It’s the page you’ve all been anxiously awaiting and dreading all at once: new Page #19!
I’ll be attending Mid Ohio Con this weekend, October 22nd and 23rd in Columbus, Ohio. Look for me in Artist Alley, I’ll be taking commissions and selling Dreamer swag: buttons, magnets, prints, stickers…
Alan Evans will be selling the “A Providential Hello” comic with both covers, and I’ll be selling both covers as prints! If you can’t make the show, and really want to get a copy of the comic, or a lovely print, or both! you can get them online here (and they’ll be signed by both of us!) until this Sunday, October 23rd.
And don’t forget to Pre Order your copies of The Dreamer Vol. 1 and 2! If you order them via a bookstore or comic shop, it is the best way to support me. More books in stores means more of my books on bookstore shelves. Use these order codes to do that:
Vol 1: 978-1-60010-465-7
Vol 2: 978-1-61377 – 031-3
The publisher is IDW Publishing. The author is me, Lora Innes!
If you can’t order via a bookstore or comic shop, the above link will also support me directly in a smaller way. Thanks!
And VOTE to preview Friday’s update!
First off, TEARS! For Freddy and Knowlton. Their faces…poor poor Freddy. He looks so much older in that second panel. No wonder though.
Second, ominous line, Alan. “History in the making kept us apart.” I hope that’s not permanent. I love the way it’s torturing Bea to read that.
And NATHAN! YIKES! Watch yourself, love. He stands out so much…lol PAIN! I can’t do this!!!!
The VI: Oh gods oh gods I can’t do this. I really can’t! *hides*
Fred does look so much older there, doesn’t he?
I love how Lora’s aged him so subtly. I didn’t even notice it until other people pointed it out, and now that I go back and look I can see him getting older. It’s cool.
I’m thinking Fred will be more than able to step into the “Knowlton” part for those of us on Team Knowlton. Of course, he doesn’t have his pa’s total awesomeness yet, but knowing how much Lora likes Fred, I think she may have some moments of awesome planned for him. I’m hoping so :)
I expect greatness from him too, but for now I just want to hold him close. :(
I was thinking his profile is looking distinctly more like his father’s…
indeed. <3
and this is a very good thing indeed :)
Rawr.
(… means “I love you” in Dinosaur.)
;)
I thought it meant “you’re awesome!” or “attack!”
Dinosaur is a very subtle language. lol
and what kind of attack did you have in mind, Caera? ;D
Glomp of DOOOMMM!!!
I think I’m in the “I can’t do this” camp, too. :(
We shall all go hide until it’s over. But you know we won’t be able to stand it and will be right here anyway…
What part of “it” is over? Knowlton’s death? Freddy’s grief? Nathan’s mission? Alan’s sickness? Bea’s distress…? You might be hiding for awhile. XP
Until after Nathan, of course. :P But then if I can’t see this through with him I mustn’t be a very good fangirl, so I’ll not be hiding. I’ll be yelling at him to watch out across the screen and 235 years, to no avail. Le sigh.
Yes, the real question is if you’ll be able to come back once Nathan has left us.
No I’m in this comic for the long haul. Nathan’s what got me into it but there’s plenty more to love about it.
I am seriously going to miss him though.
Poor Fred. Poor, poor Fred.
Not much more to say…sigh.
Not much more to say? There was SO MUCH going on on that page!!!
I know, but I’m almost numb at this point. too overwhelmed. Knowlton’s dying/dead. Fred’s lost his pa. Nathan’s in deep doo right now. Alan’s getting to have who-knows-what happen to him. and Bea is going to absolutely wig out when she finds out what’s going on out there on the field. It doesn’t look like anyone’s going to end up with a HEA out of this story, but I must believe that Lora won’t torture us _that_ terribly. The OCs must at least have their HEA.
HEA?
Happily Ever After :)
Happily Ever After? D’aww, I love those!
Whew. Glad to hear that you like HEAs. Some writers seem to enjoy writing stories where everybody ends up miserable and alone.
Yeah, I didn’t write this part of my story. History did.
I think Knowlton watched from heaven and considered the victory of the war HEA enough for him. :/
If this story has a complete HEA I will be super surprised. But also so happy I would probably explode.
Today’s update probably rules out a complete HEA, don’t you think? :(
I’m thinking a complete HEA will be Bea and Alan together somehow. An incomplete HEA will be her finding happiness with Ben. Still an HEA, but not quite the one most of us are rooting for.
