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Page transcript:
Alex: Hey boyfriend.
Kaz: A-Alex… Sorry, I drank too much pop* on the way.
Alex: “Pop”… you’re so cute.
Kaz: I mean, that’s what you call–
Oh!
Alex: Not so fast…
Kaz: Alex!
Alex: It’d be a shame to waste a good opportunity.
*For my non-American readers, “pop” is what Midwesterners call soda/soda pop/soft drinks.
Oh yeah, I forgot Kaz was from Ohio. I think calling it pop makes a lot of sense actually! I’m from Ireland, and we just call soda “fizzy drinks”, at least where I’m from.
Also, this might come off as a weird question, (yeah it’s super fucking weird) but: what are Alex and Kazmir’s measurements?
Also also, loving this chapter so far! Like always take care of your wrist and stuff, take a break if you need to as well.
Pop is one of those midwestern regionalisms that has always charmed me. Ireland has many wonderful turns of phrase too! Fizzy drinks is cute yet matter of fact.
Measurements for their cocks? I don’t have a set number in mind, but I would put Kaz at about 6.5-7″ (16.25-17.5 cm) and Alex at 2-2.5″ (5-6.25 cm.)
Thank you so much! I’ve been taking my time with inking on these pages, but so far have done a good job with keeping up the buffer and keeping up my well being too haha.
Shit, sorry for the frequent commenting. I had initially commented once and thought my comment was rejected for some reason, so I left another.
Pop really is cute, not a big fan of just “soda” though, and especially not just “cola.”
I’m half Turkish (weird, I know) and over there it’s just “kola”, or “gazoz” which means fizzy or like, bubbly. I dunno if it adds anything, since Turkish quite obviously isn’t English.
Irish phrases and slang can be plain stupid but hilarious. I don’t use a majority of it though. I remember my dad told me a story of how he was at a house fixing televisions with his dad (family business) and he heard the family there refer to the TV remote as “the moke.” I dunno why but “the moke” is so fucking funny to me.
Yep, that’s what I meant. That’s pretty damn big for both, I’d kill to have a guy like Kaz and to have bottom growth that freaking awesome. Have you thought up how long Alex has been on T for, or are you still thinking about the canon?
Taking your time is great, don’t rush it! I remember I used to rush the linework or just half ass it, I always wanted to do the shading because the multiply layers were so fun to play with.
Comment all you want! Blow my comment section up! I apologize if it looked like your comment got rejected before – I have to manually approve them if it’s someone’s first time posting or they haven’t posted in a while. I like to do this to keep the assholes outta the comment section, and the spambots (more of these than the former thankfully.)
“Gazoz” as the word for bubbly or fizzy feels almost like onomatopoeia. Excellent word for this! I’m a language nerd so this is cool to know. Do you speak Turkish fluently, and have you had the chance to visit Turkey often? I’d love to go one day – it looks beautiful, and the food is fabulous. One of my friends went a few years ago and had a blast. “The moke”! Also perfect. Thank you for sharing these.
The measurements aren’t necessarily canon since I don’t know if my consistency is good enough to make them look the same every time, although I do aspire to be the kind of artist who draws unique penises for each of my characters. Your Kaz is out there! He may have a fabulous dick and he may even be named Kaz!
Alex has been on T for about 3 years at this point in the story – he started in his early 20s during a period when he dropped out of college to figure himself out. There will be a chapter coming up where he talks about that period of his life 🙂 As I understand it, bottom growth can take 2-3 years to max out for some guys, and I’ve even heard of some who get a bit more post hysto. So you never know! But size isn’t everything – I’ve had great experiences with guys of all sizes. Ultimately what matters is great communication and a desire to learn what your partner loves.
Yessss layers are your friend! They really are the key I think to creating great coloring and shading. For me, the balance is between putting off the inking forever or forcing myself to power through as much as I can. It’s not my favorite part of making comics. I think I have finally reached a happy medium of telling myself “good enough” lol.
Yeah, I understand. I’m happy I don’t have to see transphobic comments here, though you have to go through them to reject them.. I hope they aren’t too bad, in past I’ve cried my eyes out over the smallest of comments that got to me..
