History Webcomic / Sunstone

* CrackIsCheaper: InUniverse. Collecting BDSM equipment and outfits is Ally's only recreational spending outlet; when Lisa asks Ally how much has been spent on all this stuff Ally refuses to answer. WordOfGod is that it's been ''forty grand.'' Alan even calls her out on her extravagant spending in one strip. Ally had spent so much money on stuff that just sat in her closet that Alan actually cut her off and refused to sell her any more (at least until Lisa comes along and they start putting the numerous outfits to use).

* TheCameo: Lisa and Ally have a cameo appearance in the restaurant where [[ComicBook/DeathVigil Clara declares her love to Jon]].

* GenreMashing: In universe: in ''Mercy'', Vol. 1, Cassie was a fan of Broadway, while Anne was a metalhead. Anne surprised Cassie by taking her to see a metal band that did covers of Broadway tunes; the lead singer at the concert sang [[Theater/{{Wicked}} "Defying Gravity"]] while dressed as Elphaba.

* RealityEnsues
** After having some fun with Lisa by using a harness holding a vibrator, Ally comments that she has a newfound respect for guys as her "non-existent abs" will hurt like hell the next day. This is also quickly followed up by Lisa's frenulum (the connective tissue under your tongue) going numb from an extended session of cunnilingus.
** Another case had Alan having to come over and fix broken locks on bondage gear.
** After a very sexually and emotionally charged scene involving sensory deprivation, Ally touches Lisa as she tries to get up the nerve to confess how she feels about her...and ends up nearly giving Lisa a heart attack due to the shock of being brought out of sensory deprivation.
** A few minicomics show the problems with working with latex. Namely, that without talcum powder or some other means to lubricate it, it is incredibly difficult to get on, and that latex has to be shined in order to produce that sexy sheen -- and that you don't want to get that shine stuff on a laminated floor or it will turn into something similar to an ice rink. Sejic plans to address latex allergies in fetish culture in future volumes.
** It's not a good idea to try to force a corset on with an only recently-healed hand.
** One installment shows a brief sequence in which Lisa and Ally's sessions get derailed in various ways, including Lisa being hit with the need to use the bathroom.

* ThinkUnsexyThoughts: Alan has to do this while helping to rescue Lisa and Alan from a bondage device they've gotten stuck in. The girls' [[TheImmodestOrgasm reactions]] to this device are not making things any easier for him.

** In an as-yet future strip (which may end up being one of Lisa's stories) Ally takes both Lisa and Anne to Blizz Con, with her [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft dressed as a Blood Elf and them dressed as Draenai]]. Also results in a JizzInMyPants moment to some unfortunate nerd that commented on GirlOnGirlIsHot...who is then treated to some ''very'' lurid details of this by Anne.

''[[http://shiniez.deviantart.com/gallery/ Sunstone]]'' is a slice-of-life, BDSM-centric webcomic about the various relationships of people in and around the fetish scene. It's written and drawn by the Croatian comics artist Creator/StjepanSejic of ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Harleen}}'' and ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'' fame. Šejić is also known to the dA community as [[http://nebezial.deviantart.com/gallery/ Nebezial]] and is married to Creator/LindaLuksicSejic, the artist and writer of the shared-universe webcomic ''Webcomic/BloodStain'' and the Greek mythology webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Punderworld}}''.

As ''Sunstone'' is hosted on Website/DeviantArt; note that you must have a dA account and set the content filter to 'Mature' in order to read it, due to the frequent (if relatively mild for an adult comic) NSFW content.

Primarily focused on Lisa Williams, a budding writer who kept her submissive desires secret for years, and Allison Carter, an adorkable dominant woman largely isolated from the world around her, the original strip follows the pair as their initial online chat leads to their meeting in the real world. Complications ensue as their friendship and play-based relationship quickly develops much further than intended, and both women have to come to terms with their mutual attraction while dealing with their personal issues along the way.

