Here we are at the launch of a new story! Nnewts is a story I’ve been working on for over 15 years. I never thought it would be ready to tell, so I plunked away it in the borders of my sketchbooks until some day when I was much older, I’d roll it out proper. That didn’t happen.
Instead, my buddy Ethan Nicolle and I were talking about comics over a pint and a pipe (as usual) when I told him I was thinking about doing a webcomic. He said, “You should do that NEWTS project as a webcomic.” I sat there thinking of all the reasons why I couldn’t do it, no room in my schedule being the biggest reason. Then he said, “You could do a page a week, no problem.” In 15 seconds he took away every excuse I had not to make this comic. It all made sense to me.
My next step was to coerce my colorist to work on it. “Kath, I don’t want to make this without you, but I wouldn’t feel right about asking this favor.” She sent me colored pages and said, “I’d love to work on this.”
I guess this all a pre-emptive argument for why you can’t get mad that it’s one page a week. Believe me, I hate the idea of a one page a week comic. My first thought is, “Call me in a year so I can read the first act!” For whatever reason we don’t like the schedule, this comic couldn’t be made at all without it. I can make one page a week or nothing. Surely one page a week is at least a molecule better than nothing.
This is when I beg you to spread the word about Nnewts. Review it, complain about it, tweet it, but nobody is going to find out about it unless you help me spread the word.
Your pal,
Doug TenNapel
One page a week is fine by me. Looking forward to the rest of the comic, Doug.
As always Doug it’s great to see your work. I can’t wait to get further into this tale and see what Nnewts has in store. Thank you again for sharing your gift of art and story telling with us readers. Wonderful looking first page.
Hope this comments section stays up, keep out trollz! Very much looking forward to this!
So is it pronounced “newts” or do you read it with a mild stutter like “n-newts”?
I am stoked- just the first panel alone says so much with so little and I’m excited to see more! I’ll spread the word too.
Yes! I’ll gladly read 1 page a week over nothing! Onward!
Awesome! A nnew webcomic!
Can’t wait! This is gonna be awesome!
Wow, that was amazing. It’s also pretty awesome how you lean to the story as a story-teller who apparently tells the actual story. This Is really great, doug. Can’t wait for the second page!
If you can’t be the Hare, at least be the Tortoise.
I picked up your Sketch Vol. 2 when I saw your and your art show a couple weeks ago, and I’m guessing this is related to your “Noots” sketches.
Looks great!
A page a week at this quality level is fine! Most dailies aren’t anywhere near this level of polish, etc. Very cool! Looking forward to more.
I’ll take any pages a week that I can get! One, half of one… an eighth… Thanks for finally sharing your story. I look forward to seeing where it goes.
Yesss! You go slow, and make the taste last longer. Looking forward to this with the feeling of a 5yo child looking forward to opening the presents under the Christmas tree.
Awesome to see another webcomic launch!
And yeah; nothing wrong with a one-page-a-week comic if it’s the only way you can get it out there. Heck – there’s nothing stopping you, for that matter, from modifying your update schedule if things change.
Really though, one page a week consistently is already better than many webcomics. There’s a lot that update sporadically – heck, I know I’ve been guilty of that at times, myself.
Will be interesting to see if your decision to update weekly plays into the way the narrative is structured from page to page, to keep the story flow going. All the same, I’m eager to start following this comic!
Love it! Thanks for the support, gang!
Wow, over 15 years! That’s quite a long time. Makes me really interested to see how this webcomic will eventually turn out.
Really excited about this. A page a week will def. test my patience, jk.
Beautiful first page! No one can complain about the schedule of a free product. Thanks to Ethan for helping make this a reality, and the fact that Bearmageddon came back the same day this premiered just makes it all the better.
You are a wonderful person for giving us two free comics in addition to all your other stuff. Cant wait to see this one unfold.
Bookmarked! Can’t wait for next week!
I’m in ’til the finish Doug! I’ll try my darndest to spread the word too! Very excited.
one page a week is great!!! something to look forward to each week!!! thanks for doing this doug.
katie
I’m in!
Wow! Looks like it will be a great story.
