Not enough Svet yet?

Are ya diggin’ Svetalana Chmakova’s Nightschool? Then you may be interested in checking out some of her other works. You may already know about Dramacon, the three-volume tale of romance and anime conventions. (No, seriously.) But she has a couple other projects up around the web that you can check out, and best of all, it won’t cost you a cent, you cheap bastage.

First is Chasing Rainbows, a supernatural romance about a restauranteer torn between two lovers. The subject matter is a bit more mature than Chmakova’s other works, so be mindful of that… and before you get too wrapped up in the story, be aware that it’s unfinished, and may stay that way indefinitely; though it’s officially “on hiatus,” the last page was posted in 2006. (There was some news back in December that Chmakova was going to restart her work on Chasing Rainbows, but it has yet to materialize - one has to wonder where she would find the time.) Interestingly, it features a couple familiar-looking characters…

Meanwhile, a new site called Bento Comics has launched. It features several comics from skilled artists which can be read online, but with a neat gimmick; you can select your favorite comics to be printed up into an actual physical book and sent to you - make-your-own-comic anthology! Chmakova has two comics there; Roundtrip (what is with the improperly-compounded words in this girl’s comic titles?) is a ten-page, dialogue-less romance that doesn’t tell us the whole story - but in a good way, like the noodle incident from Calvin and Hobbes. Meanwhile, Dare to Dream (not Daretodream, thankfully) is a three-page comic about… hmm… an in-joke or something…

Speaking of Bento, do you remember Queenie Chan and her brilliant one-shot Forget-Me-Not from the July 2009 issue? (Remember back when Yen Plus used to have previews and one-shots and posters and stuff? Sad panda.) She’s got a horror comic on there called Ten Years Ago Today that doesn’t quite break any new ground, but is a quick entertaining read nonetheless. Check it out.

Finally, coming back to Chmakova, a site called Wirepop features Wheneverly, a semi-autobiographical gag strip from 2005 and 2006.

Did I miss anything? Clue us in in the comments below.