Fred… *goes and hugs freddy* this is just as sad as Topthorn’s death in “War Horse” and LOTR deaths
War Horse. eep!
I gotta buy that book. I just gotta.
@ Lora. You have to stop making me ball my head off. :)
It is my favorite book, play, and soon to be movie
i loved that book! theu are so similar though . . . D:
true. too true. I wonder what it be like if Dreamer and War Horse character meet face to face
I’M GOING TO DIE OF SADNESS! Poor Fred *sniff*. Poor EVERYBODY. Especially Bea, she looks especially broken here.
I would be if I was her. I can’t imagine if someone wrote something like that to me…
Yeah, Alan was trying to be nice, but I think if he makes it out alive she’ll make him pay!
um…he might enjoy that a bit too much ;)
I’m sorely reminded of an A:TLA moment where Zuko ‘broke up’ with Mai with a letter.
Bea: The truth is – I guess I didn’t know you. All I get is a letter? You could have at least looked me in the eye when you *ripped* out my heart.
Alan: I didn’t mean to.
Bea: You didn’t *mean* to? [reads letter] “To my dearest and beautiful, beloved Beatrice… You begged me often for letters the summer we were apart and now that a more enduring separa-”
Alan: Stop! This isn’t about you. This is about the red coats!
Bea: Thanks Al. That makes me feel *all* better.
AHAHAHAHA!!!! OH noes, now I’m going to start making crossovers of TD and ATLA like we did with Star Trek.
I guess Nathan would be Zuko since he has the scar, but he doesn’t really fit Zuko’s character in the slightest…
rotflmao Well, i guess the Bens have it, then.
Nathan’s a smarty pants goodie two shoes. He’s Katara all the way.
YAY! ATLA lovers! :D
Nate can’t be Zuko. Waay..too nice. Not really Katara either, because she gets naggy sometimes. ;) Aang maybe?
lol Nathan as Katara. That’s even worse. XD
Who would be Aang then?
Annndd I proceeded to have an A:TLA dream last night. lol http://ladyeccentric.livejournal.com/42260.html
I would make him pay! I’d smack him, cry all over him, then SMOOCH. All in all I too think he would enjoy it. XD
If someone wrote me a letter like that, I would first feel incredibly flattered. And then extremely angry. But then flattered again.
gaaaaaaa! th- th-th-this is t-t-t-t-too MUCH!!!!!!! The Knowltons, that letter, and then Bea, then Nathan walking into that tavern!!!!!!!! *breaks down in tears*
*joins in*
*hangs out tissues* I brought extra. *blows nose*
HANDS OUT. HANDS. Not hangs. Oh crap…I really didn’t mean that. I really didn’t! Oh I’ve made it worse.
methinks somebody has hanging on the brain :(
I detect a Freudian slip. A very sad and depressing one :(
Oh gosh! *sniff* Please do not say it that way.. It is too depressing.
Always with the hanging! And the frightening thing is you never mean to do it…..
And Jen would know. She’s been around me long enough. Though I claim no responsiblity for my 22nd birthday dinner…
I would think you didn’t!!!!!!!!!! It’s a few “days” too soon for hanging!!!!!!
Didn’t what, mean to do it? I never mean to do it. Remember the worst pun I’ve ever made? Accidental of course (the most brilliant puns are never intentional on my part). It was during a conversation we had in my grammar class about hanging vs. lethal injection in Washington and New Hampshire. I know I’ve told that story on here before.
I’ve decided it just must be in my DNA, or something. Punning, and hanging. Not sure why…
No! Ghhhhnnnnn *inagine that sounding like a medium-high pitched whine*
……and after actually reading the comic….
And Alan! Gods, is he asking/saying what I think he is? *makes the noise again*
Also, when did Nathan get to Tortuga?
INCENTIVE CAPTION!!!
Roughneck: “Tell me, Mr. Yale…..do ye be knowin’ Cap’n Jack Sparrow?”
Nathan: “Why does everyone I meet keep asking me that?”
The Dreamer, starring Orlando Bloom as Nathan Hale. *mind implodes*
Why not, he’s old enough and according to my favorite Cameron Crowe movie Elizabethtown he does a great American accent. :)
I <3 Elizabethtown. Mike & I stopped there once when driving through Kentucky just because. We found the dreaded highway 60B!
