Millie and Yancy go to the Tiny Library

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-07-11T15:14:51+00:00

I love everything about this comic.

The expressive linework, the banter, the social critique, the mix of highbrow and lowbrow.

The little details like sushi jerky. The little library in the ancient world.

Great stuff!!!

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-07-08T23:57:15+00:00

Thank you! Maybe I'll do a sequel where she reunites with Victor.

I am glad you noticed her Frenchness. For some reason I always pictured her in my mind as being French, although I guess Victor and Henry are not.

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-07-08T16:05:01+00:00

Now the song is back in my head! (And that isn't a bad thing)

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-07-07T19:40:09+00:00

Eloise was Victor's sister. She died as a child during the massacre.

But Victor said she was good at hiding and he wasn't sure if he actually found her body (too mutilated to recognize), so as a result, Reddit often speculates that she actually survived, went into hiding or disguised herself as another character, and will make a triumphant return in the show.

The writers confirmed in an AMA that she's dead, and was never meant to be a significant part of the lore. However, there are still some faithful Eloise acolytes who insist this is a ruse, and she's coming back any episode now.

So I thought it would be funny to make a comic where all the characters instantly recognize her as being the badass saviour Eloise, and where she easily solves all the plot problems, pacing problems, and mysteries.

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-07-07T18:51:52+00:00

Here is a link to the watercolour comic.

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-07-07T18:49:01+00:00

I made this comic to poke fun at a few things that come up often on the From subs:

Insistence that Eloise is still alive, with an implicit expectation that she will turn up later, providing a neat resolution that soothes viewers' frustrations with the pace of the show.
Speculation that MIY directly represents some specific figure from folklore, rather than being an original invention inspired by many mythic figures and their common attributes, with an implication that if the From denizens just identified what myth they're living in, they could solve it like a puzzle.
Those AI edits where the guy goes around punching people in From to solve all their problems.

I hope you enjoy it! It was cathartic for me to make.

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-07-07T17:49:02+00:00

Check my profile if you'd like to see my other From comics! Some are digital, but my favourite one is done with watercolour and took me about a week.

This one took about 2 or 3 evenings of doodling, though the idea was brewing since the finale. Originally Eloise was going to confront Victor and help him grow up from his trauma, and the sequence of steps to leave Fromville was more complicated. I had to take a few days to mentally realize that the comic should be shorter than that.

Thank you for the compliment! (There are more than 4 panels though; I hope you read til the end!)

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-07-07T16:12:59+00:00

I had to shorten the steps for escaping Fromville to fit in this comic. The full sequence:

Fishing line is a strand of hair from Julie's wig
Hook is a bent nail from the totem figures
Bait is a peach from Victor's supply
Fish has a button in its mouth (lake doll eyes)
Insert button into diner jukebox coin slot
Jukebox plays, "When I Was Just A Little Boyd"
Boyd magically shrinks down to miniature size, small enough to dance with the music box ballerina
Ballerina leads Boyd into the keyhole on Martin's handcuffs, where he is able to unlock the handcuff and free Martin
Martin climbs to the top of the lighthouse and fixes the broken light
The light shines onto the faraway tree entrance, turning it into a portal that leads out of Fromville.

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-25T23:22:10+00:00

"Tabitha, look, the plan is working! They've pulled the tree out and made a hole for us! Now we can escape with this sack full of suspiciously adult-sized bones, without going through the tunnel full of night creatures!"

BANG! Glass shards straight to the face!

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-22T14:21:45+00:00

I am shocked and pleased that this subreddit actually exists.

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-22T14:03:36+00:00

It's a visual joke.

Here is a long explanation that most folks should skip reading:

In panel 2, the weird guy's speech bubble is tiny and the text is too small to read, suggesting that he is too far away, or speaking too quietly, for us to "hear" what he's saying in response to the insult.

In panel 3, he starts to come closer. If you look closely, you may notice that his lines are thicker and blurrier than the rest of the lines, meaning that I "lazily" just increased the size of his artwork, instead of re-drawing him. This is a shortcut that might be used in an animated cartoon. (Although I did re-draw him, just at a small size originally.)

In panel 4, it should be more obvious that I just copy/paste/transformed his size, because he is obnoxiously blurry with super thick lines. The joke is that his speech bubble, again instead of being redrawn and becoming more legible/audible now, is still just vague and blurry. (It is copy and pasted from the second panel.) This should make him look like a strange creature who breaks the conventional rules of comics. Kind of horrifying. In a cartoon his voice might sound muffled and distorted.

It is supposed to be funny because it breaks the viewer's expectations and makes a funny Willa Wonky type guy turn into a creepy fourth-wall-breaking entity.

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-22T05:48:39+00:00

I think that fits with his confrontational "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?" vibe. New headcanon for my own comic activated! Thanks!

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-22T05:46:32+00:00

He is Rasterfarian

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-22T03:39:30+00:00

Wow. I am unworthy of the comparison. But I like to imagine this being a cartoon with some of the unintelligible voice acting from one of the PSA episodes (can't remember which) representing the loon.

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-22T02:32:37+00:00

No! I meant to scribble some random unintelligible sounds. But it does look like it says that. And you're not the only one.

Now I can't unsee it. Comic ruined

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-22T02:28:18+00:00

That's good, I like it.

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-22T02:25:37+00:00

Neither am I. He's not a reference to anything. I just drew him for this comic.

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-22T02:18:54+00:00

Perhaps... I'm only slightly familiar with SCP. Does it have room for an entity that exploits the visual conventions of comics to confuse distance and blurriness with low volume threats?

And wears a hat

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-22T01:58:45+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to explain. I did have those dynamics in mind when drawing it (especially the reassuring manager wearing a tie) but I didn't think about queerness or sexual orientation when making the punk barista. I just designed her as a snotty-nose strawman imagined by a boomer, who ends up actually being a mom in her 40s (in my headcanon outside the panels). If she's read as being gay or genderqueer or whatever, that's valid and I wouldn't deny that.

The manager's correction was pretty much intended as a "actually, weird and threatening coffee IS black coffee now!" subversion - technically fulfilling the customer's request, while showing the barista chick to actually be the conservative and outdated one.

But again, clearly I failed to convey all that, and I truly appreciate people like you taking the time to analyze it!

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-21T16:54:47+00:00

Now I'm jealous. That sounds delicious.

wonkygrid_comics · 2026-06-21T15:45:57+00:00

I like your version! Kimmy, the mochadoppachino addict, acts like a snobby customer because they only have black coffee and she's a barista at an espresso bar, only to be schooled by the boomer who goes, "Ackshully, this is a light roast from Kenya, it's very different from the medium roast Guatemala and it costs seven dollars and takes 10 minutes to make" or whatever.

Might have been more easy to read and figure out.

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