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Hi all!
Thank you again for understanding that I needed to work on the screenplay over the weekend. I appreciate your understanding in me taking a couple days off last week.
Here’s Monday’s page.
Hope you enjoy.
Scott
Hi all!
Thank you again for understanding that I needed to work on the screenplay over the weekend. I appreciate your understanding in me taking a couple days off last week.
Here’s Monday’s page.
Hope you enjoy.
Scott
Now THAT is determination! Alex is really geared up for this, methinks another scar for Nick is coming.
Damn! That guy never gives up!
Yeah, pinning everything but Alex’s sword hand might not have been the best idea by Nicodemus.
Seconded. … Also.. wtf why isn’t alex’s helmet activated?
Jeez I love that last panel. What a change from the Alex we knew only a short time ago. Now he has no doubt, no hesitation, and no fear even of Nicodemus. He’s going to finish this fight one way or another.
I’m more convinced than ever that the rest of the series has to focus on the Nightmare Realm, because I really can’t see the issue of Nicodemus not getting settled Right Now. Either the Dragon’s going to surrender, realizing that Alex is no longer the clueless non-King he used to be, or he’s going to end up with that sword buried to the hilt in his chest.
I think Nic’s up for a nasty surprise… Alex now knows he can do *anything* he believes he can do in Dreamland… But does Nic know that? And if he does, does he know Alex now knows?
I bet Nic only wanted to pin down Alex’s shield arm. He’s sort of saying “Stab me or I’ll roast you!” Then again, maybe Nic just wants to pluck the sword with his other hand.
I know you’re up there. I can feel you now. I know that you’re afraid. You’re afraid of us. You’re afraid of change. I don’t know the future. I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it’s going to begin. I’m going to put up this sword, and then I’m going to show these people what you don’t want them to see. I’m going to show them a world … without you. A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries; a world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.
Epic speech was quite epic. Well done!
(Saves it in notepad for future use.)
>.>
<.<
No one saw that.
So that we can see his anger face.
one of the suits many attributes includes the “Super Badass Stare Mode” So much intimidation is used that it would negate the power of a magic shielded helmet and implode in the suit…I think?
I also think it’s rather awesome. His expression’s great in that last panel. I wonder if he has a plan now… or if Nick will just monologue at him some more.
Scott, you’re way too hard on yourself. It’s good to have professional standards, but you’re always so good about letting us know when things are going on and will require a skip in the comic continuation. I love reading Dreamland. I look forward to it every morning when I get to work, but I also love hearing that good things are happening for you. Makes it worth missing a few days or weeks of Dreamland to know that you and your family are doing well.
nah… I reckon Nic just wants a matching scar… he’s off balance
Love the close up detail on the hand in the last panel! I am really excited to see where this is headed. Best of luck on all of the projects Scott. I know you’re busy, and I really appreciate every update (:
I kinda think Nic’s most likely to loose the forearm/claw that’s holding Alex down. Now that would be a debilitating injury, not to mention a constant visible reminder to all, including the nightmare realm folk.
And yeah, the determination on Alex’s face is awesome. He looks so much a battle-hardened warrior in that panel. Great stuff, Scott.
Mmm.Alex seems pretty unimpressed..someone is up for some dragon’s B..t whuppin’..
Seconded!
I’m very curious to see where this is going to go…and as much as I think it would be awesome for Alex to give Nic a matching scar on his other eye, I’d always harbored this hope that Nastajia would do that instead. Kind of like his and her handtowels, but much cooler. 🙂
Well, two or three of us have done the “to the pain” speech in our comments… And that would then be one of the first steps…
Did you really expect otherwise?
It would _INDEED_ be difficult to use the shield from that position. And dragons are generally immune to their own fire, so he wouldn’t risk his own arm by flaming either. Sorry Alex, it looks like you’re between a rock (the ground) and a hard… strong arm.
All in all it’s just another brick in the wall…
i suggest he caves him a smile he really needs to chill out that dragon
That’s what I thought, too. Nick wants the sword.
JurgenS, what is your avatar from? It’s really cool.
I told you he was tricksey!! I told you he was false!!
oehwie… alex looks so cool in the last panel!
Nice detail in the scales!
Hmmm …
Slice the arm, would be at an awkward angle to do this, although we are talking fiction!
Poke Nic in the other eye? I don’t think Nic would be so foolish as to bring his face that close.
Attempt to pluck the sword from Alex hand? I’m leaning towards this.
The sword about to do something on it’s own? Hmm, nice speech maybe – the sword likes speeches.
And we do have some additional players that might make an appearance in the next strip or two – the angry townsfolk, defeated guards, the gang who should be on their way down from the blasted treasure room.
Ahhhh, can’t wait for tomorrow! Again … 😉
Whoo-hoo! I’m glad that the hero isn’t going down that easy, and now it looks like the bad guy is finally getting his comeuppance.