The fact is I am a huge Orlando Bloom fan and the thought was just too much awesome for my brain to handle. lol
Though Orlie is a bit old for Nathan now…;)
*still can’t believe she’s had a fangirl crush on Orlie for 10 years now, and that she is older now than he was when she first became a fan, and that he’s married and has a kid now*
I’m old. :P But then again I’ve felt old since I out-aged Nathan, who I’ve had a fangirl crush on for 18 years, so none of this is really relevant is it?
Orlie: …?
Hmmm…I dunno. I feel like Nathan has almost an innocence to him that I’ve never really felt from any of Orlando’s performances…but then, I’ve not seen all of them. :)
Trust me, Elizabethtown definitely shows what you need.
I love Orlie in that movie, especially since his surname is Baylor and I’m a Baylor Bear. :) I can’t stand Kirsten Dunst though. I’ve never liked her, I’m afraid. Can’t act. However, the rest of the cast is rockin.’ Lol gotta go watch it now. It’s a long one, but that’s part of its charm, you know?
And that’s exactly the kind of funeral I want, just FYI for those of you who outlive me. The road trip he takes at the end has a few familiar sites from my trip up to the Nathan Hale symposium.
Best lines: “STOP THE CREMATION!!!” “I will miss your lips and everything attached to them.”
And the funniest thing about that movie is, it reminds me just how southern I really am. I mean, they blow it up a bit much but really, it’s hilarious.
“And that’s the decision from California! shit….Oregon!”
Oh that part is SO FUNNY!!!
Yeah…..of course, my favorite part is the wake, from the second his mom takes the stage (“A boner!”) to a performance Skynyrd would be proud of.
Susan Sarandon ftw! And I’m serious about wanting so many lolz to be going around after I croak. Flaming bird included. XD
As much as I like the idea….I do prefer the guy who played the Missionary in the last film for Nathan <3
Wait, what film?
I think there was supposed to be a pirates in there somewhere….
I’m lost. Last Pirate film you mean? Never saw it. Like I said. Big Orlando Bloom fan. Once they got rid of him I was done with the franchise. Jack Sparrow annoyed the hell out of me…:P
Yeah…..don’t worry, you didn’t miss much. The only really cool part I found was the mermaid stuff and a possible answer about where Jack got his rosary beads.
I didn’t even know Jack had rosary beads. lol
lol, sorry yes, the last Pirates film. There was a missionary who was trying to get Black Beard to repent
Ah ok. Makes sense now.
@Caera: Yeah, there’s a bit where Angelica mentions having been a member of a convent, so I figure he got the rosary beads as a trophy of sorts from her.
gross.
Yeah…that “passions of marriage” line made me take a small break from my woe just to fan myself from getting flushed…and then I was sad again because he was suggesting that they won’t get that.
Ahhh everything is culminating! These pages are so terribly sad that it keeps me on permanent tenterhooks, but I don’t want them to end yet because the layout and pacing is just incredible. I can’t wait to own this in graphic novel form.
I’m wondering how Freddy’s gonna do once the battle is over…assuming he makes it out okay, that is. And that’s awfully interesting, Alan’s last statement…I see his point, but…ouch. What a way to go, relationship-wise.
Super excited for Mid-Ohio Con this weekend! I’ve been reorganizing and updating my portfolio and also started combing thrift stores for my Halloween costume…if I find all the pieces before Saturday, I may wear it to the Con for fun :D
wow. you used “tenterhooks” correctly. I’m impressed :)
I admit, it’s one of my favorite words. :) And I’ve probably overused it, commenting on all the pages of this issue.
It’s a brilliant word. I learned it from reading as a little kid and no one ever knew what I was saying so I stopped using it. So glad I’ve found some other people who use it.
WHO PUT THESE ONIONS IN MY ROOM
I think i saw a wizrd doing that, actually.
*gets slapped around by everybody*
no, it was those two crazy girls driving an old Police call box. they keep popping in and out of everywhere.
I didn’t put the onions there. I put the butternut squash there. Someone else must have switched it when I wasn’t looking.
lol!
Yeah, the wizard! *wears ‘Duh’ face*
OOOOHHHH I wish I were a wizard, a wonderful wizard indeed…
Eh, you got that phone booth, you don’t need to be a wizard too.
