This strip was inspired by a similar rainy walk I took after my squash lesson one day! Unlike Chapel, however, I went on the walk voluntarily to get inspiration for this week’s strip (and to buy some snazzy nail polish). I don’t know about you guys, but I’m not very fond of the rain. I’m sure we’ve all had a similar experience as Chapel when we get caught in the rain at the wrong time – and all we can do is imagine ourselves at home in front of a cozy fire!
On another note, one of you requested I make a new process video over at my tumblr, and I did! I filmed the entire process of creating this strip and will be editing it together into one of my time-lapse process videos. PLEASE check back later this evening to watch the video, which I’ll post right here in the comments section once I’ve finished it! I did something extra-special when filming this one.
Have any of you guys ever been caught out in the rain at an inopportune moment? Share your rain horror stories below, I really want to hear them! And don’t forget to check back for the video later this evening.
Tomorrow is coming!!!! Can't wait to see the new comic..... although I don't think really anybody can ever wait....
I am a bit confused with all the words and stuff.... sorry, I usually check like a couple of times every day, but I don't think I have really caught up with all these conversations.....
GUYS! I need your help! I submitted three pieces of art for the Teen Voices February Love contest and they selected all three as finalists! BUT, here's where you guys come in! The only way I can win is if people vote for my artwork. To do that, you can become a fan of Teen Voices Magazine and then "like" my artwork. Thanks so much! My art is the first three pieces in the album! Vote here!
I saw on your tumblr! I really, really, REALLY (times like 100 million) want to vote, but I don't have a Facebook. Which is stupid, because I'm old enough to have one. But my parents won't let me :/
Aww, that's a shame! Well thanks anyway! And oh my gosh, you should totally spam my askbox whenever you visit my tumblr, it's fun to get messages over there!
YES! And I know tumblr's down it annoys me so much...whenever it's down I always just end up slinking over to my personal Facebook and posting stupid drawings there.
I'm guessing that i can't vote if i don't have a facebook account, right?
on a side note, i feel that far too many people are way too tied into the web with facebook, myspace, twitter, and others is that it is ruining our in real life relationships and skills. far too many people post silly, stupid, and FAR worse comments and pics that wind up coming back to haunt them later.
i wonder how many of you can just let go of the internet for how long (other than checking in chapel comics, however.)
Note To Self: Reading Catching Fire's jabberjay scene (in which Katniss and Finnick run for the pseudo-voices of their loved ones. Prim and Annie) induces crying. Who knew?
Before I start Mockingjay again, I just want to know this:
Who else here wishes that the third Hunger Games book never really happened????
I know I do...
R.I.P. Peeta Mellark's cute, untarnished, de-Capitolized brain ;_;
OH MY GOSH!!! I LOVE The Hunger Games!!!! I can't wait for the movie to come out!!! By the way, Emma, do you know The Hunger Games Series?!?!? It's really good! (Harry Potter PWNS ALL, maybe you shouldn't tell what happens in the book, it kind of takes away the surprise for the people reading the book.) :/ Just Saying! :P
P.S. Yes R.I.P. Peeta's mind :'(
P.P.S Can't wait for it to be March 23rd!!!!
Sorry for writing this long comment! :P
Oh my gosh I love the Hunger Games and Harry Potter as well! I'm taking off from school for 2 weeks to do a LOT of work for Chapel so going to see THG movie will be my treat! My mom, my best friend, and I are all gonna go see it together. My mom and I love Peeta of course, but my best friend -- that traitor -- thinks Gale is way better.
GASP!
*shocked face*
PEETA IS SO MUCH BETTER
Yay you and your mom :D
Lucky you, I have to go to school that day so I am going with one of my best friends to see it at 7 on the 23rd.
But she's not Team Peeta or Team Gale. The only person she loves from any book series (or at all, for that matter) is Severus Snape, even though she's only fourteen XD
Hi Emma!
I've seen your work in Stone Soup, but never knew about this website- until now! Chapel is hilarious, and it's impressing how much effort you put into each strip. Keep up the good work!
PS- Do you have any advice for aspiring teenage writers?
Love your nickname! As you can tell by mine, I am overly obsessed with Harry Potter.
And Hunger Games.
I wish my last name would be Mellark-Weasley.
I married George Weasley, BTW (I'm obsessed with the twins <333333)
Ha! I totally love the nickname!I am kinda wondering if I shoul hange my nickname to a mor Harry Potter like name...but I might not just to keep out of the confusion!
THAT'S SO AWESOME!!!! (\(^_^)/) Nice job! Must be kind of tiring after a while though... Great work! Now I know how you make these comics! Yay! Haha :P
Squash is a sport played with racquets in square, indoor courts. You can Google it for more info! Anyway, Chapel is wearing the special outfit you need to play squash, and she was just practicing the sport. That's what squash practice is!
This is definelty by far my favorite one, when you're sure one thing will happen, but a whole nother does! Just out of curiosity, what is your favorite book?
