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Happy Wednesday, All!
Looks like we’re at 3 days a week for a bit. Just until I get a handle on all these movie projects and the ipad app and everything else.
Thank you for understanding. Your support means SO much more to me than you could know.
Hope you enjoy today’s page. And I’ll see you on Friday for another.
Also…for you iPhone owners…please check out my buddies Chris and Kyle’s app which is celebrating it’s ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
For ONE DAY ONLY…the app is FREE! So go get it!
DreamScape Visionery, LLC
These are the same dynamic duo that developed our very own ipad app! Give them some love.
Scott
ouchie! that gotta hurt big time!
Good one, scott. 🙂
Nice! New uniform, leaves no scratches.
Now nick , just make meat balls of Alex, and tell us how sweet they taste.
The DreamScape Visionary LLC app is fun! Dunno if I’d have a use for it, but I’ll find a use for it ^.^
Riveted to the story for now Scott. Awesome as always!
Nicodemus: ‘And your mom wears army boots!’
Is Nick acting like a school bully who was suddenly whacked by a geeky boy, or is it just me?
Does this mean new armor for Alex then? Awesome!
I feel like I’m missing something… at the bottom of the previous page, he had no helmet… and now suddenly he does? And Nick’s claw is in a different spot too… WHAT DID I MISS?????
Very nice. He was wearing it all along! Retcons ftw, Scott!
Scott said yesterday he forgot to put Alex’s helmet up. if you click back it’s fixed.
What…? Is that all Nick’s problem? Have Alex marry Nas. Problem solved. Sheesh…
That said, I was worried about Nick being a pushover. But hey, Alex puts him through a house, Nick puts him through the road…
OHMYGOD…
Wow… after checking for a new update I suddenly find that everything has changed! You now have Alex with his helmet on for the last few pages. I liked seeing his expression, but the helmet is logical. Yay for the update!!! Thank you very much.
Not for the previous page. I see it from the tackle onwards, but not on the very page that made everyone think “wait where’s the helmet”.
I’m confused about the scratches in the armor, since Nick’s claws are much bigger than the scratches being left and if they are the size that we’ve seen in other shots, they’d be going right through Alex and I think we’d be getting a different reaction than just “Aaagh!”. Am I just looking at it wrong?
Ohh, that’s a game changer!!! O_O
I wonder if Nic’s claws have the same ability as Alex’s sword (i.e., can cut through almost anything, even his suit of armor). After all, it would be a bit boring if his suit of armor was COMPLETELY invincible, but still, I always expected someone to turn his own sword against him, but this is even better.
To quote one of my favourite films of all time, ‘if I die, let me die a dragon killer’
The Dreamland Chronicles just got SERIOUS, and I’m loving it. 🙂
By the way, you sure made these last few pages worth waiting for Scott. ^_^
“don’t get cocky kid”
He’s looking like he’s on the way to a well-deserved mauling of an over-confident fool.
MEEP!! O_O
OMG Alex! Good thing you put a helmet on him….?
Although I actually quite enjoyed seeing his expression too. Helmet is logical indeed for battle. I have a request! I wasn’t able to save copies of the old versions… would you be able to have them available somewhere, for my / our own eye candy? You could even make it a vote incentive if you’d like, to get those pages! .. but feel free to not do it too, just a request / suggestion! 🙂
Anyway, wouldn’t Nastajia help keep him in line and in tune with Dreamland’s needs? Besides, it’s not like Alex is in the same predicament Arthur was. I know Nick doesn’t want to give up the throne period but still…
Picture Nic with his dragon Psychologist. Nic lying back on a giant chaise-long the Psychologist is sitting in a giant armchair. The room is stacked, from floor to ceiling, with bookcases of Psychology texts – at human scale…
Nic: Yes, I hit him hard enough to break the floor (sob)…
Nic’s Psychologist: (muttered) Excessive violence…
Nic: …and then he, he… b-b-beat m-me!
Nic’s Psychologist: But it could have been so much worse.
