So the conclusion of Issue #16 was difficult for everyone…
But for no one more than Nathan himself.
Mr. Hale couldn’t handle all of your sad, grieving faces so he asked me if he could come back to say a few words to you. It was an extremely irregular request so my initial instinct was to deny him. But you try saying no to that face.
I’m very excited to present to you “One (Eternal) Life to Give”: the first ever Dreamer mini comic! Digital PDF download now available in the Store! Perfect for the iPad!
We also added a brand new Nathan Hale bundle pack which includes all of the Nathan Hale goodies—and then some!
- “One (Eternal) Life to Give” digital mini-comic!
- “Nathan Hale: Matters of the Heart” digital short story!
- “Frederick Knowlton: First Impressions” digital short story! (featuring Nathan Hale)
- Four Bonus Nathan Hale wallpapers!
The Dreamer has been rather heavy for a long time now. I feel a little silliness is well earned.
Thanks for being an intelligent, engaged, passionate, respectful, creative readership! You make my job fun and my life enriched. I love you with all my heart.
And so does Nathan.
So go on—hear what he has to say! I got the feeling he couldn’t stay long…
Best birthday gift EVER!!!
(I mean, technically it’s not until Tuesday, but still….)
I just had to buy that; I’ve got such a weakness for posthumous messages, they just pack such a punch to the gut for me.
That was so sweet and simple and I have a feeling the real Nathan Hale wouldn’t have been too far off the mark in his feelings on being remembered. I love the nods to the Dreamer fan community, but man, that last set of panels had me nearly in tears. How sweet and sad and lovely!
Thanks, Lora :)
I’ll have to buy that when I’m working again.
Ah who am I kidding. I bought it anyway. Somehow I don’t think it’s going make a difference. :P
Lora I just put my makeup on and now you’re going to make it run everywhere. From laughter as much as the D’awww’s!!!
<3
Okay, I HAD to buy it!! Nathan just looked so cute. I tried to look into that face and say, “no, you don’t understand…my car payment is due tomorrow….my groceries……I……You’re not even real, don’t look at me like that……..”
But I utterly failed, and bought it. You put plot chickens in it!!!! Oh my word, I feel so famous now, lol!! And the plushies!!! I was laughing and giggling so much at his total adorable-ness that I think I started crying. And then seeing Knowlton…:)
Thank you for not only making Nathan’s passing more bearable, but also for giving us some laughs and smiles to make up for all of the tears.
We will miss you dearly, Nathan.
That was wonderful Lora…and worth much more than the $3 you’re charging for it! :) I don’t think I’ll ever get those final two images out of my head either. :D It’s nice to know that Knowlton and Nathan are trying to help us out by catching those pesky buggers.
The last words of Nathan Hale have been so immortalized. Everyone knows them, even if they don’t know anything else about the young spy. And yet….history had it wrong. His last words were not “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”….
His famous last words were PLOT CHICKEN!
**LIKE**
And if the Nathan Hale schoolhouse doesn’t see that as a marketing cash cow (chicken), then I don’t know what is…
I think I want a Plot Chicken plushy. Who wants to sew me one? <3
You win, Colette!!
YES!! mwahahahahahaha >:). I am more competitive about winning gold stars than I probably should be…
I’d say it’s a healthy thing to be excessively competitive about. :P
Considering you only have 2, I’d say……..no you’re not.
Caera – 3
Jen – 1
David – 1
Faith – 2
Amber – 2
Tammy – 3
Trevor – 1
Lora (for a free week off) – 2
Julie – 2
Teresa – 1
Rebecca – 1
Dana – 1
Susan – 1
sailormoonsonic – 1
Gina – 1
Collette – 2
@Colette I thought you wanted us all to forget that you are the progenitor of plot chickens. And here you are winning a gold star for them!
I like to give credit where credit is due ;p
If I ever make a publishing or production company, do I have your permission to call it Plot Chicken?
Yes you do ;D
I will give you full credit of course. lol
If that’s the case I got the perfect logo – a chicken with glasses raising a typewriter triumphantly
I was thinking a chicken hatching an idea. i.e. the egg hatches into a lit light bulb. lol
That would be an animated logo of course.
My friend and I have a motto from college: “Every good movie/show has a chicken in it.” Now I know they are plot chickens.
I would edit your saying from college to “Every good movie/show has a monkey, midget, or chicken in it.” The plot chickens are there of course, but seriously…monkeys and midgets are also essential to the “good show” equation. :P
The last part! I DIED with laughter! Oh, help!
My only regret…is that I have…boneitis….
Awww, I still really miss Nathan but reading that does make me feel a little better. hehe the idea of Benedict Arnold on a team with Knowlton is extremely amusing :P Nice work Lora! (Nathan looked adorable btw <3 )
Aw, thanks for that. Very cute. <3
Oh my goodness, now THAT is the way to make an exit!
…and that’s just my way of saying thank you, Lora for this mini. It eases the pain of Nathan’s passing.
That was awesome. :) My daughter and I are smiling over Nathan’s last goodbye.
So, funny, issue 16 didn’t make me cry. I knew it was coming, and I thought it was touching and really well told, but Nathan goes out strong and proud, and fighting the good fight.
*This* goodbye made me cry.
Well done, Lora. I’m glad you let him convince you to give him the last word. :)
Crying my eyes out and going to check out that bundle…
Nathan in the mini-comic is just sooooo lovely!
Thank you very much, Lora~
Oh my good gravy goodness!!!!! That was Epic!!!!!! Apparently, cartoons do have after lives, and appently they have fast food. Tee hee! twenty minutes, fries, tee hee! I’m very gleeful now. Thanks Lora. There is a very big grin on my face now.
In the afterlife, Fast Food won’t kill you.
And you’ll never gain weight, too, right?
And Twinkies are used as currency!
My friends from church and I used to say that “God food doesn’t have calories.” By that we meant that anything we ate at a religious function/retreat/camp/trip/whatever didn’t count against any diets we may or may not have been on. I imagine that rule is even more true in the afterlife. :P
Didn’t get to read the story yet, but that pic totally reminded me of the Matthew West lyrics:
Got a picture in my head today of how heaven might look someday.
I see the people there, so I pull up a chair And their stories, they blow me away
I have a question about the other short stories in the store… are we never going to know those stories (Alan and Bea first meeting… Milly Weaver…) unless we buy them? I thought they were pretty much integral parts to the story…
Nothing in the short stories is essential to understanding the comic/ main storyline. Everything you need for the comic to make sense will be in the comic.
But, if you want to know more about the characters or certain events, I wrote these to tell all the extra stories I knew wouldn’t fit into the comic.