I'm so glad you like the comic! And hmm...I love books WAY too much to pick an absolute favorite, but here are SOME of my favorites off the top of my head: "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson, "The True Meaning of Smekday" by Adam Rex, "The Orphan's Tales" by Catherynne Valente, "Asterios Polyp" by David Mazzuchelli, "1Q84" by Haruki Murakami, "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok, "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco, The "One Piece" series by Eiichiro Oda, "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman, the "Discworld" series by Terry Pratchett...I'm sure I'm missing a TON, but those are just the first few that sprung to mind!
Ditto; all I read is Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Percy Jackson, and the Heroes of Olympus. And possibly Maximum Ride...we'll have to see.
And this is not because I'm young...next year I'll be out of middle school...it's just I like fiction XD
holy cow 50 comments already wow i once got caught in the rain walking home from school the wrong way i actually passed the school on my way back and by the time i got home it had stopped raining also what video?
You say you want to hear rain horror stories? You sure? All right....
So I take gymnastics classes, and I used to wear shorts and a t - shirt to them. So once it was raining out, and I was being a really stupid person and still wearing shorts and a t - shirt. I was really cold, but they worked us so hard at class that it didn't really matter in the end.
Oh well..... oh yeah, once I was in Disneyland and it was raining (like I mentioned in one of my comments below). I was, however NOT wearing my rain boots so my sneakers got really wet. Then, we went on one of the rides and my seat was wet, so, my pants got wet. Luckily, I didn't have too long until we went back to our hotel room. :D
That happens to me ALL THE TIME, because I don't own any rainboots and my sneakers are made out of canvas so they get soaked super easily. Man, I'm cringing just READING everyone's rain stories!
Ah, it's actually taking longer than expected to edit, so it should be up tomorrow. I'm doing some fancy split-screen effects with this one, but that also means double the work to time lapse and edit it! :D
Okay then!! Yeah, I'm not sure when it'll be up since I didn't actually manage to get it done today...I've been super busy this weekend and homework kind of takes precedence over videos...
At least...generally...when it doesn't flood my house...>:C I thought Australia was meant to be dry, but no, we get bushfires AND floods, the best of both xP
Often I actually quite enjoy walking in the rain, if it isn't too cold/windy (and I don't get caught in a white shirt...xP). It can be a little annoying if I get soaked on my way to work/uni though!
I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the video!!
Haha the comments are funny! ^_^ Good job Emma! Nice! (By the way, is that Chapel's mom in the picture in the third box???) :P I also really like the way you drew the fire!!! Lots of detail!!! (Oh, and the raindrops on the window are so cool!)
My dad designed the site for me! And I usually don't have too much trouble coming up with ideas each week...I don't know, I don't find it difficult! XD
HEY, Chapel's actually wearing something slightly different-- and SHOES! LOL Poor Chapel, best not imagine the fire at that moment or you'll feel worse.
Well, let's see. A few years ago my family went to the zoo. Nice, pretty day, enjoying the animals. We were searching for the elephants (note: WE COULDN'T FIND THEM) and BOOM! A thunderstorm hit. So we found a little cabin by the path (don't know why the heck it was there) and hid under the porch with a few other people until the storm passed. Yeah, I love storms, but that was not particularly fun. .-.
Dragons are more wide spread than you think. they appear in just about every major culture group in one variant or another. I have a feeling that early humanity saw them in the flesh long ago. They kept their memory alive in myths and tales. Where they went is any one's guess. I would like to think that they are in a suspended animation sleep far away from us.
I also happen to know of a place not too far from me called "Dragon Fang Mt." it does look like the jaw line of a dragon. maybe some day i'll try to dig up some bones over there....or the real thing.
No, it's never happened to me! One time my parents were 30 minutes late to pick me up from school, but it wasn't raining so I just hung out with the extended aftershcool program kids.
Oh dear, is chapel (or you miss Emma) made out of sugar then? You're not going to melt out there. Wellllll.... in my case, i might RUST if i don't keep the weather beater polish up. but that is another matter!
The rains where you are at Miss Emma must be aweful, but i know where i am at, they can be rather nice. I never have to worry about floods (i live up on a high hill) nor do i have have to worry about twisters either (again, the mountains stop them).
It's not awful here...In fact, we actually get so little rain that whenever we DO get some I really make a stink about it. And in California twisters are nonexistent. XD
Second week in a row I'm the first to comment... must be because I'm an insane insomniac!
Well, I'm Australian and we had a drought for the 10 years starting from 2001 to 2011 Sure being caught out in the rain was unpleasant but it was rare and exciting like snow falling. In summer when the thunderstorms would come we'd go outside, sit on the porch and watch or dance in the relievingly cool rain.
You are truly one of the anonymous. you leave no name tag nor any other way to tell who you are. your gender is also equally vague, so my default thought is to set you as a boy. Prove me other wise.
Oh, I know that riddle! It's H I J K L M N O, right? From H to O, or H2O. That's another name for water, right? And liSed can be unscrambled to Slide! I will strike near a water slide, it says. Huh? Um, anonymous, you are WEIRD. (Sorry, but you are.)
OH, and Emma, I'm new here and I caught up on all the comics! You are G-R-E-A-T! And the riddle is from the Boxcar Children. Do you read their books?
