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Hi all!
Still working hard on getting those Book Four orders out.
Boy am I doing a lot of sketches.
🙂
We still have more copies left…if any of you haven’t ordered them.
Just click on the link above (on the menubar) for STORE.
I have some more Special Edition covers too. But haven’t put those up on the store yet.
Other than that. Thanks for reading.
Scott
Whoot! First comment!
I don’t think I’m gonna like where this is going. They know all of the battle plans already…
It’s a trap!
Where’s Admiral Ackbar when you need him!
The end is not yet published. I think we all are still expecting something more. Something surprising. I’m eagerly anticipating a surprised Nicodemus in the pages to come, or just one unexpected turn of events after another. Squee!
I think the brother knew he was going to be watched, I expect that those battle plans were laid out so the Wraiths could see them. He knew they were our and knew about him. SURELY he had a plan for that? Right?
A pleasure to read the comic, Scott. I particularly like this comic because of the sheer amount of time that goes into it – and it’s still daily. Wow! You are an inspiration for those of us learning how to budget our creative time.
Yes, it’s a trap. But who’s zoomin’ who?
Intriguing. Dan is aware or not of being spied by wraiths ? And if so, did he deliberately write down plans doomed to failure only to diverge attention from the real plans ?
Only time will tell 🙂
I think the key to all of our speculations boils down to whatever was written in those “last minute instructions” Alex brought with him. And i suspect it’s to our heroes’ advantage….
I am agreeing and hoping with some who already comment, that Daniel already knew Wraiths were watching him so did the battle plans on purpose to trick Nic and his hellish minions >.<
I have a feeling that Nicodemus is underestimating Daniel a bit. I’m betting that he knows some of their plans… but what’s in the pouch that Alexander brought back with him might be key. Has the question already been answered about getting hurt in Dreamland and what happens to the “real” body? If not, I’m guessing we will.
Also, it’s my theory that if they are able to re-take the town, Nicodemus won’t be completely defeated. That’s based on how much story is left. So, this won’t be a war to end all wars.
If that isn’t foreshadowing with an ANVIL I don’t know what is. Good going, Bro!
Got my book 4 with all the extra goodies Monday. My wife was very surprised when she saw all the other stuff. It was like a mini-Pre-Christmas!
Nice plot twist, does Dan know the Wraith were visiting him? Does he even know about the Wraith and their abilities?
And, who exactly is the “Chosen One” that ol’d Nic is referring to? Dan, or Alex?
That’s awesome that you have extra copies available. Now here’s hoping I can prod my parents into getting the “available online-only” things ASAP so it’ll be under the tree.
I so hope the wraiths caught fake plans, and I hope we find out one way or another soon.
Great!
Hope you enjoy. And thanks for the support.
🙂
Thinking about Dan’s plans.. The ones spread out on the table were too bulky to fit in the magic pouchy-thingy.. I still believe they were a ruse. And Nic isn’t a complete dunce. He knows things could go horribly wrong if he excludes any possibility..
I have a feeling he is right to expect more from him. It is unwise to underestimate one’s opponent.
I’m pretty sure I sent my address for the book, but how do I know for sure?
Anyway, I have a feeling that Nic isn’t as aware of things as he thinks he is… almost like a reverse Emperor in Return of the Jedi, only in this case the Rebels already know the Death Star is operational.
No spoilers.. But the Dragon does not know everything…
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I received my book four with the extra goodies Tuesday. Bless the post office for putting it in a plastic bag since the envelope had torn open. My 2 and 1/2 year old daughter says the dinosuar book is hers and the secret agent book is Mama’s. She wouldn’t let my 12 year old boy touch them. It was rather entertaining.
Same here!
Nic is refering to Dan because Dan was the first born.
So it would seem…
Yeah, I think those last minute instructions were plans unseen by the wraiths. Yet, in the back of my mind is a thought that Scott may pull an even more unexpected twist out of his bag of tricks…
I don’t think he knew that things from dreamworld or the nightmare realm could come to Earth, so I’m not so sure if he prepared for it or not.
What are those Wraiths? Evil birds? They look like it. Or are they a mix of some strange animals of some kind? I would like to know.
Aw. That’s so sweet.
