigger first panel gives more time to establish the unthreatened status quo, making the kobold's interruption more abrupt - You get a better sense of "Krom is just standing there enjoying the day"