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Hi all!
How was your weekend?
We had a great Thanksgiving with family. Lots of Turkey. And a wonderful time with loved ones.
I hope those of you here in the states that celebrate Thanksgiving had a nice time as well.
Well…we’re FINALLY back to Dreamland and I considered concealing the identity of the “mysterious hand” in the last two panels…but come on…we know who it is.
I think had I drawn the page…I would have made it all in shadow and changed the shape.
Either way. I hope you enjoy these last 15 pages of this chapter.
I need to warn you that with everything going on…I have NOT been able to get ahead and start working on Chapter 15.
I don’t know what this will mean for my updates as of 3 weeks from now. But most likely…I will take a break to get a buffer going again.
It seems that as of last year…this may become the norm when I come up to a chapter end.
I hope you understand. And I hope you enjoy these last 3 weeks of this chapter.
Can you believe I started this chapter in April?
Wow.
OK. Have a great day. And see you all tomorrow when I reveal this “Mysterious shoulder grabber”
OOOOH! SPOOOKY!
Oh our brave hero.
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Next page = embarrassing moment 😀
See, Anastasia does not need to worry about how she just scared Alex into soiling himself, because that happened in our world. Dan and Nicole have to face it. 😀
Great lighting, Scott.
The only question left is whether she grabbed him on purpose after hearing his little speech just to scare him!
Looks like Staj is back in her “Warrior Princess” outfit. (What? It’s technically true!)
Grah… 1,000 pages plus in 5 hours… But wonderful! 😀
Nice opener after your weekend off, Scott!
For the record, DLC on the Wii rocks!! it looks so much nicer on my 27″ TV than it does on my 15″ notebook monitor. 😉
hey yeah why is Staj wearing her armor again? Wartiemz again? 🙁
Welcome fellow Dreamer!
Now go back and read all the comments along the way … 😆
Oh, and be sure to VOTE! This goes for everyone : http://topwebcomics.com/vote/4274/default.aspx
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Oh….Nastajia will definitely won’t let this slide, seeing her beloved one getting scared out of his wits like this 😛
Of course! Alex has all these new skillz to try out …
PRICELESS! great work with the expressions, the last one in particular!
Yes, Alex, it’s dark during night time! You figured that you pretty nicely!
I’ve read this series from the beginning. I love the world of Dreamland, the story, and the characters. Each character has their strengths and talents, and areas where they need the insights and abilities of others.
I hope the readers stop focusing on Alex’s faults and exaggerating them. I also fear that the quality of the story would degrade if the characters (esp. his Twin Brother & Nicole) disrespect & mock him. (What I really dislike was his twin wearing a shirt saying “I’m with Stupid” in the early November issues.) Alex is not stupid, but he does need his brother. Alex also has needed to grow up — but that’s normal, and it’s good that others have held him accountable.
I also hope this series will continue to be outstanding. Scott Christian Sava must have planned things out, and I hope he will continue to be thoughtful in crafting a good storyline and fantasy world. The characters seem to have complimentary personalities, virtues (and faults). I would love to see this hard work continue in the difficult days ahead as the 2nd half (?) of a beautiful classic fantasy/fairytale unfolds.
To emphasis my point, I understand that the author of the Harry Potter series invested in her story by the hard work of planning out & outlining her whole series in advance. She may have changed a few things, but it seems she crafted a world and a story before she sat down and filled in all the details by writing & publishing each volume for her readers.
So far Scott Christian Sava and those who work with him seem to have done an equally masterful work, and I hope they keep up the good work.
Best wishes
Funny enough, it’s night time on the website too! (I know, I’m captain Lame ^^)
Mark, my boy, you are So So right when it comes to all the quality of this webcomic! This is just one of the best, no need to make any false modesty about it!
But for Criticism of how poor Alex is treated by readers IRL and by characters… I hate to say, but that’s just having no sense of humour!
The “I’m with stupid” T-Shirt is meant as a joke. It’s here to lighten up the atmosphere, and I have a feeling it was there precisely so the readers would comment on it! What are we all here for anyway? To comment! Teasing poor Alex doesn’t mean we like him, we only point out his goofy attitude, but honestly, for my part, I wouldn’t have had it otherwise! A hero with no innocent flaws is just not one… or he’s not human. As for Other characters, well… imagine your own brother (if you have one) was a lazy ass who just breezed through life and didn’t care about anyone but himself, would You react otherwise? I think not. Frankly I ressemble Alex more than I’d wish, and I keep narrowly avoiding bloody slaughter by my elder sister. IRL example! Besides, his “need to grow up” should have started earlier. he’s most certainly over 18. He’s in UNIVERSITY! people are already supposed to be aminimum mature at that stage.
hem, I meant “teasing oor alex doesn’t mean we *don’t* like him.” Typing error, sorry.
