Hell Yell Comics

Hell Yell Comics is the collaboration between Sara Goetter (Boozle, Behind the Scenes) and Natalie Riess (Space Battle Lunchtime, Snarlbear). 

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Dungeon Critters is now posting as a webcomic!

I know this is a weird thing to suddenly return to but the GN I co-created with Natalie Riess that’s coming out September 29th, 2020 is also being posted as an updating webcomic as a free preview of sorts! The first 16 pages are up on the site now, with 80 or so pages planned to be posted leading up to the book launch! Come check it out! I’ll try to remember to post updates over here on tumblr as well.

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Enjoy the *~TUMBLR EXCLUSIVE~* fake color risograph edition of KK Summer Jams Mix: Side B. This is part 2 of 3, you can read part 1 here.

We didn’t intend to take a year and a half to draw part two of our impulsive Animal Crossing doujin but we’ve been busy with Dungeon Critters and other various projects, so thank you for being patient with us. There’s no real ETA on Part 3, but it will be done, hopefully in less time. Until then, enjoy our action packed second installment!   

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The way that Natalie and I split up the work on Dungeon Critters is that we both go back and forth writing and thumbnailing the comic, then I pencil and ink the characters and do the lettering then Nat goes in, draws the background and colors the whole thing. But I do try to at least leave helpful bg notes whenever I can. (For reference, the last one is what a finished panel actually looks like)

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Announcing Dungeon Critters, an Adorable, All-Ages Graphic Novel Adventure from First Second

Thanks to Stranger Things, Geek & Sundry, Dan Harmon, and The Adventure Zone, Dungeons & Dragons is experiencing a Renaissance unseen since the 1980s, when half of the parents in America thought playing it meant a one-way ticket to Human Sacrifice Town. True players know that the game nev

Dungeon Critters was announced as an all-new full length graphic novel!!!Natalie and I are really excited about this! It’s due to come out in 2020 from First Second, and we have a short preview below. Look forward to more updates because I won’t shut up about this comic.

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Here are some various drawings for a future Hell Yell project: Snapshot Galaxy

Snapshot Galaxy is about Kit, a former social media celebrity catgirl, Lyra, the mysterious space princess she finds, and Hesper, the dragon cop that’s chasing them. It’s a goofy sci-fi space opera yuri. Unfortunately it’ll probably be a year or so before we can start this, but it’s fun to draw in the meantime.

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KK Summer Jams Mix: Side A

Hell Yell’s latest project: an Animal Crossing doujin featuring Isabelle and Lottie going on a cross-country roadtrip. This is the first part out of three. The next installment doesn’t have a release date yet but we are working on it!

This is the first project where we split up the duties a bit differently: I did the panelling, lettering and the characters, and then I’d send it to Natalie who would fill in all the backgrounds and tones. Our styles mesh together pretty well so the result is pretty cool! 

If you’d like the hi-res PDF of this comic, you can download it here: https://hellyellcomics.itch.io/kk-summer-jams-mix-side-a

Co-writing, Lettering & Character Art: Sara Goetter

Co-writing, Toning & Background Art: Natalie Riess

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Dungeon Critters #3 (preview)

The rest of this comic can be read here: https://hellyellcomics.itch.io/dungeon-critters-3 This is the latest and greatest issue of Dungeon Critters imo. We switched back to Natalie on the colors and me on the inks. This configuration produces the best results I think. 

Cover illo, writing & coloring: Natalie Riess

Additional writing, lettering & inks: Sara Goetter

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Dungeon Critters #2 (preview)

This is the first 9 pages of issue 2, the rest can be bought here: https://hellyellcomics.itch.io/dungeon-critters-2 

Our initial plan for Dungeon Critters was to switch off who does the inks and the colors for each issue, so for #2 I wrote and colored while Natalie did the inks. It definitely produced a different result! I’m still proud of this issue, I think there’s some good jokes and drawings in this one.

Cover illo, writing & coloring: Sara Goetter

additional writing, lettering & inks: Natalie Riess

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Dungeon Critters #1

I can’t believe it’s already been over a year since we did this comic together. Natalie and I decided at TCAF 2016 to collaborate on doing a comic about our shared D&D characters and that’s what we did. This debuted at SPX 2016 and we’ve been working together since!

You can download the PDF of the comic here: https://hellyellcomics.itch.io/dungeon-critters-1

Cover illo, writing & coloring: Natalie Riess

Additional writing, lettering & inks: Sara Goetter

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Welcome to Hell Yell Comics! This is the joint production of Sara Goetter (@smgoetter) and Natalie Riess (@gearfish). Enjoy!