Lucky Mallet - Shrink Fan Comics

[Valeyard Vince]

Size Hammer Time - Lucky Mallet is out now!



Japanese folklore meets urban fantasy in Lucky Mallet: the story of an unlikely hero, the best friend she secretly lusts for, and the size-changing demoness who wishes to destroy them both!



Synopsis: College student Momo Keller thinks that exams are the biggest problem she'll have this year. That is, until she becomes the unwitting guardian of an ancient magical artifact! Now Momo and her crush, Karen, will have to face a powerful entity who wants to take the artifact for herself... and thanks to some size-changing magic, Momo may find her problems getting “bigger” than she ever imagined!

Release date: July 1st, 2019
Written by: Jack Hall
Artwork by: Hmage
Tags: shrinking, shrinking women, shrunken women, fast shrinking, slow shrinking, unwilling shrinking, growth, giantess, action, half-size, doll size, magic

Issue Link: Lucky Mallet

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[Doll-Elf]

I do not understand why half-complete comics are published.

The littlest Sister had a complete story, but felt like that was it. That's fine, it was a good story.

Suzy and Frank comics for example told a single story that had a proper beginning, middle, and end. However they left room so that the story could continue after.

The more I drink was a complete story. Lucky Mallet is half a story, cut off on purpose so people will have to wait for months to get the second half only to find out that the second part is actually part one extended and at the end, the story isn't close to being resolved.

Do all comics need proper endings? No. Do comics need cliffhangers that could imply more after? It sure helps. Can you just make a cliff hanger in the middle of a story so people have to wait months to see the second part?

Lucky mallet is a very pretty comic and I like the art style but beyond that I feel that waiting a whole month, paying $15 made this comic feel cheep and underwhelming.

[qzar9999]

Originally Posted by Doll-Elf

I do not understand why half-complete comics are published.

The littlest Sister had a complete story, but felt like that was it. That's fine, it was a good story.

Suzy and Frank comics for example told a single story that had a proper beginning, middle, and end. However they left room so that the story could continue after.

The more I drink was a complete story. Lucky Mallet is half a story, cut off on purpose so people will have to wait for months to get the second half only to find out that the second part is actually part one extended and at the end, the story isn't close to being resolved.

Do all comics need proper endings? No. Do comics need cliffhangers that could imply more after? It sure helps. Can you just make a cliff hanger in the middle of a story so people have to wait months to see the second part?

Lucky mallet is a very pretty comic and I like the art style but beyond that I feel that waiting a whole month, paying $15 made this comic feel cheep and underwhelming.

We do understand that some users dislike having multiple comics that don't end on a complete story. But it's also true that some stories simply don't work well when limited to a mere 15 pages - I'd have hated to have to condense all my ideas for Small Fortune into a single issue!

That's why we endeavor to have a good balance of multipart stories and one-shots; for instance, the two previous releases were single-issue complete stories, next month's comic is a one-shot, and Operation Half Off works as a series of vignettes that wrap up in one issue. You should also keep an eye out for The Invisible Girl 2, which will conclude that story.

[ArcaneBEFan]

Originally Posted by qzar9999

But it's also true that some stories simply don't work well when limited to a mere 15 pages - I'd have hated to have to condense all my ideas for Small Fortune into a single issue!

Each Small Fortune comic felt to me like a serial adventure. Each issue did an excellent job of completing a smaller adventure arc while leaving us with a "how will our hero get out of this?!" moment. It's a testament to the quality of the writing.

You should also keep an eye out for The Invisible Girl 2, which will conclude that story.

Very eager for this!

[armorcommand]

Originally Posted by ArcaneBEFan

Each Small Fortune comic felt to me like a serial adventure. Each issue did an excellent job of completing a smaller adventure arc while leaving us with a "how will our hero get out of this?!" moment. It's a testament to the quality of the writing.

Agree here! Good style, and fun to read.

[scidram]

Originally Posted by Doll-Elf

The littlest Sister had a complete story, but felt like that was it. That's fine, it was a good story.

Thanks for the shout-out! So glad you enjoyed it!