LOOOOL
what do we bet that that “aaaahh” came out an octave or two higher than intended? *snickers*
perfect blackmail material. 😀
too bad it’s too dark to properly see a blush, because I’m sure he’d develop one on the next page. 😉
you know, your real life example sounds like you are MY younger brother… LOL
but glad to see you’re at least aware of the “problem”. 😉
well, night time in real life is rarely THAT dark – at least if you live in a city. so I guess we can excuse at least that part of his obvious observations. 😉
And Nicodemus isn’t waiting forever. So she was ready about the week before. Probably.
Oh great! Now I’ve just pictured Lucy Lawless as Nastajia. Pass the mindbleach please! (j/k) LOL!
If I recall correctly, Joe (J.K. Rowling to those outside the almost stalkerish readers) only admitted to already having the last book planned out before publishing (or republishing an older story with added details and information) the first book. I my self have read all seven, and I applaud your reference to it. The most obvious connection between the two is a sword is important, in the Harry Potter novels its for destroying horcruxes (if you have to ask, you haven’t read the last “half” of the books), and, what is apparently (even if its only to me) , Excalibur has not had its main/original use explained (but come on, Arthur Pendragon, its going to involve a certain dragon getting its butt kicked thoroughly).
Oh I suspect Scott will find a way to make it seen. After all, it won’t take long to adjust the light levels. Especially as I suspect its close to morning.
Welcome back Scott. Excellent way to start the week off by the way. Poor Alex just got spooked out of his skin by Nastajia, which is completely ironic I think, and Felicity is probably standing right behind him to pounce I suspect. If she is not, then Nastajia convinced her not to scare the life out of Alex. That or she is waiting for Alex to hand over the pouch. Either way, Alex is going to get scared again. I am having a field day with smiling at how easily scared Alex is. Thanks for an awesome start to a long and dull Monday Scott.
I see Alex needs to mature some more still 🙂
Look Alex its night, but i don’t think that if anyone would like to attack you they would give away their position by grabbing your shoulder 🙂 Look at you! You have an armor that even sparkles at night and a sword that can blink! If i were after you i would attack from the next city over. 🙂
Scott you are NOT scaring me.ANYBODY would know who THAT is.And your rite Sparcman.
I have also read all seven HP books, and thoroughly enjoyed the story. But I think that TDC is well on its way to being better than Harry Potter. (Yeah, I know – *gasp* sacrilege! It’s just IMHO … 😛 )
I also think (hope!) that Scott is a better person than J. K., and won’t be totally corrupted by massive amounts of money from a movie deal and end up effectively turning his back on his fans.
Welcome to the club of fellow fans!
Good morning all!
And welcome to the new readers!
I’m currently working on tonight’s page. I think I’ll livestream it.
If you’re around…check out Twitter or Facebook for when I’ll start.
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would be pretty cool. 😀
O_o
you just put an evil image into my head… now I see a jumpy alex in battle. (he wouldn’t get anything done, he’d jump several times a minute. can’t be good for his heart)
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all the rational thinking doesn’t help, if you are a jumpy person. believe me, I speak from experience. as long as something is unexpected, it makes you jump… ^^;
I predict tomorrow’s page goes either two ways: Nastajia is amused or she lectures Alex on how he should be more prepared…the war…all kinds of stuff like that. And I hope he’s as disapointed as I am to see Nastajia back in her normal attire.
Had to remind us that for all the training and montage action, learning to fight and fly… Alex remains very muchly Alex. 🙂
I love the surprised expression in the last panel. XD Really well done!
And that’s cool; I mean sheesh, you can only do what you can do, and what you’re doing is already fantastic. 🙂
Great opening to another Dreamland scene, Scott! Love the way you handled the lighting!
Scott you do realize that Xmas is in 4 weeks and you didn’t think about taking a break with the boys being on holiday?
