Kyler finds Hijack very unsettling because of how much of an unknown quantity Hijack is.

This is also the same reason I find writing him so fun (but I certainly would not want to meet Hijack were he a real person. 8D; ) #NSWYM

Booker leans over a podium with a smug expression, saying "Live action is something adults without imaginations enjoy, and kids have to endure (am I right?)"

Booker delivers his opinions at a prestigious film awards ceremony. #NSWYM

Gift art from 2024 which features, on the left hand side, the titular boy from the Wayforward remake of 'A Boy and his Blob' hugging Booker who is very moved by this. The text above reads 'A Boy and his Booker'. On the right hand side is Kyler tumbling down a slope inside Blob in giant hamster ball form. Blob got into the beans...the coffee beans. The text above reads 'A Bird and his Blob'

What happens when you swap one bean for another?
#NSMisc #NSWYM

MUXLOWE: Yo :) BOOKER: *angry* Boo! BOO I say! It's WYM's 21st anniversary and what do WE get? Diddly! [Muxlowe pats Booker on the head in an attempted sympathetic gesture] MUXLOWE: Aw, never mind, purple thingy. BOOKER: *incensed* I am your SENIOR!

Currently Mux-brained.
#NSJournal #NSWYM #NSOutcastHero

Kyler circa 2008 was more outwardly flustered and embarrassed, whereas Kyler now has an outer shell of done-ness with an anxiety-filled centre. #NSWYM

A mixture of nightmares and...just plain weird. ¦D
(big thanks go to @joncausith.bsky.social for the last of the comics shown here)
#NSWYM

Kyler prefers cooler weather - more so these days, his brain seems to overheat. #NSWYM

There's a whole cut sequence from WYM's pilot where Booker attempts to talk Kyler through giving himself positive affirmations. #NSWYM

KYLER - What's the feeling of being dragged in the wake of the lives of others even called? BOOKER - "A lack of agency." KYLER - Huh. [Kyler pauses and looks up, surprised] KYLER - Wait, how did YOU know that? [Booker says nothing, but the awkward expression on his face is clear that he feels he has a lack of agency, as he's linked with Kyler]

It's the story of his life.
#NSWYM

Found this old promo art sketch while sorting files and...I don't remember what my inspiration was for Booker pulling a string of handkerchiefs out of Kyler's ear, magician style. 😂
#NSJournal #NSWYM

A very hot Kyler drawn in a simplified style is sat on the floor looking down at a glass of water.

When you’re melting your bits off, yet still struggle to drink plain water.
[Drawing from 2022] #NSWYM

Kyler is interrupted from his exhilarating dream sequence about...filling in a school textbook.

Booker bemoans the woes of not arriving at a comic convention while dressed up. Kyler points out Booker is never satisfied.

Good news for WYM fans - book 2's script is progressing with gusto!
#NSJournal #NSWYM

It still amuses me that you can be writing fiction, and your characters sometimes actively oppose you if you try to write them doing something that doesn't suit them. #NSJournal #NSWYM

Play board games, perhaps...?
vimeo.com/442104096
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‪Booker makes his point as unsubtly as possible.
#NSWYM #2DAnimation

Booker gnawing on a chocolate chip cookie like a little feral creature. The text reads, "Cookie Fiend"

Everyone knows one.
#NSWYM

Fellow Humans

Use one piece to convince folks to follow you!
#NSWYM

The third act fall out...but it's still the first act.
#NSWYM

Kyler poses dramatically in the mirror while dressed up as Malfel Darkhelm - an outfit consisting of a black all in one suit with a belt, a wide brim hat and a cape. In the foreground, Trisha sits at a table dressed in a character outfit from the series 'Fluftipuf Horses', while offering Booker a Tito the Salamander zip-up onesie. Booker is folding his arms and looking the other way, unimpressed.