…what do you mean Nick isn’t the hero? Alex? Leader of a terrorist cell? Breaking the fragile peace with the Nightmare Realm Alex? Stirring up the insurrectionists in the Elves, Centaurs, and Rockmen? Turning the formerly peaceful Dwarven lands into open rebellion? That Alex? The Hero?
😀
Yes, Alex is more determined, but he has still not learned to mind his surroundings.
I like the Matrix reference. I love how quotes from so many movies could fit with only slight tweaking. I also like that the people reading are creative enough to know, tweak, and use those quotes.
I like this comic and all, but… That brick just hit Alex in the head. He wasn’t wearing his helmet. I suppose this could just be another instance of ‘thick-headedness’ for Alex, but… I dunno.
When I look at the ‘Crassh’ in the second panel out of the corner of my eye, I keep thinking it looks like it says, “Gotcha!” The almost gleeful look on Nico’s face doesn’t help that.
I use to wake up when I dream such scenes 🙂
If nothing else, Nick won’t go quietly into that good night, and he’s definitely asking for another scar.
Fellow Dreamers, if you don’t have an ipad, get the print versions of the books. They trump the Wowio PDFs, and I have a HD monitor.
Hi all!
Thank you so much.
I’m looking at the next page of the script and apparently Alexander was supposed to DROP his sword in the 3rd panel. Ack.
This whole chapter has been both exciting and exhausting. I wanted it to be so EPIC…but life keeps getting in the way.
Sigh…
Alex: So now I’m in deep trouble. I mean, one more blast from his fire breath, and I’m an epitaph. He’s got me pinned, and what does Nick do?
Daniel: [laughing] He starts monologuing.
Alex: He starts monologuing! He starts like, this prepared speech about how *feeble* I am compared to him, how “inevitable” my defeat is, how “the world will soon be his”, yadda yadda yadda.
Daniel: Yammering.
Alex: Yammering! I mean, the guy has me on a platter and he won’t shut up!
Win. 🙂
Ooops. No sword? That changes EVERYTHING!
That last panel was worth the wait!
Glad your back today … you were missed
Are you going to change it to match the original script or just go with it? Just curious.
Hey Scott!
I really love your comic, but I’m too busy to catch up every time a new page comes out, so a new page can quickly turn into ten, or twenty for me. Wich is rather unpractical the way your layout is set-up, I have to either click ten times to get back to where I got last time or I have to remember the number of the pageI had got to. now, while I think this would all be a lot easier for me with your iPad app, you see I don’t have an iPad, nor will I probably afford one in near future, but I do however have an iPhone 4, and I hope you plan to make your app compatible with iPhones too, cause that could make it alot easier for alot of readers to catch up. : )
HOLY CRAP.. I’m sorry for making a little wall of text here, but that’s just me trying to express myself in few words… : )
-Thomas
Dear Alex: ♪ DON’T STOP… BELIEEEVING… ♪
If I had to hazard a guess it looks like Hellboy’s daughter. Where its from I don’t know.
Poor Nic… he won’t know what hit him. Go Alex! Call upon the magic awsome wolves!
Hey Thomas!
No problem.
There’s a cool BOOKMARK tool at the top right of the page.
Use that when you’re done and when you come back a few days later…click it to take you where you last read.
Hope that helps.
Scott
of course, there goes nick, always fighting dirty.
two things could happen here, alex stick him with the sword with is free arm or nick could blow his fire again and we end with a nice roasted alex, but o doubt that will cos the hero always wins.
What a nice determination expression for Alex! Generally, Alex has more of an “I have no idea what I’m doing” look on his face (if the shoe fits!). This expression says “enough, time to finish this!”
uh oh for nick
Here here
Cliche successfully averted! 😀
If Alex really has to lose the sword, I guess you can just have Nic pluck it from Alex’s hand. Since Nic has Alex pinned that way, there won’t be much power to any swing of the sword. So, Nic is using his right claw to pin Alex’s body and left arm, so it should work that Nic uses his left claw to grab the sword from Alex’s right hand. Unless Nic isn’t supposed to get his claws on the sword at all…
Just thinking out loud…
*runs for a candy bar and and TON of coffee, so he can see tomorrow’s strip firsties* 😀
oh YES.
Mel, sweetie, I love you. :3
See now you made Alex mad. Go get ’em!
Good news/bad news
Good news is I finished my screenplay revision.
Bad news is…I realized that in my haste to get these last few pages out…I DID forget to put Alex’s helmet up. And Alex was supposed to drop his sword.
Ugh.
I’ll try to get the fixes (and new page) up tomorrow some time.
Thank you all.
carve i meant
But it doesn’t matter if Nic grabs the sword. All Alex has to do is wake up, and the sword goes with him…already has happened that way.
