we were kinda poor, my family. SO almost all of my clothes were thrifted. Once in a while, there was a trip to Kmart. Which was good, cause I still carry that "secondhand is good enough" mentality.
How about we talk at the top of the page? It's kind of weird WAYYY down there! I actually did go to Paris! :P But only once :( I saw the Eiffel tower through my hotel window! I also went to the Louvre! Do you know it? :P The Mona Lisa is actually VERY small! :( Oh, and I speak fluent French! :P (Not to brag, sorry!) Oh, and we can talk on the next strip! :P
I'm confused about this comic. I don't understand why buying a skirt is such a big deal. BTW I just started reading these comics my BFF Miss L.S.P. recommended them. I just finished reading all the comics. Rupert is by far the best!!!
Okay umm so my friend told me this one: a car pulls up to a hotel, a woman screams and a guy gets rich really fast. what happened? Btw: Kuromi, you are NOT allowed to answer this one.. oh yes HINT: there is nobody in the car... I will tell you another hint if anyone wants it.....
Hi Emma! Hi other people!
Emma I just want to say that your comics are super awesome and I always read them. I have only commented, like, two times before this but I am going to try to do so more! (It's like, I get here and there are already about 50 comments from all the regular people and i feel like it's too late to join the conversation.) But I'm commenting now! Yay!
Cheers!
-Ava
Oh wow, thanks so much! I'm glad you've finally commented. Feel free to just butt into the conversations, though, I can assure you that myself and the other regulars LOVE meeting new people! And it's never too late to join the conversation. Anyway thanks for commenting and I hope you'll keep doing so! :D
Okay, I am confused(x100) about that really lonnnnnng conversation going on down there..... so I guess there is 2 CLARE ROXs? BTW I totally love the games that we play in the comment zones! Does anyone have any other fun games that we could play? Or riddles? I LOVE riddles!!!!
That's what I'm starting to think, too, because whenever one of them changed their name, the other's name would change as well. Ah, if it really was someone trying to prank me, that'd be very sad...
yes, it would.... I don't even get it when they or her/him try to explain something sadly.... I hope ONE of them changes their nickname... otherwise it would be very confusing to keep up with convorsations...
No, actually, it is her nightgown. Chapel either wears her black dress or this nightgown, which she's worn before. And we can stop guessing now, people have already figured out that what I changed was Chapel's hands!
go ask your mom to get some Zinc lozenges (perfurably ones called "Cold ezz" or so). those work to beat down colds. well, they work for me, try them for your self.
Oh my gosh, that's super weird that you mentioned it! I actually sent my Dad to buy me some zinc lozenges just yesterday, because last time I Dad a cold they REALLY helped. So yeah, I've been eating them all day! They help with my sore throat, too.
Hey, hey, peoples of Chapel Chornicles, let's start up another game!
Ohhh, I've been wanting to do this FOREVER...
Okay. Here goes:
THE NAME: How Do I Look?
THE RULES: Pick a commenter, any commenter (or more than 1 if you'd like) and guess what they look like!
THE CATCH: The commenter who you are guessing about can only answer you in yes or no responses! NO HINTS!
Let's see how well we can guess each other's appearance based on our Internet personalities... GO!
I have wavy brown hair, and you were right, it is longish! It used to be reeeeaaaly short, but I grew it out (THANK GAWD)
and i also used to have glasses but I got contacts in the fall THEY SAVED MY LIFE i love them <3
And I'm a nerd, so all of my friends are nerds, but yes, there are a lot of them :) thank you for thinking that by the way!
YES contacts are the best! I'm nearsighted in my left eye so I wear only one contact, but still, it's great. Nerd friends are the best! Most of my fandom friends are my tumblr tomodachis though.
No, brown hair (although it is so dark that it might look a little black). I'm not super tall compared to some people but, yes, I am tall(-ish more to me). I laugh a lot with my friends, but not when somebody insults me or is purposely trying to bother me. I sometimes can have a hard time not laughing at certain things....