Originally Posted by Colossmol

"Escape Room" - a creep tricks a group of pretty girls into a puzzle room, who have to figure out how to escape while shrinking.

That's a fantastic idea!


On this topic, I don't mind waiting for the next part because I expect that the comics in between will be interesting too. For the most part, I've really enjoyed the diversity of comics--both in shrinking subject matter and in one-shot vs. series balance. There have only been a very small number of comics in the ShrinkFan catalog that I didn't care for. And that's another reason I don't mind waiting. I'd rather wait six or more months for a second and third part that I really like than endure two or three consecutive months of a series I don't like.

But if anyone wants more one-shot stories, then write one. To keep production going, there needs to be scripts, and if many of those scripts are part of a series, that's what's going to get produced. I've tried to balance that myself in my own submissions. Out of the three scripts I've submitted, two of them (A Small Sacrifice & The Littlest Sister) are one-shots, and the other (Laundry Day) was the first of a planned series. I'm writing others, including one that would span several installments. If they select it, great, and if they don't, they don't.

Overall, I'm just grateful that they exist, that they welcome submissions, and that they put out consistently solid content. I wish they had enough subscribers to warrant putting out two comics a month like GiantessFan, but we all know the SW community is smaller to the much larger GTS community. Pun inevitably intended.

[qzar9999]

Originally Posted by scidram

Overall, I'm just grateful that they exist, that they welcome submissions, and that they put out consistently solid content. I wish they had enough subscribers to warrant putting out two comics a month like GiantessFan, but we all know the SW community is smaller to the much larger GTS community. Pun inevitably intended.

All of this.

If I didn't work for the site, I'd still be cheerleading it for exactly that reason, and I'd still be just as disappointed that SFan can't currently offer two a month.

[CinderBH]

Background notes no one cares about:

The mallet is based on the golden mallet belonging to Daikokuten, god of commerce and wealth and one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. With one shake it can make gold coins appear or grant any wish.

It appears several times in popular tales, but most famously in Issun-boushi: at the end of the story the titular one-inch hero obtains the mallet after defeating two oni, and makes a wish on it to become a boy of average height. From that comes the mallet's association with size-changing.

[Captain Ash]

Originally Posted by CinderBH

Background notes no one cares about:

The mallet is based on the golden mallet belonging to Daikokuten, god of commerce and wealth and one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. With one shake it can make gold coins appear or grant any wish.

It appears several times in popular tales, but most famously in Issun-boushi: at the end of the story the titular one-inch hero obtains the mallet after defeating two oni, and makes a wish on it to become a boy of average height. From that comes the mallet's association with size-changing.

Thank you for this cultural background. Didn't know that.
Could you provide us with a link where we can read this story?

Greetings
Captain Ash

[Tiedefender]

Originally Posted by scidram

But if anyone wants more one-shot stories, then write one.

Overall, I'm just grateful that they exist, that they welcome submissions, and that they put out consistently solid content. I wish they had enough subscribers to warrant putting out two comics a month like GiantessFan, but we all know the SW community is smaller to the much larger GTS community. Pun inevitably intended.

Unfortunately most people do not posses the skill to write a story. I know I don't. And not everyone is going to like the same types of things.

I'm glad too. Shrink Fan may not have the subs Giantess Fan has, but it does have far better content. Personally the GTS stuff is filled with horrible things in general.

As for "Lucky Mallet" I haven't come to a conclusion on what I think of it. Though I find the ending confusing.

[qzar9999]

Originally Posted by Tiedefender

Unfortunately most people do not posses the skill to write a story. I know I don't.

Dude.

If you'd seen some of the stuff that's been submitted to me and I've managed to edit into a functional script... xD

[Doll-Elf]

I can understand that. And maybe I'm just a fan of more one-shot stories because I don't have to wait 4-6 months for a conclusion. Sorry for the outburst! v.v

However I love the invisible girl universe and have story ideas, a bunch of one-shots and one continuous in that universe that follow a young woman named Kira, who is a size-enthusiast that works for Size-Tek and a cosplayer for the yearly Sizecon. If you would like to brainstorm with that idea let me know.