List of obsolete chapters
The following is a list of obsolete Bittersweet Candy Bowl chapters. Veronica and Oliver have taken comics out of the archive over the years, sometimes one at a time and sometimes in a clear-out. The ones below sit in the Graveyard, a corner of the site’s archive that still hosts each of them in full.[1]
Removed in the November 2009 archive refresh
A site and comic refresh in November 2009 pulled a run of 2006 chapters out of the archive. The site described them at the time as part of the original storyline, kept out of the proper archive on quality.[2]
| Chapter | Pages | First published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unfulfilled dayyyy | 9 | May 3, 2006 | BCB’s original first chapter, replaced by Simple Pleasures. |
| The First Meeting | 4 | May 23, 2006 | Mike and Lucy’s first encounter in the old continuity. |
| First Interaction | 4 | May 27, 2006 | Picks up where The First Meeting left off. |
| Development of Friendship | 8 | May 29, 2006 | Sandy’s first appearance. |
| Chirpy’s Introduction | 4 | June 9, 2006 | A chapter for Chirpy, remade in 2021 as Flying Lessons. |
Removed with the release of Volume One
Two more 2006 chapters went when the Volume One book came out in June 2011.[3]
| Chapter | Pages | First published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Burden of Parenthood (Original version) | 4 | May 19, 2006 | Replaced by the updated The Burden of Parenthood. |
| Up to Bat | 4 | June 6, 2006 | A baseball chapter that survived the 2009 refresh by a hair.[3] Its title was later reused for Up to Bat. |
Removed after the first Omnibus
Two comics collected in Volume One left the archive once the first Omnibus was out.
| Chapter | Pages | First published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrothunder Tantrum | 2 | May 5, 2007 | Printed in Volume One as an intermission. |
| Sweet Surprises | 1 | June 20, 2011 | A Volume One bonus feature. |
Old versions of remade chapters
One chapter was retired when its own remake took its place in the archive. The other remade originals are listed above, filed under the clear-outs that took them off the site.
| Chapter | Pages | First published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner Time | 19 | September 23, 2011 | Remade in 2020. The new version is the Dinner Time in the archive today. |
Bonus comics, extras and unfinished work
The rest never belonged to the main run of chapters.
| Chapter | Pages | First published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unfinished Abbey Chapter | 3 | 2007 | Planned to follow Moving On, with its story later covered in At Loose Ends. |
| Like a Bittersweet Candy Bowl | 7 | June 20, 2011 | A fourth-wall-breaking introduction to Volume One. |
| Starting Over (part two, part three) | 34 | September 14, 2012 | An abandoned recap of the story so far, aimed at readers coming in through Volume Two. |
| Another Plan | 9 | January 7, 2014 | A speculative bonus chapter that ran over the comic’s holiday break. |
| Another Trip (part two) | 16 | February 2, 2015 | A former members-only what-if, later reworked into a long stretch of Escape Route. |
References
- ↑ “BCB Archive: Graveyard”. bittersweetcandybowl.com.
- ↑ “Extras”. bittersweetcandybowl.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “Extras”. bittersweetcandybowl.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-23.