Page 1072…
Happy Monday everyone!
Real quick. Is “Quite resilient against fire” sound correct to you?
Now…
So…I worked on a couple things this weekend.
I’ve put up the DONATE button (see right side of page).
I’ve also done a painting.
I then turned it into a DESKTOP which you get as a THANK YOU for donating.
And I’ve also added another THANK YOU by giving away the painting to one lucky donor/supporter.
I figure anyone who gives over $5 is eligible.
Does this sound like a good idea?
I was also thinking. If you guys don’t like my paintings…I would do original pin-ups or make prints of your favorite panels from the comic.
And then anyone who donates a certain amount would get a free print? (as long as it covers my costs of printing and shipping)
I’m new to this. I need to work within my parameters of what makes me feel comfortable with accepting donations.
So by giving you guys something…I can feel a little better about this.
🙂
Don’t hate me for being stubborn. I’m trying.
And we really do need the help during these times. Otherwise I wouldn’t have even considered it.
So thank you all. And please let me know your thoughts.
Have a wonderful week!
Scott
http://yfrog.com/41wmup
excellent idea with the donations thing. And excellent comic… as always 😛
your link comes up with a blank page
The words sound correct together *and* destroy any possible ‘rock people are all idiots’ sterotype!
I doubt people *wouldn’t* like your paintings, but mixing it up every so often wouldn’t hurt. Paintings one month/few weeks, pin ups the next whathaveyou.
This is the link to that picture I was working on. Last week there was this voting for the mascot of Alex’s school. The vote ended up Rodents of unusual size. I voleteered to draw the logo.
The colors didn’t turn out quite as pure due to the scanner. The school colors are technically orange and brown, but they can be changed to any color desired easily with photoshop. Also, it may be a little too wordy, I’m not sure. Hope you guys like it. 🙂
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3606/wmu.png
maybe you can see it here
Aww, Paddington wants a mud bath.^^
Great painting!!! It rocks!!!!
And being put in a drawing in order to get the original?!?!?! OMGOSH! This is the only time I’ve ever wanted my own bank/credit card. *pout* And I don’t think Dad will let me borrow his.
The picture is amazing. I think a donation based lottery sounds great.
You said it was 5×9.5″ Bristol board, but what kind of colors? are those color pencils? paints? It looks fantastic, in any case.
Keep up the amazing work.
Loving the comic, and the art work.
Oh I think that “Quite resilient” is perfect. I delves deep into the character, hinting that this particular rock giant was well raised and very educated.
…Unless of course that wasn’t what you were going for. But I like it!
Haha, Paddington’s version of the ^_^ face. I would not mind that last panel as a desktop background to cheer me up!
Resilient sounds right, would make a good vocabulary word to teach kids being read this. “Resistant” could also work.
Yay for a donate button, I’ve been waiting for one so I could support you guys. Don’t feel guilty or anything about putting one up. Most comics have them, It’s like a tip jar for the artist 🙂
That’s very strange, I checked both links before putting them up, and they work for me. If no one can see either of these I will redo it somehow. Sory 🙁
A question about the donation. Will you be part of the lottery if you donate 5 dollars, or does it have to be more than 5 dollars? Sorry if the question is a bit weird, but since I did wonder, I was thinking I’m probably not the only one wondering =)
I’d love to be part of the lottery! This was a really a good way to do it. By the way is this for April? Shouldn’t you include May as well? I mean it’s nearly 10 days left of April, and that painting is worth at least 40 don’t you think?
“quite resilient against fire” sounds correct, but “is” should be ‘does’ in your question. ^^;
Resilient doesn’t seem to expect a further adjective, whereas a word like “resistant” does. Resilient can be used where words like “elastic” and “springy” would also fit.
I’m guessing that the concept here is a specific resistance (to fire), rather than an overall resistance to damage (where “Rock is quite resilient.” would work). I’d consider the aforementioned “resistant” as an in place replacement, or a sentence like “Rock is nearly impervious to fire,” where you could also use “impenetrable”. Note that you’d not want to be careful with anything harder or softer than “nearly” – “very impenetrable” won’t work, and neither will “somewhat impervious”.
I second mrbene…. Try “rock is quite resistant to fire damage” or something similar.
