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Congrats to Mike Prokopt from Starship Moonhawk for the win on the TGT podcast tournament.
And thank you all who voted for us.
Looks like Alex has a plan. And Dan and Nicole will follow. This could be good.
🙂
Thanks as always for reading.
Scott
Heh, just something I was thinking about.
How does Alex deal with never having a moments rest? I mean, when he sleeps he goes to Dreamland and in the morning he has to deal with real life problems. How are Nastajia and Alex going to deal with the fact that he’s basically living a double life? Is he just going to give up all relationships in real life? Is there any strain on the fact that he’s always under constant stress, even when he sleeps?
Maybe I’m looking too deep into the comic, especially a family comic, but it’s something that’s been bugging. All the problems that arise from Dreamland have to take their toll on Alex in the real world.
@Jess, like Alex said, Humans only project themselves into Dreamland, so while his Psyche/Consciousness/Astral-Body/Whatever-you-want-to-call-it is in Dreamland, his physical body is still back in the real world, getting actual rest. Besides, even when we’re dreaming, our brain never fully shuts down anyway (even though it seems like Alex’s does, if you remember back several chapters…), so all the things that Alex does in Dreamland are done by his Astral Body, which is not subject to the same laws of physical limitation a real body is, like being able to fly, or needing rest.
Anyway, I love the last two panels. Alex’s eyes are practically glowing with excitement, Nicole’s are like “Boy done lost his mind!” and Dan’s like “Where are you going with this?”
Wow! He’s actually having logical thought patterns now! At this rate, he won’t be as much of an idiot anymore!
Perfect! Now all that we need is for ALex to drift off.
Now, about the tourney, TDC finished only 7 votes behind SMoonhawk.
did he… no, it can’t be… did… he did!
wow, there is more than vacuum between his ears!
and the two brainiacs completely overlooked that
@jess and wulf
I see both your points, but when they were talking about the native americans projecting into dreamland when they are adults they said it was very stressful and drained them. So, is this happening in alex’s case or because he has the sword its different for him? The sword is taking him rather than him controlling it….
Also, does anyone else see a budding romance between nicole and dan?
Would be cool if the sword and bag goes away the same way he does when exiting dreamworld !
About everyone I think! *g*
But wow… Alex is thinking… Alex using his brain! Alex HAS one of those?!? And he DIDN’T buy it at a discount store?!?!? What’s Dreamland coming to.
*still incurably curious about the letter from Orion*.
Actualy, LazerWulf, that’s kinda pointless. Your body can go for days without rest, with no side-effects. It’s the mind that needs the rest.
I seriously hope the sword and bag do vanish, if only to see the looks on Nicole’s and Dan’s faces!
They look a bit skeptical, but they’re willing to go along! ^___^
@others The way I see it, I’m not tired after a night of dreaming so why would Alex be?
Thundercats Hooooooooo!
Yeah, I want Alex’s teeshirt
What will happen is that everything will be surrounded with an orange glow, and then a little sprite will appear and take the sword off Alex and take the bag, and disappear out the window while Nicole and Dan look on and yell, “NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!”
Uhm, Is it just me or does Dan look like one hell of a bodybuilder in the last panel… those shoulders, whew, seems he still has time to work out 😀
@Geekgoddess86
The stressful part Orion was speaking about was Dream Quests native americans used to get into Dreamland without the sword.
It’s not so stressful for Alex.
@Intarwebs
They’re just shrugging shoulders. I’ve never been happy with the pivot point of their shoulders. But that’s been a major issue with 3D for a long while.
Next time I’ll paint it in.
Oh…and good morning all!
Good morning Scott!
The shoulders did look a bit weird, but I just thought they were shrugging too. Also, *pokes Dan’s shirt* Is it just me, or is that the Inigo Montoya shirt?
Yjat is one heck of a shrug in the last panel.
