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![]() So what IS Snowkitten Kids? Well, purrhaps to nobodies surprise it is an online furry comic, based around a number of characters I created - but with the characters as children instead of adults (which is how they are normally depicted and written about) And the emphasis on the comic is for it to be fun and kinda silly. And who is "I" then?Me. Moi. ;) Who just happens to be Nicky "Eliki" Rowe, also known as Eliki within furry circles. (And sometimes as Leana, who is Elikis twin sister, but that is a looooooong story) I was responsible for stitching together this whole site, which may or may not be a good thing. And I also write and draw the comic. I was born on 7th April 1973, and I live near Halesowen, in the West Midlands which is part of the UK. If you want to know more about me and Leana, there is a whole load of waffle on my main site. :) How often is the comic published?The simplest answer to that is "as and when." Which isn't a very good answer really. Sadly though, there is no way at the moment that I can possibly stick to a regular publishing schedule for this comic. I have a lot of other projects and commitments to take care of which have to take a certain amount of priority, and I don't have the magical ability to draw fast and still maintain a good standard of artwork. It takes me quite a while to draw each and every character. Since the emphasis of the comic is on it being a fun project to make as well as read, rushing the comic and trying to hit deadlines would take a great deal of fun away from it and that is something I wouldn't want to do. The other main problem is that I don't have net access at home, so my net access - and therefore the only chance to update the site - is via the local libraries. Which in turn depends on them being open and me being able to get there at the relevant times. So... nope, there isn't any regular schedule for new issues at this time, though I do plan to get new issues online just as often as I can. And you can also subscribe to the mailing list to get notification of any new issues. What are snowkittens? Hmmmmmmm?Snowkittens are strange (Oi! Who wrote that??) magical anthropomorphic kitties, and the ones in this comic all live in a quaint magical town called Phoenixbrook. Of course, not all the characters in the story are snowkittens - as you can see from the profiles for each of the main characters. And that page is the best place to find out more about each character, of course. There is also a whole heap of other stuff about the snowkittens on my main site. At some point I am hoping to write a story about the snowkittens (as adults rather than children) and the town. I read the stories on your main site. How does the comic fit in with those?*Grin* It doesn't. ;) The story I plan to write isn't on there, but chances are the ones you mean are the wonderful stories written by Russet. And if you haven't read those, why not? Go on, you know you want to! But anyway, so far as I am concerned, the characters and the storylines, and especially the timelines within those stories (and my own story) are the definitive ones. The comic is meant to follow its own timelines and therefore if you wonder, "How come things are happening that don't fit in with the other stories," the best thing to do is not worry about it. By keeping the comic outside of the timelines etc within the other stories, it means I have more flexibility to tell the stories any way I want, and that is definitely a good thing. :) Where did the idea for the comic come from?I've wanted to do an online comic ever since I first saw Sabrina Online for the first time, but at the time I didn't have any really solid ideas to use. Discovering Badly Drawn Kitties and more recently Better Days was what gave me the inspiration to give it a go. I wanted a silly, kinda fun comic and it made sense to use kid versions of characters I had already established. It took quite a bit of experimenting to get the right look that I wanted for kiddy versions of the characters, but the end result was the image near the top of this page. I also made lists of some storyline ideas, some of which have been ditched, and some of which were from years ago. Of course, another big part of getting this comic going were the ideas and encouragement from quite a few friends, in purrticular including Russet, Loganberry, Entei-rah, Cybernet and Befrafa. Without the encouragement and interest they showed, chances are this comic would still be sitting in the "One Day" pile. Thank you! Anything else?Nope! Not that I can think of anyway. If anyone does read this far without dozing off, well done you, and if you have any other questions, email me and I'll try my best to answer. :) If any of the questions seem purrticularly suited to this page, I might even add them to it. |
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