Hello and welcome to Monster Pulse! The comic is now finished, but you can read it in its entirety from the beginning, or select a chapter from the archive to get started!
Where to find me now:
My new webcomic, The Golden Boar
My Patreon, where I've been publishing daily diary comics for the years of 2021-2023!
My fantasy romance visual novel, Rose of Winter!
My twitter
And look out for my graphic novel Tiffany's Griffon, drawn by Maddi Gonzalez, due in 2023!
And more on the horizon! Thanks as always for reading Monster Pulse!
]]>And that's it.
I can't tell you how much sharing this story has meant to me over the past ten years. Thank you, thank you, thank you to every single one of you who was read along with me. Monster Pulse has been an enormous and deeply personal endeavor for me. It's also the most ambitious project I've ever attempted, and I'm proud that I saw it through to the end. When you start writing and drawing a comic in your early 20's and finish in your 30's, of course there are things you look back on and want to change as you've grown as an artist and storyteller. But I am still very proud of Monster Pulse. I love these kids and their intense, complicated, loving relationships with the monsters that come from inside themselves. It's a story that's dear to my heart that I will continue to carry inside me for a long time, even now that it's over.
So what's next?
Well, we're going to print the whole series as books, with help from Hiveworks!
I'm not really happy with the way the first two existing printed volumes of Monster Pulse came out. They're different sizes, and I'm not thrilled with the layouts, and etc etc. The first Kickstarter will be for a new Volume One, which will combine the current existing volumes 1 & 2. (So if you have those books already, you can skip this one if you want). The new Volume One will likely have some remastered art and story stuff from the first six chapters as well. Then, we will continue the series, probably in four large volumes, until it's over. These books will look a lot nicer and be a lot more uniform- like a real unified series of books. I've been working on this series for over ten years, and I wanted to do a printed version right, with all the beauty and professionalism it deserves. I'm still in talks with Hiveworks about the details of this, so you can probably expect that later this year.
As for other comics, I have a new series in the works (also with Hiveworks) called The Golden Boar. That's also set to launch later this year. It will be somewhat more adult than Monster Pulse, and more of a straight-up fantasy work (fans of my game, Rose of Winter, might find the setting familiar). I'm really really excited about this comic, and even though it'll be a little different from Monster Pulse, I think it has some similar themes, and I'm sure you will love it too.
There's some concept art for the comic on my Patreon. You can also follow me on Patreon to read my daily diary comics, which updates twice a month, every month. I do a comic for every day of the year! Don't miss out!
And I have Tiffany's Griffon, my fantasy graphic novel, with my partner/artist Maddi Gonzalez, coming out from First Second in a year or two. We're hard at work on the book and it's going to be great!
And I have one or two more projects in the works that I can't announce yet, but suffice to say I've been busy putting together lots of projects now that Monster Pulse is done. I'm really looking forward to sharing it with you all.
If you want to keep up with what I'm up to- Twitter is still the best way to get updates and keep up with my new projects. But I will post updates here on Monster Pulse when new comics or Kickstarters are happening.
Thanks to Yuko, Ananth, Jones, Coz, Der-shing, Mary, Toby, Aatmaja, Victoria, Beetle, my agent Susan, the good folks at Hiveworks, and all of you wonderful readers for loving and supporting me as I made Monster Pulse.
Thanks especially to Hanni for her amazing support and contributions to the comic (like the Sugar Crash side story) and Suzanne for her incredible design of Monster Lulenski, which really made the last part of the comic amazing and special.
And especially thanks to my husband Tom, without whom Monster Pulse would not exist. I love you more than I could ever say.
Thank you all, and see you soon! <3
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Last page goes up on Friday. See you then for some special announcements. :]
]]>My friend and collaborator Maddi has a new comic out for you to buy! It's Rhapsodie #1, a horror short story with goofy/TERRIFYING 70's rock and roll vibes. If you're into horror and gore, check it out!
Maddi and I are working on the upcoming graphic novel Tiffany's Griffon, a kid's fantasy story due from First Second in 2022. Look forward to it!
]]>Next week will be the last week of Monster Pulse. The last update will go up on Friday, June 4th.
Thank you for these past ten years. <3
]]>Their hearts and their bones won't come undone.
]]>Abel's heard it before.
]]>I finished drawing the comic yesterday. The last page will go up on Friday, June 4th. But don't worry, I have plenty of stuff in the works for after the comic ends- some Monster Pulse related, some not, so please stick around! Thank you for reading all this time. Oh, and next week the comic will be 10 years old.
]]>Just clearing that up.
]]>I'm doing daily diary comics this year on Patreon! The first half of May's comics went up this morning. Join us there for as little as $2 a month to follow along!
]]>Have a nice weekend and take care of yourself.
]]>Violet always loved fashion.
]]>Just chilling.
]]>Even in writing, it's still hard to express yourself.
]]>Not long until the end now.
]]>Their hearts and their bones won't come undone.
]]>Just to be clear, this is NOT a Baby Groot situation where the old Groot died and was replaced by a baby. This is the same Ayo, just cuter.
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]]>Everyone agreed Bina should just sit tight for a bit and take a load off.
]]>Hello friends. Nominations for the Ringo Awards are open for voting now. Since Monster Pulse is almost finished, it may be the last time to nominate it for anything! Nominations are open to anyone in the public. May I suggest Monster Pulse for Best Webcomic (and possibly Lulenski for Best Villain, lol.)
And if you want to nominate me for best creator, remember my full name is Magnolia Porter Siddell. Hehe :3
I also recommend Tom Siddell for Gunnerkrigg Court, Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh for Barbarous, Laura Knetzger for Bug Boys, Mary Cagle for Sleepless Domain. I also like Sachin Teng's work on the Dragon Age comic series for best cover artist. Thank you!!!