Nic: I lost the throne, you blustering fool, how could it have been much worse! I should have just grabbed the sword and stuck it through his thick head… No I should have killed all of those dreamlanders who worked to aid the humans when I took the throne from Arthur…
Nic’s Psychologist: Narcissism, paranoia… Any regrets about toppling the Rightful King?
Nic: I AM THE Rightful King!
Nic’s Psychologist: Delusion’s of grandeur…
On a different note, the armour is a box designed to retain it’s shape and be self-sacrificing when it comes to the wearer, so it being scratched is the obvious outcome. Of course it is made with magic so it might self repair as time passes… or it may rise up on it’s own and consume Nic before bursting into flame and forming a signal fire for the fall of the old order!
No…
Yeah didn’t think it was to likely either…
hi ive been doing pssas in school so i dont really have time to read ur comic… but its great as always
LOL, somehow I can’t picture Nic crying…
Yet another great page!
ouch. O.O i hope that helmet protected his head
ouchies
ba-DOOM – and Alex wakes up “Wow! I bet that wouda really hurt! heh heh.”
Owwie!
Wait…didn’t we learn in the first or second chapter that the injuries he receives in Dreamland will translate over to the real world??? MEEP!
Alex is liable to wake up with some real serious, still-healing gashes. And if so, those are gonna be some hard-to-top bragging scars. “Yeah these look bad, but you should’ve seen the other guy.” ^.^
Sooo . . . that last panel made my jaw drop. Awesome.
Gah! How dare you, Nic? Punch him in the head Alex! Don’t let this be the end!
Quick Alex, WAKE UP!
The heck, man. I liked seeing his expressions without the helmet (I notice you edited the last page)…. Oh, well. I suppose it makes waaaaaaaaaay more sense for him to be wearing it. (I would also like to see his face twist in pain…. From a reader’s perspective of course. Not that I’m just into that or anything.) But I understand. And…wait a sec, Nicodemos’s claws can CUT THROUGH THE MAGIC ARMOR?!?!
Ouch. he’s gonna feel that till he wakes up.
If that were the case, by now Alex’s would have a constant shaking habit. Recall that he did kind of hold on to the sword while stabbing it in to Nic’s tower way back when, and falling at the same time. Add to that the weight of one humanoid feline, and by now his arms should have got a restraining order against him in the form of popping right off the moment he wakes up. That hasn’t happened yet, but he certainly has been sore after taking a beating that would kill him if he was awake.
last part totally reminds me of the epic punching on the “hero” by the “beast” in the KUNG FU HUSTLE movie D:
Right… HE IS NOT ARTHUR, you big, blathering, fire breathing moron!!
Now it’s there. 🙂
But then, some weeks later, he found out that he’s got superhuman strength in this realm.
I also can’t recall him ever being exhausted offhand, which makes me think physics are slightly different in terms of that, too. It’s probably just not possible for his muscles to strain while in Dreamland, though piercing injuries seem to stick.
In addition, he was also using a magical sword and wearing magical armor.
All that said, I’d like to see his injuries from this carry over to some extent in the real world. Even if it’s only an injury mild enough to just need stitches – it emphasizes the seriousness of his situation.
I think it is logical for our hero to be wearing his helmet. I do however missing the expressions. Also, this is a perfectionist talking, but I can see where the helmet was edited in in some of those pictures. It “glows” different from the rest of the image in question. You should try to “fade” it down to the same hue as the rest of the armor.
I might not have noticed it if I wasn’t LOOKING to see if you had done it, but I did look and I did see it. 🙁
Tis but a scratch
Also: His outta this world!
Go back to Monday’s page, he redid it.
Nobody said it yet?
FALCON PUNCH!
His arm looks almost a little too high or over to the side or something for him to have actually hit Alex… In which case, “You MISSED? How could you MISS, he was three feet in front of you!”
However, the claws? Yeah, those definitely hit. Although, I agree with Dani- They look too long to have only warranted an, “AAAGH!” Something more high-pitched and girly might have been better. 😉
Got the Mulan reference. Love that scene!
