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Pages 83, 84
There really is a D.O.M. restaurant in Brazil, in São Paolo. Many critics consider it the finest restaurant in South America. D.O.M.5 in Bubbleopolis was established by the great-great grandson of Alex Atala.
Pages 81, 82
Alas, poor, stupid Alex. But this one loses more than his balls and his dignity.One reader remarked how the deeper Alex gets with Zondra, the uglier Zondra gets. Y'all ain't seen nothing yet.
Pages 79, 80
Alas, poor, stupid Otto. Also, poor, stupid Otto's balls. This is what kissing _sin permiso_ gets you.
Pages 77, 78
The Five Pillars now have to deal with more wanna-be Pillars. But status in Bubbleopolis depends on performance, and so Sheldon gives them a stage upon which to work on their act.
Pages 75, 76
Four hundred meters per second-squared is more than 40 times Earth gravity. No human can survive that kind of acceleration and the androids aren't crazy about it, either. But when one can't Displace across an Oresme shield, Newtonian physics still rules, pretty much.
Pages 73, 74
Introducing the _Polyphemus_. I wanted a unique design for a star cruiser and I think I have one here. Comparing these inks to the finished pages one can see I'm doing an increasing amount of work in "post" -- that is, in the coloring phase.
Pages 71, 72
Otto sees a ghost. Meanwhile, Hugo is fully installed in his new, fully-functional bod.
Pages 68, 70
That room Alex awakens in, is based on a room I had once when I was in college.Ah, those were the days.
Pages 67, 68
Well at least I haven't fallen quite so far behind this time. ;-)Alex was in a makeshift jail, his reputation in ruins, his future uncertain but seemingly grim. Then trouble showed up.
QV07 pages 65 and 66
Not a lot to see on the page 65 pencils or inks. I copy-pasted a panel from the first page of Volume 5 "Assimulation" to use as a basis for the last panel of page 65 here to drive home the joke.We also get to meet Barbara Lamdagan (Eithne's grandma) for the first time.
QV07 pages 63 and 64
Metropolis is a sprawling city with varied neighborhoods. This one kind of looks like a part of Galveston, only seedier.
QV07 pages 61 and 62
Albert can look and dress like a woman but he'll never have a period or go through menopause. Good thing he doesn't want to.
QV07 pages 59 and 60
For the asteroid rings, I simply set the boundaries in Photoshop and then rendered the rings entirely using Clip Studio tools.I've been generally migrating more and more to Clip Studio from Photoshop but I still need the latter for its superior text handling. I also prefer Photoshop's selection tools especially at the penciling stage.
QV07 pages 57 and 58
Albert Montoya is no babe in the woods.Anyone care to guess who the stalker is modeled on?
QV07 pages 55 and 56
Three guesses, upon whom I modeled that woman in the shadows. Should be easy if you get the clues.Long-time readers might recognize an older character amongst the people in the bar.
QV07 pages 53 and 54
The "special effects" work on the gravity and electro beams are technically 'colors' but without them the inks make no sense.But at least now Hugo and Murphy know the origin of the missile. Too bad it's in hostile territory.
QV07 pages 51 and 52
Meanwhile, Hugo and Murphy have caught up with that second missile that had been diverted thanks to the Martello Siblings. Now they just have to wrangle and closely examine a tumbling, two-megatonne, radioactive boulder.I love having Hugo and Murphy still being very much in love after five centuries. Some relationships DO last, dammit.
QV07 pages 49 and 50
Nouveau Mo'orea is renowned for its many tropical archipelagos and top-of-the-line resorts. Unfortunately you'll never know when some jerk will show up and spoil your vacation.I've been finding some Manga Studio brushes to represent foliage. This one was perhaps not as successful as others. I put foliage on the inks layer so I can color the other stuff behind them.
QV07 pages 47 and 48
Wherein we learn that Jerome ain't exactly "on the up and square," as Popeye would say.Also, for some reason I apparently forgot how to draw that week. But I remembered later.
QV07 pages 45 and 46
Jerome introduces himself to Bok's friends at their luncheon. And learns that he has a lot to learn. But will he learn?
QV07 pages 43 and 44
Meanwhile, Otto is working through his grief at the loss of Diana, by helping care for injured refugees. And he's made a new friend in Sarah, but she seems easily distracted.
QV07 pages 41 and 42
I seem to have mis-counted the pages or something. The last one was page 40. I'm pretty sure.Anyway, I'm going to try posting these in two-page (one week) installments going forward.Sergio has a media interview and gets critiqued; Lorelei proposes working together with the Galactic Council.
The Tax Man Cometh
To my awesome Patrons,I wanted to give you an update on some changes that we’ll be seeing which may affect some of your pledges. Due to new laws passing in several countries and US states, Patreon will be required to start charging sales tax on some pledges starting July 1st.Less than half of all patrons will be charged sales tax, and for most, the amount will be very small. For example, sales t...
QV07 page 39
I need to be careful or Dominic is going to take over the strip.
QV07 page 38
Well, at least Dominic gets much cuter girls than Rufus T. Firefly. But it's probably due to his money.
QV07 page 37
Dominic is certainly a mad-cap character, isn't he? But he's no Rufus T. Firefly,
QV07 page 36
When I started this story arc I didn't really anticipate how timely the question of safety versus liberty would be now. Well, at least the attack on Bubbleopolis wasn't biological.
QV07 page 35
Mordy does know how to read a room, but he's not a speed-reader.
QV07 page 34
No one actually calls this guy "Mordy."
QV07 page 33
It wasn't until after I'd drawn this page that I realized by adding seven advisors to the Five Pillars I have a set of 12 characters. Not to get all Biblical or anything, but sometimes in the script I call them "The Twelve." But there's no Jesus in this story, I promise.