Bwahaha that headpiece is defying the laws of physics right there xD
Loving the hands too - it really adds a lot to her design! I was just thinking the other day your art has got a lot sleeker since the start of the comic, it's looking really really good! (Not that it didn't before, but you get what I mean :P) I like it :D
Maybe the headpiece is attached to her chin with a cord or something...that could explain how it stays on!
Wow, thanks so much for the compliment! I'm really pleased with how the hands look, and hearing that people think my art has improved is the highest compliment for me. Thank you! <3
I looked at a picture of it so I could draw it exactly! This is the photo I based it off of even though I adjusted the colors a bit to suit Chapel more.
Ah I have mixed feelings about Mockingjay...while I love the ending, I think the series almost would've been better with just the first book. The other ones got kind of formulaic...
Well....it's actually from a really old episode of iCarly, where Carly makes up a number to trick this kid who was mean to Spencer, her brother. So, she was tutoring him, and, as revenge, she made up a number called derf, that was between five and six.
But I just use it like "No duh" but I say "No derf". Little backstory for ya there! :D
Thanks so much! This is actually a super simplified version of the way I actually draw hands though. And the hat is one designed by a guy called Phillip Treacy, and some actress called Sarah Jessica Parker wore it once! If you google it, you can see a picture of the actual hat. Isn't it AMAZING?
That was jarring, I never expected to see Chapel with fingers, haha! She's got some serious explaining to do for her friends... Still no toes though. XD
I love going to thrift/resale stores. Goodwill is great, I usually find a bunch of books there. There are a few other resale shops around here that are great too-- clothes and books are the things I always look for, because they can be so expensive otherwise! Those stores are lifesavers. LOL
I know, Goodwill is awesome! Last time I went there I was able to buy 9 books (granted, they were fairly small books, but still) for just a couple dollars. :D
Babysitter's Club and Sweet Valley Twins. XD Not your average almost-14-year-old girl's ideal reads, but I've been reading them all my life and just love them.
Hey! Starting my own comic made me realize that getting comments is fun, and I realized I'd been reading your comic for months and hadn't said anything. So, just wanted to say that I love it! Great job, it really helps me start my day with a smile! Thanks!
Wow, that was so considerate of you! I'd love to read your comic, what is it called? :D And I still can't get over how sweet this comment is -- hearing that Chapel has made someone smile is the best thing I could wish for.
I have to admit, when i was a kid, my mother never made any cloths for myself. One of my grandmas was into needle point than knitting so nothing from there. But my brother and I did make other things. we made a small play house, a steam locomotive, a cannon, low altitude rockets, mini assault drone robots. you know, things inventive young boys would make.
...ok, that last one didn't get very far, but we tried.
Wow, that's actually really cool! I love hearing things like that. I love knitting (and in fact, over at my tumblr you can see a Doctor Who scarf I'm working on) and my dad has sewed costumes and cosplay for me before...but we don't make any of my normal clothes. :D
Rain spears? That would be crazy! AND YES SHE NOW HAS HANDS! I thought it was time for her to move past her old snake-y hands...think of her as a Pokemon that's just evolved, if you want.
Wow! You're EARLY! YAY!
And...uh...is it the flower in the vase? The lack of a picture on the wall? Or just that Chapel's ponytail holders are green?
And no, I cant make anything to save my life, and I don't think I've ever been in a thrift store... O_o
Maybe I'll have to fix that!
You DEFINITELY have to go to a thrift store, they're so much fun! The flower is certainly a different color, but I change the flowers in a lot of different strips, and there's not always a picture, and Chapel's ponytail holders change color fairly frequently! I'm still surprised you caught all of that, though -- good job!
I was reading the early comics...you get up on 8:30 on SCHOOLDAYS??? Lucky! My school starts at 8:03, so I usually get up at 6:30, considering I have morning work to do and it takes 27 min. w/usual traffic to get there! (I like to be exact.) I always buy new clothes instead of going to thrift shops--not that I don't like them, I just don't have any near me. :(
Hey, Anonymous, sorry...Emma might have been, like, scared or confused. I didn't know she was supposed to figure it out alone. Really sorry--and please don't yell, even if I can't hear you.
