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Meet Lemrin Spur!

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It’s an exciting day at E-merl with the debut of our brand-new serial, The Occasional Quests of Lemrin Spur. The series is part high fantasy adventure and part slice-of-life peek into the everyday working life of our titular protagonist. I’ve never written something quite like this before and it’s easily the most ambitious webcomic project I’ve attempted illustrating myself. You may also have noticed that it’s a series that likes to scroll – each episode will be delivered here at E-merl in the same scrolling format you’ll find over at Webtoon.

Lemrin will be taking the place of the recently concluded Solid Metal Override. For anyone that missed the final episode, check out the accompanying news post for the series’ final farewell. In other news, The Caption Comics Festival is making it’s triumphant return to Oxford on 16th to 17th August! In years past Caption sat at the heart of the UK comics scene so it’s great to see it making a return. I will of course be there, checking out all the great comics on offer, speaking on a Webcomic panel and plugging our new MA in Digital Comics. Do say hello if you’re in the neighbourhood.

23.12. The End

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And that’s Solid Metal Override done! Thank you very much to everyone who has read and supported the series over the last four-and-a-bit years it’s been running at E-merl and Webtoon.

The series began as an opportunity to put all my various sci-fi obsessions into a blender, just to see what might emerge when I hit “blend.” The resulting series is probably the closest I’ve come to writing a good old-fashioned sitcom.  Working in the short, mostly self-contained narrative arcs of each of SMO’s chapters has also proved to be a really fun set of writing challenges.

Ultimately, I guess the comic was just a story about people getting together to tell each other stories. And also, robots. Lots and lots of robots. So please raise a glass to all the regulars at Solid Metal Override. I’m sure Solace will still be there keeping the lights on should you fancy paying a return visit at some point down the road.

For those of you fearing that next Tuesday you might be bereft of your usual webcomic hangout, then fear not. Over the last year I’ve been hard at work at a brand new webcomic serial that will be debuting next Tuesday at E-merl and Webtoon. So keep your eyes peeled for The Occasional Quests of Lemrin Spur – bursting through a portal on a screen near you on Tuesday 29th July.

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