In an (alternate) post-apocalyptic 2003, two foxy friends, Cat and Dog, are on the run from a mysterious but extremely troubling and destructive presence known as the Monarch Swarm, with beings and organisms of all varieties being erased in its wake. It is then that on one fateful day, when seemingly all hope of survival has been extinguished for Cat and Dog, the duo encounter a peculiar but lax and otherwise friendly deity-like being in the crumbling remains of an old human dwelling...Rebirth Horse. Can Cat, Dog and their newfound kind but worryingly vague companion survive against all odds, as the Swarm devours what remains of a dying world?
God Animal is a very personal labour-of-love project of mine, drawing heavily from my love for natural history, xenofiction, pet-monster media and vintage horror manga from the 1960s-1970s. It is also an expression of my own experiences and reflections on being a queer autistic critter who is in a very frequent state of wanting little more than to sit quietly by a distant mountain stream and think about bugs.
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I use India ink (Winsor & Newton brand black India ink is my go-to) with dip pens and brushes. The nibs and brushes I use vary a lot so I can't be too specific other than to say I typically use nibs and brushes that are fine-tipped and more on the flexible side. The comic pages themselves are drawn on heavy cartridge paper, with two A4-sized pages drawn on one side of an A3 leaf.
No. Episodes of the comic will be uploaded in their entirety when they are completed. I'd much rather post new episodes in one batch rather than page by page. Due to life, work and health commitments on my end, I cannot usually give a very specific ETA of episodes being produced and uploaded. That said, when it is time to do so, I am intending to post announcements of imminently upcoming updates on the main homepage of FoxBugForest!
Yes, of course! I'm always happy when people draw my critters. I only ask that you do not draw anything NSFW with any of my characters (which I really feel should go without saying, but I iterate that just to avoid any ambiguity) or any of the characters in humanised or gijinka forms. Anthro or furry versions of the characters are fine though! If you do draw the characters, do feel free to let me know through my SheezyArt page. I'd love to see any art you draw of my characters!
No. For the time being I would much rather all of God Animal is all my own work, given how personal of a project it is for me.