From the very beginning, actually. The previous draft started in 2017 during my second year of university, so I never really had the chance to devote more than the bare minimum attention to it. I'll leave the pages in this gallery for posterity and reference, but between how much my/our art style has changed, the fact that the current run spans a huge hiatus, and some small but important changes to the chapter 1 script, I'm ready to start actually running an active webcomic now that I don't have tertiary studies or a crushing start-up business eating all of my time.

We'll be starting with a 5 page look test to soften the blow of the prologue being a huge punch in the dick. Smiler is a long story with measured pacing, but I don't want it to be so grim that it's a chore to read. So: some light character building exercise to get back into the practice of making comics at all, and to remind me why I love these characters and the art form so much.

Working full time on art has always been my main end goal for a life/career, so expect Patreon announcements in the future as well, once I'm satisfied that we can maintain a consistent update and content schedule. With how quickly we can work now, especially with some tactical style choices for efficiency, I'm confident that we'll be able to balance comic work with regular commissions.

Quick aside: it's lovely to exist as a person instead of a defense mechanism. A special hello to everyone who recognises plural systems and offered support in our submission comments :}
- Dominic (she/her)