Well, I was just saying you might have been confused when Josephine...er, Clare...posted the "H I J K L M N O liSed" thing on Don't Rain on My Parade. Sorry 4 confusing u.
YEP. AND GOOD NEWS!!! A COMPUTER PERSON IS FIXING CAPS LOCK 2MRO. OH, CAPS!! AS IN EMMA T. CAPPS!!! THEY SPELL IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT...HA HA!! PARDON THE PUN. ; )
I figured, since you have the caps lock on, and she doesn't! That's actually pretty funny. And yeah, caps lock is pretty similar to my name, isn't it? I've always thought that was a funny coincidence!
Yeah, that's a totally cool idea! Wish I had my own website, but my parents won't let me. They say Facebook is enough!!! Do you have a Facebook account, Emma & Clare?
There's a Chapel facebook page on the button at the top of this website -- just click on the Facebook button and you're there -- but I have a personal Facebook too at "Emma T Capps," I don't do much on there but feel free to add me if you want.
It's my personal policy that I reply back to all the comments on the site! (Or as many comments as I can, because goodness knows I've missed some down the line). So when I can, I'll keep responding! Definitely keep commenting, I LOVE reading your comments! <3
Okay...sorry I ditched you! Family was going to Pizza Hut. And no, Emma, we're not on the same computer, we just get caught up in conversations and name ourselves each other's names. But caps lock is Clare--I, Robin Haggersly, am a TOTALLY different girl than Clare!
OH YEAH, EMMA, HOW OFTEN DO U PUT OUT NEW COMICS? WHERE DO U LIVE? I LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY!!! SO AWESOME HERE, BUT ONCE WE GOT ROBBED. IT WAS SCARY. ALSO, A LITTLE BOY WAS ALMOST STOLEN FROM OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX!!! SCARY HERE BUT COOL!!! CAPITAL OF FASHION.
OH THE COMPUTER PERSON IS HERE. I HAVE 2 GET OFF. IT IS SOOOOO BORING HERE!!! EMMA, YOUR SITE IS THE ONLY ENTERTAINING THING!!! HERE I CAN READ THE BEST COMICS EVER, CHAT WITH MY NEW BFF ROBIN & YOU, AND WATCH YOUR "MAKING OF A CHAPEL CARD" PRODUCTION. FACEBOOK ISN'T WORKING ON OUR COMPUTER RIGHT NOW. COMPUTER DUDE SUPPOSED 2 FIX IT. BYE 4 NOW!!! I CONTINUE TO REMAIN UNKNOWN...
I have soccer practice. Will b here in 1 hr and 5 min. (I told u I like 2 b exact!!!) Oh, sorry Emma...Clare & I have kinda been using yr page as a chat room...but Clare and u r my new BFFs!! Please respond with the truth. If yr annoyed, I have Facebook. Clare's computer person is supposed 2 fix her Facebook...and TELL THE TRUTH!!! If yr annoyed, let us know! We don't care if we're kicked off the site. Promise.
OKAY, YEAH. EMMA IS 4 SURE MAD. SHE'S NOT REPLYING. WE ARE TOTALLY SORRY, EM! : ( ... ALSO, CAP LOCKS IS FIXED, BUT I WILL CONTINUE 2 TYPE WITH IT ON SO U KNOW ITS ME. OH NO I'M TALKING NONSENSE AGAIN! EMMA PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT US 2 KEEP COMMENTING.
Back! & yr right-let's stop. Mayb we should just read the comments & comics! I wonder when she will put out another masterpiece...ok, last comment. will check back in case she's not mad.
I'm not mad at all, sorry! I was doing something else and haven't had a chance to reply to any comments yet today. Keep on commenting, I like that you two are chatting here! :D
Oh yeah, and Emma? We would NEVER NEVER NEVER try to prank you. Triple promise and hope to grow fungus between our toes. We just get so caught up-and have lots of typos. Guess we should reread!