Love Paddington’s face at the bottom, and I bet the kids will, too.
I think “quite resilient” is fine. Suggests masterful (and as Erin said intelligent) understatement whilst allowing the possibility of future Nic-administered flamey-horrors against the rock giants (but lets hope not).
mmmmm mud bath ^_^ <- such a cute face!
The donation doesn’t work for me… Maybe because i’m from europe?
“Hmmmm Mud Bath!” So is Paddington channeling Homer Simpson?
That painting is gorgeous. I know everything now is all about the CGI but I’ve always thought your characters looked soo much better when you’ve posted the stuff you’ve drawn by hand.
I KNEW I wasn’t the only one that imagined the last panel in Homer’s voice. Followed by the “aaallalallgghghh” noise, obviously.
the second link works just fine. still get a blank page on the first though 😛
Hilarious!
I love it!
Any donation of $5 or more.
And I’ll be doing more than one of these a month.
It should work for EVERYONE.
Did you wait to get redirected to the page with the picture?
Email me and I’ll send you the link directly.
Thank you.
Hee! First time I’ve ever seen Paddington look like that. =)
Why not “resistant” instead of “resilient”? Try “Rock is quite resistant against fire.” – It sounds more fitting, but thats just my opinion. ^^
got the grammar wrong. should be: “Rock is quite resistant to fire.”
Different concepts being expressed.
“reliant against fire” means that rock giants heal quickly from fire damage
“resistant to fire” means that rock giants are not easily damaged by fire.
With reference to the mud bath healing Paddington, the first is more appropriate.
Scott, I think there is a mistake in the “Dreamland News” classification at the bottom of each page. Instead of just having the current page description followed by news articles (hockey day, etc.), now there is a list of every page description, starting with 2 copies of page 1072!
The easiest explanation is that all page descriptions are now listed as being part of the “Dreamland News” category.
Also, I didn’t see when the drawing/lottery will take place, to be followed by another drawing/lottery. I think the color sketch is a great incentive to donate, BTW.
Haha I love Paddington’s face in the last panel. So well done.
Also, I agree with jakesdad– resilient is the better choice.
lol! I was thinking the same thing. Paddington’s face is the cutest in that last panel. 😀
I was considering Resistant as well.
I just never get to use the word resilient…ha ha. So was hoping it wasn’t horribly out of place.
🙂
You really think it is?
Yes. It’s broken.
I’m waiting for some help.
THanks for the heads up.
MMMM- MUD BATH! ^_^ Love that panel, so cute!
I think I would say rock giants are resilient but not rocks, although both could be resistant. Against seems odd because resilience isn’t a very active process, like swimming against the current.
Rock giants are quite resilient. (to fire (damage)).
Rocks have remarkable resistance/are remarkably resistant against the elements.
Me thinks the author doth protest too much. ;P It sounds weird, but… thank you for letting us help you!! This is my take on donating. I have a great deal of respect for anyone who has the courage to try to make a living doing what they love, and if I can help whether it’s purchasing merchandise or donating then it’s my honor to do so. So there!
Hmm.. Kind of looks like Lucy Lawless. 😉
Scott, I think the word resilient works just fine… I just think you need to change your preposition. I think it should read, “Quite resilient TO fire.”
agreed – I like the quite resilient line, and the quite bolded is good.
Great incentive for donations…
No, it was before that but I fixed it. When i created an account, logged in, then it was possible to go on with the transfer.
Got the picture, looks lovely
Scott I would say resistant but also add that Paddinton is quite resilient so you get to use your word and fix the awkward english
Good to know Paddington will bounce back to normal and that he is fire resilient grinz… What a great way to start a monday
I was thinking along the lines of “nearly impervious to fire, at least dragons’ breath.”
And could this little tidbit be a foreshadow?
I just noticed that some of the burn mark came off on Alex’s gauntlet! Neat touch!
But shouldn’t the color of the smudge be dark gray rather than dark purple?
Oh good.
And thank you.
🙂
I DO. I DO protesteth to mucheth.
Yes. I wasn’t happy with the color. I’ll go back and change it.
Flakes. Yuck.
Why do your Page 1072 comments appear twice on the main page, with links to the same set of replies?