MOAR POWER–Of the imagination. lol
Total Speechless
My roommates want to know why I’m crying all of a sudden… this is the most heart-breaking panel yet. SOOO beautiful, but SOOO sad!
That just means your roommates probably need to read The Dreamer too. Then you all can have an ice-cream-in-your-pajamas kind of night…!
You know, you’re right! That’s exactly what should be done while reading The Dreamer! :)
Remember! If you turn back the pages it never happened! D:
Heart-wrenching, but necessary. With war comes death, and with those deaths hopes and dreams are furthered. And in this case, it’s for freedom. …But still super sad! D’8
Not happening! Nope. La la la la…
Hahaha, denial, we’re doing it right.
Yup! Colonel Knowlton is just practicing his dramatic death scene so he can jump start his Shakespearean Theater Career. You know, he has to have something lined up to support the family for when this war ends…!
Now THAT’S a fan art piece right there…Knowlton as Hamlet…
yeah, but I’ll bet he’d prefer the skull of a certain Black Watch Scot to be talking to :D
though I can see him waving his sword and screaming “Cry Havoc and let slip the dogs of war!” or maybe “Once more unto the breech!”
This is my new alternate ending, fo sho.
And Nathan and Alan can be Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. lol
But Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead :P
Well if we’re lucky only one of ours will croak. I wish Nathan wouldn’t….grrrr history!!!!
Aw, Ros and Guil! I did Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead for school! THEY’D BE BRILLIANT THERE! Amazing play. :DD
Jen introduced me to that one. :D Loved it.
*emotion overload, emotion overload! Beep, beep!*
I can’t say anything. The only thing I can say, is Nathan watch yourself. And.. are those Robert’s Rangers in the tavern looking at him? If so, *ducks*
Freddie, Alan, Knowlton, Bea. *grabs tissues which Caera handed out*
*hands whole box*
I think you mean Roger’s Rangers, and that’s what I’m suspecting myself…*shiver*
I think I said his first name instead of his last name. Robert Rogers was his full name. But anyway, thanks for the tissues!
I’m thinking that those Rangers have radar for patriots like Nathan Hale. Or is it that evil always knows when good enters their presence??? I wonder…..
Hehehe, true that, but I’ve never heard of them referred to as Robert’s Rangers. :P And You’re right, evil has its good radar out right now. NATHAN RUN!
I just want you to know, Lora, that you’ve finally done it. You’ve finally made me cry.
Everything… the letter so far, Nathan taking the spying job, Alan’s sickness… not a drop, not a sniffle (though of course I was deeply moved). But this… I can’t take it. And if my roommate looks over she’ll think I’m crazy but I don’t care because a good man is dying. It’s actually a reminder that a good man DID in fact die many years ago. God bless you.
That in fact he did. I’m pretty sure Thomas Knowlton would have risen through the ranks quickly if America didn’t lose him on that day. (Don’t worry, this scene finally made *me* sniffle, and that’s never happened with my own work!)
You’ve never cried during your own work? Wow I don’t think I know anyone who’s said that before…
He would have been the third President, I’m sure :-)
President Knowlton. I could get behind that…
Or the 2nd President of the U.S.
I’m not sure he would have allowed himself to be elected, other than as an extreme sacrifice/duty. He strikes me as the type not to suffer fools gladly, nor to put up with the crud that the politicians seem to thrive on. I doubt he would be very diplomatic with them.
That’s true. Now, a certain schoolteacher, on the other hand…..
lol don’t go there. :P
Dr. Warren would’ve been the first if he hadn’t died. :( Not that I mind GW! All things happen for a reason….
This was beautiful when it comes to the emotional level. I just don’t want to see what comes next…..;_;
GAH! FREDDY! *wails*
Is it bad that when I saw that last frame with Nathan walking into the tavern, all I could think of was “Awkwaaaaard!”
It’s like taking Rapunzel to the Snuggly Duckling!
Ok now I’m going to be laughing through all those scenes now. *pain*
lol!
“Do you smell that? Take a deep breath through the nose. Really let that seep in. What are you getting? Because to me, that’s part man-smell, and the other part is really bad man-smell. I don’t know why, but overall it just smells like the color brown. Your thoughts?”
Brown does NOT smell like that. lol I would know.
