Grrl Power #1500 – High gravitas, low sustain
Ooh, round numbers! Halfway to the next big round number! I like to try and save an important page for the big milestones if it makes sense in the story. This page is hardly a linchpin story moment, but it’s a little more insight into the Red Team. Note Sciona didn’t react like Lorlara and Vale, so you can tell she’s not really part of the inner circle. But Cthillia seems to have just one foot in, and probably realizes he’s more than just some guy who has an annoying knack for knowing stuff he shouldn’t.
When asked, “If you’re a super smart guy in a superhero universe, where’s your power armor?” Deus responds with, “Maybe I’m so smart I don’t need power armor.”
Even doing a comic for as long as I have, I still have a lot of trouble putting what I envision in my head down in comic format. Mostly it’s because I don’t think in terms of panel layouts and word bubbles. It’s all just a movie in my head, so there’s some work translating that into a comic page. Usually there’s some basic things that get changed, like this scene originally took place in a less well lit environment. Not a shadowy dungeon or anything, just like a party taking place at night, so there’d be a better chance for a little dramatic lighting, as the conversation could be lit by a single table lamp or something. Also, I’d originally pictured this exchange taking place after Deus had talked Cthillia out of her head wrap, making it so the “You’re creepy” line was being delivered by a scaly, eye-tentacled anthropomorphic beholder monster, and thereby being a little more… ironic? I guess? I don’t think that’s strictly ironic actually. I’m sure it’s some sort of rhetorical device, but I couldn’t figure out what.
Oh, look who it is in the vote incentive. The NSFW version is finally up at Patreon. Plus a bonus pic.
I think she would get in trouble for doing this. She’d mess up the… floor of the waterfall? Is that what it’s called? The receiving pool? No, probably not that. Anyway, she’d churn things up and cause a ton of weird erosion.
Since you might be wondering, Niagara Falls is about 165 feet high, so Babezilla obviously doesn’t have to be full sized. I’d say she’s about 175-180 feet tall here?
Double res version will be posted over at Patreon. Feel free to contribute as much as you like.
Some people struggle with writing super smart characters.
Looks.
I guess you’re doing ok.
Writing super smart characters is hard.
It’s made harder if they’re ONLY super smart.
I kinda like Deus being a fucking dork too.
One reason why he and Sydney get along.
Dues the abyss called, it’s a restraining order. stay the f away.
Deus practiced his memeface in the mirror every morning for situations like this last panel!!
I finally found Cthillia’s unveiling in the archive, back on 9/22/22!
She showed her face after interminable guessing by Sydney. Not an alien. Imo she is one of the supernatural human mutations. There is little more human than for Cthillia to be concerned about her appearance.
The vibe I got was Beholder-Kin.
“Even doing a comic for as long as I have, I still have a lot of trouble putting what I envision in my head down in comic format. Mostly it’s because I don’t think in terms of panel layouts and word bubbles. It’s all just a movie in my head, so there’s some work translating that into a comic page.”
I feel this. I write for an adult comic, and a lot of my ideas don’t always translate neatly into a comic format, especially to deliving a satisfying punchline or cliffhanger at the end of the page.
I stared into the void, until it stared back. Then it winked at me and called me “Daddy”…
that guys verbs and words are a curse upon this world. you’ll be blessed with knowedge and cursed for knowing it
or
A Deux Hex Mock-you-now, if you will :3
Knowing Deuce… I think he pops his own bubble just to keep himself approachable… Or to stop himself from getting too emo. He IS very smart, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he modifiers his behaviour for personal benefit as well and freaking out everyone he wants to.
What if he looks completely normal under there?
Like, people perceive whatever their mind accepts as reasonable?
We have seen what she looks like, at least her head
Although, Sydney is probably the only one in-world to have seen her face and lived
Well, it the same time, Carrier aka Flotilla saw her and was horrified, but I believed survived.
He did? Yes, he was there, just don’t remember him seeing anything
So,that makes two (and never said it would have been her face that killed them)
By the way: HAPPY 1500 pages!!!
Shame it was ruined by SmugD trying to force another female to do something she DIDN’T WANT TO DO!!!!!
@DaveB: I’m getting 503 blocks again (using VPN to get past it.)
“Block Reason: Exceeded the maximum number of page not found errors per minute for humans.”
I don’t suppose a Patreon member would be kind enough to tell those of us who only get the low rez images what the emotions on Lorlara and Vale are? I’m hoping for shock on the later, and anticipation on the former…