Alfie the story

"Alfie" is a webcomic scripted and drawn by the artist InCase.

"Alfie" began in 2014. That was when the first page of the first version of chapter 1 was posted on the web site buttsmithy.com (link goes offsite). If you go to the site today, however, you'll see 2010 on the first page. That's because the chapter 1 which is currently displayed on the buttsmithy site is actually the second edition of chapter 1. InCase redrew the entire chapter so it has a more finished, less sketchy look, and replaced it in situ. The date shown is the result of InCase deciding to edit the date to something before the actual start date, to prevent readers from seeing later pages with dates earlier than the "start" date.

Eustacheus posted a detailed explanation of the date discrepancy on the current page 1 - read that for more details.

"Alfie" currently has 15 finished chapters, and will be completed with 17 chapters, as well as a brief epilogue.

CHARACTERS

The main character in "Alfie" is Alfie, a young havlin woman. Primary characters, the ones who most directly interact with Alfie and have the most effect on her decisions and actions, are


 * Her mother Vera and her father Derik
 * Her friend Melinda (AKA Melly)
 * Her lovers Marco, Lydia, and Ozge
 * Her unintentional antagonist Hana

COLOR

The artist's use of color has varied considerably over the years. The original chapter 1 was mostly in black and white, with four pages done in color. Three of the color pages (17, 18, and 19) were integral parts of the story flow, while one appears to have been a study, as it was not in the main story sequence and in fact was a colorized repeat of part of page 15.

The second version of chapter 1, and chapters 2 through 6, were all in black and white. The work has been in color since the beginning of chapter 7, but the color schemes have changed over the years. Chapter 10 is notably different, using a very restricted color scheme which consists almost entirely of shades of red, gray, and tan. Both the use of color and the designs of characters have evolved over the years.

UPDATES

Many fans have noted that the artist's rate of updates has been remarkably greater than that seen on many other webcomics. InCase originally updated at the rate of 4 new pages each week, where it is common for some comic sites to be updated no more than once a week. At present, InCase is upating 3 times a week, Wednesday through Friday.

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