Planning to hopefully storytime the whole series.
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>>152801449Cover Art by Alessandro Barbucci. Color and Light Direction by Barbara Canepa.Colors by Mara Damiani.This is true for all the issues here.
>>152801454Title PageArt by Alessandro Barbucci.Color and Light Direction by Barbara Canepa.Colors by Andrea Cagol
>>152801462Concept: Elisabeth GnoneScript: Elisabeth Gnone and Francesco ArtibaniArt: Alessandro BarbucciInks: Donald SoffrittiColors: Barbara Canepa and Mara DamianiColor and Light Direction: Barbara Canepa
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>>152801501Canepa's color and lighting direction is a big loss once some of the early crew leave.
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>>152801541Cornelia and Will are a school year above the other three.
>>152801553
based, think its been a year or so since the last one
>>152801560>>152801567Way more, the last one was in january 2024, and that was me.
>>152801580How would you punish Elyon?
>>152801588
>>152801634The school bullies, lead by Uriah. They are gonna be around.
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>>152801674
>>152801648Maybe it's me but both Cornelia and the ginger look off.
>>152801683
>>152801695And here's /co/'s favorite, based on last time.I really like Hay Lin
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>>152801735Will catches a glimpse of something big.
>>152801748Bigger than she usually is, anyway.
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>>152801809Will's reflection isn't helping her self-image any.
>>152801833I've seen a very different translation of this page in old scanlations. Might post the older one later in the thread.
>>152801851
>>152801440YES! Thank you anon, I really love you and I've long wanted to follow a storytime for w.i.t.c.h. alongside anon. I wish I got to watch the series while it was airing
>>152801858
>>152801866I really like the first two issues of this arc.
>>152801879Vathek never shows signs of this power in any later issue, I believe.
>>152801895Elyon likes what she sees.
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>>152801918Is the blue guy supposed to be a troll?
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>>152801939
>>152801945>>152801931Something like that, but not quite.
>>152801964
>>152801860Pretty sure most episodes are YouTube for free.
>>152801976
>>152801860series could have been fun. But Blonk being the Jar Jar Binks of the show, and the Caleb focus ruined it for me
>>152801990
>>152801999>>152801996Understandable. It didn't bother me that much, but I can see why.My favorite cartoon only character was Miranda.
>>152802010>Cedric posturing in front of a peacock
>>152802022
>>152802010Miranda was great. And I get why they leaned on Caleb to try and attract more boys. But for me it just changed the show from being story, romance and drama focused to being your regular monster of the week action show.
>>152801986Yes but I wanted to watch it alongside anon. Discussion must have been crazy!
>>152802022Some of the lore told in this image won't even be canonical for the entire arc, sadly.
>>152802063Quoted the wrong thing, was supposed to be>>152802031
>>152802063>>152802060/co/ was made in 2006, the cartoon ended that very year.
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>>152802137I like the art on Vathek in this page.
>>152801793https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Y8I44yEFk
>>152802149
>>152802160Transformation time!
>>152802174Why do they have to get naked for the transformation?
>>152802174The panel with Hay Lin and Irma gets referenced in the cartoon, but it is Cornelia who does it instead.>https://youtu.be/AmdudlDzaP4?si=CBVyBNmTZSzjyNkr&t=1041
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>>152802230Creeper Elyon.That's the end of the first issue, I'll be doing more after a tea break.
>>152802192mahō shōjo trope. don't question it
>>152802203Why do they get more developed when they transform?
>>152801474>>152801462>>152801454Looking at the credits for the first issue is a bit sad.This issue has all the original people behind the whole idea working on it - Gnone, Canepa, Barbucci and to lesser degree, Artibani.Gnone will not write past issue 2, and Canepa and Barbucci will only stay on for art for a while. Those three were the ones who had a disagreement with Disnay about the direction of the comic.Even Damiani and Soffritti are only there for the first Arc, I believe.Artibani and Cagol are the only ones mentioned who will be staying longer. Artibani is basically the main plotter for the series until he steps down at Arc 4, leaving to help create Winx.Cagol will be a true mainstay, all the way until the final issue (#139)
>>152802260Issue 2: The Twelve PortalsThis is the issue the whole Arc gets named for.The team for this one was:Concept: Elisabeth GnoneScript: Francesco ArtibaniArt: Alessandro Barbucci(Layout) and Manuela Razzi(Pencils)Inks: Roberta ZanottaColor and Light Direction: Barbara Canepa
>>152802490This title page:Art by Alessandro Barbucci.Colors by Barbara Canepa
>>152801440im so fucking upset that "seven seas" lost the rights before finishing the re-release of the comic now we will NEVER get a full release uncensored. They were almost done too.
