Twokinds Comics

I was scrolling through anime wallpapers about cats in some forum until I came across a picture of a familiar, cheerful looking tigress that was smiling happily. I smiled back at it as I moved my mouse towards the picture, and clicked it. As the page loads pixel by pixel (I had slow internet yesterday), my mind was telling me "I know her somehow and somewhere," and my heart suddenly felt heavy. A good kind of heavy, as if I have never seen a friend for years and suddenly appearing right infront of me again, smiling.

My mind was replaying a lot of memories that happened back then, and I was glad the drawing of the cheerful tigress reminded me of all those memories, both good and bad.

The comic that I read is called Twokinds, and this comic has been running for 11 years now! I didn't even notice it was that old until I saw the 11th anniversary post in his facebook page.

Here's a summary about the comic below, all copied from his About page, since I can't summarize any better than the artist himself:

Summary: After losing his memory to a mysterious battle, Trace Legacy, a former leader for an organization of mages called the Templar, finds himself in the company of Flora, a girl of strange, tiger-like qualities. As Trace gradually begins to re-learn what he once knew, he soon discovers that Flora belongs to a race of people who are enemies of his kind. As friendship confects with racial differences, Trace and Flora find themselves in a situation more critical than either of them can imagine.

Overview: Twokinds is a webcomic that takes place in a world conflicted with racial tension, primarily between the human-like Humans and the animal-like Keidran. They have dramatically different societies and ideas on how to live and act. It is because of these differences that the two races are almost always in some form of conflict. The story begins as the world hinges on the brink of another war. However, unlike before, this time war seems to be the result of a single man, manipulating the two races for his own personal gain - though he no longer has any memory of doing so.

And here are couple of words (well, sentences...make that paragraphs) from the artist himself about the comic,

"I've been an artist for over 6 years, starting around the age of 14. The first anime I remember watching was My Neighbor Totoro. I decided to start drawing after I stumbled upon webcomics through a random web search. The first webcomic I read was Vet on the Net, and that lead to dozens of others.

I was inspired to write Twokinds after having experienced a lot of racial discrimination from kids at my school, who were predominently white. My writing skills at the time were not very good, but I still felt like I was doing something good by trying to create a good message through my writing. After struggling to create a book for a year, I decided making a comic might be a better option. After working at my art for several more years, I finally came out with Twokinds on October 22nd, 2003.

Today, I am a college student at Raymond Walters College, a part of the University of Cincinnati. I'm studying to become a Radiation therapist, while doing artwork on the side." - Tom Fischbach

Here are more pictures and wallpapers I downloaded after seeing her first picture in 7 years,

Nya~

HUUUUUG <3

Lovely Flora

The title of this picture is..."Flat"

I'm glad I found this comic again after forgetting about it for nearly 7 years. Thank you Tom for making my day! I am hoping I can catch up 7 years worth of comics soon :)

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