New Page #12!
(I've had this picture as the wallpaper on my phone for several weeks!)
Fun Fact: Sam Adams’s words on this page are taken from the actual speech he gave that day, under the Liberty Tree!
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“Eternally Yours” by Trojan-Rabbit, inspired by the opening pages of Volume 2!
“Sunlight and Sparkles” by Bethany Wells, inspired by the first appearance of Alexander Hamilton!
“The Dreamer” by Ashley Sam!
“I’ll be back” indeed! Well he’s not dead then. lol
The VI: DROOOLLLLL
Wow you updated early.
Mike had other plans tonight. So he updated early. Happy New Year! :)
Yay!
Hey! No one gets to call Alan and Joseph rabble! *huff*
Mean lady. I don’t care if you are Bea’s mom.
*sticks out tongue*
Wow, I love that first piece…..well done, whoever. Anyway — to the comic!
Well I guess this answers the question of why mom had that look on her face. Stupid rabble, how dare they exercise their constitutional right to peacefully assemble….
Except for that blonde fellow in the crowd. Is baby Beatrice staring at the whole scene, or just him? Hmmmmm……
INCENTIVE CAPTION!!!!
Samuel: “Good god, Alan, what are you doing?”
Alan: “Oh, hey Sam, do you like it? I call it…….a bong!”
Samuel: “Yeah, I call it “you’re dead when Ma finds out.”
lol. a bong. teehee :)
I’m guessing her attention went from blondie to the whole crowd. Judging from the crowds’ powerful response to Adams’ speech, she’d be interested to know what’s going on without actually knowing what’s happening. If that made any sense.
“Sor-REE!” is what I heard! Hee!
I love the transition panels at the end. Assuming this is him flashing back on his life, he can still hear Bea, which is good. Alan’s not dead!!
I have my fingers cross that Alan is not dead
Hey, her mom is different… interesting
I don’t know, I thought they looked very similar! Both have red hair, I think. It does look a bit darker than when you see present-day Bea’s mom’s hair, but that might just be changes/improvement in the art.
Or they could be completely different, haha! Just my two cents.
I think the reason her mom looks dif is because this /is/ supposed to be how she looked almost a decade ago…it’s quite possible age and all that frowning didn’t like her very much.
AH HA HA HA HA HAAAA!
So after a morning of going through old strips, I think I can confirm that past-mom and present-mom are the same with this strip….
http://www.thedreamercomic.com/comic.php?id=276
……and while i’m at it here’s one with a picture of a much younger present-Bea hanging out with John. Close, eh?
http://www.thedreamercomic.com/comic.php?id=173
Can’t get much deader than dead…
But he’s only mostly dead!
I love how you show how Bea has he exact same expression now that she had when she was a little girl! It’s so cute! I vote for a “Baby Bea” plushy in the store ;D
Ha ha!! Yes that would be cute!!
lol and then a whole line of “Dreamer’s Kids” plushies O:D
Caera and Cody are our resident plushy makers. Let’s get them on it!!
lol and if they ever have a pattern I’ll be glad to help…I’m sure they’ll be WAY cuter than the plushy at the Hale Homestead!
That “Dreamer’s Kids” plushies idea just got me to thinking of an alternative to that “Dreamer High school” alternate reality we discussed on the last blog page. Retain the whole time-travel and cloning concept but have it take place in ELEMENTARY school. All the teenage and 20-something characters except for Nathan would be brought together as 10-year olds. Nathan would still be the hot, 21-year old teacher that all the girls have a crush on, only now the crushes would be merely “cute” and not some “Lifetime Network”-type nightmare for Nathan. That should satisfy everybody who still has that “Nathan as hot teacher” fixation and also keep Nathan out of trouble!
You’re really worried about Nathan’s reputation, aren’t you David? It’s no use.
All the girls in his girls-only morning classes made a point to say “tell Mr. Hale we say hiiiiii!” when their brothers, etc, wrote to him in the Army. They were teenagers, and Nathan was known to be flirty with at least one of them. But probably more.
About those girls in his morning class. xD. I was mentioning that a friend of mine, and said: “I wouldn’t be able to get up before five AM to make it to that early of a class…not for anyone…”
We both paused for a second, walking from my car to the school, and then in unison said, very loudly, “YEAH I WOULD.”
