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[Gideon Brown]

New harry potter movie. I'm gonna see it in the theater eventually but I don't like the idea of having to wait until people stop taking their noisy kids to see it so I'm gonna watch it at home first.

Is that legal?

[Darth Executor]

Everything's legal in my empire. I didn't write down any laws yet.

[Darth Executor]

Hey JP, I realised why Eidolon looks odd. The one on this page:
http://www.tektonics.org/toongallery/hearthstone.html
Has the yellow line outlining his gloves (I think). The new one you made has it going down his arm from his shoulder. I like the old one better.

[jpholding]

1. That yellow line on Eidolon's sleeves makes him look like he's wearing a track suit.

I did forget how I had him before (re your last message). Well, too late now, but I did have in mind that the stripe is part of a tribute to his heritage. If you look at his chest in later pages, and even at the original drawing, you'll be able to make out the six-sided symbol of the Av'nen and the stripe would come out of it like a ray of light.

2. You should give Eidolon a sentient smart aleck weapon that argues with him once in a while. Kind of like the "team pet". Of course, it's all up to you...

Actually, there will be some places where the equivalent will happen...when he has to confront "modern" ways after having experienced so many cultural shifts. There's an especially funny/dramatic moment planned for this story, when he and Brom first meet in the tale, and also in Shrike Team #2 when he and Brom will defeat the story's bad guy. And in one of the Range Patrol stories, I'd like to work out something where he's remembering how to drive after last doing it about 70 years before....

And in the long term, he'll have a foil of sorts....someone we know already....but that will be after a while.

[Darth Executor]

Is this one gonna be done in time for the next update?

[jpholding]

Is this one gonna be done in time for the next update?

No way. I just drew page 20 last night out of at least 88. Think more like February.

[Darth Executor]

So that's the next big comic? Or do you have another sheila story on the way?

[jpholding]

So that's the next big comic? Or do you have another sheila story on the way?

Yes, Shrike Team #1 (title will be "Fruits of Redemption") is the next big one. Then I'll alternate back to Range Patrol #2, then Shrike Team #2, and so on until there are at least 5 for each. At that point or close by I'll pop in with Claw of Vengeance being added to the rotation for a bit; then -- well, let's just say there will be some radical turns. I won't let this thing grow stale, you can count on THAT.

[LilPunkishOfTerror]

yay! more Sheila Rangslinger!

[Xavier]

And here I'm waiting for Molinist to appear...

A touch self-serving perhaps, but I'll be interested to see how his character works in the dynamic.

[jpholding]

yay! more Sheila Rangslinger!

Not to give anything away, but for reasons to be seen, we'll see more of Sheila than any other character in all these stories...

And here I'm waiting for Molinist to appear...

I figured out a way to get him into the mix just before Claw of Vengeance as well as tie him in to a larger picture I have. In terms of the dynamic, the hard thing is to limit his power so that he's not a complete problem solver, a deus ex machina as it were.

I'll let one bit out about him...there's a good chance that underneath that outfit, he's going to be a Sk'lan....but still a good guy.

[jpholding]

My sister in law bought us a scanner as an early Christmas present!

Now I can get the work done a little faster on the comics.

[Darth Executor]

Not to give anything away, but for reasons to be seen, we'll see more of Sheila than any other character in all these stories...

Why am I getting the feeling that Sheila is gonna be Hearthstone's Virgin Mary?

[jpholding]

Why am I getting the feeling that Sheila is gonna be Hearthstone's Virgin Mary?

Not quite. But you ARE on to something.... Best not think about it, because it will take me maybe 10 years to get to the story in question.

[jpholding]

New scanner is workin' great.