Just a note:
I appreciate hearing that you enjoy this comic.
I also appreciate my critics.
AlpineBob, Jochi, thank you.
I want this comic to be as good as possible.
By pointing out flaws, you’re helping me make it better.
(Not that I’m going to change everything, but I’ve
made some changes to the story because of things you’ve said.)
If you think my input has helped you improve your story, I am pleased. But I want you to tell your story the way YOU want to tell it. That’s the only reason I questioned who was president on the day of the Fall — since we’d already seen one guy say he was president and acting as president on the day of the Fall, before the Osambla story. In retrospect I feel foolish — the answer was right there. Osambla claimed to be the last ELECTED president — so he was President Elect, and the Fall occurs in a presidential election year after November election day and before January inauguration. Not that much of a bind on your story.
Honestly, the thing that has bugged me the most was a bit of suspension-of-disbelief-shattering humor — when the bear was smoking after raping the inbred scion of the child rapists. I felt at the time it damaged the story. Now, I don’t care. You have a mutant sapient bear with manipulative forepaws in you backwoods somewhere, or it was a BIG feral human in a bear suit. No biggie either way.
Or, more outlandish, sasquatches can disguise themselves as bears to evade detection, and this one was outraged by the activities of these humans. Of course, that would require deciding if the other sapient species considered sasquatches to be a branch of humans like the Catians are or are themselves one of the unnamed other species. It might be simpler to say it was a dragon disguised as a bear — which probably is within the power of at least some of them.
Naw, that whole bear thing was a joke.
The story was supposed to start after Obama was out of office.
I started it during his second term, when I didn’t know who the candidates would be.
It quickly became alternate history.
But I did base the president-in-a-box on Billary.
My point was that neither NEEDS a canon explanation — even for a continuity stickler like me — if you don’t revisit them and if you ever decide to do so for another joke or because something sparked an idea for a side story, there are a number of ways to go.
And I would like to say the solution you hit on to handle the other species’ reactions to an Empire trade overture was elegant and wholly in keeping with your themes. I liked it a lot.
yes,, yes ,, heal all,, then find out what happened, and then hang (slowly) the guilty .!!,, cuz till you know the truth, homeless could have hit her with the pipe, the boys rushed in an covered her to protect her, but got beat in the process, an a lucky hit took out homeless… but i believe the other way happened… ( cuz rape. an no smell on him..).. also homeless was an EMT, or some medically trained.!!
an Jeyta , panel 3 o.0 nice.. ok Jeyta has makings of a good pilot… ((” I’ll check it myself.. thanks..”)) … ” wait you did not check #37, aux tanks to reserve ,, THIS is why you follow the “Check list”.!! half way there an out of fuel, would look really BAD…”
Very nice job with the set-up and possibilities- and the poses. Sometimes it is hard to tell if the Catians are actually looking at anyone in particular.
For Jorge? It’s part of his uniform.
I have to be careful with the Cats. Unlike every other character, their eyes move with the camera.
If I pose them looking at something, if I move the camera they end up staring into space.
Just a note:
I appreciate hearing that you enjoy this comic.
I also appreciate my critics.
AlpineBob, Jochi, thank you.
I want this comic to be as good as possible.
By pointing out flaws, you’re helping me make it better.
(Not that I’m going to change everything, but I’ve
made some changes to the story because of things you’ve said.)
If you think my input has helped you improve your story, I am pleased. But I want you to tell your story the way YOU want to tell it. That’s the only reason I questioned who was president on the day of the Fall — since we’d already seen one guy say he was president and acting as president on the day of the Fall, before the Osambla story. In retrospect I feel foolish — the answer was right there. Osambla claimed to be the last ELECTED president — so he was President Elect, and the Fall occurs in a presidential election year after November election day and before January inauguration. Not that much of a bind on your story.
Honestly, the thing that has bugged me the most was a bit of suspension-of-disbelief-shattering humor — when the bear was smoking after raping the inbred scion of the child rapists. I felt at the time it damaged the story. Now, I don’t care. You have a mutant sapient bear with manipulative forepaws in you backwoods somewhere, or it was a BIG feral human in a bear suit. No biggie either way.
Or, more outlandish, sasquatches can disguise themselves as bears to evade detection, and this one was outraged by the activities of these humans. Of course, that would require deciding if the other sapient species considered sasquatches to be a branch of humans like the Catians are or are themselves one of the unnamed other species. It might be simpler to say it was a dragon disguised as a bear — which probably is within the power of at least some of them.
Naw, that whole bear thing was a joke.
The story was supposed to start after Obama was out of office.
I started it during his second term, when I didn’t know who the candidates would be.
It quickly became alternate history.
But I did base the president-in-a-box on Billary.
My point was that neither NEEDS a canon explanation — even for a continuity stickler like me — if you don’t revisit them and if you ever decide to do so for another joke or because something sparked an idea for a side story, there are a number of ways to go.
And I would like to say the solution you hit on to handle the other species’ reactions to an Empire trade overture was elegant and wholly in keeping with your themes. I liked it a lot.
Well, Kajm has some slight involvement in all of this. If he’s around, other things are certainly possible 😛
But no, it was a joke as the Cat-Man sayeth.
yes,, yes ,, heal all,, then find out what happened, and then hang (slowly) the guilty .!!,, cuz till you know the truth, homeless could have hit her with the pipe, the boys rushed in an covered her to protect her, but got beat in the process, an a lucky hit took out homeless… but i believe the other way happened… ( cuz rape. an no smell on him..).. also homeless was an EMT, or some medically trained.!!
an Jeyta , panel 3 o.0 nice.. ok Jeyta has makings of a good pilot… ((” I’ll check it myself.. thanks..”)) … ” wait you did not check #37, aux tanks to reserve ,, THIS is why you follow the “Check list”.!! half way there an out of fuel, would look really BAD…”
The author sayeth nothing.
Very nice job with the set-up and possibilities- and the poses. Sometimes it is hard to tell if the Catians are actually looking at anyone in particular.
And… A CAPE!?!
For Jorge? It’s part of his uniform.
I have to be careful with the Cats. Unlike every other character, their eyes move with the camera.
If I pose them looking at something, if I move the camera they end up staring into space.
If Jeyta is 1/100th as good as a pilot as she looks in that 3rd panel, she is one super sierra hotel pilot!