Awww…I actually liked Angry-Face-Alex. 🙂 I guess the helmet makes sense when you’re being attacked with debris though…
Quick everyone, save copies of the originals to your hard drives, and 20 years from now you can go on antique roadshow with it! I’d imagine they’d love misprints. 😀
Thank you kindly! 😉 :3
Oh! Didn’t know he had one. If that’s the case, she’s darn cool!
Has he ever woken up without the sword in his hand or on his back? Could make a difference.
Love ya, Scott!
His mouth in the last panel looks weird.
Yes he has. Go back to this page:
http://thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/chapter-15/page-1045/
and you’ll see the sword in the process of disappearing as Alex wakes up.
Nicodemus: the next Joker.
same here. you actually could make (a rather weak) argument for not having the helmet up, such as he wants Nic to see and remember he was beaten by the human king. but yeah, Alex probably wouldn’t last long without a brain bucket.
Now, I’ve always been confused. Is it “here here” or “hear hear”?
Either way,
“Hear/here!”
huh.. I never really thought about that, thanks! : )
I’m still wondering if you will convert the app for iPhone users tho’ 🙂
You know, it would be really cool if Nic knocked the sword aside now and then the helmet shut. I’ve liked seeing Alex’s face for these frames and think Nic knocking the sword aside and his Helmet closing is very cinematic and would fit well (not to mention save edits).
WOOOO! Go Nic! Show ’em what dragons are capable of! 😀
Thanks for your patience.
I’ll have Wednesday’s page for you by noon.
I’ve gone back and added the helmet and removed the sword for today’s page (haven’t uploaded these yet).
Sorry about this. I hope I’m not getting to a point where daily updates are no longer a viable option.
Don’t give up hope yet. She could snipe him from the tower. With Alex pinned the friendly fire danger is diminished.
Nic: Ya wanna know how I got these scars? Well when I was a young dragon, my father…
Alex: no, actually, I gave them to you
Nic: oh well um, uhhh, fine
Huzzah!
Scott, I’m still not seeing his helmet, and his sword is in his hand.
Wait till the Mason’s Union hears about this buddy boy..Your days are numbered Nik
It’s either “Hear ye, Hear ye” like the town announcer in the middle-ages used to do. Orr “Hear, Hear” as is customary in the british parliament to sound ones agreement when some politician is speeching.
It’s a coloured version of HellGirl done by a cool cartoonist that goes under the pseudonym “KidNotorious”. Check his “DeviantArt”-page.
Dunno..Alex’ armor ia quite formidable too. It’s possible the armor has some tricks up it’s iron sleeve when the proprietor’s wesapon is not directly available.
Or Alex wakes up.
I can’t tell whether or not your comment is serious, Arvamas :S
If Nick really wanted to win he would have bit Alex’s arm off.
Ha! Perfect!! XD
Scott, got to take care of the priority stuff (especially if it helps to pay the bills). You’ve been sticking to a mostly daily schedule for, how many years? Kudos to you for going this long!
We’ll wait. With much anticipation, but we’ll wait … 😉
Thanks! 🙂
Thanks!
I think Scott mentioned at some point that rendering for the iPhone would require significant time commitment because each panel would have to be rendered separately, rather than the whole page. So I don’t think that’s coming soon, but Scott can correct me!
isn’t that from the Incredibles?
Scott, do what you gotta do. Those of us who love DC will be back here no matter the update schedule. Most of the webcomics I read (religiously) are 2-3 days a week updaters and several are 1 day a week updaters. If it’s good, readers are there. And yours is good.
And I’m not sure if you made that comment because you see the helmet or because Scott said he hasn’t uploaded yet ^^;
I also don’t see the helmet.. wonder if it’s because of cache or something on my computer or because Scott still hasn’t uploaded yet? Not complaining or anything, since it gives me time to save Alex’s cute expression… just wondering because it has been quite a few hours since Scott’s post ^^;
Scott: you could do it this way:
I’ve got good news and bad news.
The bad news is that I will no longer be able to update five days every week. 🙁
The good news is that the comic will have new material that much longer. 🙂
I’m glad we got to see Alex’s face without the helmet, even if it was by accident. His eyes are still those of a determined man, not a scared one, but the expression earlier was so fabulously grim and fierce. It was a textbook example of “dark with fury/anger”. Great stuff!
Why would it need that? Is it not a good solution to use the built-in zoom function? it would be more than good enough for me! : )
Is it possible to get a wallpaper of the previous version of the last panel? I really like the non-helmet look. :3 Even though it doesn’t fit into the continuity of the comic.
Great fix!
yeah…I’m an idiot. It was late (for me) when I read these, and posted my comment. sorry for the mix up
Yeah, I thought dragons were capable of some good deeds too…then again, Nic just ain’t that kind of dragon.
Alex is in dire need of a stinger missile.
Actually, I think that might be a Serenity reference, not a Matrix reference …
Replace “put up this sword” with, “put down this phone” and maybe you’ll recognise it.
It’s a matrix reference.
Nic knows that there are children watching.