Way to go! Looks awesome. It’s in the Bookmarks toolbar prominently far left. I can’t miss it.
Wow, Samuel I didn’t relate this to noots at all… here’s the pic for those of you who don’t know.
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I’m guessing it will be quite different though, that all just looks like a mash-up of catscratch, koghead and meatus, and the troll from solomon fix. So I’m not sure where he’s going with this web-comic though. It looks good though.
Thank YOU, Doug. For all your great stories. Super excited for this one.
I think It’s a true picture of all the hard work you put into it,now it’s going to pay off!Why,because it’s GOOD, Better than Good is where it starts and moves to amazing…….Love it Thank you Kim Dahl
Wow, I’m excited for this. One page a week doesn’t sound like much, but it does add up after a while. I’m curious as to why it took you 15 years to get around to telling this particular story. Just couldn’t find a home for it? I’m also curious as to what it’s actually about, since there’s nothing here but the first page, with only a hint. Can’t wait to see more!
I’ll settle for 1 page a week! Looking forward to it, gonna be AWESOME!!
WoooooooT! (i think that means I’m excited)
…also, are those buttons made from “eye of newt”?
SO AWESOME
Loving it so far Doug! Keep it up and I’ll be there each week. Tina Price is getting the word out through CTN so you should get some good love comin your way. Good luck!
Can’t wait, Mr. TenNapel! Looking great so far!
It’s great that you’re working with Katherine again. You two are doing cool stuff!
Tony,
while I’m honored to have any reader, I’m particularly honored to have the animator of Pumbaa reading! You make me want to draw more robust, clear characters in Nnewts!
A page a week! I can’t wait! Even if the story unfolds over a long time, its still well worth it! The best stories take time to tell anyway.
Sweet! I love your work! Can’t wait to see where this goes.
Looking forward to this new comic!
Fifteen years worth of work tells me that it will be very polished. I hope the comments section stays open and you are able to chat with us, Doug! P.S. Don’t feed the trolls!
YES!!! I’ve been depressed since Ratfist ended. And I’m doubly excited to see that Wes Molbash commented. He’s another one of my favorites. This is going to be awesome!
When we rolled out our weekly webcomic (superfluous plug: littlelevers.com/Angels) we started with five strips up & pretended that they had each gone up once a week & oh, BTW now we are finally telling y’all about this silly thing. It gave the story a bit of traction from the start.
Just sayin’. What I see looks good so far. I’ll come back in a week & see if I really do want to bookmark this.
I’m only not a fan of the one page a week because I love your work so much I want to see it more.
Last webcomic was a superhero book, I am very curious as to what this comic will become.
So happy to see you working on another webcomic, Doug!
Believe me, I understand what you mean about the whole one page a week thing. With Mystery Babylon updating once a week, I feel like the story just crawls so slowly… But like you said! It’s better than nothing!
I think you’ll find your readers won’t mind the story progression at that pace.
I’ll be reading! Can’t wait!
One a week is fine by me, and I will surely share the POOP out of this. Incredibly excited to see where this goes! *rereads this page twenty times*
A page a week comic is kind of refreshing for me. I’ve been buying tv shows in their entirety on dvd, collections of months or years worth of comics in one volume, and reading about movies before they even come out… it’s kind of nice to have to wait to find out what happens next.
Super happy that you’re doing another web comic!!
Awesome, Doug! I’m in it for the long haul. Whatever schedule works for you is fine with me; I just enjoy being able to read another of your stories.
Loved ratfist, can not wait for this! Hopefully the comments stay up, it’s what makes webcomics so interesting!
Sweet! A new Doug TenNapel webcomic!
So how long do you think this one will last before the comments section gets shut down?
I remember Ratfist. And EWJ, naturally. I’ll put this one on my bookmarks as well. Kudos to Mr. Kurtz for spreading the word.
Just saw this comic announced by Scott Kurtz. Like everyone else here, looking forward to the comic. And, yay, the comment section is back!
Nice! A Doug comic! Hopefully this’ll make me want more and I’ll finally buy that GEARS serie I always wanted…