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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Portals: The Arrival (Chapter 1, Pages 182-185) Wrapping up conversation and leaving the underground. #webcomic

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Portals: The Arrival (Chapter 1, Pages 179-181) As a final confrontation becomes ever more inevitable, let's calm down for a bit and do some catching up with everybody, one last time. #webcomic

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Portals: The Arrival (Chapter 1, Pages 176-178) No matter how bad things get, always remain persistent. Even the most insurmountable of threats aren't invincible. #webcomic

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

General Omega/Soul Nukes, Silver Medic, Cave Crawler - Portals: The Arrival #Webcomic

General Omega. The General's battle body, made up from her office. First appears in Chapter 1 of Portals: The Arrival

Soul Nukes. A mini tactical version of the Forest Stalkers used by Silver leaders. First appears in Chapter 1 of Portals: The Arrival

Silver Medic. A class of Silver found in the Silver Fortress, meant to perform medical procedures on Silvers and other creatures. First appears in Chapter 1 of Portals: The Arrival

Cave Crawler. A mini cave exclusive version of the Forest Stalkers. First appears in Chapter 1 of Portals: The Arrival

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Portals: The Arrival (Chapter 1, Pages 164-167) So much to take in, so much to grapple with, so much to worry about in your new future. The grief of your losses and burden of expectations is crushing you. #portalscomic #portalsthearrival #webcomic #graphicnovel #scifi #scififantasy

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Portals: The Arrival (Chapter 1, Pages 153-156) There's still time to escape, even if your time is up. #portalscomic #portalsthearrival #webcomic #scifi #scififantasy

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

For those interested, here is the full, unaltered artwork used for the cover. I started it months ago but ran into complications that held it off till now. Also an alt version of the cover.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The comic is intended for young adults, with the cutesy visuals being contrasted by dark themes and intense imagery, and it is extremely introspective. If you are interested in reading, all the pages can be found here on Bsky, Twitter/X, DeviantArt, Instagram, and Webtoon.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

New cover for Portals: The Arrival - Chapter 1! #webcomic "After another miserable day at summer school, Larry plays the video game Silvercraft with his brother Bob. However, the fictional world starts to feel very real, and almost prophetic of the journey they're about to have."

A cover artwork that reads "PORTALS: THE ARRIVAL - CHAPTER 1", with the comic being created by internet artist VionRO.
The background is a white void, and in the foreground is a strange reddish/purple portal device, and hopping out of it are two boys. One smug, and one more weary.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Portals: The Arrival (Chapter 1, Pages 150-152) For once, the enemies share in the same fear, as everything begins to fall apart. The only hope now is within the mind. #portalscomic #portalsthearrival #webcomic #scifi #scififantasy

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Portals: The Arrival (Chapter 1, Pages 142-145) Even though injured, the constant assault from the General has made Larry more competent at dodging her attacks. However, he still needs to defeat her... #portalscomic #portalsthearrival #webcomic #scifi #scififantasy

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Portals: The Arrival (Chapter 1, Pages 138-141) Through perseverance, you can push past even death. #portalscomic #portalsthearrival #webcomic #scifi #scififantasy

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Portals: The Arrival (Chapter 1, Pages 134-137) After a long grueling night of bloodshed, Piker and Silvia are finally reunited, and Bob is able to earn the trust of the other Silvers. #portalscomic #portalsthearrival #webcomic #scifi #scififantasy

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Portals: The Arrival (Chapter 1, Pages 127-130) Amidst all the drama, it seems the stories of all these characters are starting to reconverge. #portalscomic #portalsthearrival #webcomic #scifi #scififantasy

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Portals: The Arrival (Chapter 1, Pages 123-126) Whilst he's still kicking, the battle only seems to keep getting worse for Larry. #portalscomic #portalsthearrival #webcomic #scifi #scififantasy

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

As of 3 years ago today, the first 4 page of Portals: The Arrival were released. To celebrate this day and to end this string of posts, I am sharing 3 character sheets made from 2020-2022, 2 of which never being previously seen. #portalscomic #portalsthearrival #characterart

Character Sheet 1 - 2020
Characters from left to right:
-Larry
-Bob
-Mom
-Scatty
-Satan

Character Sheet 2 - 2021
Characters from left to right:
-Ghoul
-Skeleton (later renamed to Skeletron)
-"Creeper" (later officially named Forest Stalker)
-"Fortress Guardian" (later officially named Silver Warrior)

Character Sheet 3 - 2022
Characters from left to right:
-BP16
-EpicSkeetSkeet69/ESS69
-General
-"The Child" (later officially named The Child)
-Silvermen (later renamed to Silverman, as Silvermen is plural)

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Not giving a content warning for the salacious bunny art in the second page because if you can handle beheadings in the current comic you can probably handle some censored nudity. Although I do apologize if it still bothers you. It won't happen again.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Continuing the celebration of Portals: The Arrival's 3rd anniversary, I'll now be showing something much older than it, the short lived 2019 comic. It only received 2 pages and one of them is from April Fools, but it led to the current comic so it's worth something. More info in ALTs #PortalsComic

The first page of the short lived comic, originally releasing on New Year's Eve of 2019, the very end of it to be exact, I remember I was in a rush posting it. It's pretty similar to the first page of the 2021 comic, although this one is closer in tone to the current one whereas the 2021 version was way goofier as a correction for me finding this iteration and probably the 2018 sequel I did too serious. Funny now in hindsight, but I understand where the concern came from. Fun fact: one of my old 2018 OCs named H.S.L.R-P appears as a plush doll here in the first panel.

