Conventions & Updates Lora on 08 Oct 2009 11:16 pm
New Pages- 13 & 14!
New Pages 13 & 14! Alan, like all men, can’t get enough of shopping with his gal.
Ha ha, that’s what Mike always looks like when I make him wait for me while I ‘just try this on.’
If you’re reading this I’m probably on the road to Baltimore! The drive through Maryland is always beautiful, but I’ll bet it is especially so with the leaves changing. Baltimore Con is this Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11, and it’s a long time coming! In case you’re a new reader, this summer The Dreamer (print series by IDW Publishing) was nominated as the Best New Series at the Harvey Awards! And someone out there graciously nominated me as the Best New Talent. The Harvey Awards Banquet is Saturday night after the Comic Con, and we’ll find out the winners then. I know it’s cliche, but really, the nomination itself is an honor. It really caught me off guard because, well, to be honest I didn’t think anyone in the industry even noticed what we were doing.
So we’re off! Wish us luck! In any event, Baltimore Con is such a fun show, I’m just glad that we decided to make it again this year. If you live in the area, come on out and say hello! We’ll be selling Dreamer stuff and if you ask nice, I’ll have the Issue #8 script… if you want to read ahead!
on 08 Oct 2009 at 11:31 pm 1.Neph said …
Well, I USED to live up near Baltimore. Then I moved, and now I’m… not near Baltimore anymore. Lousy timing, eh? ;D
Much luck to you, Lora!
on 08 Oct 2009 at 11:36 pm 2.Katie M said …
Aaaah *gasp*. I LOVE the new dress! It’s gorgeous! And the coloring looks great on Bea!
WHAT in HEAVEN’S NAME is Alan talking about? Gaah you kill me with those odd scenes? I hope he didn’t have some kind of fantasy, but that’s how my darker side is thinking…lol.
Bon chance with the awards Saturday! I’m keeping my fingers crossed and sending positive energy your way!
on 08 Oct 2009 at 11:37 pm 3.Melanie said …
omg!! that cough hasn’t gotten any better! is Bea going to use her modern medical knowledge to nurse Alan back to health?
on 08 Oct 2009 at 11:44 pm 4.deb said …
Ohmygoshihopealanscoughgetsbetterandnotturntopneumoniabecauseidontwanthimtodieorbeawilldefinitelymoveonwithbennooooooooocursethelackofvaccinesbackinthedays!
Panel four of page 13 is making me wonder if Alan’s imagining a memory from the past or something he hopes will be the future of him and Bea. Gosh. So beautiful. Your colouring’s getting better and better every week. I love the dress colour you picked.
Fingers crossed for the Harvey’s. Good luck Lora!
on 08 Oct 2009 at 11:50 pm 5.Madi said …
Aww… That is too sweet!! ^^
on 09 Oct 2009 at 12:08 am 6.Angie said …
I really like that the two panels where they are talking about memories don’t have backgrounds. It makes them feel like an aside from the rest of the story, like the entire concept that he has memories of her pulls her out of the ‘76 reality and even farther out of the modern day reality. (End over analysis)
on 09 Oct 2009 at 12:20 am 7.Caitlin said …
eeekkkk! Alan you better get better!! (that sounds weird) anywayyyy! as always the work is awesome!!! can’t wait for next weeks update. and btw i agree with Katie, those old scenes are driving me crazy! i wanna kno what they mean! :)
on 09 Oct 2009 at 12:35 am 8.Ginny-gin-gin said …
If Nathan and Alan BOTH die, I think I’m going to boycott this comic! And I really don’t want to have to do that, so one of them better stay alive, dang it!
Anyhow, good luck with the Harvey Awards, you so totally should win! And these pages really are beautiful =D I love this comic so much!
on 09 Oct 2009 at 2:52 am 9.ally said …
Oh, come on, Lora we already know Nathan’s gonna die, not Alan too! :(
I thought the memory was Alan daydreaming for a moment and I thought “Wow, they have such cute imaginary kids!” XD
on 09 Oct 2009 at 4:39 am 10.Hannah said …
SWINE FLU!!! Jk :)
But seriously, Alan needs to get better. He’s, like, the most awesome person ever and he needs to get better.
I’m really happy you got over your artist’s block! The pages are amazing and I think the layout is great! And Bea looks so pretty all dressed up! I seriously want the dress from Alan’s memory…and the one she’s wearing right now…
on 09 Oct 2009 at 4:42 am 11.Beatrice said …
I agree with Ginny! D: Alan cannot die! He can get close but HE CANNOT DIE, LORA. </3 Not cool.
