Oculama

The surprise cake idea is a good gag (one I actually love being used in comics ever since Lucky Luke comics. I just find it hella funny.) a shame Click fumbled the bag because of KJQ's handwriting ha ha ha. The interactions and the synergy between the two is really good, better then I pictured them to myself, I'll admit. Both buns, both explosions enthusiasts.
Ending is nice, them becoming good friends feels natural in this scenario. Hope to see more shenanigans of those two boom buns.
I would have liked to see what the lucky (unlucky) bastards being targeted looked like

Well damn, Click gets away with buying the last clown figurine AND manages to mad Rizz Ara? He's unstoppable XD (always has been) . It is a good dynamic comic, excellent job and a nice ending gag. I would have loved to see it a bit colored, admitebly. Characterizations of both buns was fun. Ara's design in your entry is so cute too.
Also, Click being just such a nice guy must actually be a super power at this point lmao. He also has good tastes in explosives it seems. Hope to see the rest of his crew in the future!

This comic was so so much fun to read. This was a really solid comic! I think you utilized both characters well and the ending was very fitting. the hand writing gag was really good. I think how you wrote their personalities worked really well. I'd love to see a team up with these two in the future!

Your coloring is super lovely, Your choice of colors in this worked well. As for critiques, I honestly don't have much to add that doesn't feel super nit-picky. You did a really nice job on this.
Thank you so much for making this comic and I look forward to more Ara Ura!!

Your side was so funny and so cute to read. The clown figurine gag was so good. The way you Wrote Ara was excellent and how you had the interact was so delightful, it makes me want to see a team up with them! They work really well together!

You're overall pacing was very good and I like how you did your panel layouts a lot and your character shapes/designs are really well done. My only Critique at this point is I would have liked to have seen the comic a bit more polished up, Otherwise super solid work.

Thank you so much for sharing this comic and I can't wait to read more about click!!

I find this a hard battle to judge because I've known Click as a character for so long but I want to go into this battle and oculama with fresh eyes and opinions on him as if he were as new as Ara Ura herself. I really enjoy how over all positive the comic is and I like the jokes that lead up to the confusion it was a delight I feel there isnt really any much of a conflict and things are just very easily resolved. Overall a fun and nice comic but feels a little bare over all though great work!

Over all I really love this comic. The conflict and resolution is sooo much fun seeing the enemies to buddies is a lot of fun to see and them actually become some sort of friends over a common interest and share information is soo charming overall the writing and shot composition is so nice, though I will say I have some issues with the comic just being one solid flat color I wish it was more easy to read some of the word balloons at the least, just a bit of contrast could help a lot in showing the readers and directing the eye and Id love to just see your color work ontop of your amazing energy.

Gosh this was a wonderfully colored bunny romp. Talk about a meet cute with Ara popping out of the cake at the wrong moment. I loved the panel with her about to pull the pins in the grenades. Its none too surprising two bunnies got along, but I enjoyed that there was a bit of a wrinkle with the delivery and address for them to come together on and send it off in explosive style. There was a wholesome chemistry between them I really enjoyed. Which considering your penchant for romance I found to be an excellent amount of restraint. It definitely would've taken on a different cadence if it teetered in that direction and considering Ara's persona, this dynamic where her true love remains her explosives was really nice. Also those backgrounds are chefs kiss. I love the layout of the docks and the flurry of fireworks explosives as the two cheer on the docks. your world feels VERY lived in and as alive as your main cast and I find that wonderful

Wonderfully composed pages! So great to see you getting back on the wagon and with a bunnytastic comic. Your visual comedy was really hitting home with that 'if I squint I think he's good looking' panel. Had me rolling. The expression were utterly choice page to page and the chemistry these two had with their mutual love of things that go boom was a nice punchline once we get to the end. Despite this bein just...pencils? inks, the pages were very clean as were the elements- like the car Click was in and the smashed in keyboard of poor Jack Queen. I just wish there was more of a punch up with environmental elements like the city these two meet in. As the pages wore on, the buildings and surrounding content was very generic.

There's a great mix of cute and funny in this one. You hit deadpan, absurdist, and classic pratfall humor in rapid succession, all smoothly integrated into what feels like a meet-cute and first date all wrapped into one.