I used to read those books when I was in kindergarten, but I don't read them anymore of course! What a strange riddle...I'm glad someone else figured it out, though, because I'm horrible at riddles.
check out Emma T Capps new web comic SUNNY,
The League of Fonts
THE LEAGUE OF FONTS is where typefaces are born. Every time a font is created in the world, it manifests as a living, breathing, Font – human for all intents and purposes, but unable to age or die unless their typeface falls into disuse. They live together on the League of Fonts, which serves as a secret island hub, bustling corporation, and home. It’s a world full of its own internal intrigues like any office, and Times New Roman is its powerful CEO. He’s got a lot on his plate lately: planning the League’s famous Decennial party, struggling with modern technology, and hiding his embarrassing addiction to the Twilight movies. Times New Roman is confident he can keep everything under control…but what’s an old font to do when a young boy named Louis Pepping accidentally stumbles onto the secrets of the League?
Find out every Wednesday!
P.S. I'm NOT some crazy person! hehe
WILL DO
I'll spam it tomorrow XD
LET THE SPAMMING BEGIN
I WENT TO YOUR ASK AND IT SAID THE URL COULD NOT BE FOUND O NOOOOO
MY EVIL SPAMMING HAS STARTED
BE PREPARED
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO OWN FURTHER
Oh well u never know what you're going to get when you use an iPad...
DOWN NOT OWN
DIE AUTOCORRECT
on a side note, i feel that far too many people are way too tied into the web with facebook, myspace, twitter, and others is that it is ruining our in real life relationships and skills. far too many people post silly, stupid, and FAR worse comments and pics that wind up coming back to haunt them later.
i wonder how many of you can just let go of the internet for how long (other than checking in chapel comics, however.)
Who else here wishes that the third Hunger Games book never really happened????
I know I do...
R.I.P. Peeta Mellark's cute, untarnished, de-Capitolized brain ;_;
P.S. Yes R.I.P. Peeta's mind :'(
P.P.S Can't wait for it to be March 23rd!!!!
Sorry for writing this long comment! :P
YESSSSSS LET'S FANGIRL
*shocked face*
PEETA IS SO MUCH BETTER
Yay you and your mom :D
Lucky you, I have to go to school that day so I am going with one of my best friends to see it at 7 on the 23rd.
But she's not Team Peeta or Team Gale. The only person she loves from any book series (or at all, for that matter) is Severus Snape, even though she's only fourteen XD
I've seen your work in Stone Soup, but never knew about this website- until now! Chapel is hilarious, and it's impressing how much effort you put into each strip. Keep up the good work!
PS- Do you have any advice for aspiring teenage writers?
And Hunger Games.
I wish my last name would be Mellark-Weasley.
I married George Weasley, BTW (I'm obsessed with the twins <333333)
\(^.^)/
And this is not because I'm young...next year I'll be out of middle school...it's just I like fiction XD
You say you want to hear rain horror stories? You sure? All right....
So I take gymnastics classes, and I used to wear shorts and a t - shirt to them. So once it was raining out, and I was being a really stupid person and still wearing shorts and a t - shirt. I was really cold, but they worked us so hard at class that it didn't really matter in the end.
At least...generally...when it doesn't flood my house...>:C I thought Australia was meant to be dry, but no, we get bushfires AND floods, the best of both xP
Often I actually quite enjoy walking in the rain, if it isn't too cold/windy (and I don't get caught in a white shirt...xP). It can be a little annoying if I get soaked on my way to work/uni though!
I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the video!!
I LOVE IT!
Could you please explain squash to me????
How did you desighn this site? How do you come up with these jokes EVERY WEEK?
Well, let's see. A few years ago my family went to the zoo. Nice, pretty day, enjoying the animals. We were searching for the elephants (note: WE COULDN'T FIND THEM) and BOOM! A thunderstorm hit. So we found a little cabin by the path (don't know why the heck it was there) and hid under the porch with a few other people until the storm passed. Yeah, I love storms, but that was not particularly fun. .-.
others things will tell, I'll do so as best as i can tell in this format.
but what would you like to hear from me Miss Emma?
... why yes, i do know of dragons. want to hear about them?
I also happen to know of a place not too far from me called "Dragon Fang Mt." it does look like the jaw line of a dragon. maybe some day i'll try to dig up some bones over there....or the real thing.
Yes. It was very tough. xD
The rains where you are at Miss Emma must be aweful, but i know where i am at, they can be rather nice. I never have to worry about floods (i live up on a high hill) nor do i have have to worry about twisters either (again, the mountains stop them).
Well, I'm Australian and we had a drought for the 10 years starting from 2001 to 2011 Sure being caught out in the rain was unpleasant but it was rare and exciting like snow falling. In summer when the thunderstorms would come we'd go outside, sit on the porch and watch or dance in the relievingly cool rain.
(puts on a pair of sunglasses)
He just couldn't spell it out.
YYYEEEEAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
and Dr. Taxil Necrobane, its a GIRL!!!!
OH, and Emma, I'm new here and I caught up on all the comics! You are G-R-E-A-T! And the riddle is from the Boxcar Children. Do you read their books?