>>152802511
>>152801501Goodness, this must have been an awakening for many italian boys.
>>152802524Very little this early on to suggest Elyon and Cornelia is closer than the rest, which one would expect from reading later in the comic or watching the cartoon.
>>152802547>>152802533WITCH was popular all over Europe back then, so not just italians. >The comic will be 25 years old as of this April
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>>152802577
>>152802587This might be the most dour issue of the series. Not in a bad way.
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>>152802619Will's technopathy was always fun to me when I was young.
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>>152802533>>152802570>WITCH was popular all over Europe back then, so not just italians. I think people underestimate how popular W.I.T.C.H was at the time. Just reading of the wiki>In 2001, W.I.T.C.H. sold more than 6 million copies in the first year of its publication, making it the most successful tween magazine launch ever>In 2004, The Walt Disney Company announced that the W.I.T.C.H. comic book series was available in more than 60 countries, with more than 1 million copies of the comic book series being sold every month.>In 2005, the comic book series had been released in over 65 countries.>100 000 copies sold monthly in France & Germany. 200 000 copies in Italy>Disney revealed that the W.I.T.C.H. comic book series sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and generated more than 100 million dollars.
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>>152802783>Andrew HornbyAh yes...
>>152802797
>>152802260>Tea breakNice, what are you having? I'm sipping green tea right now.
>>152802807
>>152802833This issue, man...
>>152802841>>152802820Black tea with apple, cinnamon, almond and vanilla.
>>152802855This is a pretty screwed up thing Elyon is doing here.
>>152802868
>>152802855I'm surprised that Disney green light this.
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>>152802890
>>152802855Come on, Will. couldn't you borrow a white jacket from your mom>>152802887I have a feeling Disney are more lenient with their European houses. Italy in particular as they've been doing some good stuff for decades before W.I.T.C.H
>>152802906>>152802887I mean, considering the original team was basically wrested away from the comic after this issue...
>>152802924
>>152802940Uriah is such a dungheap.
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>>152802967
>>152802924What's the copy right laws in the EU?
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>>152803033Good work there, Irma.
>>152803042
>>152802986>Disney retained the rights to the W.I.T.C.H. comic over its creators primarily through the application of "work for hire" principles within Italian and European copyright law, coupled with specific contractual agreements>Under UK and EU law, while the author is typically the first owner, this does not apply to works created by an employee during the course of their employment. In the case of W.I.T.C.H., the creators were commissioned by Disney to produce the work (or maybe it was that they only created 9 issues and Disney ordered 3 more and then the following were commission work), making Disney the employer and, therefore, the first owner of the copyright.
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>>152802980How is the dormouse talking?
>>152803178Elyon and Vathek bullying Hay Lin.
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>>152803211
>>152802533I was always curious about this comic as a kid, but didn't buy it because it was "girl stuff". Did I miss out, I wonder.
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>>152803249
>>152802632>Smart fridge with chat bot functions that doesn't play ADs at you when you grab a snackWhy can't we have machines like this?
>>152803263
>>152803231I was lucky enough to have a sister. So while I bought my Beyblade and and Duck magazines my sister bought W.I.T.C.H
>>152803273>>152803231I picked it up because I saw an ad for its debut in PKNA(The Duck Avenger) and liked how the characters looked
>>152803231>Did I miss out, I wonder.Nahhh, "girl stuff" tends to be boring.
>>152803302
>>152803293also tons of extra W.I.T.C.H stuff made in Scandinavia. So we were treated to other stuff than the comics & the tv show
>>152802302What was the directional differences?It sucks that the digital version got taken off comixology once disney stopped giving a crap.
>>152803323And that's the end of issue 2.This is also the end of the original team's take on Elyon. From here on it is at first Artibani's Elyon(likely trying to stay closer to the original) until around issue 7, when Disney's pressure really comes in hard.
