Chapter 2: Page 66
The fight continues! Quin’s natural Tamian abilities combined with his Tesque training have helped thus far, and not too much else to say aside from that except QUIN C’MON TURN AROUND!!
A short post this week, as my family is celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend (Fakesgiving)! But before I sign off for the weekend, I wanted to share some wonderful fanart from Minerfairy of Dakkan and Kenosh in happier times. Lots of great fanart of young Dakkan these last several weeks — I love it :) Definitely has me thinking we’ll need to show more of this time period at some point down the line.
Thank you SO MUCH for the awesome fanart, Minerfairy! We love it!
Ouch, that Ermehn’s gonna have a headache >_O
Also, Quin! Ear tips in danger! DUCK!
yeah that will be a BIG OUCH! also like the art and this adventurer oh and one thing LOOK OUT QUIN!!!!!!
Does anyone know why katar-Ermehn is wearing that mummy-wrap looking thing around her(?) chest?
I can only assume that she(?) did time in ermehn prison and (remembering some hard earned lessons in self preservation) has taped some phonebooks to her(?)self to stop rival gang members from stabbing her(?) with a sharpened toothbrush.
I think it’s a cultural fashion thing. Design-wise, it makes it easier to distinguish the genders faster for us readers, since the differences are drawn more subtlety here, but it’s also just something that probably developed into ermehn fashion at one point or another and never left. I like it.
Know, o young one, that in ages long forgotten by most mortals, the world you now know as Dunia was a place of hedonism and depravity unmentionable, a realm not quite unlike the unholy 4th planet of Chan.
Then came the day when the thirteen spirits of Py Gee arrived and, gazing upon the reprehensible behaviour of this world’s denizens in utter horror, decided to put an end to it all.
One of the first things they proceded to do was to enforce a dress code upon the inhabitants of the world that hid their indecency in public.
As the centuries went on and the spirits kept working on ridding the world of questionable content, the beings that inhabited it began to physically change to the point where their attributes, even when fully naked, were no longer visible at a glance, but the centuries of idoctrination on the subject of shame prevented them from letting go of their dressing traditions.
Thus the people of Dunia keep using pants and chest wraps to this very day…
Eh, if old One Eye does manage to slice off Quinlan’s other ear-tuft then at least he will be symetrical again.
But he takes off too much and Quin sends a few pages just trying to get everything even again.
Even if he has to ignore the fighting to do it.
Oh…he mad…
And Minerfairy’s rendetion of Kenosh and Dakkan is really elegant. It reminds me of something straight out of a storybook! Whoever Minerfairy is, is definitely an amazing artist!
Atta boy, Quin. Way to stonewall your opponent. Be careful about the one with his eye on you, though! Better hope you’re not out of your depth (perception).
Welp one down two to go. I like the period at the end of the thud- it really indicates the finality of the thing. I almost feel a little sorry for the Ermehn- clearly they haven’t actually fought a Tesque master before.
I love the internal consistency here- the sword on the bed and the flashes of Dakkan fighting in the background, and the fact that the tuft on Quinlan’s right ear is noticably shorter in all three panels.
OK, actual events aside, I love that bottom panel. That expression on Quinlan’s face looks to me like he’s assessing himself //before the fight is even over// which is such a Quinlan thing to do.
I’m pretty sure that we can’t count on a Kenosh Ex Machina this time and Dakkan’s busy with the other one, so we’ll just have to wait and see how things turn out. I’m gonna have to mull on this before I make changes to the betting pool.
“Definitely has me thinking we’ll need to show more of this time period at some point down the line.” – how about yes, please. More tiny everyone. And a happy fakesgiving to you, Alex!
Two.
I like comparing Quinlan’s expressions in the draft and the final version. In the first there’s cautious optimism and surprise that the managed that, in the latter he’s confident and a bit smug, even. It’s not something we have used to seeing in him, really.
I think one thing is left to say to Quinlan: dooooodge! And I love his face in that last panel; it’s just a very satisfying expression. Quinlan and One-Eye are about to have a showdown, but that’ll have to wait for next week. And Minerfairy’s art is is great. I highly approve of her drawing the duo while they were still happy, and in such a lovely style, too.
KO! *dingdingding*
But really, great page! I love the look on katar-Ermehn’s face in the first panel as she(?) realizes that nothing good will come out of this situation. Quin’s “well that went better than I expected” face is a close second. I really love the flow of motion on this page.
I’ll say it again–I feel that comics can be great without great art, but great art makes well-written comics even better. This comic has great art. I don’t know enough about art to give any technical criticism, but I do know that I love to stare at each week’s new page.
Thanks for brightening my weekends, Alex and Rachel.
^
All we need now is cartoony sound-effects ala Loony Toons and we’re all set!
Also I love that little look of satisfaction on Quin’s face.
Time to continue speculation! How will Quin and Dak fare against the other two Ermehn? How do we think that the rest of the battle is going?
Personally, I feel that Clovis and Hardin will meet face-to-face at some point, and when that happens, knowing Hardin, I expect a line like this just before they lunge at each other:
Look out Quin !
Bout time you showed up. High five and your bedtime is never.
Ah! As always, love the expressions. Especially Quin’s in the last panel. He needs no confirmation that he is awesome. He does, however, need a warning. DUCK, you smug squirrel, and I don’t mean a web-footed water-dweller!
That’s not a duck, that’s an Ermehn.
Really? Eh, just a fowl mistake on someone’s part.
No, we’re not doing this. Getting into pun nonsense just doesn’t fly this time!
Several people have already started with the puns.
Our goose is cooked.
Well this is a hawkward situation.
I love owl of you. *And I apologize to Alex and Rachel for starting the pun thread; I’m sorry, I have a serious problem
I egret nothing.
(But Quinlan looks like he’s about to)
Hey, we’re only larking about. No need to ruffle your feathers.
Why does everyone act like puns are the root of all eagle?
They find it hard to swallow that birdplay can be so punny. They oughta give it a nest.
Some people are real feather-weights at puns.
I like what I’m heron here, even though some of them were a bit of ostrich . . .
Yes, some were a bit horwrendous.
I don’t start these pun threads, but once someone makes the first shrike I have a compulsive need to join in.
No need to thrush
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Like vultures, we will carrion.
There’ll be no robin us of our fun.
We’re working this from start to finch.
How about this for a 4th tenet of Tesque. “Never admire your handiwork.” Quin! Don’t admire your handiwork!