Like. 😛
that’s fine scott. I enjoyed your interview. also that looked very painful.
I cannot believe you beat me too it… I was just reading it, and I immediately thought “Falcoooon…. PUUUUNNNNCH!”…. and then you took it. You took everything I ever dreamed and ripped it from my hopeful, innocent clutches… Jerk. 😉
Get off the roof, get off the roof, get off the roof!!!
Go Go Gadget Retroactive Helmet!
aaah…. that’s why it mattered that Alex’ helmet wasn’t on on the previous page:p
scott! these actionscenes are very cool!
So… if Alex would show some loyalty, the dragon would surrender?
It is hard to prove loyalty:
If the trial is to choose between dream land and real world, which one would you choose?
Well then, I guess only us lucky loyal readers will get to have seen that bonus: the expressions he was wearing under the helmet.
Oh, and kind of along the same lines that I’ve seen other people commenting, I did really like his expressions. The intensity was just fantastic. I also realize that it makes more sense for him to have a helmet on, though. Without the helmet, the last jaw-dropping panel in this one can’t take place. So maybe you could put up the one with the intense expression up as a vote incentive? Or something? We like seeing Alex look forceful. 🙂
if he lives through that nice beating, Alex will wake up with three long scratches on his chest. Its like what happened with the pirate that cut his cheek, any injury in Dreamland transfers to the Real World. Alex is going to have some explaining to do to his brother…
Am I the only one who thinks Nick has a valid point? Alex is a foreigner in dreamland, why would anyone support his claim to the Throne? And for that matter why does the king of dreamland have to be a human anyway? I have every confidence that Scott will explain this in the end. I just wanna know NOW!
Uh, he DOES have a reason to defend Dreamland. Like any self respecting hero, HE’S IN LOVE WITH THE PRINCESS!!! DUH!!
That one too! There were so many! ^.^
Thank you all!
Just a reminder. I’ll have Friday’s page for you some time in the morning.
Here’s an interesting thing…Arthur was loyal to his kingdom first, and Dreamland second. Alex HAS no kingdom to protect. He has a barely passing college degree to defend and not much else. And he’s in love with a Dreamlander. Alex is not Arthur. Niccy I think will learn that. I’m interested in what he will do when he DOES learn that.
Awesome…..
Woooooooow……..He’s gnna feel that in the mornin!!!
Here’s what I think is goin through Alex’s mind right now:
Alex:No I’m gonna die! I can see my life flashing across my eyes!
*life is flashing by*
Alex:Oh,there’s that party….man I shoulda gone to that thing……
Wow… he rerendered all those pages… on top of all the other things he needs to do. He definitely has my uttmost respect for this!
*Que Naruto double poof*
Uh Oh.
Nic shouldn’t have done that. Now there’s nothing hindering pure badass chi from cursing throughout Alex’s entire body, giving him dragon-like strength.
(like in KUNG-FU HUSTLE)
Yikes!!! Did Nick just slice through Alex` armour??
i agree w/ you!
Question: When you redid the helmet onto Alex, did you forget to put raindrops on the helmet? Didn’t want to be a nickpicker.
It looks like there are raindrops on the helmet on this page, but it’s hard to tell on other pages. It doesn’t matter too much on the web version though, as the rain drops are very small. But if he did forget, it can always be redone before the book goes to be printed.
No You haven’t, not on this time-zone…. heheheh Just kidding.
Take Your time. You’ve been one of the most consistent 5-a-week comic producers, if not the most consistent. AAAND there is the little issue of having to feed the family.. Getting royalties as a screen-writer tend to help there, moreso than web-comics me thinks.
Some dieting will learn us to train our patience again. 😛
Did JUST cut through the armor, or more? O_O
Loved that movie. <3
He’s not screaming from the pain…he’s screaming because he realized how much platinum it’s going to cost to fix the armor.
Oh wow, that last panel… There are few things I can think of that convey a sense of raw power in a fight better than the destruction of the set.
Now *might* be a good time to wake up…
Except for Nastajia et al. now being stuck with an angry dragon.