>>152803338I recommend reading this with an auto-translation>https://heroica.it/w-i-t-c-h-20-anni-barbucci-canepa-intervistaIt tells us quite a bit of the ideas, the struggles and so on.
>>152803074Please tell me that it will be in the public domain soon.
>>152803376>https://heroica.it/w-i-t-c-h-20-anni-barbucci-canepa-intervistaIt is supremely hilarious that disney had a beef with the manga style eeys considering the origin of it.
>>152801939And here is where SHTF
>>152802490Compared to how Issue 1 had mostly people that didn't stick around, it is nice to be able to say that both new people on Issue 2 - Razzi and Zanotta, would end up staying for the entire 11½ year run.Sadly, Gnone, the main author of the concept of WITCH leaves permanently here, leaving the main plotter role to her collaborator Artibani. Gnone would go on to write a book series called Fairy Oak.
>>152803360Issue 3: The Dark DimensionConcept and Script: Francesco ArtibaniArt: Gianluca Paniello and Daniela VetroInks: Marina Baggio and Donald SoffrittiColor and Light Direction: Barbara Canepa
>>152803483Title Page:Art by Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara CanepaColors by Mara Damiani
>>152802776>Grandma being an architect
>>152803338Working conditions I'd wager, the big boys who hadn't really have anything to do with the product now wants some say now that the product is popular. From some Italian interviews:>Artibani: [on Disney's issues with attracting new readers for comics] "Perhaps the first priority would be to find common ground with the authors themselves, giving them the conditions to do their work properly">[Do you think it's possible to make marketing and imagination, passion and finance, coexist?] >"In my view this is possible, on the condition that marketing experts don't start playing creative director. The success of Witch went to a lot of people's heads, especially those who had little faith in the project to begin with or jumped on the bandwagon once it was already rolling. Witch wasn't born as a marketing product — it grew out of the passion of a group of authors and transformed into a very popular series. If marketing applied to comics were an exact science, Disney would have the means to produce one international hit per year; the facts, evidently, tell us that's not how things work — though there's nothing wrong with that, to be clear: the alternative would be inhuman.">>152803413I don't see it happening, Disney will want to keep the rights for W.I.T.C.H, but they consider it a dead ip not worth doing anything with, other than keeping a stranglehold on the copyright.
>>152803497This is the first issue not to have Barbucci on art at all for the comic itself, but I honestly think this team does great.
>>152803550
>>152803483Keep note of Issue 9. That was where the OG team had planned to end it before Disney ordered 3 more issues.
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>>152803530The tv show is imo when marketing experts try to play creative director>We need to attract the male demographic, this can't just be a girly show>put way more focus on one of the girls' love interest and make him a badass hero type. Like 20% should be focused on him per episode>create a show only comedy character, his only purpose will be to be funny
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>>152803632That attitude gets Irma into trouble multiple times across the series.
>>152803667>>152803643Much like how the first comic arc gets messed up because of execs, the cartoon was also subject to that.They would go back and forth on whether they should order it to be more slice of life or more action, making it a mess for the poor guys trying to make a show.
>>152803042What did she think was going to happen?
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>>152803716
>>152803042>>152803700I know this is a kids comic and it's played for laughs. But giving an inexperienced teenager the ability to transform into an adult version of themselves like Shazam, would realistically cause a major identity crisis.
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>>152803077They don't know how close they were to having their secret blown. In the TV show Martin dedicates his life to exposing the girls secret, ala Denzel Crocker for the Fairy God parents.
>>152803752Oh right, this particular plotline actually started this early.
>>152803764Collins is probably one of my Top 3 favorite side characters in this comic.He stays great even past the soft reboot in Arc VII.
>>152802632If Witch had been published nowadays Will would be OP. Imagine getting someones smart phone to literal tell you it's search history.