I mean, I kind of see it! I love languages too, actually! I can speak it fluently, but not amazingly. As a kid I visited Turkey every summer but I haven’t been recently since I don’t think my Turkish family even know what trans people are, and if they knew they wouldn’t be too nice about it. I’m not from Istanbul or Izmir or any of the popular places either. I’m from Adiyaman, which is like, rural, kinda villagey. The only thing Adiyaman would be Mount Nemrut (I’ve actually been there!) and çiğ köfte, which is kind of silly. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE çiğ köfte, though I’m more a kebab kind of guy.
If you do go, I hope you have a lot of fun! Though I’d be careful, as Turks can be pretty intolerant of queer folks. Not all of them, but a lot of them.
Yeah, I get you. It’d be a real pain in the ass having to draw each one pixel perfect, and drawing dicks are really hard as is. Kaz is the perfect boyfriend, I hope to find my Kaz someday….
That’s really cool! I’m really looking forward to that chapter. I’m on a waiting list for T, so I’m really excited to start it and get all the really cool changes that come with it! I heard bottom growth can hurt, but I’m welcoming it with open arms even if my pain tolerance is horrible.
Size isn’t all of what I’m looking for, honestly all I want is a guy who sees me as a guy and respects my boundaries. I don’t care what his cock looks like.
When I did draw I would always mess around with the shading and highlights, multiply and overlay layers (I think it was overlay) were always my favorite things in art. Linework was such a pain in the ass. Colouring was kinda just okay, but a bit tedious. I’m glad you’ve found the right balance too!
The hateful comments are no fun – thankfully I haven’t gotten many. I had one early on with the comic that really got me down, and really made me reconsider the comic. I wanted to keep making it but I was going through a stressful time and spoke to a friend about moderating the comments for a minute. I don’t want to give the person who wrote it any satisfaction so I won’t get into details. Anyway, I have thicker skin now and I’m in a better place in my life so I generally just delete and move on. These people have nothing going on and are wasting time trying to make us feel bad for existing instead of living their own damn lives. They need to touch grass lol. But yeah, not to be flippant – they definitely suck. Don’t worry, I would ask a friend again to moderate if I did not have the mental energy to handle it.
That’s really cool! I looked up çiğ köfte – it looks awesome! I saw that vegetarian versions can be made with bulgur (I am a veggie haha.) Definitely curious to try making this. I hear you – my family all lives in the States, but I’m not really out to any extended family. I have no idea how to explain it to them. Shit is complicated for some people. I do hope you have the chance to go back one day though, if you would like to. Is your family in Ireland supportive? I hope you have a good support network, either of family or friends. A friend family really can make all the difference.
In my experience, bottom growth was more uncomfortable than really painful. Kind of like being a little uncomfortably turned on. It was more sensitive than usual for the first month or two, then it got better. I’m excited that you’ll be starting T soon hopefully! I’m happy to answer questions regarding it if you have any. I’ve been on T now for… 7 years? Weird to think how the time flies once you start. You sound like an awesome dude and you absolutely will find a guy who is a great fit for you one day. I have full confidence in this.
That really sucks, I don’t get why other people feel the need to harass others and leave shitty comments. I’m really proud of you for continuing to make the comic after that comment, it takes a lot of strength to do something like that and I’m extremely happy for you 🙂 I cry over the smallest of things that give dysphoria, like how I got a Manscaped ad and burst into tears. I hope T makes me cry less!
I love çiğ köfte, but I didn’t even realise there was meat in it! I remember when I was little I’d go out with my mother in town and she’d bring me to this place and get me çiğ köfte and it was so fucking good. They would wrap it up with bread, lettuce and would squeeze some lemon juice in too. I would visit and get some there again, but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t exist anymore because of the earthquakes that happened months ago.
I would be a vegetarian too if I wasn’t obsessed with meat. I like meat too much to give it up, but I do advocate for animals to be treated well. For example, I’d want a cow to suffer as little as possible when killed for food, or (I don’t eat eggs, but) how some chickens get put in tight spaces to lay eggs, which is just completely shitty.
The only meat I don’t eat is pork. I grew up muslim (non practising, but my mother still made us celebrate eid and didn’t want us eating pork) and I just got used to not eating it, plus it’s super fucking gross anyway.
