YoinkTober 2023 - Tenth Anniversary Edition

[Keep Looking]

P. 638 and the other pages at the beginning of the sleipnope fight were. The greyscale with the yellow cutting through, the... silence. The suspense is intense.

[Jitter]

Ten favorite pages, hmm. This is going to be tough!

In no particular order

The map of the Known World https://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=66
Really revealed what is the situation in the world right now (in Y90)

The abandoned (or is it really?) early settlement at Käsämä service station near Joensuu http://www.sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=224
I love the “landscapes” that tell us about the world and what it is or in this case has been like to live in it. While the structures may not be exactly realistic they are impressive! I’m of course also biased, having been able to visit this place in person before and after it featured in the comic.

Final goodbye to the Tanktroll http://www.sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=209
This page epitomizes Minna’s skill at making us feel even for the monsters.

This tranquil scene from the train journey http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=155
An early moment of Lalli and Emil bonding, plus some impressive apocalyptic goodness in the form of both milieu and train design.

The photo collage: https://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=46 plus 47
Glimpses to what happened to the prologue characters. Particularly how Berit teaches Aksel to shoot!

Viking Line https://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=92
This page had me squee when reading the first time, it’s so very familiar-thing-after-the-apocalypse

Scary reedy place https://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=65
It’s a sad thing no actual explanation of what this place is (just another place in the Dreamscape? Onni’s defences to keep the Kade away? Outskirts of the Kade’s haven?) and who were the boat people was never given. But the design is superb.

Lalli the hero https://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=777 and  Onni the rescuer https://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=948
Cheating juust a leeetle bit to squeeze in some mage heroics!


Shelter in the rain http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=211 and its counterpart https://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=213
Another double feature, but part of the charm of these two pages is the contrast between the team/found family and the (almost) all alone Onni.


Lake cows https://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=261
I just love the lake cows. This entire sequence from the peaceful night time at the lake to the moment Sigrun finds Reynir’s trick works is just beautiful.

I love silent scenes, where the scenery sets the mood and does the world building. I love the story and the characters too, but those are rarely so distilled into one single page that not many made my list. Such scenes include e.g. Emil and the Spiderdog, Mikkel counseling Sigrun (and Reynir) after the boys are presumed lost (only one existential crisis at a time thank you), Qnne asking Sleipnope if the murderghosts are tired, Lalli’s letter to Emil when he left for Reykjavik, the entire childhood flashback… and many more!

[dmeck7755]

24. My favourite 10 SSSS pages

Whew!! this is a toughie.  Many of people's previous pages are ones I really like also.  I also agree that the language page and Family tree are amazing.  I also cheated,some are story arc's as I thought those were great.

Well here goes!!

1. Onni when he realized Tuuri was gone.  His "I cant be alone" was heartbreaking. ( http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=749)

2. Onni summoning kokko http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=649 and the subsequent cleansing (http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=650 (Actually the arc pages 647-650)

3. Reynir's Fylgja Typical doggo. (http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=717)

4. Trained kitty, ready to be picked up.  Though she still requires treats.  (http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=55)

5. End page.  Though it was sad that the comic ended, the end page is rather homey. (http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=560)

6. Väinö explaining that those on guard should not be insane. This made me laugh (http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=558)

7. How good is your cook? (http://sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=973)

8.  Onni making a deal with the Swan. (http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=331)

9. Lalli telling the story about what happened to his family and town (http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=117 Pages 117- 145)

10.  I gave you one job!! (http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=507)

Bonus page

Spoiler: show

The obligatory sauna page

[JoB]

N Finnish all diphthongs are long vowels but I have just learned that in some languages including Northern Sami there are also short diphthongs. As of right now, I have no idea how such a thing would be possible to say.

Remember the gulls from Finding Nemo? "Mine? Mine!"? That's "meins" in German, with virtually the same pronunciation save for the last letter.

(Better than pizza rat!)

It seems that there now are plans to drive the rats out of NYC ...

[dmeck7755]

20.  It's Been 10 Years Since I Lost You
https://archiveofourown.org/works/51126415

[thorny]

i really like that ending!

[dmeck7755]

i really like that ending!

Thank you

[Jitter]

Thank you dmeck, that was beautiful!

[dmeck7755]

Thank you dmeck, that was beautiful!

Thank you 😊

[dmeck7755]

27.  10 Soldiers
Ten little Soldiers went to clear a mine; One met a troll and then there were nine.
Nine little Soldiers sat up very late; One missed guard duty and then there were eight.
Eight little Soldiers looking for a heaven; One decided to stay and then there were seven.
Seven little Soldiers chopping up sticks; One chopped themself in half and then there were six.
Six little Soldiers one with a hive; it turned out to be the rash then there were five.
Five little Soldiers fighting a monster's maw; One got 'et and then there were four.
Four little Soldiers going out to sea; A sea beast swallowed one and then there were three.
Three little Soldiers walking past an old zoo; A creature still lived there and then there were two.
Two little Soldiers sitting in the sun; One was a troll and then there was one.
One little Soldier left all alone; The soldier was smart and just went home.