>>152803795
>>152803735identity crisis and stuff like that for teenagers was actually one of Artibani's challenges when it came to W.I.T.C.H in the interview >>152803530>"The Witch girls are certainly harder to work with because they are young girls bound by a set of constraints, the first and most cumbersome of which is time, frozen in an eternal cycle — Groundhog Day-style. Suspended in a world where the seasons change but the years don't pass, the Witch characters now risk becoming unreal in the eyes of their readers who, unlike them, do grow up and change. In the stories of the five Witch girls there is also romantic love, which never touches on sexuality; this creates a "I want to but I can't" atmosphere in the plots that prevents the stories from addressing themes that are crucial during adolescence, such as changes in one's own body. Despite everything, and despite appearances, Witch remains in my view a bold subject matter. Death — one of the hardest Disney taboos to shake — has been touched on extensively here: I'll take credit for burying Hay Lin's grandmother and "I see some hints at what they wanted to do with Artibanis comments in mind.>>152801833>>152801851>>152803550>>152803557>>152803578Will especially early on is one that is dealing with puberty changes that the authors would love to do more with and comment on in a more complex matter.
>>152802288It's drawn by europeans. That's why.
>>152803806
>>152802203>>152802288I remember when they adapted this moment in the TV show. "What have we got behind us?""What have we got in front of us?"I'm shocked they let that joke stay in.
>>152803815huh, never knew it'd just spoiler text everything if you leave a spoiler tag opened but not closed.
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>>152803856
>>152803870These two...
>>152801440>Planning to hopefully storytime the whole series.Based! Also bump
>>152803884Dumb and Dumber.
>>152803893what do you mean locked you in? Just crawl out the open window
>>152803697I feel like the art is better than the previous issues.>>152803033Why did she get aged up when transformed?>>152803795Her nose kills it for me.
>>152803893
>>152803893One brain cell between the two of them.
>>152802947ENTER
>>152803915
>>152803925>Hay Lin bit Irma in Issue 1>Irma might return the favor
>>152803413>Disney>Releasing a copyrightlol, lmao even
>>152803938
>>152803947Irma you wimp.
>>152803958
>>152803958Oh yeah. You might wanna see a doctor about that horrible case of pigeon toes..
>>152803968Ms. Rudolph is secretly into bondage?
>>152803302PK was the best comic book series I've ever read, maybe only challenged by Ratman.
>>152803988I get that she probably panicked, but it might be a bit late trying the "Don't be afraid!" line after you left two of them bound and gagged for hours.
>>152804019
>>152803989>RatmanBased, too bad it's basically untranslatable.I would have loved to see /co/ reacting to it going full meta.
>>152804022
>>152803632Irma the KNOWER
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>>152804041
>>152802288It's a common maho shojo trope too.
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>>152804059
>>152804067The first mention of Phobos, I believe.
>>152803947>>152803958>>152803968Wow Irma is a bit thick.
>>152804074>>152804067I remember seeing this part in Disney Adventures magazine.
>>152804074
>>152804089The WITCH girls, drowning in Phobos's goo.
>>152804089I really forgot about the nightmarish shit they went through in their first days
>>152804098
>>152804110
>>152804110I love Lilian
>>152804122
>>152804135
>>152804110In the disney adventures version, Irma said 'little sisters don't understand anything'.
>>152804156
>>152804190>10000 year old cat lady
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>>152804217
>>152804217Witch might be the only non-japanese version of the magical girl genre I actually like.
>>152804229
>>152804237
>>152804244Welcome to Metamoor.
>>152804253The princess is here.
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>>152801809>Witch!Say that again?
>>152804305and there comes that one porno inspiration
>>152804305>Red horseThat is either a really odd mistranslation, or a some idiom I don't know.Frost is Lu Bu
>>152801851I love the expressions on Barbucci's faces.
>>152804333>Names his horse crimson>It's clearly green. The colorist probably messed up, like how sometimes the colored scholastic release of Bone swaps between which color rat creature likes Quiche.
>>152804333These are not quite Astral Drops, I think? But they are a step towards it.The Astral Drops never show any sign that they can use powers, but maybe they can still be summoned as guardian forms?
>>152804371Frost the Spellsword.
>>152804383Elyon, you little shit.
>>152804393This is our first proper Astral Drop, I think.
>>152804404Also Irma's first case of astral racism
>>152803483Out of the new people here, Baggio and Vetro end up staying for the rest of the series, and Paniello stays until New Power.I've read a few Donald Duck comics drawn by Vetro, I like her style.
>>152804404Gonna post Issue 4 soon.
