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Nov 14
Okay, just finished inking and I’ll work on coloring a bit later today. Thursday’s schedule got completely destroyed. In fact, it’s been that kind of week. But I’m pretty happy with how this has come out so far. It has a bit of an Elsavilla influence to it, because I wanted to make it more dynamic that I usually do. Still working on that. I’ve been able to experiment with Manga Studio 4 Debut. It’s so totally worth the $20 upgrade. I really like it so far and did this entirely in it except for the sound FX.
Nice. Wonder what other tricks he has up his arm.
I like what I see on this page, though somethings a little confusing. It seems as if our good butler makes his stand and cuts the attack short at the ~*KA-CHING!*~ but then in the first panel we look at after that, on the left, he apparantly still has his swords and is in mid swing.
I assume the Ka-ching must come after that panel, resulting in his puzzlement and broken swords but that doesn’t really flow with this layout.
Just a constructive critique, if I’m wrong please help it make sense to me. ^_^
Oh, I can see how that might seem a bit confusing. I should make it clearer when I finish coloring. I the left panel, panel 4, just after the Ka-Ching, Frak has been thrown backward and he’s only got the remnants of his swords, not the whole blades. Then in the next panel he realizes they’ve been cut off. I’ll make sure it’s clearer in color.
BTW, thanks for the constructive input. I appreciate that.
Oh my goodness YES!!
I love it how Bentley has all sorts of weapons up his sleeve!
Btw, I loved how you had Wellington eating the…..animal.
I’d really love to see more about “where-he-came-from”, and “what-he-is”.
But still, keep the story going, I love it!
Thanks! I’m glad you like it. This was such a hard page to do. I had to really look at a lot of comic art to get ideas.
Bentley is cool like that. For those who remember his previous encounter with hordes of killer machines,
… My only guess is that he must be going comparatively easy on our boy Frak (which is okay, cuz we get to see the action!) 
Bentley I would imagine is old school…. His history is one that I really want to see delved into, yet despite that I hope a lot of it is kept in mystery. Instead of a whole back story arc, make us work for it by putting together little pieces here and there, clues and tidbits that are given a little bit at a time.
I wonder if it was coincidence that set him up with our hero… I’ll have to read the whole comic again to look.
Thanks for the clarification Outlandish. Ya, it’ll probably be easier to see what’s going on and the distinction needed once this page is cluttered. Here’s hoping you get the chance to get your world orbiting in the proper direction again! (And you get a Gold Star for not being afraid of some C.Crit. ^_^)
I don’t believe in coincidences . . .
And “up his sleeve” is a bad pun – don’t use it any more. PLEASE!
Ha. yeah that’s kind of a bad pun, in this case especially
And that’s a good question, Cyrik? Was it all a coincidence they got together? Was it fate or destiny, or some special plot? We’ll have to find out. (I’m not even totally sure myself.
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(And to be honest as far as reading from the beginning, Cyrik, I didn’t actually start this thing out with much of a plan when I started. Didn’t really know the real plot until chapter two. Yay for good planning! I still haven’t completely worked out all my plot points or my outline. I have an outline in my head, so I do know basically how it ends. But I haven’t totally worked it all out on paper yet. That’s what I’m trying to do at the moment. It’s a lot of work, but I think good planning is important to make the story as good as I want it to be.
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Although I tried to fix the beginning somewhat in the ebook. It reads a little better than what’s online. It’s a bit smoother, anyway. More to the point of the main plot. In fact, I took out chapter one completely, and start with the 2 prologues. Then I have a new sequence (or totally redone scene) to introduce it. But I hesitate to change the old stuff online. It’s kind of like what makes the book a little special.
And conveniently makes us all want the book.