The second, April Fools page of the comic. As you can probably tell there was a bit of gap between pages, and so I decided to make a new page as a joke on the subject, not knowing it would actually be the last, but I don't mind since I vastly prefer what I have now. For the joke I decided to have myself come into the story and talk about minuit life stuff. It's a bit awkward now as this was my early 2020 self and I was weirder and younger, but aside from that it's kind of funny, so it's not all bad I suppose. It's also the only "modern" Portals project to directly reference copyrighted material in substantial ways, because I didn't care about continuity in a joke page. This is also extremely dated, more than the current comic that explicitly exists in 2016 even though everything here is several years ahead in 2020. That's not bad, just funny. Like the first page, this one also features some of my OCs, my Five Nights at Freddy's OCs, Stanley and Guardlock.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

As of yesterday, Portals: The Arrival's first page turned 3 years old. To celebrate, I will be sharing several pieces of Portals history, starting with the promo art. The art for the cancelled 2021 comic, and an unused artwork for the 2022 comic we currently have. #ComicArt #Webcomic #PortalsComic

The second of the two promotional artworks, made just before the current cover artwork for the comic. Originally it was supposed to tease the comic, but it didn't get properly used likely due to the several inconsistencies with the artwork. Notably, it refers to Portals: The Arrival as "Portals 1: The Arrival", and the designs for Bob, Larry and the portal are slightly different than how they're depicted in the actual comic.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

But anyway, that’s enough. I went on longer than I intended, but I guess I just had a lot of thoughts. Anyway, these next few days and the rest of the year will be very good for Portals, and I hope you all enjoy this time with me and my story. See you again tomorrow.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

It’s not what I want, but it’s the best realistic option. But yes, I fully intend and know that Chapter 2 will be better. It just will, half of the reason this chapter has taken so long is because I’ve wasted time, but I’m better now, and everything else will be better.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

To have the current story arc done by this year, the story arc that began back in 2024 with Silvercraft. That seems like a reasonable deadline, doesn’t it? But as for the rest of the chapter? At worst, I want it to end February next year. That’s as far as I’ll allow it.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I love the way I’ve written the story so far, even if I feel it can drag at points, but as a consequence I can never be certain of far off deadlines until I’ve just about reached them. It’s inconvenient but it’s the truth. The one thing I can say though, is that I’m aiming…

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

People ask, and I say there’s at least another 40 pages before completion, but even then I’ve been starting to wonder if that’s generous, just because of how the story is. You could say the pacing is a flaw, and maybe it is, but it’s also one of my favourite things here.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Like I’ve said other times on my main account and this account recently, I do hope to have Chapter 1 done soon. I’ve given deadlines, but I think it’s unreasonable to try and figure out any exact dates when the pacing of the story is so unconventional. I just don’t know.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

It’s still too soon for that. Chapter 1 still needs to conclude before I can begin to share much of anything from its development, but perhaps by the 4th anniversary the time will be ripe. That’s still a while away though, so for now let’s just focus on the now.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

However something that isn’t obvious is what I’ll post these next few days. I won’t say anything to keep it a surprise, but it won’t be anything too crazy for the most part like I said. At some point I would absolutely like to share more like concept art, but…

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Well, I guess that certainly helped to deflate the encroaching egotism, which is good, as while pride is good, it can be detrimental if you start ignoring your flaws. Obvious I imagine, but sometimes it’s good to state the obvious fact.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

If you’re a random person who’s never heard of me or my comic, and you struggle to make things, take it as an example that you can always succeed if you just care enough. Nothing is ever easy, but you’ll make it through if you just care enough to do it.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

In light of the moments where I feel doubt, I need to feel content. In the moments I feel lazy, I need to be determined. In the moments where everything seems insurmountable, I need to keep pushing forward, just like all of you also should.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

As I write this I realize that this all feels a bit self complimentary, and I don’t like to be egotistical, but I guess it just makes sense it would turn out like this, as my comic is very personal, and for it to continue thriving, I need to care about myself.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I’ve been working so that when I get to Chapter 2, it doesn’t take another 3 years. It could still take a while, or the other chapters could, but with each chapter I hope to learn new things that will make the next one better.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Mistakes aren’t bad, it’s just about how you handle them. Chapter 1 taking so long is something I’d consider a mistake, and in response I’ve been working to more consistently get pages out for all of you, and myself.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

While that might sound bad, I decided to just go ahead with Portals as it was at the time in 2022 because by that point I had already been planning this story for a while, and I knew that if I didn’t commit by a certain point, the story would never even start.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

While there are certain things I wish I could’ve changed, like visual inconsistencies in the opening or poor paneling or bad speech bubbles or any other types of mistakes, I don’t mind them, as I always wanted Chapter 1 to be a learning experience.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Now, this doesn’t mean Chapter 1 has been perfect. I didn’t even have the entire script figured out when I started it, but I think it’s impressive it’s been able to remain so consistent, something I also feared before starting it.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

This is my first proper comic project. Everything from before was very short and rough, and my previous attempts at this current iteration of the story from 2019 and 2021 were failures. I was worried I would never go beyond that, but I’ve managed to succeed.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

With the important details out of the way, I would like to say a few things. To start, it’s honestly crazy the comic has already existed this long and there’s still so much left of it. While I wish I was past Chapter 1 by now, I just think it’s great I’ve stuck to it for so long.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

As of today, Portals: The Arrival has officially turned 3 years old! I got carried away with other things so I won’t post anything today, but like last year, I will post some stuff from the 12th to the 16th in celebration. None of it new, but all cool, I hope.

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Oh no it’s all good, I just didn’t want to make assumptions. I’m very glad you’re enjoying the comic

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P🟣RTALS: THE ARRIVAL 🏡❄️🏜️📺🏚️ @portalscomic.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I respect the enthusiasm, but mind elaborating on what you mean?

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