EPILOGUE 758 | The Future Is Now

There was never a love story of my childhood that could have let me be happy with miracle endings until now. I’m so happy he didn’t die forever.

You’ve filled me with suspense and love over the years, and you ended it with tears. I’m going to miss Zap and Reona even more than missing you and Chris creating them for us.

Thank you. I miss this story already and I’m so happy for this ending. <3

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Erm, dude, why would you miss the Creators, when there’s a Wilde Life happening?
http://wildelifecomic.com/
Up your game

Thank you so much for sticking it out with us till the end. There’s always Wilde Life if you want to keep up with Pascalle and I believe my next project will be starting the first half of next year. I had to delay because of wedding and school and what not. So don’t be too sad.

One last question. Years ago, Pascalle put “Chris is an idiot” or something like that at the bottom of one of the comics. What was that all about?

It would make a great poster!

Please make this page into a wall paper.

I love the story the ending but am a bit sad that there wont be more of this have really enjoyed reading it over the years thank you for giveing us such a wondfull tale

Amor Vincit Omnia.

Thanks, guys!

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The tall original image would make a great smartphone wallpaper.

You’re awesome! Thank you!

Man, what a ride.

This needs to be a movie. Or better! A trilogy! This is an amazing story!

Ah. this album. I haven’t listened to it in awhile!

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S. suprised.
P. perfecshbluh.
E. eh?
E. ermergerd!
C. cookies!
H. heavenly.
L. love. <3
E. eureka!
S. shut uup!
S. shut the front door!
Thank you… *bows*

The Fridge Horror behind this ending is that it means Zap’s parents (or any other of his people) didn’t love him enough/miss him enough to re-assert themselves back into existence. :/

I am not crying… I just have an ocean in my eyes…

There is something cumulatively magical about a concluded story.

It is a virtue fast becoming a rarity in the webcomic medium nowadays, considering how easy it is to leave something like this undone. But it’s also what makes an ending in the league of what you guys have achieved here so much more memorable.

A year and two months ago I found my way to Zap! and, over the course of two weeks, read your captivating work from start to finish. I’m not a harsh critic or a snob, but I know that years of engorging myself on everything from Atomic Robo to Feywinds to The Next Town Over has built up a somewhat haughty respect for a good story told well.

But my first impressions were not strong. How could they be? The art was weak and the story shallow. With nothing but wistful comments and amnesia, Google would drown you in similar results. I gave it the first fifteen pages, it’s the done thing.

But then there was Reona.

Drawn with unmistakable passion, a want to do her justice, she was clearly a character that was, by her design, very important to someone. Right from the start the art began evolving, and the characters revealed themselves to be suspiciously deeper than they initially appeared to be. I thank my past self for riding it out.

Endless praise will be sung for a webcomic with enrapturing art. But in my experience, the best comics are those that show the journey of an artist’s style. It endures you to them and their work, and is a brave statement on the artist’s part. Zap! embodies this perfectly. Your work stands, to me, as the fundamental example of growth in expertise, and by it’s conclusion, the sheer scale of emotion and beauty mirrored by the characters is inconceivably masterful.

The intricately carved story revealed itself slowly. The threads were cleverly tethered start to finish, where complexity was forgone when simplicity would suffice. By the end, characters are well established, revealed in parts only applicable to their roles, making their interactions uncluttered and easy to follow and their agendas real and consuming.

Love stories are a tricky thing. It’s easy to force two characters to be each others’ perfect fit, they can be made to be this way, molded by events of a larger design. And Zap and Reona are no different. But the incredible nature of their final pairing revealed a care for their feelings as characters, and broken ones at that, that made it feel more real that a lot of what I choose to read. You have achieved a true representation of love using its fairy tale elements, and this accomplishment shouldn’t be understated. It also cannot be attributed to script or art alone: The combination of both in so many of the final scenes wove together a work of paramount emotion.

Gunner’s channeled PTSD, the adaption of Excelsior’s emotion state, Reona’s struggle with Efram before and after his return, it’s all hallmarked with a quality and understanding that can only come from a strong body of work on a deep foundation. By persevering with this and finishing it so well, you guys have gifted the webcomic community immeasurably. You should feel, if nothing else, an incredible sense of pride standing in the company of a very elite club.

And why did I choose to write this only now? Because I’ve just finished it for the second time. Partly to reread one of my favourite stories, but also to remind myself of why someone should aspire. I hope to find in myself that sense of purpose, and invest in my own work as passionately as you guys have done here.

I’ll be the first in two years to post here. I’ve no doubt this will never be read by anyone except those that are given notification.

I hope this finds its way to you guys.

As little as it may be worth, you have my respect and thanks.

T

Whoa! It works so well as a wallpaper! Thanks!

What about this one?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wM-XhQeFzW4