>>152804404Issue 4: The Power of FireConcept and Script: Bruno EnnaArt: Graziano BarbaroInks: Marina Baggio and Roberta ZanottaColor and Light Direction: Barbara CanepaSome new people here!Enna will stay on until Issue 120 as both a writer and secondary plotter(to Artibani, Radice and Machetto in that order)Barbaro is staying on for the first two Arcs.
>>152804575Title Page:Art by Alessandro Barbucci.Colors by Barbara Canepa and Mara Damiani
>>152804589The Astral Drop is already making them uncomfortable.
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>>152804619
>>152804626Focus, Cornelia.
>>152804636This one moment is going to have big consequences.
>>152804659
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>>152804688
>>152804659Since when the third panel in the middle happened?
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>>152801491Heart!
>>152804752
>>152804772
>>152804790>The lip bite
>>152804806
>>152803530>other than keeping a stranglehold on the copyright.How much would it take to get the copyright from them?
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>>152804844
>>152801879>have like 2 days to targeted MC before she gains powers>fail at thatCartoon Cedric wouldn't be this bad at his job
>>152804850And here's the other four Astral Drops!
>>152804861>Irma immediately hurts her Astral Drop
>>152802121Keeping grandma around as a mentor figure was another good decision on the cartoon's part.
>>152802533Just Italians?
>>152804871Good job, Will.
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>>152804923You broke her, Corny.
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>>152804958
>>152804970Honey, I shrank the WITCHes
>>152804834>Copyright expires. Copyrights generally lasts for 95 years. Since the W.I.T.C.H. is from 2001, the copyright won't expire until the late 2090s>Disney would need to decide that the W.I.T.C.H. IP is no longer financially viable, and choose to sell the rights. Disney recently rebooted the comic (which were maybe abandoned again?), so they might actually consider it a "sleeping" asset rather than a dead one>Legal Invalidation. But the original creators already failed in their lawsuit and appear to give up and move on to other things.>Failure to Protect Trademark. Not likely to happen under Disney's watch.
>>152804985
>>152804985>>152804970Every kids show and comic has at least one episode where the main character or characters are shrunk.
>>152804999
>>152805013The Oracle is technically right about them not doing what they are supposed to, but getting Taranee back is worth it, surely.
>>152805029The princess is back, and she's in a petty mood.
>>152805037>Don't do something stupid just because of your cruel streakWhen Cedric is the one telling you that...
>>152805067The city covering the entire planet is going to be quietly retconned later.
>>152805082Elyon's smirk is great.
>>152805092
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>>152804772What does he see in her and why is she rejecting him?>>152804890How did she botch that?>>152804880I thought cause Disney tends to be really up tight when it comes to tv?
>>152805126This reminds me of the animorphs book where the alien friend Ax impersonates Jake. He's totally ignorant of human culture and almost blows his cover.
>>152805126Astral Will claims Matt's lips before regular Will.
>>152805150I like the final panel.
>>152805169
>>152805178Elyon played herself.
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>>152805245
>>152805257You think being a snake person he sheds his skin?
>>152805257
>>152805280"Phobos court" part is added, I believe, probably due to something that happens later. In the original, they are simply an extension of Phobos.
>>152804332What?
>>152805314
>>152805334
>>152805344Petty, petty Elyon.
>>152805362
>>152805373Elyon didn't train her magic enough, she's still at the level where Cedric is a better mage than she is.
>>152805385
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>>152805403
>>152805411Either the Astral Drops already have a little bit of divergence, or Irma put some secret want to be be nice towards Martin into hers.
>>152805433
>>152805441And that's the end of Issue 4. I'm gonna post a few extras, though.
>>152804998How much money do I need to buy it from them?
Will and Cornelia are in the same year, and being born the 1st of January, Will should be the oldest of the gang.
>>152805539This one has a mistake - Irma is in the same class as Hay Lin and Taranee.
>>152805539>>152805552Interestingly, there's a much later Magazine that gives information on the the WITCHes... but it outright clashes with with canon in some key ways.It claims Cornelia is born May 10th 1990 and Will is born January 1st 1991.Irma in March 10th 1991Taranee March 23rd 1991And Hay Lin in June 4th 1992The problem with these numbers is that Hay Lin would be a class below the others if this was true, Will would be in the same class as Taranee and Irma, and Cornelia would be class above.Logically, either Will is born in 1990 and Hay Lin in 1991 or Cornelia is born in 1991 and Taranee and Irma in 1992.
