Thanks for the encouragement and kind words, Heather.  

Also, it's hard for me to think about what a Sik/Edgar romance would be like. I can only imagine it being like the Odd Couple meets Skinny Puppy (please don't judge my taste in music. :c ....)

I'm sorry I did not get on here sooner to vote on this. I'm sort of new. It was a great match. I'd like to see more of this combination.

krat~ I second a lot of what has been said below, great job. What I will add to this is mention of your portrayal of Sik S/he comes across with a certain warm quality, which might at first guess seem incongruous with a torturer but actually seems to add more depth and complexity to the character's personality. I imagine Sik can make her/his customers feel safe while they enjoy their masochism. (Or quite the opposite if s/he wanted to). I think Sik would be very good at her/his job. This is a pretty new character so I think the depth you brought to it was quite impressive. I could almost see a Sik/Edgar romance develop out of this. Now that would be interesting. LOL.

qtr~ Like many others, I had difficulty seeing/reading much of it. I understand you were having some technical difficulty. Your last page, however was fantastic! I love the expression you captured on Sik in the last image. It really captured his/her determination. And Corinth was there! So cute. Your character is very interesting. I look forward to seeing more of Sik.

Thanks for the feedback! I can see where the text might be off and difficult to read. This was one of the few times I did typed-in text, instead of hand-lettering, so just to improve on both techniques in the future I might switch back and forth.

Also, in terms of the backgrounds I can see where both kuro and IketeruGuy come from. I can see where these would lead to and emphasize the "off" feel of the world (which, to be quite honest, was rather unintentional), but I can't depend on that for every comic. While sketching out the comic I tried to experiment with doing something in the backgrounds which just lead to frustration, so I suppose that didn't help matters either. All in all, I'm still trying to improve backgrounds in my comics, so that's still going to be something I'm going to work on next time.

Anyway, though, thanks again for the feedback and critiques. I really appreciate it.

Also, as I said through PM, thanks QTR for the battle. It was really fun and I really enjoyed your half. And thanks for being patient with the technical difficulties.

Thanks for the feedback guys. Testing out a new art program, for some reason i started it at 2bit and it looked ok, until I resized it.  I have a feeling I should stick to digital for a while, like i did with the last page.

Krat you captured sik's shop/look/and demeanor perfectly. and your textures are lovely. more of edgars mind please... love it.

QTR:  I agree with this being hard to read.  I thought your drawing looked pretty nice, but whether intentional or not something happened that didn't work out.

Krat:  Honestly, I thought this was flat out great.  Normally I would agree with what kuro said about perspective and everything, but in this case I don't.  To me it looks like your backgrounds were intentionally off.  If it wasn't intentional than it still worked out for you because combined with the color scheme and everything else it really sold the mood of the character and the comic.  I think you've got the makings of a fantastic illustrator and this was an excellent comic.  It was a bit creepy in a lighthearted way, your facial expressions were also very good.  The humor was also well balanced.  It was enough to get me interested and laugh, but not over done to the point that it killed the tone of the story.  I really liked it!

qtr, it was very hard to read. however you saved this made things feel really bitmappy & pixelated. I tried but it was hard to follow. And sometimes it felt like sometimes I was reading the wrong way, but reading the natural way you're supposed to read a comic. Other times, it didn't feel like the page was optimized for the art correctly. And the characters didn't seem too dissimilar.

krat,the figures were nice & expressive, but the backgrounds & perspective seemed off & tacked on. Draw your character as part of the world, not the world as filler around your character. If you're drawing a character from a certain angle, make sure its the same for everything else in the panel. The color bit was nice. Provided nice contrast.

Great job guys.... I enjoyed both of these  

qtrnevermore- you are just plain creepy... I love it.... Watch out for your overall comic.... Some spots felt empty...

Krat - some of your best work...keep it up.

qtrnevermore, I've seen many of your previous fights and this seems to be a little off than what I normally see. I think perhaps if it wasn't so strongly sharpened/crisp with the line-art, I would have a better understanding of what style you were going for in this comic.I'm guessing the comic wasn't fully complete and you tried to compensate the sketches as best you could, OR like I said- you were trying to go for a certain style. Try adding more contrast to make the figures stand out a bit more like you have on the last page (which looked pretty good actually!) and ease off on sharpening your sketches/lines so much!

 The story was not very strong to say the least. It seems more like it should be filler for a full comic to actually get from point A to point B in this characters story. I find this story did not give enough justice to Sik. The character is pretty interesting and rather different and I look forward to seeing more of him in a more dramatic storyline.  

ALSO, try not to make the text so crisp when you're laying it down. Use a "smooth" or "strong" setting for it to avoid such sharp/pixelatedl lines.

Krat, It's been a long time since I took a look at your work and I must say... this comic's style worked really well for you and your character. It was actually kind of creepy! The grey scale and texture usage helped contribute to the general feeling of the storyline you were going with. My only beef would be the placement of your bubble text. Some of it is congested into the bubbles or aligned weirdly. Try to keep margins within your speech bubbles so the readers eye can follow the text more comfortably. I'd also like to see more long range shots with full body views in the future from you.

Good work to the two of you!

uploaded too.
...my focus on this one was improving layouts. best of luck krat!

Uploaded a little early. I had some snow days to which helped make up for the time I lost from the computer shitting itself, so it all worked out in the end.

woot. this actually means i might have a completed comic...
thank you krat.
i hope you get yours up. best of luck with the computer thing.. i can relate to that for sure.

Sorry, I had to extend the deadline. I've just run into some pretty bad computer problems (I'm currently using a friend's computer now) and until I get it fixed I'm going to have limited access to working computers.

Aww, I already feel so sorry for poor Edgar.

This just kinda has to be amazingngngngng!

Good luck you guys! This is a great matchup

things are about to get crazy.

So perfect that is must be a lie.

Yup.

Hey hey, an INTERESTING fight.

perfect

I'm expecting a tale of the exquisite horrors of the mind.