NO. 10

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NUMBER 10

After that big entrance, Astaroth shows her true face. She's lazy as hell! (pun intended)
Sloth is also the name of the dragon-chameleon hybrid that Astaroth is summoning (diva-style, I might add. Oh snap.) The "real" Astaroth is the demon of vanity and sloth.

My brother and sister helped me figure out what to do with the bottom of the page (whitespace.) Props to them!

NO. 9

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NUMBER 9

Astaroth arrives on the scene!
May I recommend Bang!Bang!Bang! Have A Nice Dream or Psychedelic Souljam from the Soul Eater OST while looking at this page? LET'S GO SOUL RESONANCE!

(Yeah okay, sometimes the dialogue in Soul Eater is a little cheesy but I enjoyed it. Especially any sequence with soul resonance or Maka putting up a good fight/going insane.)

Note: This is the workstation I'm using for the holidays, so pardon this comic and the next one if the color is off or it seems sloppy. I'll try to fix it later on. I'm used to using an Intuos 4 and a magnificent current-gen iMac on a real desk. What I'm currently using is the tiniest model of the Wacom Graphire4 and a Magic Mouse with a first-gen-Intel Macbook on a coffee table...

NO. 8

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NUMBER 8

I'm a little surprised that Lox can even read, let alone follow instructions on how to summon a demon. She's an independent woman, though.

Fun Fact: The symbol in the book from the previous page as well as the large symbol here are based on an actual sigil of Astaroth. I wrote the outside symbols wrong so that it doesn't actually invoke Astaroth. However, I did do a painting of Astaroth using the correct symbols over the summer.

NO. 7

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NUMBER 7

By far one of my favorite pages. Originally, I didn't have the falling "meow" to signify that the cat wasn't dead. A neighboring studio friend came in and said something about it, and I'm glad I added it. I know it says "mooowwww" but that's how kitty cats sound when they complain. If you have a cat, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

NO. 6

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NUMBER 6

Jekyll falling, but not to his death, so don't worry. I'm not spoiling anything, really. I just wanted you to know that giant cats don't die in this series.

To the pain! (If you're familiar with that one.)

By the way, Papa Bear is not your average bear. He can clearly leap the width of this waterfall. Bears don't really jump in real life. They kind of hop. My friend felt it necessary to point this out as I was coloring this page and the one previous.