>>152801851The other translation
>>152805494Considering it was once bringing in around 100 million >>152802716 I think you'd need to Pay loads to even make them consider maybe giving it up.
>>152803033Slightly different page.
>>152805433>Wants to date>Get's date>Have a melt downWhy are girls like this?>>152805441Why Will why do you hate him?
>>152805136>How did she botch that?She has identity issues, no surprise she couldn't create a proper "me"
>>152805757>Why Will why do you hate him?...That makes no sense.
>>152803726Ruffini's theorem? Haven't heard that one before, let me che...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffini%27s_ruleOh... was I supposed to learn this in high-school?
>>152805778Doesn't she hate the history teacher?
>>152805715>>152805393I mean this was published by Disney in america, they had to tone some things down.
>>152805715>>152805393The bastards censored it? What other panels got hit?
>>152805846Ah, I misunderstood it as Matt.
>>152805689A disco? In 2005? Really?
>>152802651>George and Mildred>marriedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_and_Mildred> British sitcom produced by Thames Television and first aired between 1976 and 1979. It is a spin-off from Man About the House, and starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as constantly-sparring married couple George and Mildred Roper.
>>152803033>>152805689Hey, this is censored too. What the heck.
>>152805920Why is that a problem?
>>152805849>>152805894>>152805941>>152805894This one also got hit:>>152804033
>>152805894I like the fact that Will and Hay Lin don't get changed.
>>152805996I'm not seeing the difference between the pics.
>>152806019
>>152805659I can vouch for that version being in the official french translation
I think some of the earlier parts of WITCH got rereleased as collected issues even in italy, and might have been changed already at that point. These Graphic Novels might just have used the same base?
>>152805996Lol they censored Irma's armpit
I think I caught all the changes now.I'm gonna keep a lookout as we go along, comparing new and old.
>>152806134Yeah, thanks. So stuff like this >>152802174 wasn't touched?
>>152806213Not that I can tell, no.Issues 5-8 are completely untouched as well, which just makes it weirder.
Why didn't Cedric try to convince the girls like he did Elyon?
>>152806233Nothing in 9-12 either.It really is just 2-4, so far.
>>152801440Nice honestly we never finished when we did it 2 years back lol
>>152806353Why didn't we finish it back then?
>>152806578Disney stopped it
>>152806578>>152806353I was busy.
>>152802632>>152803800Even back then, Will is quite amazing
>>152801440I love the design and style along with Will's huge head
>>152805257This scenario contradicts itself: They entered the cave at 5 pm, how could Elyon show Taranee the scene with Will's copy the next morning? If time is slower (faster?) in Metamoor then only a couple Heatherfield hours have passed.
More story time when? Also, who's your favorite character?
>>152801449Why is Will such an erotic adorable little minx?
>>152801534kek bad luck Will
>>152801474The show did a good job on slowly showing the bigger picture of this magical multiverse.
>>152805458Thanks anon.
>>152806578The later 2 thirds of the comic sucks
So far, I like the characters in the following order. at for the comic version. C>I=W=H>>>>>T>>152808811How bad did it get?
Thanks for the dump by the way, I enjoy being finally able to read this, albeit in english.
>>152801759I really like this part of the comic, just the maguc creeping in.
What are you guys' thoughts on the comic?
Whats the reason for people always putting Taranee dead last in rankings other than the obvious reason for me Irma and Hay Lin are way worse. Irma is more often than not trying too hard when it comes to being funny, and not in the Chandler Bing way, but to the point where it becomes an annoying trait.Hay Lin, meanwhile, have pretty much nothing going for her than being the ditzy one, she's the Phoebe of W.I.T.C.H to keep with the Friends analogy.
>>152803074Sounds about right. They made a deal with the devil for a guaranteed paycheque.
>>152809881Probably because Taranee seems to be the most meek and uninteresting of the bunch so far. Irma is hot (and a bit of a slut) and for better or worse does stand out, Hay Lin has her grandma thing pushing her character and she seems to have some depth and stuff going on.