D’awwwww, Paddy looks so cute when he says “mmmm….mudbath.” =3
I second the earlier comments about the preposition – it should be “to” rather than “against.”
If you do change that, though, “resistant to fire” is better than “resilient to fire.” Either rock is resilient in general, regardless of what it is up against, or it is resistant to fire, which is why it is applicable in this case. As has been said, resilient implies that he springs back quickly, even if the damage was severe (which it does not appear to be – “like a sunburn”). Resistant implies that the damage was not severe, since he is toughened against certain things – namely fire, in this case.
I broke the site.
Alex’s expression in the first panel and Paddington’s in the fifth are classic.
I agree; things are “resilient to” something, not “resilient against” them!
What about “Rock is quite resilient, even against fire.” as an option?
=D YAY!
O.o Xena? …Wow, kinda does remind me of Xena! Cool.
I personally prefer the text as it is. I like how it gives the rock giants an intellectual air
I’m glad you put up a donation button and the painting is GORGEOUS! That is more than enough of a reason for anyone to donate. I like the dialogue in the third panel, it works for me. Paddington is really cute in the last panel :). I also wonder if Rock Giants can get sunburns? Or maybe he’s just relating to what he knows Alex can understand.
I think you should do what ever you feel you have time for. This allows for if Donna gets sick, you get sick, or your boys get sick, as well as other assorted problems that may arise. Hopefully those problems and more do not arise too often. We all agree that a happy and productive author is better than an unhappy productive author, I think. If any one does not, feel free to hate on me as much as you want. If you agree, then great minds think alike. Now on to my little art critique.
I LOVE THE WAY NASTAJIA LOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*insert cough here* That is all.
That is a look i get from my smug kitty cat all the time, ‘specially when hes a happy kitty, or drunk lol Love it. Ill be able to donate sometime after june, right now all my moneys are going towards dr visits and blood work (yick) for my surgury in 2 weeks.
Scott,
When will the drawing/lottery will take place? Presumabley a different drawing/lottery follow? I think the color sketch is a great incentive to donate, BTW.
I suppose you could go one of two ways here. Frequent (weekly) lotteries that people will pick and choose which ones they want to enter for, or less frequent (monthly) lotteries that a few fans will enter almost every time.
lol. i love paddington’s face at the bottom.
very nice painting and yeah, getting the painting for donating is a good idea.
I feel confident I could do one a week.
But I’m afraid I would be asking too much from readers to participate 4 times a month.
What do you guys think?
Count my vote in the column to leave the “resilient” sentence exactly as it is. 😉
Also, if you’re interested in suggestions for new vote incentives, that last panel would blow up nicely into a really cool wallpaper …
And to everyone: amidst all the talk about the new Donations link, don’t forget that there’s a VOTING LINK up there too …
I’m having an honesty attack, Scott: I was forced today to decide between using your donate button and putting gas in my truck. I’m afraid the truck won out, because I have to be able to drive to work once in a while. (There’s still a good chance that I can clear enough room on the Visa to buy a couple of Dreamland books for the nieces & nephews once you get the store up, though.)
One per week? On top of 5 comics a week, and occasional vote incentives, and working on a movie deal, and getting the store back up, and probably fighting with someone about royalties soon, plus allowing time to spend with your wonderful wife and terrific twin boys!? You’re a machine …
😉
But seriously, don’t overextend yourself; one per week is great, but one every two weeks would be fine too. I’m sure the readers that can participate will participate either way.
Mmmmm. Mud Bath!
I like the “quite resilient” line too.
Another argument for the current text: it’s not quite correct, but then the rock giants may have learned English as a Second Language, and such errors are not uncommon. Especially as most of their English teachers would be children, who are not always correct either”
“Behave!”
“I’m being as have as I can!”
I think you used the correct phrasing with the word “resilient”. If he was “resistant” to fire then he really should have taken no damage at all.
I also agree with Tekserver that I would hate to see you overextend yourself, i think every 2 weeks would be fine. You should know that if you did suffer burnout and stop this magic you’ve created, I would then have to hunt you down and say “Hello. My name is Werepixi. You killed my Dreamlands. Prepare to die.”