Poor Alan. Still so sick. It’s okay, Bea will help you get better. :3
on 09 Oct 2009 at 5:14 am 12.janey said …
how many days has it been since the cough started?
I mean, reading it in weekly updates, it seems long and worrying, but it can’t have been that long in the story line, right?
so for now I’m not too worried about it. it might just be a common cold. I hope, at least. :)
and sorry for being ignorant and not knowing much about american history… but how can everybody know already that nathan will die? was that a fact from the history books?
on 09 Oct 2009 at 6:11 am 13.Eibhlaan said …
oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!!!! her dress in the memory is so pretty! i love it =)
ack…alan NEEDS to get better and SOON.
on 09 Oct 2009 at 6:32 am 14.Gaby said …
Beautiful artwork as usual. poor Alan I hope he gets better, and yes I know Nathan will die, but poor Nathan! I want him to stay alive! hes so adorable, as is Alan. Good Luck with the Harvey Awards, you sssoooo deserve to win. This comic is amazing and needs to be recognized in all of its Revolutionary War Glory.
on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:32 am 15.Grace said …
I love panel 2 on page 13, it reminds me so much of my Alan. Still, with that cough… W.W.A.A.D (What Would Abigale Adams Do)? Good luck in Baltimore, Lora! If any comic deserves the award & attention, it’s Dreamer. After all, can any of the other nominees make historical figures & history intriguing?
on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:33 am 16.Lora said …
@Ally: It is a memory, not a daydream, and the cute kids are real! I’ve actually been dying to draw them forever. They were mentioned in the original Issue #6 script, but I had to write them out. :( They’re Joseph Warren’s two oldest kids: Betsy & Jose.
@Angie: Thanks for picking up on that. :) I wanted those two panels to feel like they had stepped out of time for a moment.
@Janey: *counts* Two days I think…? Yesterday was the day of the battle when Alan started sneezing. Today he woke up coughing. Now it seems to be getting worse. That’s what he gets for giving Bea his jacket and then marching in the rain all night!
Also: those people have done their research and probably listened to me on a Talkshoe event or two. ;)
Thanks for all the positive comments on this page! I’m glad you all love Bea’s new dress (sigh of relief!) and thanks for the “Good Luck”s on the Harveys! *Fingers Crossed*
on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:20 am 17.Alyson said …
i love bea’s dress in the memory, but any ways i think that Alan should come close to dying but he doesn’t because bea nurses him back to health!! I like Alan too much to let him die !!
on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:26 am 18.Jill said …
Ohhhh, I thought he was picturing their future life as hobbits. It can still happen! As long as he gets better!
on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:36 am 19.Albone said …
There is so much WIN in that first panel. You almost could’ve gotten away without any dialogue at all. LOL The lettering is great too, with the shaded balloon on the first page and the cough effects on the second.
Good luck with the Harvey’s, though you’ll probably hear that a lot from me tomorrow. XD
on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:43 am 20.Amanda said …
Oh no! Alan can’t cough! Don’t let him have TB please not TB. I’ve read so many stories now where lead characters die from Tuberculosis.
on 09 Oct 2009 at 9:20 am 21.Trevor said …
Ha ha ha, he’s such a ladies man. “I can’t take you to meet GW looking like that!” Because that’s exactly the kind of thing that a woman wants to hear. :P
You know, I hear that GW is 6′8″ and weighs a bloody ton…..
on 09 Oct 2009 at 10:45 am 22.AngelVixen said …
You made me cry. That interplay between Alan and Bea (“How do I look?” “”) is the way my mother’s parents used to be (my grandma just passed away on Monday, which means I may not make it to Baltimore), and the look on Alan’s face when he says “Like a memory” is the expression Grandpa’s been wearing all week. I love that page so, so much.
on 09 Oct 2009 at 10:47 am 23.AngelVixen said …
You made me cry. That interplay between Alan and Bea (B: ”How do I look?” A: “*bumrushed by memories*”) is the way my mother’s parents used to be (my grandma just passed away on Monday, which means I may not make it to Baltimore), and the look on Alan’s face when he says “Like a memory” is the expression Grandpa’s been wearing all week. I love that page so, so much.
on 09 Oct 2009 at 1:38 pm 24.Jackie said …
I’m heading up to Baltiomore Con this Saturday! I am ridiculously excited to see you there!
on 09 Oct 2009 at 1:50 pm 25.Cody said …
That is so cute! I love this issue so much!
Bea’s dress is amazing and I want it haha
Alan better get better! It would be really cute though if he had to stay in bed one day and Bea like waited by his bedside.
on 09 Oct 2009 at 2:51 pm 26.wynne said …
Looks like someone’s got TB there.
