Cover for the new Overwatch 2 comic! Writing by Sam King, art by me (Hannah Templer)
Watch the animated reading of the comic with voice actor Olivia Le Andersen here !!
hiii! (sorry for being in the asks so much)
I have some questions
- will there be a few backstory pages for Scotty/kate like there was for bee/cassar?
-is there a backstory to saturnina/ will there be after cosmoknights?
-will you end up making a new story related to cosmoknights?
love your work! <33
-val
hello! thank you! i love to answer little questions! here are little answers:
- will there be a few backstory pages for Scotty/kate like there was for bee/cassar?
I don't want to spoil the structure of Book Three by saying too much but... you will not be disappointed :)
-is there a backstory to saturnina/ will there be after cosmoknights?
saturnina does have a brief cameo in Cosmoknights Book Two, but she's not truly a part of the Cosmoknights universe, she's actually a TTRPG character I played in a game with friends many years ago. I do plan to do a spinoff comic with a different character that is closely based on her, but I will change a lot of the details because the world of the game was a collaborative effort between a group of friends and I wouldn't feel right taking that or removing it from that memory. But yes, I have a script for a short saturnina comic that's waiting to be drawn one day!
-will you end up making a new story related to cosmoknights?
So I have always been pretty adamant that Cosmoknights will not have any spinoffs and sequels after the trilogy is complete. I want a complete + satisfying story, and then I want to move on to new projects (I have some really cool books waiting in the slow cooker of my mind!) HOWEVER.... two caveats:
- I think I may do some short Cosmoknights comics that are semi-canonical / NSFW / romance shorts just for Fun. But I don't consider those part of the Cosmoknights canon so much as fun little behind the scenes moments that tie in with the story.
- Cosmoknights is optioned and there is a possibility it may be adapted for the screen eventually. In the case this ever happens, I will be in a consulting position, but I myself am not interested in adapting or writing for a different medium since it feels like repeat work to me and I'd love to see someone else's take on the universe! So in answer to your question, we may see more Cosmoknights stories this way.
Artwork for The Witches of Wederra Keep, an actual play podcast :)
This poster was designed with elements that can be extracted and separated as individual assets! I love working with people who care about and invest in artwork for their projects, imo it shows
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Cosmoknights by @hannahtempler is a great story out of this world! Check out vol 1 but vol 2 takes the cake and makes this series more epic. Looking forward to reading more! (Here is a fan animation I made based off the cover)
this rules
It’s me again lol
kinda curious, who’s you’re favorite character you’ve made?
oh man I can't play favorites with the Cosmoknights cast bc I love them all too much....
I'd say maybe my character from a TTRPG game I played YEARS ago that I still think about. Her name is Saturnina (nina for short) and she's a sexy space pop star with blue skin and glowing markings :^) I will probably eventually spin off into her own short comic. Here are some ooooold drawings of her hehe
hey hannah! quick question: why’d you switch Bee’s backstory in that one chapter? The one where she tries to buy the ship, but the men won’t sell it to her.
It used to have some text, but it got switched
Why?
Hi! Great question, I don't know how many people noticed this get updated in the webcomic + in print but yes, it got switched. I talked a little bit about this on my Patreon in more detail but the short explanation is: the textless version (that ended up final) was actually the first version of that scene that I scripted and drew! But as I was working I really wanted to explore Bee's relationship with her brother some more, so I ended up redrawing those pages into the longer scene with dialog you are referring to.
However, at the very end when I was editing the whole book for print and reading it all the way through, I realized that the first silent version works better for pacing. That scene falls in the middle of a lot of heavy dialogue scenes and it got clunky when reading through in one go.
In my mind both of the scenes serve the same purpose and convey the same ideas, so I don't think of them as in conflict- more like two tellings of the same story.
I LOVE COSMOKNIGHTS SO SO MUCH AHH
Lemme ask questions pretty please!!!
- how many cosmoknights books are supposed to be in the series?
- will there ever be cosmo plushies (specifically of Percy, Katrina Rose, and Scottie)
- would you ever consider making it a movie?
bye bye hannah! <33
-val
Hi! Thank you! Here are some answers:
- Cosmoknights will be a trilogy! The series will end with book three.
- Cosmo plushies: I would LOVE to do a Percy plush at some point, but a little complicated to figure out the logistics since I primarily spend my time doing comics and not designing merch. I have looked into partnering with a company like makeship, so it's possible in the future, but no plans immediately.
- Cosmoknights has actually been optioned for a few years :) Lilly Wachowski talked about it in a recent interview, and while nothing officially exists yet, it's certainly a possibility if the stars align.
Hello Hannah! I just finished reading Cosmoknights book one and two, IT IS AMAZING! The characters are so alive and the story, CHEF KISS. Please (if you can and want), create a discord channel for Cosmoknights, I am new to the community and when I was looking for you on socials, there was nothing, only patreon. I can’t wait to read book three. Thank you for giving us such an amazing comic to read. (Sorry for my grammar, english is not my first language) LOVE FROM ITALY!!
Hi oh my gosh sorry I am terrible at tumblr and this was stuck in my inbox for months. Thank you, I am so glad you love the series and thank you for the kind words. Unfortunately I don't have the resources or time to manage a discord, but I am on bluesky ! I don't have much social media these days but you can also sign up for future updates on Cosmoknights at the website if you want to be notified about book three!