>>152809604The comic overall? To be honest, I think it's pretty flawed. Spends too much time on lacklustre teenage drama and not enough on the fantasy stuff. The pacing is all over the place. Sure, I'm not exactly the target demographic (never has been, on the account of my penis) but I did enjoy the TV series. Sure, that still had teenage drama but it gave the fantasy stuff more room to breathe.
>>152809925>Spends too much time on lacklustre teenage drama and not enough on the fantasy stuff>Sure, that still had teenage drama but it gave the fantasy stuff more room to breatheThat was my problem with the tv show. The Meridian portions not involving the girls sucked ass
>>152804089What do you think the mother is thinking they are doing in there?
>>152809604mehbut it made me horny
Might do another storytime today, but will have to make a new thread for that, obviously.
>>152810791Do it anon! Meanwhile, as mentioned somewhere in the thread, Witch gained pretty big popularity in Scandinavia. To the point where multiple authors released novels based on the franchiseLene Kaaberbøl (Danish)First series one book for each of the 5 girls:>When Lightning Strikes (The Heart of the Salamander)>Enchanted Music (The Music of the Silencer)>Heartbreak Island (The Fire of the Ocean)>Stolen Spring (Green Magic)>The Cruel Empress (The Gruesome Empress)Second series from her is called Crystal Birds:>The Stone Falcon>The Talons of the Eagle>The Shadow of the Owl>The Golden PhoenixJosefine Ottesen (Danish)>Isblomsten (The Iceflower) >Den Gyldne Kilde (The Golden Spring) Lene Møller Jørgensen (Danish)>The Pristine Rose>A Touch of a StarCecilie Eken (Danish)>The Wells of Fog>The Storms of WindmorRuben Eliassen (Norwegian)>Ibenholt Pyramiden (The Ebony Pyramid)Maud Mangold (Swedish)>Queen of the Night>The Flame of Clarity
>>152810791Amazing, I can't wait!
>>152804332I know what you mean.
Barbucci I still one of my favorite artists working in comics today.
>>152810937I don't, enlighten me
>>152803042What would even happen if she didn't use her powers?
>>152801440Libe! Until I'm back from work.
>>152812511Second part
>>152811965We'll keep the light on.
>>152811033Why hasn't someone storytimed this?
>>152811342https://exhentai.org/g/409371/52381f6efe/
Why didn't Cedric kill Will in the first two days?
>>152805949It's anachronistic.
>>152812670There wouldn't be a story otherwise.
>>152806213No, there's an edition where some panels are removed
Bump for read
Elyon is best girl
>>152803042Please tell me that there's a fan fic where Irma let him kiss her.
>>152817657Yeah...just a kiss
>>152818493I'm not seeing the problem.
>>152815270X2
>>152801440thanks for the storytime. It's much better to read it in active thread than on the archive
>>152816635>Elyon: I had to kill him guys. I swear>Cornelia: ELYON HE WAS A FREEDOM FIGHTER!>Elyon: I think you mean "terrorist"
>>152804125Same, she’s a real cutie. Would hug
Part II is up:>>152812511
>>152805949Having a Disco in comic made in 2005 would be like having a movie theater in a comic set in the old west.
>>152821508kek Elyon keeps proving she's so based
>>152801648Will does look quite hot. I wonder if they would have dated her later on if the girls didn't intervene
>>152801683Is Will's family loaded? Cellphones were not cheap in those times. Man how I wish I could go back to the pre cellphones era
>>152801695What a cute barefoot slut!
>>152801710>>152801724Dude chill out, she's a teenager. You don't wanna intrude on a teenager who has been alone for an hour.
>>152801833What a cute little minx
>>152801879>bet he gives great math lessonsWhat a slut!
>>152802010Surprising how a girl can just go to a shop with an older man
>>152802129>Meeting with Elyon at the school gymIMAGINE
>>152802174I love magical girl transformations
>>152802643>the level of autism to name every appliance in your homeWill is one of us!
>>152802855C'mon Will, why are you like this?
>>152802967Angry Will is hot!
>>152803042kek she should have finished it. How knowledgeable are italian girls about the birds and the bees?
>>152804806kek why are the girls so lewd?
>>152804890Oh c'mon Will!
>>152805126>>152805150>kek opening the door to find an almost naked girl who then kisses youLiving the dream!
