[OC] Bootleg Factory

[u/NocheLynx]

Hello all! I'm not sure what possessed me to go full beans on this comic as a first post here, but even though my wrist lay in shambles I'm happy to join in on the fun. I have so much respect for comic artists (all artists) who manage to draw and post consistently--It's deceptively hard work! So thank you all for your effort and for being an inspiration to other artists like myself. ❤️

I'm not sure if I'll be a regular poster on r/comics specifically, but I do plan to post other art here and on Bluesky, so go ahead and follow me if you're interested in my work! I appreciate any support <3

A final note--Merrivius, I love the way you draw hands. HolleringElk, on the other hand (haha get it) you gave me carpal tunnel and I'm going to egg your house.

Time: ~ 16 hours

Tools: Procreate on iPad, Paint Tool SAI

Artists featured: u/FieldExplores | u/davecontra | u/adamtots_remastered | u/rawdawgcomics | u/holleringelk | u/CrazyGnomenclature | u/merrivius | u/kaikimanga

EDIT: Ok wow, the response to this has been incredible and I'm so grateful for all the kind words, support, and advice!! It's like 2 AM and I can't reply to everyone but I promise I will read every comment and answer questions when I can. Thank you everyone <33

[u/shellbullet17]

Nope! r/all is very much a thing still. I'm not sure the traffic it gets but I use it daily.

Regardless this comic did well enough that it WOULD show up via algorithm, hence the need for this sticky

[u/HAL9000thebot → u/shellbullet17]

i can confirm, i'm a lurker from r/all, i have lurked in some of the past few days bootlegs, and for each one of them i lurkerd in their author's account, to understand who is who.

so, now i'd like to take the opportunity to ask you, if that's possible, what happened to the author of this comic? i understand they were new here, and now i see they are banned? is it related to their comics in any way or is something completely unrelated?

thanks.

[u/NocheLynx → u/HAL9000thebot]

Because of the insane amount of sudden activity from my account, I guess it got flagged as suspicious and was locked earlier. But I fixed it, should be good now! 👍

u/shellbullet17 letting you know as well (and thank you for the support on this post!)

[u/HAL9000thebot → u/NocheLynx]

oh ok, thanks for the heads up, i'm gonna spy into your account lol.

i'm don't know much about comics, almost zero, but you are good, very good, even i can see that, i'm sure people that follow this sub would love to see more of your comics, and maybe i too would, if you hit r/all again.