YEAH. GOOD YR NOT MAD. BUT I AM STILL SUPER-SORRY, IN CASE U R JUST BEING NICE. YOU ARE NICE. DO YOU ALWAYS WEAR THE EVERGREEN GREEN SHIRT IN YOUR MOVIES, OR IS IT LIKE A SIGNATURE OUTFIT? AND WHEN IS YOUR NEXT COMIC GOING 2 COME OUT? I REALLY LUV THEM!!! MORE MORE MORE!!! (OOPS, NOT 2 PRESSURE U.)
I used to wear the green shirt and shorts every day back in middle school, but now I've branched out. If you watch my latest video on my "About Me" page, you'll see I'm wearing something different. And the next comic will be out on Friday like I said above! :DDDD
OH YEAH. I WAS GOING 2 ASK, WHERE IS THAT TAXIL NECROBANE DUDE? IS HE REALLY A DOCTOR? I PICTURE HIM AN INFORMATIVE ALCHEMIST. DR. TN, HOW OLD R U? -CLARE
Yr funny 2!! (in a good way) yes, and if you HAVE been following our conversation, u know non-caps lock is me!!! and caps lock is CLARE. Where do u live? -Robin
You can't be sure though... :S I lived in the US, then in Europe, and then I moved back to the US... :P :D I can't be more specific... :S I'm mysterious....;) Haha! :D
Yeah. OMG, AK (Agent Katherine), did you really live in Europe? It is supposed to B totally awesome there!! Did u visit Paris, the city of LUV??? See the Eiffel Tower? Let me know soon!!! -Robin
UH, EMMA, WHY R OUR COMMENTS IN PARAGRAPHS SO NARROW? THEY DIDN'T USED 2 B LIKE THIS!!! ITS KINDA WEIRD, BUT NOT, LIKE, BAD-WEIRD. TOTALLY NOT-THAT CAME OUT WRONG!!! I MEANT, UM, WHY, IN A CURIOUS WAY, NOT WHY IN A DISGUSTED WAY. CLARE
It's because this conversation has gotten too long. If you click on the green "Add Comment" button at the very top of this website, you can start a NEW conversation and the comments will look normal again. You should do that if you want!
I put out a new comic every Friday at midnight PST. I live in the Bay Area California! Also, in late April I'll be selling my work at a comics convention in NYC (more info on that later) so you should totally come and say hi to me in person! :D
Emma! I will be in NYC in April for school vacation! Do you know what days you'll be there???? Will I be able to come and buy a comic???? :D PLEASE SEE THIS COMMENT! If you don't see it (it's OK!), I will post it up higher!!!! VERY IMPORTANT!!!!
Yes, I will be in NYC on April 28th and 29th! I'll be posting more details about the convention on this website and on my Facebook page in a little while. It would be SO COOL if you could make it out! If you can't, you can always buy the comics year-round from the online store.
Oh, cool! Sadly, my vacation is April 14-22!
:(((((((((( But I will plead with my dad so that we can go back! It would be so awesome if I could come! Do you sign comics? What do you do there? (If you've been to one before of course!)
I sell Chapel products (basically everything that's in the online store, so comics, earrings, keychains and greeting cards) sign comics, and chat with any readers who've come to say hi! Mostly, I spend my time trying to convert new readers and getting people to sign up for my mailing list. I also visit friends of mine in the comics community.
Okay, well I'll comment when I can. I'm excited to hear that you'll be commenting for a while, I'm really glad that you're spending time here on the site! :D
Yeah, wow! O yeah, are u interested in sports? Like March Madness? I live in North Carolina, so I'm going for them. Do u play any sports? And to Clare Rox, good about some fixing Caps Locks!! Also good pun.
I'm not interested in sports at all...I even have no idea what March Madness is! :D I do play one sport, squash, but that's only because I need some way to exercise. I'm definitely not a sporty person at all!
It probably doesn't matter much if someone's coming to fix it soon, but you could try holding the shift button down as a quick-fix for the Caps Lock being jammed on. Having both on gives you lower-case text again (presumably intended for things like notices or chemical formulae, where the Caps Lock may be justified).
FINE, ITS OK. AND I'M NOT YELLING--OUR COMPUTER'S CAP LOCK BUTTON WON'T TURN OFF. SORRY FOR YELLING, ANYWAY. REALLY AM SORRY, I SWEAR. NICE COMICS, BTW, EMMA! YOU ROCK AT DRAWING. I BET IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK!