“Is that blood in your mustache? Goldie, look at this! Look at all the blood in his mustache! Good sir, that’s a lot of blood!”
That’s a looott of hair.
And speaking of, I met a lady at the bookstore earlier this week who had even longer hair than mine! We were the talk of the Starbucks line.lol
“I got a Dream”
Lol
Dreams indeed.
Ok that’s it. I’m watching that movie today. And I WILL sing along with every song, and do my funny impersonation of Mother Gothel. I’m very fond of Donna Murphy and she’s sooo good in that movie.
Yesterday it was Elizabethtown. Today’s it’s Tangled. lol
I did too! :) It felt like that uncomfortable moment when there’s a lull in the conversation, and you try to slip into the room unnoticed…only to knock over something expensive.
What? Hasn’t everyone done that? <__>
LOL
Dude you just made me think of a scene in the Clue movie where Wadsworth (Tim Curry) is about to explain why they’re all there and Green accidentally knocks over a vase right in that moment.
LOL. I love the Clue movie. So need to watch it again.
I know. I’ve been looking for that on DVD for years, but can’t find it anywhere.
We have it on DVD! No idea where we got it though, we’ve had it for a long time.
I’ve got it on dvd. :P You can order it online if nothing else. I think I got mine from Movie Trading Company though. They have a lot of oddball rare dvds…and if they don’t have it, they’ll usually order it for you.
OMG I can’t wait for the next update! Such a sad page! The scene between Knowlton and Freddy is so heart-wrenching!
Ugh…makes ya’ just want to hug both of them. (Though Knowlton might not appreciate that…) Poor guys..poor Fred. Poor Bea…I like to think I’m good at making decent predictions in a story, but I must say that you’ve got me totally stumped. ;)
(Gives Freddy a big hug and leaves him to his grief, because that should be private, now.)
Mr. Hale, meet me on camera three…
Nathan, I know you’re trying to do the right thing here, but you’re way too nice for this line of work. Seriously. Not so much a nebbish, but your strengths definitely lie elsewhere. Leave the dirty work to Al, Ben, and Alex. Pack your bags, go back to New London – it’s lovely there this time of year! There are still some pretty young things in Connecticut who need to learn their ABCs, and who knows? One of them could become President some day! If you’re not going to listen to anyone else on this message board, young man, at least take heed from someone old enough to be your mother.
Now go sit in the corner with your drink, don’t make eye contact, think over what I’ve said, and I’ll check in with you on Friday. Okay? Okay.
You forgot, “Now go clean up your room!”
And feed the dog. ;) No, don’t worry about the kitchen, I already put the fire out, just go feed the dog.
Nathan: and this is why Caera never cooks. <.<;;
I really did burn the daylights out of my lunch. I've thrown every door and window of the house open to get the smoke out.
…There simply are no words…
Absolutely beautifully done, Lora. Huzzah.
:)
Alright, I’ll order this volume 2 book through the bookstore. However, I still want to buy a copy from you this weekend and get it signed. :P
The book doesn’t come out until November! So you couldn’t buy it straight from me anyway. :)
My heart is aching for dear Freddy! D: *insert fountain of tears* And, goodness, I hate those awkward moments when you blatantly stick out of a crowd and….. HOW THEY STAAAAAARE…
Man, I wish I was at Mid Ohio Con! I’ve been secretly longing to ask you to draw General Howe and his brother, Admiral Lord Howe, together for awhile….. >_< You should swing by New England for the cons at Boston more often! :D
I don’t reckon it’s a coincidence that Fred no longer looks like a little boy.
Gorgeous page.
And you know what? Props to you for having the guts to go through with the story the way it was. I knew you would. Conversation with husband some time back:
Husband: Maybe she won’t do it. Maybe she’ll make it different.
Me: She won’t.
Husband: She’s gonna kill off these guys?
Me: Yep.
Husband: How do you know?
Me: Because she’s a damn good writer and is passionate about her subject matter. She’s not going to wimp out. She’s gonna do it.
And here we are. ;-) Shoulda threw some benjamins on top of that conversation.
Hmm…howabout a Tallmadge, a Cato, and a Franklin…any others? You know, the Benjamins you wanted to throw on top of it :D
*like*!
I love that you had that conversation…! (ha ha, do something epic with your winnings!)
For the first time, I -want- Bea to wake up…not just for her own sake – for mine too…
D’aww! Hang in there!