Snow by Night

Jacqueline plays a deadly game of cat-and-mouse on page 10 of Engagement on Vineyard Hill. I’m awe-struck by that horse Naty drew in the first panel. It takes my breath away. Kudos, Naty! To see what befalls the chimera next week, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

5 Comments »

Confetti time! At long last, the site is back up and running. I can hardly believe we were out of commission for that long, but the keyboard indents left on my face from key smashing prove that it wasn’t a mere nightmare.

To make up for lost time, we’ll be posting an update EVERY day this week! Tune in for a new page of comic goodness on Monday! (Our updates happen around 11pm-1am the night before an ‘update day’.)

1 Comment »

Ald receives a command that he can’t refuse on Chapter 9 Page 4, as Vivienne sides with Jassart. Don’t think that this will be the end of it for Ald. He’s a cagey veteran. He’s got other plans. To see who’s the subject of the next scene, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

We added a couple of new features to the website that I wanted to draw attention to. The first is a shiny new FAQ on the About page. I’ve added in some questions that I remember getting a lot. If you have other questions that you think I should include, please let me know.

Below the FAQ is my Bibliography. I read a lot of source material when preparing the comic. I thought you might be interested in some of the books I’ve used to inspire me and the artists. There are one or two books on the list.

Heading over to the Links page, we’ve added two new sections of links. The first is Colonial Resources. I added some of the links to pages dealing with colonial America, especially colonial French Canada. The second is Native American Resources, which has links to a variety of useful pages dealing with Native Americans. I’ll be adding more links to both of these as I continue to research and write the story.

21 Comments »

Apparently all he had to say was please. Snow-by-Night makes her appearance on Chapter 7 Page 15. To see a preview of the next page, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

The Snow by Night Store got a make-over this week. And it really needed one too. Diane and I spruced it up with new graphics and more information. We also added the Spirits of the Seasons prints by Julie Wright and Giavere the Starkindler by Naty Baaklini. You can now get all these wonderful prints through the store.

Next item on the agenda, make digital downloads of the chapters…

15 Comments »

Blaise and Snow-by-Night emerge from the Harp & Trumpet and carry their song onto Iniquity Row on Page 3 of Winter Fantasy. To see where the two end up next, vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

Brittany and I will be attending Anime Mid-Altantic this weekend. Come by and say hello if you are attending.

8 Comments »

Today’s Almanac update is Claude Amaury, Bertrande’s journeyman. He can now be found under Merchants in the Almanac and in the Cast directory. Also, as you can see, we now have a fancy graphic for when we upload a new almanac entry. If you click on it, it will take you to the permanent home of the entry in the Almanac.

Only two more days to vote in the semi-finals of the Art Contest. I’m so impressed with all four entries. Vote today for your favorite.

Lastly, this Monday is Easter Monday, which is a holiday for me. We won’t be uploading a new page on Monday. Instead, I have a beautiful piece of fan art done by Will Friday as a way to kick off the final round of the Art Contest.

No Comments »

Almanac Reference: Currency, Guilds, Manitou

Jassart is wandering the town randomly annoying people in Chapter 6 Page 10. Or does he have pressing business with the alchemist? Hard to tell with Jassart. To see a peek at Wednesday’s page, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.

So much news to go through today. First off, the Art Contest. The victors of Round 1 (the Sweet 16) are Minuiko, Laura Hollingsworth, Cristina Marin, Rein Eire, Melissa Teo, Amasugiru, Jesse Bechtold, and Shawna Alkira. Congratulations! I also want to thank Li Mei Ren, Delphina, Jennifer Zyren Smith, Pchoberry, NausicaaHime, Jose Ortiz, Manou Azumi, and Jennifer Middleton. Your art was splendid. Thank you so much for entering our contest.

We have four new contests to decide. Voting is now open. Good luck to all of you!

This weekend is Zenkaikon. We’ll be there with Chapters 1-4, as well as prints, and buttons. Our newest button is “I’m Fluent in Metaphor”. These words by Mathilde were very popular at Katsucon where we sold out of them.

Our last big piece of news is the site redesign. For that, I’m turning the journal over to Diane.

H, Diane here! You may have noticed a dramatic change in how things look around here. Our conversion over to PHP is finally here, with continual tweaks to be added as we go. One big improvement is the added Journal entries beneath each Story page – now you can feel free to comment on your favorite pages in the Story archive as you read through! Each Story page has been enlarged to a width of 750px in the new layout, too. We also have updated Share/Follow buttons on our sidebar so you can help spread the word of Snow by Night. If you have any suggestions, or notice any issues with the new site (I’m only human!) please let us know so we can continue to improve!

8 Comments »

Hello, everyone! Diane here, reporting in while Eric and Brittany are preparing for Katsucon this weekend. If you’re attending, please stop by to say hello and check out our books, buttons, and prints for sale!

Since Eric’s unavailable to do his usual write-up for the Almanac entry this week, we decided to review the existing entries and make some improvements. I’ve added a number of images to the Almanac entries that discuss things shown in the comic so far, and made a few tweaks here and there to fix word choice and order.

In Diane-related news, I’ve been working on the site’s redesign and hope to add some great new features soon. We do have plans to add the Journal’s Comment section to each Story page in the archive, along with plans to bring you bigger, better views of the Story pages once the redesign widens our content area to give us more space. Are there any specific features you’d like for us to add? Please let me know in the Comments here, and I’ll see what magic – I mean, what alchemy I can work!

3 Comments »