The lighting throughout is understated, but a great display of your expertise. From the circus overhead lighting, the dimness of the warehouse interior, and the fireworks illuminating the last 2 1/3 pages, everything looks sharp. The colors are similarly not drawing too much attention to themselves as an element, but effectively breaking up the comic into its discreet scenes. In that same vein, the backdrops in all stages of this comic are a lot of fun, with the different angles of the wharf exterior being my favorite.

Dialogue in this one is really tidy for the most part; the conversation between Click and Jack at the beginning is probably my favorite stretch of it, for wittiness and straight-up getting me to laugh. My only critique is that there's a place or two where you could trim it down a bit just to streamline. Click wondering aloud, for one, felt like slightly more text than the value it added to the comic. Additionally, and this one is much more a personal opinion, but I almost wish the "person inside" pun/ gag *wasn't* explained on page 3. I can't honestly say it should come out, b/c the gag may not have stayed with folks over the course of reading, but I felt I got the full impact as-is.

(It was, regardless, a very funny pun/ gag, which I appreciated immensely)

As always, your Ara comics are a delight. The humor and illustration are top notch, and each comic with her I've read this year has only made me excited for more.

After a first read, I'm particularly impressed by how varied/ well-paced you organized what is essentially an inner-monologue followed by a conversation. The setup is amusing, and you established a very convincingly amiable back and forth between Ara and Click with ease. My only real gripe with the flow of the interaction is that I feel you could excise some of the content on page 4, but nothing there outright crushes the pace of the story.

Art-wise, I think you've got a great balance of distances used in the panel compositions on the first and last pages. On pages 2, 3, and 4, the number of close-up panels feels a bit more overwhelming, and feels slightly...claustrophobic? if I had to put a word to it. The expressions are nicely done all throughout, but it might be nice to get more variety in distance panel-to-panel for future comics with a lot of back and forth dialogue.

The biggest success of this comic, of course, is the great comedic tension you set up from the get-go with Ara holding the bomb throughout her entire conversation with Click. It made me grin when I realized you were setting up the gag on page 2, and my grin only got bigger as I read, all the way to the payoff. That they are talking about explosives throughout adds a fun layer to Ara forgetting about the bomb, and her charred appearance at the end is a delicious bit of classic cartoon physical humor.

Solid job on this all around; I'd give you a definite edge in the character chemistry and mood-setting. Look forward to Click's next adventure.

Shen - This comic is an absolute blast (no pun intended)! Love the way the plot is set for the mix-up/conflict and how Click and Ara dealt with it in such a fun way. Let's talk about those colors – your choice of a limited palette is simply genius. Seriously, it adds a whole new level of amazingness to the visuals. And using different colors for different scenes was a brilliant move! It really captures the essence of time passing and different settings. The natural chemistry between Click and Ara is like the fireworks they set off together. Fun and delightfully unpredictable!

PS - I 100% ship these two (as I am sure many others are lol). Hope to see more!

Tech - Your creativity is off the charts. Engaging story from start to finish. That turning knob on the car window was a nostalgic home run for me - I grew up with cars that had those back in the day and I could hear the squeaking of the window in my head (now that I think of it, maybe a SFX in that sequence might've been a good addition). Your paneling is impressive as well. Even mundane scenes look interesting and dynamic with the way you frame them and choose your angles. Expressions are also on point and the delivery at the end was nothing short of fantastic and satisfying. I enjoyed every page and every panel of this! Of course, I would like it to look more polished next time but everything was delightful. Love to see your work and I want to see more of these two! I simply can't get enough!

Even though I am the number one Ara fan across the universe I will remain a fair and unbiased foot for scoring.
Now this was some fun rabbit based shenanigans. I got a kick out of the cake being a little too small for ara to fit in but hey, toons ya know.
The colors really tie everything together. Helping set the mood and the lighting making the explosions really pop (or boom).
I did think it was funny that Click is so eager to commit many acts of arson and rapid deconstruction just for a little extra money (and a pretty lady) but in this economy honestly ,same.

Click has finally landed!
All of the exaggerated expressions are what really made this comic hit with me. The way they accentuated the fairly simple premise and dialogue made for a good cartoony time. Jack sadly caressing the clown photo and the fact that it's somewhat implied that Click has a hobby of bidding on porcelain clown dolls got to me (though he's probably buying it for someone else)
I like how you go back and forth between the exaggerated exposition dialogue and ara's inner monologue to fairly natural sounding conversation about the technicals of making explosives. It shows a good range and really lets the characters personalities shine.
Here's to a thousand more Click comics lets go!