And that’s a wrap on this latest chapter of String! With the poster character no longer existent except in the most abstract sense and the secondary character retiring from the Fearless Defender of Relativity business, what is left to stand in the way of Alice Berkeley’s ascent to power?
Once again a hiatus looms, but look forward to finding out how Nancy Brilligan’s disembodied psyche makes a comeback in Simar Qareen’s freshly-quantumised body in Chapter Nine – “Queen Alice”!
Unfortunately it might be a while, as I’m back in proper salaried employment and there’s a bunch of other projects I’m aiming to squeeze in this year, not least another issue of my first physical printed zine, M.O.D.S.! If you missed out, you can order the first two issues from my website right here!
You can help make this pause while I get my act together go slightly quicker by donating to my Patreon to receive high-resolution versions of every page! Or you can tap my talents at the source and commission your own piece of art in my Quentin Blake-meets-Tank Girl style via my personal website here, as well as via my Ko-Fi and Etsy stores!
In the meantime, you can chill out to a “String”-themed Spotify playlist and decorate your desktop with a “String”-themed wallpaper here! And if you stumble upon this site mid-hiatus and want to know what all the fuss is about, you can start from the first chapter right here!
Simar Qareen is caught between duelling factions in downtown Glasgow, not least Nancy Brilligan and Alice Berkeley, their associates Rab Q Reiver and Detective Lewis Russell, and two bands of sectarian leprechauns ready to tear lumps out of one another.
I am pleased to announce that a story of mine will feature in WIP Comics latest anthology, Dreams and Nightmares! You can back it on Kickstarter here!
Inside its pages you can follow the adventures of Professor MacCloughlanoughlinough and his trusty sidekick Mo Tivatey in their marvellous new invention: the Subconsciourine! Witness their freedive into the depths of the collective unconscious, marvelling at the incredible worlds dreamt by the human psyche. Find out how they fare in these unplumbed fathoms in my contribution to the anthology: “Somnambulauts”!
Support this fine collection of a great many talented comics creators’ loopiest and most imaginative journeys into the human mind! And my story too, I guess. Watch this page for the Dreams and Nightmare anthology’s Kickstarter launch!
If you want to support String, you can order miniature stickers and button badge versions of Nancy Brilligan and Simar Qareen via my website and have them shipped to your door!
But that’s not all! You can also order copies of my first physical zine, M.O.D.S.! Follow the continuing adventures of this dysfunctional trio of former kid detectives as they tackle their greatest mystery yet.
These lovely 32-page colour comics are available to buy via my website! You can buy Issues One and Twoindividually or both together for a discounted price. Not to mention sample these stickers and button badges of these kooky characters at your leisure.
Rollicking back to String, the urban fantasy webcomic that started it all, every new page of this chapter will have a high resolution version available exclusively to higher-tier backers of my Patreon here! Even higher donors will receive high-quality PDFs of all previous chapters! Even if you only lob in a small donation, every little helps to keep this comic running!
For those of you encountering Nancy’s adventures for the first time, the over five hundred pages it’s taken to get here is likely going to be a bit intimidating – which is why I’ve prepared a Primer on the “About the Comic” page that will take you through the first six chapters in the blink of an eye. Spoilers within!
But if you don’t mind starting Nancy Brilligan’s exciting adventures from the beginning without any shortcuts, you can catch up with Chapters One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven and Eight! Come here for a fancy wallpaper or a String-themed playlist, which you can also find below:
And if you fancy stuff I’ve made that’s not Stringor M.O.D.S., take a gander at Rosie’s Journey, a storybook I wrote way back when for my niece. And if you’d like something new and exciting I’m available for commission or hire on my own website!
Stay tuned for the ninth chapter of Nancy and Si’s adventures, “Queen Alice”, which will update every Tuesday and every Friday once prepared!
