but I'm a huge fan of your work!

[freckles_and_doubt]

I have infected the Jo with this, so let's see if I can snag a few more curious squid. New webcomic! I have discovered Noelle Stevens's Nimona, mostly as a result of pursuing my legitimate dodgy fanfiction concerns via an increasingly obsessive Tumblr feed (she's gingerhaze on Tumblr, if you want more lovely art and pop culture injokes). Nimona is a short, stocky, grumpy, shapechanging, uninhibitedly destructive wannabe-sidekick who has apprenticed herself to the rather restrained villain Ballister Blackheart, who is locked in a slashy-subtexted nemesis relationship with the hair-swishy hero Ambrosius Goldenloin, with whom he was at hero school. The art is deceptively naive and highly accomplished; the world does a deadpan and unlikely mixture of medieval with contemporary; the narrative delights me utterly by taking off in absolutely unexpected directions whenever it can. Look out for visual in-jokes in the crowd scenes. Also, enjoy.

While we're madly trying to infect people: I am currently basking in the warm glow of my annual Wikipedia donation, impelled thither by the discreet banner which popped up at me this morning and made me realise I use Wikipedia pretty much daily and wish it to succeed and grow. They're having their annual donation drive, which is how they fund the non-profit organisation which keeps Wikipedia going. You might consider slinging some small wealth their way. Have you been on Wikipedia today? I bet you have.

Infection being what it is, this accursed 'flu has resurged: am in the hacking, bring-me-a-soprano-and-an-attic stage of stuffy head, cough and concrete sinuses. Spurred on by my nice therapist, I am going home now, and the gazelles and faculty can just damned well survive without me for a few hours.

Comments

[dancing-crow.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you found it too. I pointed my elder daughter at it, but couldn't give any good reasons she might like it except that I had. She did.

[extemporanea.livejournal.com]

It's a beautiful thing, isn't it? Full of character and life, and I am delighted by the merry hay it makes with gender expectations and narrative cliché.

[strawberryfrog.livejournal.com]

Ok, I've read all of Nimona up to the current point. Now What?

[extemporanea.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. The classic thumb-twiddling impatience of the web-comic reader. There is a reason why I now possess, for example, the printed versions of all of Girl Genius to date, and as much of Goats as they've published. Nimona is being published next year by one of the larger publishing houses, iirc, so at least partial closure may be imminent :>.

[strawberryfrog.livejournal.com]

There's another one today :) Does not advance the plots much :(

[rumint.livejournal.com]

You can chalk me up as another infectee, Nimona is delightful :)

[extemporanea.livejournal.com]

Hooray! so glad you enjoyed. I love the world-building, it's so out of left field.