CassiopeiaQuinn

Cats Need Snuggles

Scream of person being pounced upon brazenly stolen from Bill Watterson. 

Wrenn Journal Entry - "Not Quite Life"

One of the things I found out about traveling off-world is that you will notice the changes in the variety of aliens around you. Sometimes you hear people complain about holovids that seem like they could be set anywhere because they pack every species they can into the backgrounds. Now I’m pretty sure that’s just how crowds work in a lot of densely-packed places.

I haven’t...

Cassiopeia AND..., Part 19

Let's adjust the story, we'll call it "A Princess of Something!" 

WiP 10/19/23

Oh hey I guess someone DID figure out where Maddy lives, then. Eh, it's probably fine.

Page Commentary No. 322

Psu: I like to imagine that people who spend their time on space ships will still occasionally take a moment to look wistfully at the stars. Like how we picture sailors looking out at the distant ocean. But maybe the truth of that is a lot more complicated. I know it's not an uncommon phenomenon to come back from space with a sense of foreboding at the vastness of the void. To ...

WiP 10/11/23

It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you.

Page Commentary No. 321

Gunwild: Man, I'd like to jump on a bed.

Psu: In my experience, hotel beds aren't very bouncy. But I tend to get either very firm which I like or very soft which I don't like. Not a lot in between. Man, I kinda wanna go traveling again. I haven't been outside for a while.

Gunwild: I feel bad that we wrote her no-selling the gratitude of that hotel worker, but it's what she'd do!

Hello, Wrenn Here

Maybe she's just showing she washed her hands?

WiP 4/5/23

You can look at this with the words early because it's taken so long. But only you! You Patreon people. (You're special.)

Page Commentary No. 320

Gunwild: You know, I specifically looked up the definition of a shell corporation for this stupid joke. But it turns out there are multiple definitions - so of course, people in the comments had to correct me with their also-right answers. That's okay though. It means people are reading closely!

Psu: I think if there's anything that defines both of our st...

September 2023 Pinup

She's just mad about her work.

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WiP 9/28/23

This layout got changed in the final page because we didn't like the way panels 4 and 5 would have worked with the environment... probably we'd like to see how far apart Maddy and Wrenn are while laying eyes on each other, right? Not just a shot-reverse-shot thing?  These are the challenges...

Extract From “The Farring Papers" (II)

Right, well, the other thing I’ve learned about the little-seen race of Saurians (some of them still call themselves Archosaurians, I heard, though as a scientist I object to that) is to do with their names. They’ve a whole great naming tradition that’s quite entertaining, at least to the likes of me. See, they’re almost all sporting these untranslatable, slightly lengthy monikers. I th...

Vanaa Pattern Background.

Sense yourself before you de-condense yourself. 

Cassiopeia AND..., Page 17

Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself (But In a Gooey Way)

WiP 9/20/23

At some point you're not just avoiding interrupting people and are rudely listening around corners, Wrenn.

Page Commentary No. 319

Gunwild: The "arcade rug" in the last panel was so striking that my family bought me a little throw rug reminiscent of it as a birthday present.

Psu: I think it shows our age ya know, we know in our hearts the best places had that saved by the bell 90's pattern. Cheap pizza, a quarter a play, people lined up to play, the sound of air hockey. However in re...

Cassiopeia AND..., Part 16

Why does it seem like you're not excited to see Cassiopeia Quinn after all this time? 

Page Commentary No. 317

Gunwild: We may have talked about this one out of order. Anyway, Throwing liquid at a person holding some kind of electrified weapon is always a delight to me.

Psu: Oh you're right, we went right to the next page talking about the whole secret plot. Well that's okay. Electricity plus liquid is one of those rules has helped me out in so many video game puz...

WiP 9/8/23

This page can be kind of bewildering, as it gradually flips the line, with us having Wrenn's POV on the opposite side of Maddy and Cassiopeia from where we started - which is the idea, since she doesn't know them as well as we do.

Cassiopeia AND..., Part 15

Join us at the bar?

Page Commentary No. 318

Gunwild: I'm surprised they didn't make Skarf get out of his robotic walking-around suit for his mugshot. Maybe the height chart shot is separate.

Psu: I'm just realizing that if they handcuffed Skarf's "body" then Skarf could just eject and then escape. Anyway, BIG THING WE REVEALED. Or did we do a good enough job implying the connection between headhunt...

Art Update 9/2/23

Psu: Gunwild remembered this sketch from almost ten years ago, and we got to put it in the comic. That's kinda a special thing, and I'm glad Gunwild remembered it for so long.

Gunwild: I've kept it all this time knowing it was a really good image and should be used in a pivotal scene! Psu has created a deep bench of really excellent drawings, as I think a...

WiP 9/1/23

This is a version of the page where we were considering building it around a larger central image, as opposed to the version we shared last time. 

WiP 8/30/23

This may end up not being the layout we go with for this page... in fact, expect a bonus WiP this week with some notes on how we decided to do this one!

August 2023 Pinup

Rings are cool.

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Full archive of past pinups HERE!

Cassiopeia AND..., Part 14

In this update... a cat is pet! 

Page Commentary No. 316

Gunwild: I wonder if she had to special order a wetsuit with uncovered legs.

Psu: I think she got them at the same place Lara Croft got hers. Though that logo was special ordered for this occasion.

Gunwild: I really like the detail of them talking using radio bursts. The "burst" being how I sometimes describe that shape of balloon.<...

WiP 8/22/23

There sure are a lot of cats in this comic.

Art Update 8/19/23

Gunwild: So, obviously, this person in a reptile-themed suit of power armor is related to the story we're posting today. You'll already have seen the cute picture that went with that.

Psu: You should read those little stories, they're all canon to the universe! Also they're fun. This one's a fair bit of fun too and I somewhat suspect it was partially insp...