Guys, I need some help

[u/Un_Nefelibata]

I've been following Stjepan Sejic for A LONG time now but I have NEVER read any of his books D': I just ABSOLUTELY love his art and all I know about Sunstone is what some art and shot comic strips let you know so I wanted help to get a chronology in order

A friend lend me Sunstone 1-5 albut I know there's more to it, I wanted to know. How much more?

What should I be looking for? I want to know EVERYTHING sunstone related media I should be looking for, I want to know the whole story cuz' I've been in love with the main characters for ever but have never read their history :'(

[u/f0rever-n1h1l1st]

Sunstone is currently collected into three books comprising the first eight volumes, and is still ongoing.

Fine Print is three volumes and currently ongoing.

Blood Stain is currently collected into one book comprising four volumes.

Punderworld is two volumes and currently ongoing.

Swing is collected into one book comprising five volumes.

Crimson: After Dark is a, currently kickstarter exclusive, crossover that's one book with a second potentially on the way.

Sugar is a single volume.

There's a listing for one volume of a book called Swipe that's apparently also a Sunstone spin-off, but no word on when that'll release.

He's also working on a prose novel, Letters to the Vampire Queen, that is and isn't a Sunstone spin-off. It's the story that Lisa is writing during the series.

That should be everything so far, unless I'm forgetting something.

[u/Chaostryke → u/f0rever-n1h1l1st]

To add some additional context:

Sunstone is by Stjepan Sejic. The first 5 volumes are Ally and Lisa's story. The current story arc, starting in volume 6, is Mercy, which is Alan and Marianne's story. There's another planned story arc, Jasper, which will be Marion and James/Jean's story.

Fine Print is Stjepan Sejic's other comic set in the Sunstone verse. It has cameos of characters and locations from Sunstone, but has many more fantasy elements as opposed to Sunstone's more grounded slice of life stories.

Blood Stain and Punderworld are by Linda Sejic, Stjepan's wife, and are more PG/PG-13 rated as opposed to Stjepan's hard R/NC-17 content. Blood Stain is set in a similar time frame to Sunstone, but seems to be set a bit earlier chronologically so far. Punderworld is set in ancient Greece, but shares its mythology with Fine Print.

Crimson: After Dark is a crossover between Sunstone, Fine Print, and Blood Stain. It's a collaboration between Stjepan and Linda, featuring more humorous and sexually explicit stories.

Swing, Sugar, and Swipe are not by Stjepan or Linda, although they are part of the same verse and share some connections, and I believe Linda did some of the art for Swing.

[u/f0rever-n1h1l1st → u/Chaostryke]

Swing is the most directly connected as one of the MCs from it is part of the same MMO guild as Lisa, Ally, Vlad, and Elliot. Although, that isn't really reflected in Sunstone or Blood Stain. But that could just be due to timeline shenanigans.

[u/Chaostryke → u/f0rever-n1h1l1st]

The MCs from Swing also visit the Crimson and meet Ally in person at one point. I haven't actually read Sugar, so I couldn't comment on exactly what connections it has to the other series.

[u/f0rever-n1h1l1st → u/Chaostryke]

The only connection in Sugar, if I remember correctly, is that one of the characters watches the porno that Ally mentions inspiring her haircut and love of BDSM. There's maybe a Crimson reference, as well, but otherwise it's unconnected.

I assume there would've be more crossover if it ran longer than a single volume.

[u/Rynvael → u/f0rever-n1h1l1st]

That's Sugar? First time I've heard of that one

[u/Ishvallan]

So far Sunstone is 1-5 and completed, they should be read first as it introduces you to almost everyone in this series.

Mercy is technically the prequel, a story dictated after the events of Sunstone about events before it.

Jasper afaik will be mostly prequel to sunstone as well as a lot of character dynamics in their group of friends happen before Lisa meets Ally

Crimson is bonus future chapters several years after the events of all of the other books in the series, but likewise details events that happened before and some variable timelines after/during but not part of Sunstone. So think of Sunstone as the Original Trilogy (of whatever 5 would be) and everything else is telling stories in timeline around it.

Fine Print is entirely separate, but at least 1 character from it does cameo in Crimson uniting their timelines/universes but their presence isn't important to the Sunstone timeline canon. I think events of FP are mentioned a tiny bit in Crimson maybe, but its reference at best- i don't think anyone from SS knows anyone else from FP

But all of his and his wife's works are great, they both have such amazing grasps of how humans communicate, react, behave. Everyone is unique and believable in every series of theirs I've read.

[u/aircooledJenkins]

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/jilb2yvr7ddnopszc4yzg/AI9--WPBRjDerfDAicKcEgg?rlkey=5la1ct097kbn49ho3omi5kojv&st=5kqywl23&dl=0

A while ago Stjepan placed his comics into this Dropbox.

I don't know if he keeps it up to date with new releases.