>>152805169kek I am liking the clone more and more
>>152805178kek I think astral drop Will >>> real Will
Would you guys have a chance with them? Hard mode the same but during your teen years.
>>152824272>Am a high level PhD with a well paying jobYeah probably, particularly Will who seems quite lacking in confidence.>teen yearsI was a nerd back then but a popular one. Who would I have the easiest time with?
>>152818493>>152818705It is perhaps about over-reinterpreting the scene between the lines; that is, per se in the comic it's only a kiss, But in similar circumstances, the boy would not limit himself to just that, but as mentioned, it is an over-interpretation.
>>152823364AND she isn't the fire guardian
Will is so cute
>>152822968Where does all this great evil elyon art come from
>>152826700Here from /co/. We fantasized about the saga of Elyon the evil
>>152827109Now I think we need a tanya and elyon pic
>>152827125I agree, I would love a fic about such a crossover. I wish there was a return to w.i.t.c.h. and Invader Zim
>>152827158I think both are big and I mean we've got 3 w.i.t.c.h threads right now so prime time. Maybe in main one pitch a idea or start a soft green we've got to be change we want to see
Still waiting for the one where Irma didn't turned Andrew into a frog?
>>152827158Is that game any good?
>>152801474>>152802302>>152802490How do you think the story would have continued with Gnone even in some volumes or arcs?
>>152828300Dunno but given that he doesn't intend to continue it, they should get George R. R. Martin to write a w.i.t.c.h. remake. He's the only one skilled enough to make it work.
>>152828300Canepa's interview answers a fair bit:>Was the story you had in mind for WITCH different from the one we read in the issues after you left?>Canepa: Yes, it was darker, more introspective, complex. A slice of adolescent life presented through five very different girls.>The plot had different levels of interpretation, with ecological implications as well.>It was certainly closer to manga in terms of themes: there was more attention to the girls' personal lives, to the torments of adolescence. There was no clear division between good and evil: the girls would have been attracted to the Metaworld and pushed to be part of it, passing>to the other side of the fence. Elyon would have been the first to give in, but they would all have done so to some extent, even going so far as to fight against themselves.
>>152828711I thought he was a hack and everybody hated him.>>152828836Is he allowed to write a fan fiction version of his vision?
>>152828836Pic related was the plan for Elyon.She wasn't the princess but instead the guardian of Metamoor, with powers over death and time.
>>152828865Honestly why did they make elyon so stacked>Time>Death>WildernessI see why people talked about fae vibe elyon, though question is would she have been at the school in this version or a pre existing guardian
>>152801440>>152801449Will looks super cute not gonna lie
How much of monster am I if only befriended Will just to get closer to her mom?
>>152828865Imma use that in fanfic.
>>152830781Go for it anon, honestly would be interested in seeing more wild elyon stuff
bump
>>152801939This is actually pretty dangerous and people being stupid in exactly this way gets a whole lot of them killed and maimed. Hard to tell if this is getting that across enough.
>>152828300I don't think it would. They wrote a 9 issue story and Disney asked for 3 more issues. and then left after that.Artibani's interview makes it clear >>152803815>>"The Witch girls are certainly harder to work with because they are young girls bound by a set of constraints, the first and most cumbersome of which is time, frozen in an eternal cycle — Groundhog Day-style. Suspended in a world where the seasons change but the years don't pass, the Witch characters now risk becoming unreal in the eyes of their readers who, unlike them, do grow up and change."
>>152803056wonder what happened to that frog anyhoodid he get a job at the WB?
>>152802192It's to simulate the traditional little girl activity of playing dress up. They also tend to be less naked, as it were, in the recent iterations of such things. The ones actually for little girl consumption, anyway.I should see if anyone's done a real serious bit of writing on it, cause it's interesting to compare how this is portrayed between your classic magical girls, including their modern successors, and the other more modern, male otaku oriented niche series like Fate and Symphogear. Not just the way there's more of a mecha perspective, but the, for lack of a better word, difference in how a guy wants to see a girl put on a girl outfit and how a girl wants to see themselves put it on.
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>>152831997Oops, forgot to mention:One thing is, apparently, little girls fucking love putting things in little bags. Can't get enough of it.
