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Well. Now you know. The medicine bag can carry a letter across worlds.
Though I loved all of your speculations over the last couple days…I hope you’ll enjoy where this ends up.
There’s a letter for Dan. Imagine how HIS mind will be blown.
Also…thanks for the ideas for the Trading Cards.
I’ve come to a decision. I’m going to do a series of Character sketches on the back. Both myself…and I’m going to ask my fellow artists to do some. And I’m going to post them on Ebay for you all for CHARITY.
I’ve decided to go with this charity as I feel it not only is a good one…but considering how many kids books I’ve been writing (along with Dreamland)…it compliments what I’m doing.
I’ll be going around (when I have time) and asking as many of my fellow webcomic and comic artists to do character sketches on the backs of the Dreamland Chronicles trading cards.
If you know any creators…let them know. It’s a worthy cause. And should be fun for you all too.
I hope you like the idea. I’ve been wanting to do this. I love doing charity work. And would love to see other creators do sketches of my characters. Add to that the value to you readers who I’m sure would love to see other artists’ sketches of Dreamland characters…and it’s a total hat trick.
🙂
As far as what else I’ll be doing with the OTHER cards…
I think I’ll give out a pack of 10 FREE with each purchase of $40 at the con.
Does that sound fair?
I was considering MAYBE having some loose cards for $2 each?
Please let me know if I’m on the right track here.
And finally. I’ll work out a way to sell these cards to you all who can NOT come to this or other cons I’ll be attending.
I want to keep them priced low enough for everyone. But also don’t want to sell them so cheap that I’m doing 100 sketches for every order. Ha ha.
So please…let me know what to do. I’m up for anything.
I’ll fly to each country if I have to…ha ha. Just tell me.
Thank you again for a wonderful week. And I hope you’ve enjoyed these pages. I think they were a lot of fun.
See you on MOnday.
Scott
YES! I totally called that one! Woot! I wonder if you can slip in an cellphone with a recorded video message… THAT would be really cool. 😀
Probably sending something as complex as electronics is beyond the powers of the bag though.
A letter? Really?
Well that works too I guess, but it still would have been interesting to see it be used as a way to get dan or nicole INTO dreamland.
Maybe another chapter right? 😀
Talk about a weekend cliffhanger! *grmbl*
Ignore me, tis fun!
THAT is a good question. But then again, not even once did it say it was going to bring anyone over to Dreamland. But anyways, HAHA, Alex is a mail courier!
A letter? Happy thoughts and a bit of pixie dust gets Dan to Dreamland? And perhaps a passenger of Nicole? Really, Scott, if those two NEVER make it to Dreamland, you’ll have a riot on your hands! But really Alex, *why* Dan? Why not Dan? He should have an adventure in Dreamland, or at least get some answers why he can’t dream. It’s gotta be some kind of outside force blocking his ability to dream. He’s probably not the only kid in the world denied an entrance to Dreamland but the only person in our vicinity that we care about.
Wonderful charity this First Book. If a kid reads your books for his first time, he’ll be hooked for life. Shouldn’t have spent so much down the shore, “Go, Dog, Go” is second-best to a Sava book.
Question is, as a webcomic artist, How would we get our paws on the cards? Or are you only going to talk to the ones at conventions?
Thats great, I love where this is going. 🙂
keep the comic rolling! 😀 but i guess the idea of having a few cards be with the preorder of book four wasn’t too great.. XD i’ll sit here and brainstorm then.. *clouds appear over my head*
the native american thing was totally not presented in a politically correct way, no matter your good intentions, and you should change it before publication, according to suggestions from native americans here in this forum. but…i am so excited – dan is finally going to get to dreamland to join them on the adventure! yay! and yes, i can’t wait for him to get the letter!
1) Awesome week!
2) Political correctness is overrated.
I agree; some things I can can understand on the political correctness standpoint(treating women fair instead of like objects) and treating other races with respect instead of mocking them, but other times, it gets taken too far.
*cue the Nelson Muntz laugh* Alex is a mail carrier!
On the cards, how about 5.00 for a blank set, 10.00 for a blank set with 1 sketched card, and 30.00 for a full sketched set. The full set could be more, but that’s an executive decision. I came up with the 5.00 from you saying it’s a freebie set with a 40.00 purchase. Seemed like a good freebie value for the price point. You could also scale that up and say full sketched set with 150.00 purchase at the show.
@Michelle4Jerusalem
It’s just a comic!
Plus, I can’t wait for what is going to happen to Dan! If he gets in, even for a bit, I will be so happy!
(First time commenter)
I totally called that the pouch was for Dan.
This is terrible!!! Not about the comic, it’s WONDERFUL. But I just finished reading from the very beginning and it just happened to end now. Now the suspense is gonna kill me.
The monopolist ‘s a bit afraid of loosing his monopole, yes?
Well, maybe the bag works both ways. Maybe like this Nicole can at least get a message to Felicity. Or Dan can write back.
Oh man, I really wanna know what this message is…
Sythiar…
You’re on to something.
🙂
Everyone else. Thank you very much.
I’m getting ready to leave for Chicago for the ALA show. So please keep the ideas coming for the sketch cards.
Scott
Okay, I’ll admit I had no clue! what the bag was for. lol! That’s awesome that the message is for Daniel, and I took Alex’s “Why?” as being a protective “Why?” IMO He doesn’t want to deliver anything to his brother that might hurt him.
And as far as the Native American representation, relax people! It’s a comic book, suspend your version of reality and enjoy the possibilities. If it really upsets you that much, then there’s a very simple solution. Stop reading. No one is being forced to read this comic. As much as Scott would hate to lose a reader, I think he’d rather you enjoy the story he spinning for us than sit there reading it and being angry at how he’s portraying this group of people or that group of people. 🙂
I just LOVE where this page is headed!!!!
