Now what?
on August 30, 2017 at 16:01Thank you for all the nice comments and likes that have been dropping in over the last few days. We truly appreciate it. :) As promised, here’s a little post about what we’re going to do next.
First of all, we’re going to take a small break from this comic that has been following us around for far too long already. ^^ At least a couple of months will be 100% WBK free.
When we feel ready to get back up on the horse again, we’re going to start touching up on the oldest chapters so that they’ll look and feel more similar to the newer ones. We’re not going to go bananas and redraw the whole shebang for 100% consistency, but some light reworking will definitely be done. We were amateurs when we started out, and we don’t want the final product to be too uneven. (The reworked pages won’t be posted online, so the fresher and better-looking final version of the comic will be dead tree edition only. All the more reason to buy it! ;)) In the meantime we’ll start looking for a publisher. If nobody wants our book, we’ll probably self-publish, but we’re at least going to try the traditional route first.
We also have other projects in the works, both together and as individuals. :) We will probably never make anything as huge as WBK again (but never say never, right?), so it’s likely that future projects are going to be more lightweight. Most of these plans are still secret, but if you keep following us on Facebook and/or our new Instagram account, you’ll find out everything about it in good time.
What about the world of WBK, then? Will there be sequels? Prequels? Let’s put it this way: after almost 12 years on the same project, we’re definitely ready to move on. However, we can say with 100% certainty that we WILL return to Ev-la Nin at some point. We already have several story ideas – some we’ve been thinking about for years already – so the WBK world with all its characters will absolutely be back sooner or later, but explored in short comic form only. A “real” sequel of 1000+ pages of its own is not likely to ever happen, which we hope is understandable.
…and …that’s pretty much it?
Again, thanks for reading What Birds Know, and hope to see you around!
-Emelie & Mattias
Ps. If you liked this comic, please tell your friends about it. :)
Thanks for such an amazing story! I’ve been following WBK for many years and it’s been something I look forward to every week. :D I’m so glad you guys finished this huge and wonderful comic- congratulations!
Thank you for reading! :)
I’m putting together a link and a blurb of your comic to send to some artist friends – do you guys have any other social media that you would want them to see? I see the link to the WBK facebook page but I just wanted to check if there was anything else I should link to!
Thanks, that’s really nice of you! :)
Apart from the Facebook page we only have the Instagram account I mentioned, and there’s not much on that one yet, either, since we haven’t really officially launched it yet. Our main site is also badly in need of a redesign… so no, FB, Instagram and this site are the only places worth linking to at the moment, we’re afraid. ^^;
Congratulations on finishing the book! That was a mountain of effort! I’ve been reading for many years and I loved it all the way. I can’t wait for the printed book!
Thank you so much for reading and commenting. ♥
Congratulations! It’s a real feat what you two did, great story, well told and beautiful too. I so enjoyed the ride, a great journey that will always be with me.
I love all the heart, pain and joy. The end was just perfect everything I hope would happen happened, great use of danger, loss and sacrifice to make things right and save all that Vandi loved. It was a great mature comic, with just the right mix of dark and loss. Some things can’t be fixed, such as with Dore’s mother and to win you have to give your all.
Sad for the Oracles and Vandi, couldn’t be there at the end alive, but it feels right that all couldn’t be manically all set right with out giving something up with how dangerous and messed up thing got. It was the perfect mix and compromise to be able to bring Linna, Elia, Dores back with out it being too silly happy.
In the end they saved what really mattered to them, Vandi saved her friends, her mom, and town. That what was the most important to her, and would be to me too.
Thank you, Keyshe, for this thoughtful comment. ♥ And thanks for reading! :)
One final word : Thanks !!! a lot.
♥ :)