New Page #13!
If you’ve read some of the extra Dreamer content, you’ll remember Ebenezer as Alan’s favorite brother & best friend in the whole world. He showed up in the comic Alan Evans drew “A Providential Hello” and he’s a main character in the short story “A Quartet of Prattlers.” (Don’t forget to reference the Warren Family Tree if you need to!)
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Now there’s a head of hair I could run my fingers through…
I’ll second that! No cake mix ingredients there, for sure.
haha!
Aww! I like him! But, I’m a little distracted by that fact that he reminds me of Eeyore..very gloomy. I’m sure he isn’t always like that, I bet he just misses Alan! I love your drawings of Roxbury, I always ends up staring at the backgrounds for forever!
Aah! I *knew* he reminded me of someone… just couldn’t put my finger on it. LOL
Aww, I don’t think he’s a gloomy gus! I think he just has a tender disposition and a big heart… and those sorts of things get bruised from time to time.
That’s true. I can see it! He does look like he needs a hug, first and foremost.
Oh! Me! Me! I’ll hug him!
;)
Also: Does this mean John (or “Jack”) is next? *hopeful*
Aw, so touching….I just want to hug both of them, even though we’re all adult men and it’s the 18th century.
Also, kinda mad at myself since my first thought at the last VI was Ebenezer, but then i changed my mind to Samuel. Regardless….
INCENTIVE CAPTION!!!
Ebenezer:”OH CRAP OH CRAP MY LEGGINGS ARE ON FIRE!”
Alan: “Dude, you must chill ….”
Dont be ashamed to hug another man….
Hugs are free…in America!!!
For some odd reason, the preveiw picture of Eb reminds me a little of Sam from LOTR…
“I ‘aven’t been droppin’ no eaves, sir!”
I was just going to say the same thing! I think it’s the whole pipe thing, and the breeches and weskits and such :)
And I <3 Sam. Sigh…
Except for Alan’s non-hairy feet, they DO both kind of look like stretched-out Hobbits here. I don’t know about Ebenezer’s feet yet, though! And why are they called “weskits”? Is it because they extend BELOW the waist, unlike more modern-type vests?
“waistcoat”
That’s what I figured. So is “weskit” derived from “waistcoat” or is it actually pronounced that way?
Never mind, I got it figured out.
D’aww! Ebenezer’s a cutiepatootie! I like how he seems rounder in the face compared to Alan.
In the last panel, I was wondering would it be better if it were “just a half mile up” or “just half a mile up” rather than having both a’s in it? Just a thought. :S Or it could be slang I’m not used to.
& FIREFLIES! I LOVE FIREFLIES! O’ what a beautiful ni-iiight!
The last panel’s “a half a mile up the road” read as natural to me. That’s how I’d say it, at any rate. Not sure if that’s because I’m from New England or if that’s just how I’d say it, though.
Have I ever mentioned that I seriously want to name one of my sons Ebenezer, but never will because I know he’d never forgive me? lol
As a kid I always associated it with Scrooge until I heard it in a hymn and looked it up to see what it really meant. Maybe I shouldn’t have, since now I’m going to have to bite my tongue when I have a son. lol At least I’ve got another name to use first. ;) No, my husband won’t get a say in it. lol jk
Nathan Ebenezer? :)
Nathan Daniel. :P
lol “My husband won’t get a say in it” that’s my joke too! Only it comes in when I say I REALLY want to name my first son Jasper Roderick, or my second Nathan Joseph :D
@Caera: What does “Ebenezer” mean, anyway? Is it Hebrew or something like that?
@Half Moon: Of course you realize your fiirst- born son will be very “annoyed” if you were to actually go through with that! lol Nathan Joseph sounds good, though
I like the meaning though!!! Jasper=Treasurer, Roderick=Famous Power…
Then there’s Nathan=He Gave, Joseph=He Will Add
Not to mention Jasper and Roderick are my top two favorite guys names.
So then your son would be the “Treasurer of the Famous Power”? That actually does sound impressive, although honestly “Jasper Roderick” makes me think of a character from an old gothic mystery novel. I’m sure you have good reasons to like those particular names but I’d advise thinking it through a bit more. Well, whatever. It is YOUR son, after all. just remember I DID try to warn you! lol
lol I’m not really sure /why/ I like the names, I just do XD
Oh, well in any case don’t be surprised if everyone starts calling little Jasper Roderick “JR”. But then he might decide to become a corrupt, backstabbing, lecherous Texas oil tycoon when he grows up. Alternately he might be inspired to become a world famous rap artist and call himself “J Rod”.
Dear God, r u sure ur not my boss from work? cuz ur mind just went /exactly/ where his would…O.o”
Seriously, though, I am NOT trying to insult your future children in any way. It’s actually kind of refreshing to meet a non-conformist when it comes to choosing baby names. Hopefully you don’t intend to raise any of those “clone” children that we have too much of these days. Oh, and “J Rod” was meant to be a spoof of “J Lo” and NOT what you probably think it did!
I went and looked up “Ebenezer”. I personally think the name itself sounds hopelessly old-fashioned these days, except maybe to the Amish and Mennonites, but the original meaning of it is actually kind’a cool.
@Half Moon: Ha! No, I’m NOT your boss! I’m just sayin’ that it’s highly likely Jasper Roderick WILL become known as “JR”, and it’s practically impossible to not think of “Dallas” and Larry Hagman’s role whenever those two initials are used together like that. Oh, well. Just hope nobody calls him “Jazz”! But what if your offspring turn out to be GIRLS, instead. Do you have any names planned for that? Maybe something like “Beatrice Josephine” or “Yvette Fredericka”? Just kidding. Or AM I? Muahaha!
@Half Moon: My previous entries for this day were accidently entered out of order, just in case you’re wondering.
lol yeah I figured as much with the order…and ik ur not my boss…he’d be having too much fun with my name choices while we were at work! And for a girl my first choice is Deborah Amelia
Okay, we’re still good, and I totally approve of “Deborah Amelia”. Would that by any chance be an homage to Deborah Sampson and Amelia Earhart? While I’m on a roll here what do you think of “Betsy Thomasina” and “Liz Alexandra”? I don’t know WHAT can be done with “Nathan”, though. Maybe “Nathania” or “Nathanita”?
“Nathanella”? I’m afraid it’s hopeless!
I had gone to the characters page because I was starting to lose track of the brothers. Thank you for posting the family tree link in the blog. Just in case others are like me, might it be a good idea to put the family tree link on the character page? Just a thought.
Love your work!
That’s a good idea!
Maybe you could also do a character page for the 18th century Whaley family and their close relatives, like uncle Hercules? Just to keep them all straight, to.
Hey! Since Bea’s family also has versions of the same characters in both centuries maybe the dreaming ability isn’t just confined to her? Perhaps it’s “genetic” and it simply just hasn’t started with any of them yet? Or maybe it HAS but they’ve wisely kept it to themselves? Just wondering.
aww a bit of a sad update. But not as sad as it will be if you let Alan die!
An entire 1/2 mile distance! Oh noes! It’s interesting to think that this used to be such a great distance. Now I travel several times this very quickly in my day to day business. I wish my closest friends were only this far!
It’s not far at all! Eben is just going to miss having his brother at home.
So true….I think it’s more the emotional distance — the more you love someone, the farther away they feel when they’re gone. For instance, my bestie Kaitlin who lives two towns over is 500 miles away, while my landlord is constantly hovering just behind me all day long……guess how i feel about him. :(
Umm, Lora, is it possible we can do issue 13???????
For the Fan Art contest? Nope! Vol 2 only.
I feel like I want to hug both Alan & Eb