Remember, Alan, you’re not allowed to die!
on 09 Oct 2009 at 4:02 pm 27.Rebecca said …
I love the pic of her alan and (their? kids) some kids ?
Alan looks cue barefoot
anyhow you always amaze us
on 09 Oct 2009 at 4:38 pm 28.Erin said …
These pages are just soo…..GOOD. I love them T.T I think the timing, dialogue, and “acting” (as in Bea and Alan’s movements and gestures) are all just so great for this scene. The memory panel is adorable on so many levels! With Joseph’s kids, and Alan’s expression, and Bea and her dress…lol. Which, by the way, the color you chose for the new dress looks so good on her!
I love how blunt Alan was with telling her that she looked like a mess ;) I don’t think I’ll be making any guys wait by the changing area, as I despise clothes shopping… lol XD Now, video games one the other hand…mwahaha.
Have fun in Baltimore!! =D I hope for the best with the Harveys!! ^__^
on 09 Oct 2009 at 6:21 pm 29.Emily said …
Alan, now don’t get the consumption!
on 09 Oct 2009 at 9:30 pm 30.Celidah said …
Oh, oh. I’d be more compelled to write off his sickness as as a simple cold if he wasn’t showing signs of a fever (the sweating). Pneumonia baaaaaad…
Bea’s face in the first panel of page 14 here actually made me do a double-take, because she looked so beautiful and mature and well past her teenage years. :) page 14 has got to be my favorite page thus far!
on 10 Oct 2009 at 9:51 am 31.Ariane said …
Wow, I loved these two pages. The new dress is lovely, she looks so much older with her hair pulled back! I totally understood the memory frames… I hope we get to see more from their past together. I’m actually surprised that Alan is not more bothered by her amnesia… does he think it will just go away?
Also, I had the best dream ever last night: That I got into Harvard, and that The Dreamer released 10 pages in one day. Just to give you an idea how much I enjoy Fridays! :)
Also, is the graphic novel still distributing to new stores? I passed by some historical gift-shop type places in my meanderings around Boston yesterday, and I thought I should bring one of those sheets in. Do you still have those sheets?
on 10 Oct 2009 at 12:15 pm 32.Steve said …
Lora. I’m upstairs eating lunch right now in the convention center. Consider this a live-blog comment. HA!
on 10 Oct 2009 at 1:36 pm 33.Nicole said …
Oh noes Alan! Get better!! >.<
Bea looks so pretty in her new dress and hat. :) Love their togetherness! Have a great time at the con!
on 10 Oct 2009 at 7:29 pm 34.Donna said …
Beautiful pages! I absolutely adore that dress. I hope Alan starts feeling better.
BTW–Sorry I couldn’t make it to the Baltimore Comic Con.
–Donna
on 10 Oct 2009 at 11:56 pm 35.TheDeeMan said …
Congrats on the Harvey nom. :)
I’m brand spankin’ new reader actually. When I started my comic “The Continentals” a friend of mine who reads The Dreamer on DD said to me, “The 19th century isn’t really a period setting for a webcomic. It’s been done to death. The Revolutionary war era? Now THAT’S a period setting”. So I started reading The Dreamer. And then I caught the thing about you in Wizard. Nice.
Keep up the good work. :)
Dee
writer/creator of “The Continentals”
on 12 Oct 2009 at 3:00 pm 36.Erica Bedwell said …
Ha! Alan’s face is so cute in that shot. I’m worried about him though, his cough is getting so much worse. And poor Nathan, I just want to hug him and tell him not to feel guilty for everything.
Oh, Congrats on the Harvey nomination!
Hi, I actually am a brand new reader, and a very impressed one at that. “The Dreamer” is absolutely amazing. The storyline of so original and engrossing. The writer in me practically has a spazz attack every time I read an issue. The artwork is fantastic as well. The emotion of the characters is so well captured and the scenes are very dynamic. You’re brilliant. I can’t wait for more to come. =]
on 14 Oct 2009 at 2:21 pm 37.Brent said …
hey guys! I’m back again! So, quick thoughts–
-FINALLY! A new outfit for Bea!
-Now, this is 21st century Bea shopping with Alan, right? I only ask cuz I don’t remember seeing her go to sleep.
-loved the memory panel. Hope we see more of her/their past.
L8RZ!
on 14 Oct 2009 at 8:13 pm 38.Julie said …
oh my gosh, the first panel on page 14 is stunning. Bea looks… I don’t know what. The facial expression, the coloring…. it’s just beautiful! One of your best panels, although it’s part of a long, long list.
And Alan better shake that cough. I was searching all of the panels where he was coughing, making sure that I didn’t see any blood on his kerchief (and we better not see it in the future!)