''Sunstone'', that is, Lisa and Ally's story, concluded on October 27, 2016--almost five years after Šejić had uploaded the first drafts to DA. He has since started the follow-up comic ''Mercy'' which focuses on Alan and Anne, starting with more details about Alan's college years and relationship with Ally, and Anne's friendship with Cassie and discovery of her bisexuality. He also has future plans for two more titles in the same universe; ''Jasper'', which focuses on Marion and James; and a third, as of yet unnamed, future comic that will [[JustForPun tie them all up.]]

The work has gone into print as a series of five graphic novels by Top Cow; the print versions feature remastered artwork to address a few [[OffModel inconsistencies]] in the original web versions, slightly rewritten dialogue and additional bonus content. In April of 2018 Sejic posted a picture of the cover of what will be the sixth volume in the overall series on his Facebook page, revealing that the print versions of Mercy would be titled Sunstone: Mercy. Additionally, the 'random pictures' folder on the dA site contains pin-ups and non-canon strips that the author created in the comic's early days, though many of them have since been adapted or expanded upon and introduced into the main story.

''[[http://shiniez.deviantart.com/gallery/ Sunstone]]'' is a slice-of-life, BDSM-centric webcomic about the various relationships of people in and around the fetish scene. It's written and drawn by the Croatian comics artist Creator/StjepanSejic of ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Harleen}}'' and ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'' fame. Šejić is also known to the dA community as [[http://nebezial.deviantart.com/gallery/ Nebezial]] and is married to Creator/LindaLuksicSejic, the artist and writer of the shared-universe webcomic ''Webcomic/BloodStain''.

* ComingOutStory: One major story element is that despite talking BDSM and several sessions of webcam masturbation, both Ally and Lisa considered themselves straight (and had only ever had sex with men) before their first session. On the way to Ally's house, Lisa momentarily panics when she realizes that she's about to engage in lesbian sex ("She is a woman!...What if she turns the key and my engine doesn't, like, start running?), and one of the series' major themes is them having to come to terms with their mutual attraction along with their roles in the D/S part of their relationship. Ally eventually admits it to Alan ("I'm... gay." "Like a rainbow unicorn.") and a future strip teases at how Lisa will eventually introduce her girlfriend to her family. [[spoiler:They're shown getting married in a "bonus" drawing included at the end of Volume 5.]]

* ComingOutStory: One major story element is that neither Ally nor Lisa considered themselves to be gay or bi before meeting each other, and have to come to terms with their mutual attraction along with their roles in the D/s part of their relationship. Ally eventually admits it to Alan ("I'm... gay." "Like a rainbow unicorn.") and a future strip teases at how Lisa will eventually introduce her girlfriend to her family. [[spoiler:They get married at the end of Volume 5.]]

** CollaredByFashion[=/=]SlaveCollar
*** Naturally fetish collars appear regularly in the comic: all the subs have them. Most of them are leather but special mention goes to the one Alan provides Anne which is ''made of solid silver'' and the appearances of posture collars.
*** Lisa apparently gets one too, indicated by one of the pictures in the creators gallery.

* {{Adorkable}}
** Ally can be a total spaz when she thinks about how lucky she was to find Lisa.
** Anne shows signs of this as well, though hers is more of a bashful reticence in regards to Lisa. It's adorable.

* ExperimentedInCollege: In different respects. Lisa and Anne both mention having had same-sex experiences (though to ''far"" different degrees; Lisa's was a drunken kiss, while Anne was in a full-on lesbian relationship), while a fairly detailed sequence of strips go into how Ally and Alan met in college and experimented with types of BDSM play, gradually becoming the doms we know. ''Mercy'' greatly expands on Ally and Alan's college relationship.

* ExperimentedInCollege: In different respects. Lisa and Anne both mention having had same-sex experiences, while a fairly detailed sequence of strips go into how Ally and Alan met in college and experimented with types of BDSM play, gradually becoming the doms we know. ''Mercy'' greatly expands on Ally and Alan's college relationship.

