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Wow…that week flew by. Didn’t it?
I’m really enjoying next week’s pages. I think you’ll love them.
I can’t wait for you to see them.
In fact…I am posting some teasers on Top Web and Buzz comix.
I know…I never use these anymore…but I figured…what the heck.
🙂
How’s THAT for fun???
See ya next week all…
Scott
She looks either depressed at being finally proved wrong, or maybe there was something traumatic in her mysterious past in Dreamland.
Weekend cliffhangers kill me!
Gotta love it.
Shizuka – I think she wants to be so scientific, and as such, can’t admit that there might be something to Dreamland. Now that she has her own brand of proof, that she wouldn’t be able to get the scientific community to accept, she has to accept Dreamland as a reality but she doesn’t want to because it seems to make a mockery of everything she’s studied and learned and it means that she gave up her childhood dreams for adulthood when childhood was a viable reality.
I’d be depressed too with that realization. It’s really quite wonderfully done. It’s very expressive and compelling. You did a great job Scott!
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wow… Shizuka you have a point
anyhow there is now no reason why she shuldn’t put on the sword and go to dreamland. Its her ONLY remaining means of proving that there is no dreamland (even though we know there is one). She doesnt even have to go. If the sword only worked for Alex then Nicole would be back to beleiving that there is no kidsland and green guy (forget his name) would have to find yet another means of convincing nicole that there is a dreamland.
DAMN IT I DID IT AGAIN!
one line up from the bottom I put kids instead of dream.
the vote incentives are not teasers yet, you are the teaser, scott! one is new though, the felicity as a kid – cute! you have had the same incentives for at least a month, but this i don’t mind. i don’t like it when the vote takes you to a new window. a new tab is enough for me, but i prefer to choose this on my own by right-clicking. the new window thing for voting bugs me.
ok i am addicted to your jukebox – TOO SWEET! maybe we are just from the same generation but you feature some of my favorites. only jason castro’s version of over the rainbow, even though he was inspired by this one, is even better, imo. blackbird is possibly my all time favorite song in the world!
here’s my second favorite – scott, you won’t find this one anywhere else! orion is arising – download the composer’s recorded version here:
http://redforkhippie.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/folk-thursday-orion/
from my childhood to that of my nieces, this song is a classic for me, unknown and unsung as it is and i know you will treasure it as i do.
thanks for the introduction to breathe, really nice!
I’m guessing that Nicole quit dreaming as well, and it was a very traumatic experience for her. That might be why she’s so scientific now, and why she went into her current field as a college student. I’m expecting maybe some repressed memories here.
BUSTED!
I won’t go into all the speculation I’ve posted about why Nicole might be less than happy to have evidence that Dreamland is more than an imaginary construct, but it sure looks she’s finally been cornered.
This week’s pages have been awesome and what a cliffhanger to leave us with!! I add my vote that something traumatic happened while she was in Dreamland either to her or to Felicity and that’s why she’s been in such serious denial.
I love the Felicity as a child sketches. She is too cute! ^_^
Thank you all…
Michelle…listening to Orion now…
🙂
And sorry about the Buzzcomix incentive. It didn’t stick. I fixed it now. So please check it out again.
And… mind…. SNAP! That’s it, Nicole, keep going. Keep thinking, and eventually you’ll reach the right conclusion. It may not be the most logical, but it will be right.
Have a great weekend, guys.
Wow. I started reading this last week and I am so hooked that I’m all caught up now. I love this! My kids and I can read it together. Thanks for putting all the work into this–it is awesome. Your dedication to your craft is amazing, sir!
Thanks Drawn in…
And welcome to you and your kids to Dreamland.
Have a great weekend.
Wow, I love those two teaser pics. They look awesome. I cant wait for next weeks comics!!!
wow, looks like she repressed dreamland and is now depressed that it has came back to her….
And now Nicole takes a little time to get a handle on the moment. It is really staggering, when the intangible gives evidence of itself. Well done, Scott.
oh Nicole! She needs a hug.
Scott! I got my graphic novels yesterday, they’re FANTASTIC! Thank you 🙂
AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGG!!!!!!!! I cant go to Topweb or Buzz while at work! Stupid network nazis!
Alright i have to say it. Queue Dan with the nah na na nah na phbtbbbt!!! You know he wants to.
Although we know he’s not that type so time for the comforting.
Dun dun dun! The secret is out. Poor Nicole, having her memories all dredged up.
I think she just rememberd dream land and she misses it so much now she just dosent know what to do
She looks like her word is falling apart at the seams and does not want to admit it…
I don’t think anything traumatic happened to her in Dreamland. She just grew up. It’s happened to everyone except Alex and the ancient rulers of Dreamland.
Me, I think there are a couple traumatic things. First is the “everything I was arguing was wrong”. For those of us who have to be right, I mean, uh, er, for Nicole, that sort of thing is quite a punch in the gut.
But the other thing is, it’s clear from the poem that she really liked Felicity. From what we’ve seen of Nicole, Felicity may have been her only best friend, ever. When Felicity was just her childhood imagination, that’s one thing. But now with some evidence that Felicity is real…well, I suspect Nicole feels she abandoned Felicity.
I suspect that ever since the name “Felicity” came up, Nicole has been remembering bits and pieces of Dreamland. While still vehemently denying that it’s real. And now she can’t deny it.
And…Yay! Musical pjs! 🙂
In terms of the musical PJs, the one on her shirt is backwards. The note head is always on the left of the stem when the stems go up.
When the stems go down, the note head is on the right.
Maybe she’s wearing the shirt inside out.
Awww, ‘lil Nicole and Felicity are too cute ^^
Serious? We get to see Nicole in Dreamland… SWEET!! And yet another perfectly-timed weekend cliff-hanger. 😛 Man, if I didn’t love this comic… 😉
The uh, two eighth notes on her shirt are backwards on the buzzcomix sample. But other than that? I’m really enjoying how some of the threads are coming together here. 😀
Dude. Put your arms around her and comfort her. Stop being an ass and be her friend.
You know, this makes me wonder whether Felicity was a theif as a child too. I wonder if Felicity’s (possibly) unhappy childhood had an effect on Nicole? While I agree this is probably her ‘scientific world’ coming apart here, I also have to think maybe, just maybe, Nicole is also sad about something from that Dreamland past being real. Something she maybe wished wasn’t real.
Speculation. Speculation.
Nice cliffhanger 🙂
Here’s my theory. She’s upset because as a child dreamland was very dear to her and felicity was probably her best friend. When that went away she took it hard and that’s when she became so scientific and stopped believing. She put up walls to forget all of that and now with all of this it’s brought it all back and that it actually is real and she’s upset that she turned her back on that side (imagination & fun) for so long only to find out now it’s all real and good.
I love your story Scott and I’ve been following Dreamland I think from the start. But it’s settled…I really hate Nicole…
fantastic world you have created. i just finished reading through the comic for the first time and i got totally hooked. can’t wait after the next one
Oh puh-lease….
“Dreamland” is a name anyone could have come up with for their freakin dreams. It is a total no-brainer.
What did I tell ya? She’s a dwarf at heart, dang stubbornness. And now she’s reading the writing on the wall (pun intended).
If she was a scientist, she’d think this was something to investigate rather than dismiss.
That’s why she’s still in training.