I'm currently scripting this particular sequence in WYM, and while some of the surrounding details have changed, the core remains the same - Kyler gets to wear a cool outfit.
Oh, and some important plot stuff happens. #NSWYM

Art by @mbthomas.bsky.social
(yes I still like it a lot)

Stripy Shirts and Stripy Tigers Gemma V. L. Bright published a post on Ko-fi

Mindwanderings about a certain comic strip series, in my latest blog post! #NSJournal #NSWYM

Booker looking grumpily at a stick of Pocky and muttering that he can't taste it, because if Kyler hasn't tried eating something before, Booker has no idea what it tastes like either.

Something something Pocky Day
#NSWYM

Draft of Booker in a dealers hat, chewing on a pen and poring over a calculator.

Been a while since I animated, but the short seems to have won out in my brain for the moment. #NSJournal #NSWYM

[Kyler and Booker at the supermarket. Booker is hiding in Kyler's bag while he holds two bags of dried pasta] KYLER - So do you want the pasta bows, the pasta shells, the pasta tubes or the pasta things that look like rubber bands? BOOKER - Somewhere...an Italian chef is crying. KYLER - *bemused* Very funny.

Apparently it's World Pasta Day? Here's a pasta-themed oldie from the WYM archives. #NSWYM

BOOKER – Says here that Waziss Toys are launching a new line of Apcobot figures at the Glass Cube Business Centre this weekend. KYLER – *muses* That’s not far from here. BOOKER - *eager* Really?! It’s going to happen at something called ‘FadCon’! We gotta go! KYLER – Booker, I’m not going to a toy show. [Booker puts on a melodramatic sad face.] BOOKER – But connecting with your inner child, Birdy! *sounding a little snooty* Besides, it’s not a ‘toy show’, it’s a gathering of creative minds. KYLER - *unconvinced* That guy’s dressed as a giant woodlouse. BOOKER – Creatively!

#NSJournal #NSWYM

Kyler did try therapy once...
vimeo.com/niftihalostu...
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KYLER – There you are! I’ve been looking everywhere for you - I told you to stay in my office! BOOKER – What’re you fussing over me for all of a sudden? I’m a grown bean, I can take care of myself. KYLER – We’re not supposed to let anyone know you exist, Booker. We promised Fortrucia to keep their work secret. BOOKER – *smirking* But I’m YOUR work, Birdy. KYLER - *under breath* And I question the creative decisions of my younger self every day.

#NSJournal #NSWYM

Booker pretending to sing into a marker pen like a microphone: "Sweet dreams are made of fish, Who am I to kiss a flea, I travel the world in my dungarees, Everybody's cookin' a muffin~" Kyler looking aggrieved and thinking, "This will be in my head for days..."

Making up song lyrics when you can't remember the real ones.
#NSWYM

Booker, angry about something Kyler said, is standing in a threatening pose and saying "Let's take this OUTSIDE" Kyler, who is having a drink and not looking threatened at all, says "okay, have fun with that." Booker exclaims, "HEY!"

Sometimes Booker forgets he's only 12 inches tall.
#NSWYM

Five stickers. The first has Booker doing a star jump and exclaiming "Imagine that!". The second is "Power Nap" with Kyler sleeping with his mouth open. The third is "Don't Tell Me I've Got Olds Disease?" with Booker looking horrified and clasping his face. The fourth is "Out, Intrusive Thought" with Kyler looking up at his forehead with an annoyed expression. The fifth is "Please sir, can I have some draw?" with Booker looking sad and holding a pencil.

A few more WYM themed stickers I made to go with another set of badges being mailed out soon. (I'd been meaning to finish a couple of these for some time) #NSJournal #NSWYM

WYM Shorts - Bored Games Booker persuades Kyler to try out some board games on a rainy weekend afternoon. The results are...mixed. This animatic style short took four months (on and off)…

Booker persuades Kyler to try out some board games on a rainy weekend afternoon. #NSWYM #2DAnimation