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I can feel the love you have for Joseph seeping through your drawings. Every line of his features says it. You’ve outdone yourself.
And I love how you’ve had Alan become at home on the farms. If I went back to Seattle now, it wouldn’t feel like home to me. And I LOVE his reaction at the end. He’s off to buy his own little apple farm before long.
The VI: Oh GODS, Lora. Such cuteness overload! I mean, come on! Cut a girl some slack before she melts into a puddle from the warm fuzzies!!! <3
Everything you said! First it was tears, and now the fuzzies. You just never know with the Dreamer. ;)
Gah! Little Alan keeps me thinking of Simba’s “I just can’t wait to be King” for no reason!
ha ha. King of Roxbury perhaps…?
The apple king!
This is the best night ever.
First: Early Dreamer update! Alan’s friggin’ cuteness! I just want to hug him and never let go! Although, I don’t think he’d appreciate that. I also want to hug Joseph, but in a slightly different way. It’s all so well done and beautiful and heart-warming and lovely and I just don’t know how to react anymore!
You broke me, Lora. I’ve lost the ability to think straight.
Second: Hobbit trailer….I’m crying.
that wasn’t meant to be a reply. Computer, you forsake me.
I know. I just saw the Hobbit trailer and I could fly in my ecstasy!
Hobbit trailer = best Christmas present possible~!
Until next year, when Hobbit movie becomes best Christmas present ever.
Indeed! First TDKR, then Wrath of the Titans, now The Hobbit…..all in one day! Rock!
co-sign
Technically it was a Chanuka present, I just realized. lol
Chanukah*. My stupid phone thinks it’s so smart and screws with my spellings. I don’t care what you think, Montresor. We spell it this way.
A “love for Joseph”? Me? (I’ve only been waiting 14 issues to draw him….!)
And Alan’s been livin’ large on his aunt’s farm for five years now. Apparently the thought of being holed up as an apprentice doesn’t appeal to him. You can’t climb trees if you’re supposed to be making guns!
14 issues too many! And I don’t blame Alan’s choice of profession. For all my love of guns and weaponry, apples are better, and nothing quite matches the peace of climbing up into a tree and settling there for a bit. I need to find me a good climbing tree again. I outgrew or live nowhere near the old set, and obviously can’t climb my Baylor favorites regularly anymore, and our tree has always been too tall. 50 year old live oak, you get the idea.
Not just that, if he took on that apprenticeship he’d be missing out on meeting the TRUE love of his life. ;)
Geeze! Such cuteness, indeed! Young Alan reminds me of cute, younger Taylor Hanson.
I am with Caera on that one! Sigh.. Warren was a dashing man!
Anyhoo, great update as usual! :)
Oh, and thanks for the early update. It made my night! :D
Hahaha, I spotted the new page at like, 8 o clock and I’ve been tethered to my computer waiting for the blog. I’m such a nerd. It’s nice actually being here to wait for the update though. I’ve been so busy or out most nights and I will be at the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s concert on Thursday (FINALLY) so I’ll be missing that update until the morning.
LOL, I wondered if anyone saw it there.
I’m with Caera on that…. More cute flashback moments from the Warrens
You got it!
Yay!
I can’t promise there might not be a few more tear jerker pages along the way though…! D:
Obviously. Though the ones I’m thinking of are considerably lacking in the Warren department…
And I’m having Nathan withdrawals btw. O.o
Nathan who?
Very funny. ;-) It’s a dilemma because I want to see him again but not where he is, and will be…
Hmm. Maybe some Yale flashbacks are in order. ;-D
I second that motion
Or at the very least a Yale short story showing Nathan and Ben meeting. ;-)
Yum!!!
Do want.
Actually Hale Historian, Tallmadge fanatic (and my friend!) Rachel Smith (who wrote the Latin in this scene) and I have talked about writing a “Yale Years” story about Ben & Nate. She’s done a lot of research on Yale during and before the Revolution, so she has a lot of fodder.
We’re both crazy busy so it hasn’t happened yet, but I haven’t given up hope!
So I have her to thank for that little excerpt of Latin! I drove myself crazy trying to translate it after being out of Latin class for a year. It took me an hour to realize there was a gerundive – and then I gave up. Because I never actually wrapped my mind around the concept of gerundives anyways.
Oh, the translation was posted as the voting incentive back when the page went live! Sorry you missed it.
It’s alright, I knew enough to get the gist! (I think.)
And here I was going to offer my services but it’s already covered. Lol
Firstly….AWWWWW!!!!! “Does Alan Mean Nothing” why must Joseph be dead!?!?!?!?!? He is TOO wonderful!!!!! Second….the VI is so cute! you can just tell it’s another “Big Brother Gives Advice” moments for Alan. Third…./Weaver’s dog/????????????? ie. Milly Weaver?????????????
*unsuccessfully tries to stifle unladylike guffaw with hand*
If that comment was meant to imply that “The Weaver’s dog barking…” IS Milly Weaver, you just made my night!!
