Posts tagged with "Belfry"

Look at that little guy!

Velvet Chanterelle is my mushroom punk band.

Walter has developed great reflexes around Belfry.

That can't be good.

Rudeness is Piper's middle name!

Poor Anthony. He tries.

Belfry stared into the abyss, and the abyss stared back.

Every day life with Belfry: a barrel of pie.

Good on you for going to BAT for justice, Belfry.

Who needs breathing when you have babbling incoherently?

Piper rules the fourth wall, and no one is surprised.

Knick-knack paddywack, give a bat a concussion.

The real ghost was in Belfry all along.

The fiercest of predators.

Peas in Treehollow and goodwill towards bats.

It's the name of the comic. Duh!

You know what they say about assumptions, Belfry.

Henry has abandonment issues; they're just about other creatures being abandoned, not him.

It's okay, Tess; Belfry has Protagonist Glow.

I walk in the rain, in the rain. Is it right or is it wrong? And is it here that I belong?

Mother used to say, if you want, you'll find a way. But mother never danced through fire showers.

Belfry better rein in that "if looks could kill" stare.

Well, she certainly can't breathe when Belfry's hugging her like that.

I feel like this is all just happening too fast for Tess to process without impulses.

Objection! She's badgering the witness!

You're not wrong, Walter. You're just an ... well.

Mistakes were not made.

What a lovely little picnic!

The best part of waking up is a TODDLER'S FOOT IN YOUR FACE

That's one way to stop the crying.

Tamberlane is actually just practicing for her metal band.

Supplies in a closet: 1; Belfry: 0.

As bad as it is to open that, just think how bad it would be to be the one stuck wearing it.

What a proud swamp mama.

Folding a cloth diaper is truly black magic.

Finally, some rest.

It's a miracle Tamberlane woke up without crying.

Maybe Terra needs more practice.

The deadliest pit trap since lego!

Big Blue is my Tamberlane bluegrass band.

She's a little old for a bottle, but the thought counts.

Silly rabbit! Tricks are for kids!

I have absolutely lost a three year old under a book before.

Nah, sorry, she developed invisibility.

No wonder she messes things up: she has bats in her belfry!

People who bake regularly.

You spin my heart right round, right round

mum mummy mum mum mummy mum mummy

A soft place to land. Like Belfry's ruff.

And she was never seen again.

Like mother, like daughter

DO A BARREL ROLL

Thank goodness for long tails.

Cats and dogs, living together, mass hysteria!

None of that self-defeating nonsense!

We all let our insecurities get the best of us sometimes.

No one could possibly understand her the way I do, in the less than 24 hours I've known her!

Tamberlane is going to get very good at catching knives around Belfry.

Tamberlane learned that sign earlier this chapter!

Bah, he says. Oakewood shoulda been a sheep.

Wait, a cover that's actually pertinent to the events in the chapter? What nonsense is this?

And so we move from Summer to Fall!

I wouldn't enjoy raw venison either.

Oakewood looks kind of like a drama teacher in that outfit.

All Tamberlane wants is Peas in Treehollow.

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right.

I regret to inform you Belfry that that is not how boundaries work.

Tess seems like a bit of a rough mother to have.

You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your friend's nose.

Perhaps we can't all be wise all the time.

Over Piper's short life, she's already accrued over 18 years of grounding.

Mom senses: they get you every time.

From one animal to another.

One can imagine that Piper takes after her dad.

Piper has big round eyes when her black little heart feels things. Or when she fakes like she feels things.

Despite her misgivings, Belfry has agreed to help her mother.

They have Feelings™

She tried so hard, and got so far. But in the end, it doesn't even matter.

♫ I'm sick of this life, I just want to scream, how could this happen to me? ♫

I have been told that I'm forbidden from drawing Tamberlane like that ever again.

An apology? From Tess? It's more likely than you think.

Well, she got interested fast.

Who DOESN'T like handpies?

Good thing those pies aren't boiling hot or Mary'd have another scar to add to her collection.

Walter is a regular ol' buck fifty.

WOOZHYBOOZHYBOO BABY BELFRY

It's fine; Belfry can sell peanuts ringside!

Tess is stirring a pot of, presumably, hot sugar with a toddler on her shoulder. I'm sure it's fine.

It's all starting to blend into background noise for Briar. ... Sort of.

Carefuller is not a word.

Too bad there are no adults here.

This is the 69th page of chapter 3. B)

Get out the popcorn!

Aw, Tess has some decent reasons to be afraid...

I swear I wrote this whole Great Outbreak deal *long* before COVID.

CLANG CLANG CLANG

Ow. Right in the feels.

Tfw you're struck by the heart-deep pain of potential loss from the possibility of sending your orphan critter away to die in the wilderness, lest you have to abandon the only family you've ever known.

Tamberlane, can you sign "ongoing trauma"?

Sometimes I wish I could put actual sounds in comics, just to be able to get across the frantic little slapping sound of snappy, distressed signing.

"Yeah, I'll start a fight. And I'll end it too!! From time out!!"

Sometimes you don't need words.

"We don't solve our problems with violence, Piper!" Typical.

Seems Parsley's household is pretty busy with Cur, eh?