A shrug is kind of awkward to present in a still medium in any case. In real life, there is a lot of movement in a shrug, (even though it is usually less than a second long) and we can see enough to recognize it as a shrug. In a static environment like comics, you have to exaggerate the final result, or a shrug might never be recognized as a shrug. Though I’m still very novice at working in 3D, it seems like this problem would be even more difficult in a medium that doesn’t exaggerate as much.
I think you did good, Scott. Not sure how else it could have been done and still be recognized as a shrug.
Well I just wanted to say that the voting was close and thanks for participating in the tournament. Getting to the Semi-finals was no easy task.
This Friday the Finals start, if you still care to vote for those that you’d like to see interviewed.
As for the comic, I’m wondering if Alex falls asleep while Michael is watching him and then Michael will fall asleep holding the medicine bag.
Btw, nice Thundercats t-shirt on Alex 🙂
Alex in the fifth panel looks very…ehm, not sure how to say it in a family-rated comic.
@jess and wulf
I don’t think Scott’s storytelling genre is a hard sci-fi here. It’s supposed to be enjoyable for all ages, but the ‘target audience’ is young enough not to be bothered with that kind of technical details. If you keep that in mind, then I bet you won’t either. 😉 It is a light, fun children’s fantasy kind of a story, right?
Hmmm…Nicole looks doubtful in her first two panels, and then maybe gets more agreeable.
Dan first looks like he’s considering it seriously (a request from his Brother, whom he really does like and trust, even if he also likes to pick on), but when he hears what it is, he looks more dubious.
@ tgtwebcomics
sorry if this sounds stupid but…. who is michael?
Is it just me, or have the word balloons always had a purple edge?
LOL!! I love you, Alex, freaking everyone out when you have an intelligent sentence or two come out of your mouth.
Intriguing… I wonder if the sword will disappear, I’m pretty sure the bag will. I like how Alex looks so exited about what happens next, I know I am.
The purple edge is a trick of the lighting, or an illusion caused by the lighting. Nicole’s lips are purple for me, while Dan’s are not.
I think that the sword and the bag will stay on Alex in this world until such time that they are taken from him, or given by him to someone else. The fact that Alex looks excited at what may happen next is no surprise – it may provide the proof that is needed to convince Nicole that Dreamland is a world on another plane.
@Intarwebs and Scott
Yeah, the shoulders look kind of off in the last panel, but if the program that’s being used for the modelling is anything like the program I used to use, it’s a pain in the butt to fix it. I’ll never live my dream as a Pixar animator ;.; *runs off crying*
Dan in the last panel looks like he dislocated his shoulder. Perhaps you really should just paint the shrug in. :-/
i think at least the bag will disappear since there hasnt been any indictaion of him actually having one before it was given in Dreamland, not sure about the sword disappearing from the real world but it probably does since when he was a kid he didnt have the sword until he claimed it from the cave..i think
You know Jess I have wondered the same thing myself. If Nastajia really expects Alex to stay faithful in both worlds or if Alex himself has even considered the implications of having a relationship with Staj (as I like to think of her sometimes). But since it is mostly a light hearted comic we will probably won’t see that explored which is fine I have no problems with that. 🙂
As for the burning the candle at both ends thing, yeah Alex probably isn’t getting any REM sleep as dreamland seems far too lucid. If you like I can get my handy PlotholeFilla 10,000 out and start her up for ya. (Whrrrrrr, buzz buzz buzz; Phoolip!) Yeah okay according to this Alex travels to dreamland by means of the sword and the sword is magic so… a wizard did it. 😉 (Poot!) Oh! Or he’s getting REM sleep on the way to and from dreamland and we just aren’t seeing it. Take you your pick. (Puts away machine.)
Lastly my take on today’s page is that the sword will stay exactly the same and the bag will appear to do likewise but the message inside it will mysteriously change. That’s how I would do it anyway.
I was speaking of them in general: they have kinda… big shoulders, really. Like bodybuilders and that doesn’t fit, at least to Dan, who’s supposed to be a nerd/geek/whatever.
alex’s eyes look so cool in the fifth panel! Great work!
I wish…
Yes.It’s been discussed before as well 😉