Then there were none.

Spoiler: show

This is the original poem (there are oodles of variations. Most are not PC ) I think there was an Agatha Christie book also.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None

Ten little Soldier Boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine.
Nine little Soldier Boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight.
Eight little Soldier Boys travelling in Devon; One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.[13]
Seven little Soldier Boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.
Six little Soldier Boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.
Five little Soldier Boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four.
Four little Soldier Boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.
Three little Soldier Boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two.
Two little Soldier Boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one.
One little Soldier Boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself

Then there were none

There is also a horror remake that is loosely based on this
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079450/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_28_act

[Buteo]

Love your version, dmeck!

[Mirasol]

Spoiler: show

Tom and Jerry is Hanna and Barbera.
Sylvester is Looney Toons

Sorry.  I love my cartoons..

Whoops, my bad! I was going off of how the show is marketed in Germany, where it´s just called "Tom and Jerry" with no other names attached. So I meant what I wrote as "Tom from the show Tom and Jerry and Sylvester from the Show Looney Tunes".

Wave, I´m glad I could be an inspiration! And why yes of course, they´re family after all. (I didn´t actually do this intentionally lol. I think it´s because they have a similar vibe to their personality in my eyes that depicting them like this makes sense to me.)

I´m super-busy this week, so I can only slowly catch up with posting and reading... But here are some more entries if mine:

23: 10-minute fanart

I forgot to mention it last time, but Wave, I salute you for managing three characters with quite a bunch of detail for this one!
I realized with this prompt that I draw much slower than I think I do.
This would be my obligatory yearly Legend of Zelda fanart, in this case of Sonia from Tears of the Kingdom (which I don´t really count as a spoiler, she´s in the trailer), one of my favorite characters from that game. I really wanted to be spontaneous with who I´ll draw for this prompt, and it is now beyond me why I ended up choosing a character who has such a detailed design. :') This is how far I got, I´m a little mad at it...



24: 10 favorite pages of SSSS

...so mad at it in fact, that I decided to draw her again without a time-limit to do her proper justice. This one probably took like 1,5h...?
I hope you can see it properly, the photo looks really washed out on my laptop though it looked fine on my phone...



I still fulfilled the actual prompt of course. (I would like to use this moment to thank past me for not collecting these pages via numbers, but silly descriptions for current me to find the links to... -_-)
I excluded all pages that were mentioned before to make my list smaller. (EDIT: All that I realized at least... Jitter already mentioned the prologue-montage, whoops ^^') They´re in a random order.

1: http://sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=46 page 46 and 47 which I chose to count as one as it´s a double. Such a cool way to do a montage.

Spoiler: show

2: http://sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=492, Sigrun being pulled into the water by the watertroll while Emil is fighting the Bladderbarbies. The whole scene really, but this page I find the most impressive visually.

3: http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=745, this one would be the page in Tuuri´s death scene that always makes me cry.

4: http://sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=68, the first rule, one image to introduce the concept of this world. It gets continuously disregarded, but it was still a powerful page.

5: http://sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=158, Lalli having a vision of a troll on the train. Probably one of the most haunting troll-designs for me.

6: http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=2, the technically first real page of A2. What a way to introduce an anthagonist!

7: http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=98, the crew rowing to Toivosaari. I´m beginning to notice a pattern... The pattern is water...

8: http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=275, the Hukkas appearing under the bridge. I really like the color-scheme of this chapter, and the whole Hukka-scene is iconic.

9: http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=412, Surma comes running. Hadn´t gotten proper chills in while from an SSSS-page when this one rolled around and yanked me out of my false sense of comfort.

10: http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=488, What the Kade looks like from the inside. It reminds me of some Legend of Zelda dungeons, so this is most definitely a bias, but it´s just a pretty cool location.

I also have honorable mentions, in the form of things I never noticed until going through the comic looking for my favorite pages:
- In the (e)book-version of the first book of A1 there are additional Infopages about Mora
- when the crew makes radio-contact with the quartet from the silent world for the first time, you can see the train getting repaired in the background behind them
- It´s not like anyone wanted to go to Bornholm anyways... Poor Reynir!

25: 10 years ago today (character POV)

Ten years ago today, Reynir listened to the stories about the known and silent world his cool siblings had to tell. Today (as in, post A2), he has his own to contribute.

[dmeck7755]

Mirasol,
Love the art.  I really like the Reynir POV for 10 years ago today

[thorny]

I really like the changes in those expressions!

[dmeck7755]

29.  Troll Ten-tacles

The pictures are really creepy/scary.  I am going to spoiler them

Spoiler: show

These are from a movie in the 80's called Poltergeist 2.  I find these movies a bit on the creepy/distributing side.  In the second movie there is a thing that tries and takes people with power (he is after the little girl in the movie) .  the monster is very troll-like and definitely is kade-like

Here is one such photo



This image is from the movie


I only saw the movie once.