Hope she enjoys the book.
Thanks so much.
Enter the Dan!
Same Wraiths as before.
I think Dan and Alex do know about the spies, though, because they were the reason that Arthur’s plan failed. And I’m HOPING that Dan was expecting the spies, because he did say that he was planning to use what happened to Arthur against Nicodemus. I agree with Medron Pryde. Dan is setting Nic up.
It depends–maybe Dan realized they were likely to spy, and spilled the cover plan to the wraiths, while the real plan is just different enough to catch them by surprise?
Sort of an “I know that he knows that I know…” (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IKnowYouKnowIKnow)
Yes, Scott may well be the Xanatos Gilligan of the comic.
this is just me being nitpicky, but the capes on the wraiths look a little puffed up, like a blew up balloon. they should drape over the shoulders more, otherwise great page. 🙂
For the first time ever, I can honestly say that I have no idea what the outcome of this chapter will be. It could honestly go either way with what everyone is saying.
Congrats on getting me on the edge of my seat, Scott! ^^
“It’s a trap!”
Or as BMS says, “It’s a frap!”
Have Nic and his evil horde truly gained access to our heroes’ battle plans? Has Dan prepared for spies and created a secret alternative? Will Alex screw everything up either way?
Tune in next time to find out! Same dream time, same dream channel!
Oh snap! I didn’t realize you were shipping book 4 already! Just put in my order… Wow. $10 for shipping? Really?
I’m betting that might be what the “last minute notes” might be.
Hey all!
Some re-rendering of Thursday’s page.
I should have it posted in the morning.
Sorry for the delay.
The question is whether Dan’s really THAT good, because now he’s trying a Xanatos Gambit against a DRAGON.
My prediction: Dan does indeed know of the spies and has adjusted his plans to suit. Nicodemus will have reserve plans ready just in case of this; Dan will have options in case Nic doesn’t do what Dan expects; and last-minute options are in Alex’ hands.
The upshot will be a hell of a short, vicious war that will end with Nicodemus defeated and a lot of damage to Dreamland. At this point, the Wraiths (or rather, their master, the ruler of the Nightmare Realm) will stab Nicodemus in the back rather than help him re-take Dreamland, because their goal was to DESTROY Dreamland and bring it under the sway of the Nightmare Realm.
This will lead to either Nicodemus dying with the realization that EVERYTHING he did, including betraying his king and turning Dreamland into a dictatorship under an usurper, was just for someone else’s benefit and he was nothing but a puppet, OR to Nicodemus having much of this realization BEFORE dying and deciding that NO ONE makes a complete fool of a Dragon and gets away with it, allying with Alex and the others, and a final assault/confrontation with the Nightmare Lord (whoever and whatever he or she is, that’s the Big Bad).
Man, so much speculation! Nevertheless, I’m hoping Dan doesn’t get too much negative attention from whatever falls out of this battle. Nic calls him the Chosen one. I wonder if there are protocols for the handling of such, even with respect to the nightmare realm–what may or may not be done to who, and by whom. Way to ratchet up the tension, Scott! =)
I got my book(s)! 🙂 I’d have gotten them sooner if I was better about checking my mail. *sheepish grin*
In any event, I was pleased to find them undamaged given the state of the envelope and all of the yanking and rough treatment I had to give said envelope to get it out of my itty-bitty mailbox (yay apartment mail).
I truly enjoyed reading the secret agent grandparents book (now I need to find a kid who would enjoy it too). I’ll give the other one a quick read tonight. 🙂 I was also a bit surprised to see Issue #1 of Dreamland in there. I didn’t remember that being on the list of freebies we’d get.
Maybe my cousins’ kids would like them…I just need to figure out which of them I should gift since there are more than three kids…
Someone’s calamari senses are tingling!
😉
So glad you got them!
Thanks, Julie!
Our shields can’t repel firepower of that magnitude!
They’re other dragons who have been backing Nic since his rise to power.
Nicodemus: “I expected more from him.”
Announcer: “Nuclear launch detected.”
Nicodemus: “Yes, something like that.”
Alex dreams his way into Dreamlands. Dan ports it into Starcraft.
I suspect counter intelligence was used..