Totally cool.
I am confused. Why is the shaman smiling when he is saying that he wrote a letter, but frowning when he says that it is for his brother Dan? I’d be looking pretty smug. 😀
Michelle4jerusalem: Seriously? It’s a comic book. The only people who are actually offended by the loose ‘politically uncorrect’ representation of the centaurs are the type of people who took the Taco Bell dog away because they said it was racist. I am Mexican AND Native American–and I say that both the centaurs AND the Taco Bell Dog are amazing. Forget about PC, and enjoy the comic.
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> . < Cat is not happy. She expected more. Good read! ^^
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T_T My above post didn’t go over well.
Messages to and from Dreamland… Wonderful concept.
Love the charity idea, as well.
Again with the distracting Blue Teeth on Alex.
Hmm. Makes me wonder if the medicine bag can travel between worlds like the Sword does.
hmmz… nastajia doesn’t look very excited.. õ.O
especially in the last but one frame.
“Why? You’re trying to *steal him from me* aren’t you!? AREN’T YOU!?”
Are those cards via zazzle? Because if they are, I’ve got some credit there, and while I can’t make it to the con, I could customize a few cards and send them to you. I’d just need a shipping address. 🙂
Click on that website for examples…
*snicker* Blue teeth. ^_^
But Dan’s really gonna freak! I’d be on cloud nine!
D-awe for Alex being a protective brother! @stripey: right on the money! Beauty!
Ok, so I doubt anyone is going to slip an iPhone into the bag, but what about drawings, photos or other objects? I’m wondering what the limit of the bag is (other than physical size). I think you should have someone TRY putting something electronic in the bag and it does go into dreamland, but it doesn’t work there (Dreamland is magic-based while the ‘waking’ world is science-based). Only simple objects that are dependent on neither magic nor science would be effective to send.
Oh and on the Political Correctness. Do not worry about it. If you are not obviously trying to be offensive (which I’m sure 99.99% of your readers can tell), then those that are offended need to find something else to do with their time.
Satchels betwixt worlds aside, do you all realize that Dreamland is nearly 5000 votes BEHIND Phoenix, and half that behind Two Kinds? Make ruddy sure that you all come back and vote, even if there is no new page to gawk at. A review of the past week may be in order, to glean details that may have slipped you by. For whatever reason, just make sure that you vote for Scott over the weekend and as often as you can…
Enjoy Chi-town, Scott, we’ll be here when you return.
Wow, great week! Can’t wait to see what comes of this.
And Scott, if you’re looking for webcomic artists for the sketches, I’d love to get involved!
Did.. none..of you…NONE OF YOU NOTICE THAT HE ASKED WHY?!?
How out of character is that for that hair brained nut? I’d have expected the lovely lady to say that. Him? Alexander? Mr. Coast through life to say that?
Really. Whats up with you people today.
I just can’t stop laughing at panel 4 “Holy s*** mother****** Daniel can come to dreamland!”
Excellent chapter, and I’m definently looking forward to Daniel’s adventures in Dreamland. And I don’t know about you guys, but I’m REALLY looking forward to the possible plot of Alex and Daniel competing for Nastajia’s attention 🙂
This is so cool! I kinda figured it could carry something as a medicine bag, even a note. But can it allow others (in posession) to travel to dreamland as the sword does for alex?
I think I recall Daniel was going to do a “SLEEP MONITOR” test for Nicole to prove he didn’t dream. I wonder what that will uncover. Is Alex bogarting all the dreamland Mojo and not sharing with Daniel?
Looks like I was wrong about the bag, too. I do have to wonder, however, how is using a bag to send messages back and forth really all that much different from having Alex deliver messages?
David he wouldn’t be able to deliver messages otherwise because anything he’s wearing/holding (other than the sword) disappears when he wakes up 🙂
Scott and staff …WOWWW…… your work is amazing, I don’t even know what to say!! <3 I can’t wait to see what happens next 😀
Not to mention, this way he can have physical proof of a message from Dreamland.
Simply relaying a message is nice, but having a letter magically appear out of nowhere, not to mention having a interdimentional post office to and from Dreamland is certainly going to make things interesting.
As a language person, I’ll be very interested to see HOW this letter was written. Have the centaurs remained in contact with Native Americans/Amerindians who live in what is now the United States and Canada and so learned languages such as English? Or does the pouch come equipped with a universal translator?
nastaajia (sp?) looks REALLY bored.you should change her expresions more often.
First I must say nice work. I love the comic, the story and the development of the different characters.
I do not know how much you like this type of feedback but I noticed that in the 1st panel the amulet seems to be hanging from something (the Centaur´s hand from last panel previous page) but right after being done checking it (panel 2 and 3 this page) the centaur´s hand has been completely withdrawn. Just something that kept bringing me back to check the drawings as I read this page, but probably not really important in the big picture of things.
David. definitely – interesting. For both Dan and Nicole (the non-believer)
So who else is banking on Dan being the actual King of Dreamland, cursed away by Nicodemus in some way or other ?
I saw the possibility back on http://thedreamlandchronicles.com/?p=467, and it seems more and more to be the case :-j
Hmmm, good question…WHY…? <_<
Another Sailor Moon fan on this comic! The disguise pen seems to have run out of some steam by series 3…
What does that have to do with this comic? I don’t know…
I have a camera that would fit into that bag. “You want proof, Nicole?”
I’m a big Sailor Moon fan too!
Oh this is awesome :D! He finally gets to go ^_^
I disagree. Political correctness is unnecessary.
Correct use of capitalisation is of rather greater import, yet you don’t seem to care much for it.
A plate-mail courier, that is… 😉