I’d definitely wake up at four AM to see Nathan every morning. xD
@David: I want the hot new grad from Yale Nathan! That way hes a perfect age for me o>:3
@Lora: oh, you know that /one girl/ was me or Caera after we stole the TARDIS!
@AnaRomae: …I’d wake up at 12am if I had to.
@Half Moon: They did go to bed at like, 6 or 7 (when the sun wen’t down.) It wouldn’t really be that bad to get up so early. Even at midnight, you’d still have at least five hours of sleep under your belt. The healthy amount is about six or seven, isn’t it? I perhaps value my sleep more than other girls…xD. Nathan would have to wait. I’d bring him lunch.
Me: Ohhh….just bringing my little brother some food…*ruffles random kid’s hair* Want some *whatever Puritans eat*
I could help with that too….considering with my family my sis would be the town baker, my mom and dad would own the apothicary and I’d be the local weaver/bard
Hahaha. We could both go and pester, ah, join him for lunch! It’d be lovely!
On a different note, I finally got an I Heart Nathan tee, and it shipped today! *dances*
Jelous! I have to wait til I get all my bowling stuff up to date b4 I can get my tee!
@Lora: Ah!, well, I’m not exactly “worried” about Nathan’s reputation but I am concerned for his common sense. What was just harmless flirtation in the 18th century would be taken a lot more seriously in the 21st and Nathan may not be completely aware of that fact. But never mind the teenage girls. What if the mother of one of his students were to become smitten with his charm and good looks? We’d have a very odd remake of “The Graduate” goin’ on!
I have been re-falling-in-love with Alan with every new page of these flashbacks. So you’d better not die on me now, Alan!
I work ahead and this week I’ve been drawing Alan in his 20′s. It’s not nearly as much fun…
I would love to see a compilation illustration with Alan as he grows up. Just so we can see the cuteness change to hotness. Because it’d be fun.
In other news, I still hold out hope that Bea had enough 21st century sense to check Alan’s pulse instead of just futilely shaking him and shouting. She seems to have gotten a bit more under control in that last panel. I’d be freaking out a whole lot and still screaming for someone to come help if the man I loved was lying dead on the ground in his tent, rather than leaving him to get help.
Uh yeah. I think its fair to assume Al is showing some albeit weak signs of life or we’d have a different Bea right now. She’s not THAT dense!
Lora, I love that you’ve gone back and shown his past and how they met. It adds so much more depth and the moments you’ve selected seem perfect. I’ve missed paperwings this month, so I’m glad The Dreamer has kept on moving. Later.
Ha ha, thanks Scott! Paper Wings ate up so much of my time this year it’s been nice to have a few weeks to just focus in on The Dreamer again. Don’t worry Paper Wings will be back! Chris and I are just figuring a few things out right now.
And so glad you’re enjoying the flashbacks! It was so hard to pick what to include. I mean with everything going on in Boston…! The temptation was to pick my favorite historical moments. But I had to pick the moments that told Alan’s story in a way that was relevant to him and Bea, since she is our protagonist.
Hey talking about that would make a great PW post! ;)
That WOULD make a great PW post. I’ll definitely see you around.
I always love backstory/flashback scenes :D
omg such a great update! Poor Alan experiencing the wrath of Bea’s mom lol :) Well maybe not quite. I also can understand why that picture of Alan has been the wallpaper on your phone it’s great.
It makes me laugh and I like things that make me laugh.
Go Bea, go!
Also, some great artwork submissions you shared here. Some nice talented artists in your fan base.
Go, Bea, fetch Thoros of Myr!
Oh my holy cow. The Dreamer is like my fantasy life. I mean words can’t even express… I wish guys 10 years older would fall in love with me and I could wear fancy dresses and be super brave and all of that.
Your comic is amazing.
*breathes a sigh of relief* Okay, good…so he’s NOT dead! …Right?
Bea’s mom is kind of a biyyaaaa, but I love her outfit. <3
Oh, Lora; you’re killing me. To see Baby Bea looking that way, and present-day 18th Century Beatrice looking that same way in the next frame!!! Oh, My!
Having said: (and thank you, btw, for saying that) Alan’s still alive, at least. I’ve lost track of the number of times you’ve made my day, but you just made my day.
I started reading this comic about a week ago, and now these suspenseful next few pages! You have drawn me in good and I am so looking forward to all new pages.