It’s all dark and Spooky–but not dark enough to see the stars in their glory. 🙁
A stark, raving mad entry into Dreamland! LOL Way to go Scott, you have us all on the edge of our seats to see what Alex is startled by. ;-D
One note, all: We kept Scott in the top ten at TopWebComics all last month, and let us give him a great gift by keeping him in the top 5 for all of December. TDC was in the top 5 for most of November, and only started to lag in the last week and a half. Voting gets reset at Midnight Pacific/3AM Eastern again tonight!
Scott,
I think buffering at the end of each chapter is definitely acceptable 🙂 Thank-you for all the hard work you’re doing (and the buffer time will just be a good excuse for us to go back and re-read our favorite parts).
I’m SO with you, TekServer. Thanks for putting the link up in here I’ve posted at the end of comments, so let me remind everyone at this point, TDC was kept in the top 5 of TopWebComics for most of November. And is still in the top 10 at the end of month! So, let’s give Scott a proper gift and keep The Dreamland Chronicles in the top 5 for ALL of December! That link again:
http://topwebcomics.com/vote/4274/default.aspx
Oh, and after reading the comments (as per your suggestion) I now see the disembodied guantlet on Alex’s shoulder. Well, even the best of friend’s could give a fella a start when caught unawares…
And a fitting rejoinder tomorrow would be Alex looking sheepishly at Nastajia and saying, “You just made me sh** my shorts!” LOL
Hey I was missing for a few days for thanksgiving and when I came back to catch up on all my comics i noticed that the webcomic “the meek” linked and commented nicely on dreamland.
Whahaha….Some “Hero” our Alex..
True, but I come from the countryside. Odd thing is, one learns to see in star-and moonlight pretty good, after a while . It”s the bad weather nights that are REALLY dark, no street-lights, no traffic..nuttin’ ,and a scurrying hedgehog can get quite interesting yelps out of a person 😆 😆
yeah, my BFF is like that. Take an evening walk with her into the woods, be silent for a couple of minutes, until her happy babbling sort of falters and then give her the “silence of the lambs” snicker. I have to admit that the amount of “vertical acceleration” a female can attain, if sufficiently spooked, can be quite impressive ,to say the least. After that, I heard a “whoosh” and my left ear suddenly started to hurt quite bad. :rofl:
I know, I know, boys are incorrigible in that aspect.. sorry… :blush:
Don’t worry at all about taking a break; most webcomics would have taken 20 years to get 1000 pages.
Wow, super scary disembodied hand! Run Alex :lol:.
spews spittle at the redundancy of the last panel.
take a break. even comic artists need a longer holiday. ^^
This has been an interesting chapter, to put it mildly.
Alex and Nastajia have needed this time. For however long they’ve been in the Centaur village, it’s been a time to adjust, to take stock, to assimilate their experiences. They will all be different people when they leave – not complete in the changes they’re going through, but ready to proceed.
I’m only guessing, but I foresee dark and desperate moments in the times ahead, when the memory of this interlude will help them meet the challenges to come. It’s too much to believe Nicodemus has been idle while they’ve been absorbed in their learning, but for the moment they’ve had a measure of relief from the pressure of events cascading down on them.
If Alex is a bit nervy at the moment, well some of it is Alex being Alex – but I suspect some of it is also Alex being aware at some level that things are about to change again, and that the interlude is drawing to a close. Irrevocably. There will be no going back once they read the tablet that has been waiting for him. I have no idea what Nastajia will say next to Alex, but I imagine she’s feeling some of the same expectations and fears. It sounds like a paradox, but some things are seen and felt more clearly in the dark than by light of day.
And Scott, if you feel the need to take some time off so you’ll be able to do full justice to the story, by all means do so without worrying about it. I suspect Alex isn’t the only one who is feeling a little unnerved. 😉 You’ve got some powerful story telling to do after this period of set-up for the revelations to come.
For what it’s worth, you have my amazed admiration for what you have accomplished to date, and my anticipation for what is yet to come. Ave atque vale to the Centaur Village; bon chance with what is next.
Yes. What a beautiful comic that is.
I wish I could link to it permanently as I love it.
But I think the nudity makes it impossible for my All Ages audience.
Thank you.
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oh, I know how it is in the countryside. grown up in a VERY little village. 🙂
11pm during a week, and all streetlights went dark. (1am on a weekend)
tried to walk home at 2am once. that was HARD. I can see pretty well in the dark, too. but there was no moon, only stars. but the milky way was pretty. 😉
show teh l33tz! 😀
And Nastajia scares Alex into waking up again.
*bored tone* My hero!
Really! His expression his hilarious!!