But the way Tam lights up, though.

I hear "books!" in a Twilight Sparkle voice.

Because all mothers are clairvoyant, you know!

Sometimes it's hard to find the right words to ask, "Am I an abomination?"

It's not like that! It's like this other thing. You know, like... you know?

There are certain things society needs and that is: fluffy hugs.

Yakety Sax plays in the background as they navigate this conversation.

Oakeblep is best blep.

Cries in Background Artist

A blatant reminder that actual animals exist in this world.

Fangk you very much.

That's how making pigment works, right?

Are you ready for your teeth to hurt from how SWEET THIS IS?

Now to write and illustrate an entire kids book in the middle of a comic. No sweat, right??

Sometimes I feel I've got to (BUM BUM) run away

And then Oakewood busts in, derailing the conversation before you can learn important information about Abroad!

I cannot tell you how long my friend and I discussed the sewer system of Treehollow. Hint: it was a long time.

You can't hug your father, but you can make sure he poops in a toilet!

Aaa! Real monsters!

This story has a 20% likelihood of being less depressing than the last one!

Oops, All Feelings.

FIELD TRIP! FIELD TRIP! FIELD TRIP!

Belfry, didn't you volunteer to chaperone Tamberlane...?

Callie has Regrets(TM).

Turns out the situation is complicated. Whodathunk?

Hmm... Perhaps not the best idea.

I remember being 20.

Who else would make up the town council in a town of roughly 500-1000 creatures?

I just want to snuggle Belfry's floof. Is that too much to ask??

She's not sorry. You know she's not.

How many colors can I splash into snow before it looks weird? The answer is: a lot.

Allowing kits to play around in ruined buildings builds CHARACTER!

There's a lot of planning that goes into hunting ghosts.

Sounds like meal coordination in Treehollow is a little more difficult!

Despite how dark it is, it's pretty early in the evening. It's Winter in the north!

It seems Tam is struggling in more ways than one.

C'mon, Belfry, read the room.

Belfry is forever destined to A BOOT TO THE HEAD

Nothing like a kid silently screaming I HATE YOU to make you feel like the worst mother.

Bel, I thought you hated when your mother did that to you.

What did you do? Good question...

Then again, Nora's oldest is like... 4, so...

Fluffy, fluffy cheeks!

Now I want Cheer Up Biscuits.

Mmm, yes, these are reasonable fears to have, right?

You might want to get your hearing checked, Bel!

Belfry begins her MMA career with an attempt to suplex a child.

It might have helped to have more than one light source but hey, you do you, boo.

Belfry, there's more than just Tamberlane in danger, ya dingus!

Why yes, it IS a rope!

Thank goodness the otter came with!

Jonas is definitely perfectly fine. Yep!

Oakewood's got a secret hankering for historical romance, eh??

I staunchly refuse to shoehorn sexuality into a story that doesn't otherwise address it. But that doesn't mean I don't want the characters to express themselves AS themselves, authentically.

I know some of the balloons are in a funky read order but I decided to keep it so that it lent to the confused "what is time" feeling of the page.

His parents clearly were in the middle of their morning coffee when they heard the alarms.

The last two panels were some of the easiest flatting ever.

Need more cute Walter/Tess moments!

Bel needs a little bit of a comb.

Medical technology in Treehollow is decently advanced, as it turns out!

Please do not love your daughter to death. Literally.

Go to bed, Belfry.

What time is it? Belfry-Spiral-o-clock? But it's ALWAYS Belfry-Spiral-o-clock!

Yes, solitary confinement is the only way. Surely there are no better solutions

Get your shit together, Belfry!

Tess has some flaws.

Belfry also has some flaws.

Good on you, Briar.

Don't stay out too long, Bel, or you'll get frosty toes!

It's not Belfry without bodily injury.

In case you're wondering, the Bakers live above their bakery. That's why Belfry is running from upstairs.

Guess they haven't made up yet.

"Who's this new character?" asks the audience insert.

Walter has a Walter-ism for everything. Unfortunately, it doesn't always land.

First time in a long long time leaning into the cartoony reaction panels!

Who's this Jimmy feller they're talking about?

I'd hate to have my entire career teetering on Oakewood's mental health.

Aw, look! Oakewood was young and spunky once!

Supervisor.... yes, that's it. That's exactly what Milo meant.

Oakewood's not the only one who has trouble expressing themselves.

Belfry, you're really out of the loop.

404: Truth not found

And Belfry joins the SparkleEyes Hall of Fame as a serious contender.

What's the point of having a comic if I can't go full shoujo sparkles sometimes?

Belfry is a mystery even to her friends.

If you were wondering if there was magic in the Tamberlane universe.....

Briar has a great support system.

Blaze it. There. I said it. I SAID IT!!!

Fights don't have to last forever.

Considering Belfry originally gave Briar that scarf when they were kids...

Belfry, you ruined your storybook moment!

Unfortunately, people don't change overnight. But an earnest effort can be lifechanging.

Grass doesn't grow on a busy highway.

The sound effect showing through Belfry's wing is one of my favorite effects I've done.

Oh, Belfry. You try so hard.

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