Heyo!
I am writing this short entry to announce that I have decided to test out mirroring God Animal on a communal host, to see if it would be worth pursuing again. Between 2021 to the very end of 2023, I had previously hosted the comic on WEBTOON (under the title Our Friend Rebirth Horse) and have decided to try it again. Here is the link to the comic on WEBTOON! As of writing, the first episode is already available in full on WEBTOON and I intend to add the second episode in due course.
I will still be self-hosting the comic here primarily, that will of course not change. I may yet decide that mirroring the comic elsewhere may not be something that I feel is worth investing time in, we will see how this goes.
On a side note, I intend to start scripting Episode 3 soon and I intend for it to be a shorter episode. I'm excited to continue the story, after a little break following the completion of Episode 2. Yippee!
As always, for anyone who does read my little comic, thank you for doing so; it means a lot to me. :>
Yip! -Fox-Fleas
Greetings, my fellow critters!
As you may have likely already inferred, Episode 2 of God Animal is finally complete! With a pair of shiny elytra, it has finally eclosed and emerged from its pupal chamber, searching for some tree sap to feast upon. Splendid!
I am incredibly happy and relieved to finally have this instalment of the story out. I’m acutely aware of the fact that it has been almost exactly two years since Episode 1 one was completed. Without specifying too much, this was due to a number of factors, including myself experiencing what I now realise was a rather horrific and prolonged episode of autistic burnout for the entirety of last year and much of this year (due to a number of reasons that I will refrain from going into). Thankfully, though I am still in some ways recovering from this, I am in truth a much happier bugfox than I was when this year began, which I am most delighted to be able to say. There were also a number of script changes that had also delayed this Episode, suffice to say.
I’ve been incredibly excited to introduce the latter two members of the primary cast of protagonists in God Animal, Act and Dhh, as well as of course progress the story. There is something especially gratifying about having characters you have been drawing for years (in their current forms, to be more specific) finally meet and interact in a narrative. I'm certainly enthusiastic about developing the pair of characters, and of course Cat, Dog and Rebirth Horse, going forward. In particular, I intend for Episode 3 to begin to give some glimpses into the respective histories of Cat and Dog, conveying the troubled pasts they each had as beings born in the Post-Silence World. I also am very keen on being able to explore further the fact that the two foxes are both aro-ace and their friendship in the context of that.
On that topic, what is the plan for God Animal going forward?
Well, I intend to begin scripting Episode 3 in due course. I also intend to map out the overarching plot and character arcs of the comic with more certainty, as well as produce and refine more of the research I need to complete for the story (and its characters) ahead. I can say as of present, I intend for God Animal to entail a total length of 10-12 Episodes (concluding with a shorter Epilogue), though this may be subject to change. I do have one related project I intend to announce here as well...
I am uncertain of what format it will take at this time, but I at some stage intend to begin producing something I have had in mind for God Animal since I worked on the first Episode. This project would be some variety of bestiary, detailing a number of the beings inhabiting the Post-Silence World! Rather than being a series of biology book or field guide-like objective descriptions of said beings, it would be narrated by different characters from the story, each providing their own informal thoughts about said critters. This would obviously in no way reflect actual real-world nomenclature or biology in any manner, especially as any beings remaining would obviously not have an understanding of topics such as Linnaean taxonomy; think along the lines of old bestiaries from centuries past or folk taxonomy.
This would not only include beings appearing in the Post-Silence World (such as Snare Foxes and Swarm Beasts/The Monarch Swarm), but would also entail extant, real world animals that survived the Silent Apocalypse, such as various insects or certain breeds of domesticated dog (as per Act, for example!). I thought it would be a cute concept, fun! I currently intend for this to take the form of bonus pages, serving as intermissions between Episodes, though I may yet add a dedicated page for this. I'm not certain of how I will implement this, as of yet.
Regardless, I'm excited to continue working on God Animal in earnest now. I feel I have learned a lot about the process of working on comics and indeed of writing in general, which I feel will assist me in producing the comic moving forward. Hopefully the next instalment will not take as long, next time!
Thank you for reading, as always. May you all have a splendid and critter-filled 2026!
Yip! -Fox-Fleas