* BiTheWay
** Anne flat-out describes herself this way in Volume 5, and openly crushes on Lisa & Ally, but she later [[spoiler:marries Alan]] in the future. And of course in Lisa's stories she has indulged in all female threesome, something she's never done in real life (but admits to Lisa that she probably ''would'' have if the offer had been made at the time). ''Mercy'' reveals her discovering her attraction to women with a band's female front singer, which she later has no trouble fantasising about.
** Ally and Lisa could both be considered this as they only had relations with guys before meeting each other, but then again the speed and depth of which they fall for one another implies that [[ClosetKey they may have been in the closet and not known it]] due to trying to fulfill their other needs.

'''Harper:''' You jackass, I've got a boyfriend.\\

* JerkassFacade: Ally, when she's in her "Mistress" persona.

''[[http://shiniez.deviantart.com/gallery/ Sunstone]]'' is a slice-of-life, BDSM-centric webcomic about the various relationships of people in and around the fetish scene. It's written and drawn by the Croatian comics artist Creator/StjepanSejic of ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Punderworld}}'' and ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'' fame. Šejić is also known to the dA community as [[http://nebezial.deviantart.com/gallery/ Nebezial]] and is married to Creator/LindaLuksicSejic, the artist and writer of the shared-universe webcomic ''Webcomic/BloodStain''.

''[[http://shiniez.deviantart.com/gallery/ Sunstone]]'' is a slice-of-life, BDSM-centric webcomic about the various relationships of people in and around the fetish scene. It's written and drawn by the Croatian comics artist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stjepan_Sejic Stjepan Šejić]] of ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Punderworld}}'' and ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'' fame. Šejić is also known to the dA community as [[http://nebezial.deviantart.com/gallery/ Nebezial]] and is married to Linda Šejić, the artist and writer of the shared-universe webcomic ''Webcomic/BloodStain''.

''[[http://shiniez.deviantart.com/gallery/ Sunstone]]'' is a slice-of-life, BDSM-centric webcomic about the various relationships of people in and around the fetish scene. It's written and drawn by the Croatian comics artist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stjepan_Sejic Stjepan Šejić]] of ''ComicBook/{{Ravine}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'', and ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'' fame. Šejić is also known to the dA community as [[http://nebezial.deviantart.com/gallery/ Nebezial]] and is married to Linda Šejić, the artist and writer of the shared-universe webcomic ''Webcomic/BloodStain''.

-->'''Alan:''' Imma be off now...give you girls some "privacy"...tho' I wouldn't [[GirlOnGirlIsHot say no to some photos.]]
-->'''Harper:''' You jackass, I've got a boyfriend.
-->'''Alan:''' [[AllMenArePerverts Oh, I'm sure he wouldn't mind having some photos, too.]]

** It could be argued that the "oy" in question, given that it lacks the context of frustration or exasperation the Yiddish "oy" usually denotes, is more in line with the British "oi", which is just another version of "hey". Sejic does seem to include a lot of Britishisms in ''Sunstone'', for example Alan calling Chris "mate", the frequent appearance of "bloody" as an intensifier, and the constant use of "autumn" instead of "fall". As he's Croatian rather than American, and basically writing in a foreign language, it's conceivable that there's a certain amount of cross-cultural blending going on.

''Sunstone'', that is, Lisa and Ally's story, concluded on October 27, 2016--almost five years after Šejić had uploaded the first drafts to DA. He has since started the follow-up comic ''Mercy'' which focuses on Alan and Anne, starting with more details about Alan's college years and relationship with Ally, and Anne's friendship with Cassie and discovery of her bisexuality. He also has future plans for two more titles in the same universe; ''Jasper'', which focuses on Marion and James; and a third, as of yet unnamed, future comic that will [[JustForPun tie them all up.]] Metaphorically speaking.

''Sunstone'', that is, Lisa and Ally's story, concluded on October 27, 2016--almost five years after Šejić had uploaded the first drafts to DA. He has since started the follow-up comic ''Mercy'' which focuses on Alan and Anne, starting with more details about Alan's college years and relationship with Ally, and Anne's friendship with Cassie and discovery of her bisexuality. He also has future plans for two more titles in the same universe; ''Jasper'', which focuses on Marion and James; and a third, as of yet unnamed, future comic that will tie them all up. Metaphorically speaking.