AND MY NAME ISN'T REALLY JOSEPHINE, IT'S ACTUALLY CLARE. I'LL START POSTING AS "CLARE ROX" SO YOU'LL KNOW IT'S ME. SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS LOCK!
Oh, it's totally fine! No need to apologize. I'm glad you like my comics, it really cheers me up to hear that! And whoa, you have the same username as the other Robin -- that's a tad confusing, so posting as Clare might help! :D Thanks so much for commenting, I really appreciate it!
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Emma I just want to say that your comics are super awesome and I always read them. I have only commented, like, two times before this but I am going to try to do so more! (It's like, I get here and there are already about 50 comments from all the regular people and i feel like it's too late to join the conversation.) But I'm commenting now! Yay!
Cheers!
-Ava
Is it just me, or has Ginny Weasley fan mysteriously disappeared?
What the heck was that convo?!?!
Ohhh, I've been wanting to do this FOREVER...
Okay. Here goes:
THE NAME: How Do I Look?
THE RULES: Pick a commenter, any commenter (or more than 1 if you'd like) and guess what they look like!
THE CATCH: The commenter who you are guessing about can only answer you in yes or no responses! NO HINTS!
Let's see how well we can guess each other's appearance based on our Internet personalities... GO!
MISS L.S.P
Cropped black hair, always smiling, tall-ish, easily amused :)
Harry Potter PWNS ALL: Longish blond hair, medium height, very energetic, has lots of friends!
I'm probably totally off, but who cares. Also, don't ever worry about spamming my tumblr inbox! Getting messages on tumblr is the most fun thing.
and i also used to have glasses but I got contacts in the fall THEY SAVED MY LIFE i love them <3
And I'm a nerd, so all of my friends are nerds, but yes, there are a lot of them :) thank you for thinking that by the way!
just making sure that got out there THAT WASNT TO YOU EMMA FYI ;)
I'm SO WEIRD XDDDDD
Dark hair, funny, creative.
Best guess. XD
I vision you with brown hair just to say....
Hmm...blonde hair then? Medium height?
Loving the hands too - it really adds a lot to her design! I was just thinking the other day your art has got a lot sleeker since the start of the comic, it's looking really really good! (Not that it didn't before, but you get what I mean :P) I like it :D
Wow, thanks so much for the compliment! I'm really pleased with how the hands look, and hearing that people think my art has improved is the highest compliment for me. Thank you! <3
just finished Mockingjay...sigh.
Suzanne Collins is an evil, sadistic genius ;)
Great Job Emma! (Like always! :P)
But I just use it like "No duh" but I say "No derf". Little backstory for ya there! :D
And whatever that THING on her head is, it has ALL MY WANT.
I love going to thrift/resale stores. Goodwill is great, I usually find a bunch of books there. There are a few other resale shops around here that are great too-- clothes and books are the things I always look for, because they can be so expensive otherwise! Those stores are lifesavers. LOL
Isn't Goodwill the best though? that's where my dad and I go! We love collecting amateur paintings and stuff, too. :D
...ok, that last one didn't get very far, but we tried.
Great strip by the way!!!! I don't have any thrift stores in my neigborhood, so...
Geez, what's next? it'll rain spears i guess.
And...uh...is it the flower in the vase? The lack of a picture on the wall? Or just that Chapel's ponytail holders are green?
And no, I cant make anything to save my life, and I don't think I've ever been in a thrift store... O_o
Maybe I'll have to fix that!
Oh and 4 that weird person? Who claimed she was Josephine?
AND I REMAIN UNKNOWN, 2...
-Robin
-AGENT CLARE
:(((((((((( But I will plead with my dad so that we can go back! It would be so awesome if I could come! Do you sign comics? What do you do there? (If you've been to one before of course!)
AND MY NAME ISN'T REALLY JOSEPHINE, IT'S ACTUALLY CLARE. I'LL START POSTING AS "CLARE ROX" SO YOU'LL KNOW IT'S ME. SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS LOCK!