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sidequestlena

Joined Apr 2013 Houston, Texas

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Welcome. I'm boxno and I love to draw. My current webcomic is called GATEKEEPER and I implore you to check it out!

Contact me at: linda.cheng10@gmail.com

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LizzyTalks
LizzyTalks Nov 05, 2017
I miss this series....
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sidequestlena
sidequestlena creator Feb 08, 2017
Sharing this super cute commission I got from Mari (http://astromari.tumblr.com/) Look at it!
Kawaii Yusra
Kawaii Yusra Feb 09, 2017
Sooo cute :D
Mits
Mits Feb 10, 2017
kyute
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sidequestlena
sidequestlena creator Feb 03, 2017
Jack looks different from what I remember....
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Kawaii Yusra
Kawaii Yusra Feb 03, 2017
Bwahahaha That's great! This is one of my fav comics btw :D Keep it up
Stitchpunked Studios
Stitchpunked Studios Feb 03, 2017
amazing
sidequestlena
sidequestlena creator Feb 03, 2017
Haha glad you guys enjoy my stupid sense of humor ;D
demure-serenity
demure-serenity Feb 05, 2017
Puella Magi Olivia Magica
MrCaffeine
MrCaffeine Feb 07, 2017
You are wonderful xD
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sidequestlena
sidequestlena creator Jan 17, 2017
Question: Does anyone use Smackjeeves anymore and is it worth uploading my comic there again? The finally changed their layout too.
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VexelRei
VexelRei Jan 18, 2017
I read both! SJ has its pro/cons for readers just like Tap. You have an opportunity to gain new readers if you upload to SJ and they may look for you on Tap, also.
The Masked Mysadaean
The Masked Mysadaean Jan 18, 2017
What's Smackjeeves?
VexelRei
VexelRei Jan 18, 2017
Similar free comic website. Not as awesome as Tap, but has comics
Subaru
Subaru Jan 19, 2017
That's a hard question. But if you're not satisfied with SJ, then I say make an announcement that you're changing mediums? Up to you, I'm not checking many comics from SJ as much as I used, but I do stick around for a few I found :)
jjfresh, polymath
jjfresh, polymath Jan 22, 2017
My other reason for turning away is that some of my pages go over the 500kb minimum and I just can't help that without making them really small. Creators have to pay $20 for a year of Donator benefits whilst Tapastic has a maximum size of 940px width and...20mb? More than enough
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MrCaffeine
MrCaffeine Jan 03, 2017
Greetings Boxno the great!
We will for ever cherish you for spreading Olivia and Jack over the internet~
sidequestlena
sidequestlena creator Jan 03, 2017
Greetings!!! Aww thank you! I'm so glad you've kept up with me all these years! I really appreciate it when ppl check out my dorky comics ; 3 ;
MrCaffeine
MrCaffeine Jan 05, 2017
Of course I love your characters they're very interesting and the comic looks so great! I actually enjoy that the MC (Olivia) isn't this super happy or you know typical main character. She's still kind but she's more like Tomoko xD a bit embarrassing and 'weak' in a good way. which makes her so very interesting.

and Jack... who the fuck does not like Jack? I mean.. even he do ;)
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Mikashi
Mikashi Oct 05, 2016
Happy Birthday Hiruda <3~. I hope you're having a good day <33~.
sidequestlena
sidequestlena creator Oct 13, 2016
Awwww <333 thanks so much!
Mikashi
Mikashi Oct 30, 2016
You're welcome <33~.
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sidequestlena
sidequestlena creator Sep 26, 2016
Sorry for the long wait...I'll be uploading new pages this week and I think you guys will like them ;D
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lazaar97
lazaar97 Sep 26, 2016
She's baaaack!
StarBlaze
StarBlaze Sep 26, 2016
yaaaaaaaay~
codenamejanie
codenamejanie Sep 26, 2016
*shrieks and throws confetti*
Kuvica
Kuvica Sep 26, 2016
YAAYYYY
pg82
pg82 Sep 28, 2016
but of course
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sidequestlena
sidequestlena creator Jun 29, 2016
Question for you folks...do you prefer fast updates with less pages, or slower updates with more pages? Let me know your thoughts!
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MGO
MGO Jun 30, 2016
I like how you're currently doing, and I think you're pretty fast. But as an artist I think it's more convenient to do more pages at once and post slower. In my experience fans prefer faster updates though.
gostek93
gostek93 Jul 01, 2016
Longer comics seems reasonable and stuff, especially for me since I don't check up tapastic daily (only every other day haha xd), and I feel like it would be easier for you, to keep the story consistent that way. But well, on the other hand, I really like this short updates (there is a lot of comics, that I subscribed to, but don't read, because I would feel bad if I would read it fast [darn my english, I hope you understand what I mean], so I leave them "for some other time"), because internet I guess? Anyway, I would bet on longer but slower, but do however you please - it would be fine by me anyway :P
LoLo
LoLo Jul 01, 2016
I like the longer, less frequent updates, its more continuous like that :)
pg82
pg82 Jul 02, 2016
longer updates
Blastryoku
Blastryoku Jul 04, 2016
I prefer slower updates with more pages
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sidequestlena
sidequestlena creator Jun 22, 2016
I'm thinking of doing some type of VLOG where I talk about elements of my comic and the thought process behind it. Would anyone be interested? What topics are usually covered?

I kind of wanted to talk about gender portrayal in GATEKEEPER and other media....
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StomachGod
StomachGod Jun 22, 2016
YES! \O_______O/ GIMMIE!GIMMIE!GIMMIE!GIMMIE!GIMMIE!
*ahem*
I mean, yes please! \OuO/
jennifermcneely
jennifermcneely Jun 22, 2016
I would certainly be interested in anything about GateKeeper. Any other topics would be hit or miss on my interest scale ofc, would have to wait and see :)
Mocha
Mocha Jun 22, 2016
That would be awesome! ✧٩(•́▽•́๑)و ✧
ChaoticTrilby
ChaoticTrilby Jun 22, 2016
Meh, gender portrayal stuff has been done to death. I'm kinda bored of being told how oppressed I am because people dare to write fictional women this way or that way. :P Not that I assume that's what you'll say, but there you go - that's my initial reservation about the idea. Other topics in relation to Gatekeeper would be cool though! :D I'd give it a listen, no matter what, anyway. And, so long as you're sure you won't just tread beaten ground with the gender stuff, I'm sure that'd be fine too.
G.H.S.T
G.H.S.T Jun 22, 2016
That would be so interesting! Any topic I would be great I think...maybe topics related to your process behind plotting, what all planning goes into making webcomics in general, creating dynamic characters, dialogue, deciding setting or character design...those are just some ideas off of the top of my head :') I personally would also be interested in gender portrayal-- I think it's an important topic, especially because I remember in the previous version people criticized Olivia despite her not having fully developed, so I think it would be relevant to discuss it in at least one video.
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sidequestlena
sidequestlena creator May 30, 2016
Stuff outside of GATEKEEPER - woot woot. Love this crazy lady....
Iron
Iron May 30, 2016
aw maaan wanna see the movieeee
ChaoticTrilby
ChaoticTrilby May 30, 2016
Awesome! :D Harley's always been one of my favorites. You gave her the most perfect expression. ^^
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