That painting of Nastajia is amazing and I think using your artwork a great idea for generating donations.
That’s really something, Scott.
Hey. I’m honest with you guys. I’d hope you’re the same with me.
I’m glad you did the right thing and filled the tank.
I’ll have the store up next week. Promise.
LOL!
Well I don’t want to be the six fingered man in ANYONE’S “what if’s”
So I promise I won’t burn out.
I love Paddington’s expression in the last panel. It reminds me of myself when someone offers me a slice of “Death by Chocolate” torte, or some equally decadent dessert!
Scott, I’m really glad you decided to put up the donation button. There are people all over this world sticking their hand out for free money, and offering nothing in return. You have been doing exactly the opposite. You’ve been offering this wonderful story for free and asking nothing in return. Life has its ups and downs, and we all could use a little help for time to time. I’m glad that we now have a way to help you in return. I hope your financial crisis is short, but leave the button up regardless. I love getting new wallpapers, and you will be able to save up for the next financial crisis. 😉
🙂
Thank you, Paigely.
I think once a week would be to often for a donation wall paper but probably not for an art raffle.
Maybe if you did a weekly raffle you could redirect from PayPal to a page that will eventually hold all of the wallpapers for that month. Although you would have to present the page in a way that those that donate early could get back later without granting access to everyone. Also, I’m not sure what kind of response you got but weekly raffles would likely result in people waiting and donating for the “best” so some weeks could have few donations.
I was having a bad day, but then I read today’s update and now I can’t stop grinning. Thank you!
Scott- donation made. Excellent drawing! Also, when I get paid on Friday, I will be purchasing the comics for the iPhone, so I’ll want to know if you get your royalties after that point.
To be resilient means to be able to spring back to an original shape after being compressed or distorted. Jello is resilient. Rocks, as a rule are brittle, thus not resilient.
However, when speaking of a person (for which Paddington obviously qualifies), resiliency is the ability to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions (which Dragon-fire easily qualifies).
So, if the speaker is NOT speaking of inert mineral material (which Paddington is not), but of the living substance from which Rock Giants are made (which Paddington is), then I would think it is entirely appropriate.
Scott- something else to consider I just thought about from watching the new iPhone OS 4.0 update video off of Apple’s website the other day. With iPhone OS 4.0 coming out this summer (for 3GS), could you or your team make an iPhone app that would allow us to directly purchase stuff from you guys (while using the new iAd to advertise either other authors you endorse or your own products)? I figure this way you don’t have to use IDW to try and get the profits. People can just purchase stuff straight from the Blue Dreams Studios app’s ads, and with a touch- if they decide they don’t want to view the advertisement anymore- can go right back to their app, since the new OS adds multi-tasking capabilities not currently present on the iPhone (this new feature will encourage users to actually click on ads since their apps won’t stop running).
If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, go to http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1004fk8d5gt/event/ , view it in whatever resolution you want, and then skip to 44 minutes or so, and watch the video from there. Steve Jobs demos some of the new features that iPhone OS 4.0 is bringing to the table for app developers.
whee! mud bath! (weird, I thought I already commented here) :p
I love your screen name. The mental image it conjures is … bizarre.
I foresee the possibility of introducing werepixies (wow, the FF spellchecker really doesn’t like that word … ) into a D&D game at some point in my future …
😉
I love Paddington. He’s so cute.
Paddy has such a cute expression on the last panel!
Like a commission (sp?) by donation?
I’d like to see a pin-up of Felicity. I can’t get enough of her and I’m not afraid to admit it!
Now all we need is the school shield with a motto translated into latin…I wonder what “Inconcievable” in latin is…
Catxching up from a long time having lost this comic. Good to be back! the plot is beautiful, and Nicodemus is a great villain.(Have you read The Dresden Files? they’re really good.)
Anyways, that painting looks better than ElfQuest. I just wanted to say.
Dear Scott, you are badass. I love this comic series.
Contented Paddington is contented 😀
This could inspire an interesting vote incentive page; all the characters together in a mudbath. Paddington in the middle, looking content, Alex throwing a mudball at Nastajia, and Felicity hesitant to get in. And I don’t mean this to be in any way dirty. Except for the mud.
He looks like he’s already sitting in one!