My immediate family in Ireland are a mixed bag. My mother and father both have this mentality that’s like “we don’t care what you do, just don’t shove it in our faces” and claim not to be homophobic or transphobic, but then agree with people like JK Rowling or Elon Musk. They aren’t even right wing, they’re super for equality and rights and are left wing, but say they don’t “go with the woke crowd.” They say they advocate for trans rights but then turn around and say trans people are freaks who try to groom kids and have a “secret agenda”, so I think they’re just TERFs.
Though it really hurts me that my family feels this way, I love them. When I tried coming out to them years ago they mocked my preffered name and said I’d never be a boy. It’s really painful because I love my parents so much and appreciate them so much but I feel like I’m backstabbing them for something I can’t change. Pretty sure some of my aunts and uncles are pro-LGBTQ+, I’m just not out to them yet. My younger brothers are kind of okay too.
I can’t WAIT for bottom growth, even if I will have an uncomfortable boner for the first few months as you’ve described. I’ve heard orgasms become more like male ones and that you get erections easier and get morning wood! It’s something I’ve always wanted, and always envied guys for. Like, I’d hear my cis male friends talk about how annoying random boners are, and how I wouldn’t get it.
Only thing I’m concerned with is that I already have a few of the traits associated with T. I’m already a little hairy (might be the Turkish side, or maybe a hormone imbalance), a deep-ish voice and I have a lot of erm, urges for being pre-T and AFAB. I think I might actually be intersex or something. Combine T with that and I’ll either just pass as cis, or pass as cis with the added bonus of looking like fucking Scott Howl from Monster Prom. If it helps to understand, I hear trans guys complain about body hair in certain places from T when I’ve already got hair there.
Aw, that’s so sweet. What makes you so certain I’ll find someone? You really brightened up my mood 🙂 I hope you’ve got someone who loves you for you, from what I imagine it’s great.
P.S: If we keep chatting like this we’re going to flood the comments like Noah’s Ark, should we just continue regardless?
It’s ridiculous and I hate it, but these people generally have worse things going on inside than we ever see. Not excusing it. Just thankful I do not have to live with being that kind of person. I’m an anxious person and I didn’t feel particularly strong at the time, but I’m stubborn and I love working on the comic so thankfully that won out haha. T may make you cry less (it did for me) but it may also not and that’s totally okay! I still cry at episodes of Queer Eye every time.
That sounds phenomenal – definitely making this! I hear you on pork, it was never a favorite of mine either. I still eat cheese and eggs and making sure the animals are treated ethically is important to me too. Were your family and friends overseas okay during the earthquakes?
That’s really hurtful. I’m sorry your family isn’t more supportive of who you are. You are a boy – no matter what they say. My parents did not take it well when I first came out, and my father told me he didn’t think I had what it took to be a man. But over the years, they have changed as they’ve seen me grow into who I am and have met other trans people. I do hope your parents come around, but if not, a friend family is no less of a family. My friends have been amazing through all of this. I hope you have people like that in your life too.
Orgasms do shift to ones that feel more like male ones – more localized around your dick versus throughout your pelvis. The erections and morning wood are definitely more obvious too! It isn’t uncommon to be intersex and trans, so it’s definitely possible. I wish I had the genes to be hairy! I’ve gotten fuzzier for sure but my facial hair needs to finish growing in already lol. Semi-related but Monster Prom is AWESOME. Did you play any of the sequels? Been thinking of checking them out.
I don’t know everything about you, but from talking to you, I’m sure you will find someone because you are kind, supportive of others, easy to talk to, and genuine. You’re interesting and have great taste in music to boot! These are all qualities that attract similar kinds of people, especially if you allow them into your life instead of believing you don’t deserve to have those kinds of friends or partners (trust me, I pushed away good relationships and friends for a long time because I did not think I deserved them.) Over time, especially as you grow more confident in your skin, I think it’ll be easier to meet people and date and find the kind of person you’re looking for.
P.S. You’re always welcome to email me – risikocomics AT gmail.com – but I don’t care if we flood the comments section either lol. If I can’t flood the comments on my own site, where can I flood the comments?
Forgot to respond to the last bit – I have a very sweet boyfriend who loves me for me and has been nothing but respectful of me as a man and a person. He and I were friends for a while before dating which I think helped a lot with building trust and a good connection. Good dudes are out there!