I’m in total agreement with all the gushy comments posted so far. Regarding Joseph, Nathan withdrawals, The Hobbit… I need to stop being late in commenting because all my thoughts are pre-posted by the time I get here!
This comic has ruined me. I was studying the ten dollar bills in my cash drawer at work to see how close Hamilton’s features were to his comic version when it occurred to me that Hamilton was a damn fine looking fellow! (Never noticed so much from The Dreamer because Alan’s always around. ;D) I spent the entire day hoarding tens. Gave change back in fives and ones only and laughed like a madwoman at the end of my shift when the manager counted twenty-six Hamiltons. All mine. >:-D My associates mocked me, but I could tell they were jealous.
I noticed Hammy on the ten dollar bills just yesterday! I looked at them and started thinking, “Wow! He really is handsome!”
Needless to say, my cousin did not appreciate my consequent fangirl moment.
I’m always reluctant to spend my tens. lol
I’m so glad to know I’m not the only one who does that.
I’d rather have two Hamiltons in my pocket than one Jackson any day. So lovely.
lol same here….though I do want to know when we can come up with Dreamer Money…. <3<3<3<3
For Dreamer monopoly? Go to “gaol” do not stop at Go, ha ha!
Hancock’s Manor on Beacon Hill can be Boardwalk.
omg that would be sooooooo much fun!
Man, now I’m thinking about it. The blue & green side of the board could be the Morris House (Washington’s NY headquarters in issue #12 & 13), the Whaley Mansion, Inclineberg (aka “Murray Mansion” Issue #10)…!
You could have Fanieul Hall, the Old South Meeting House, the Old North Church, Thomas Knowtlon’s farm, Castle Island, the Warren Apple Farm, Paul Revere’s shop, Dr. Warren’s house, the Green Dragon Tavern, the Boston Masonic Lodge, Nathan Hale’s New London school house, Yale, Washington’s headquarters at Harvard….!
Of course Mediterranean Avenue has to be Alan Warren’s farm, lol. Poor guy.
OK, now we need to find a site that does POD monopoly boards and I’ll start selling them….!
lol oh what have I started!?!?!?!? Btw, Lora, did u ever get my email for FanArtPalooza???
“I’d rather have two Hamiltons in my pocket than one Jackson any day. So lovely.”
Same here. And count me in on Dreamer Monopoly. :D
*flails hands in the air* I’d buy it in a heartbeat!
LOL @ “If that comment was meant to imply that “The Weaver’s dog barking…” IS Milly Weaver, you just made my night!!”
OMG. Best comment of the day.
Can I be first in line to hit her on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper? (Or would that be a rolled-up broadside…?)
hahahaha! Well, something Bea might call her in presant day /does/ refer to a female dog…. O>:)
Bwahahaha! I was thinking that, but I didn’t want to be the one to say it. xP These comment threads are the best part of my night after a long work day. x)
lol forget “work” they’re a good pick-me-up after a long day!
Okay, thing one…..DAWWWW!!! Alan is just being so awesomecute there! Now I wanna farm too! :)
Second, that absolutely not at the end there…..call me crazy, but I really don’t think that’s coming from Alan….or Joseph, for that matter.
Third, Washington is great so far, and I am happy that I haven’t missed too many updates.
Fourth, the new trailer for The Dark Knight Returns looks AWESOME!!!! I want it now, please!
INCENTIVE CAPTION!!!!
Joseph: “Well, Alan, I think you could stay, and you won’t have to share your memories with that girl, but only if you use your cuteness to get me tickets for ‘The Dark Knight Returns’.”
Alan: “(GASP) With Anne Hathaway as Catwoman? Dude, you don’t even need to ask!”
addendum now that I’ve read other comments :hobbittrailerhobbittrailerhobbittrailerSQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Typical teenager. :)
And I have to wait to watch the Hobbit trailer (dying for this movie!), as I’ll be late for work if I watch it right now.
And the Joseph Warren pillowcases are coming out when? Hopefully, before The Hobbit (we can’t delay gratification that long)!
Joseph Warren pillowcase? But he’s only been on two pages! I think poor Ben deserves one first…!
Ben T, absolutly! Ben C….maybe. Joseph Warren, invisible member of the cast, (I like to think Alans Gaurdian Angel), from the start YESSSSS!!!!!!!
…And a question that’s been bugging me, Lora: how did they create those above-the-ear hair rolls? I know there were pins involved, but I just can’t figure it out (soup cans hadn’t been invented yet). I’ve tried Googling 18th-century hairstyles, but nothing really shows how they were done. Do you have any sources?
I do have sources. I sent them a message. Will report back when I have an answer!
I *do* know that Joseph Warren’s hair pin was knocked out by a musket ball on April 19th at Lexington. Cool under pressure!
Like a boss. :-D
Obviously Joseph was tougher than he looked. But seriously, a HAIR PIN? I always thought 18th century men used ties to to hold their hair back.
All right! The 2 Nerdy History Girls answered this for you. (http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/)
They said: Sugar-water, or pomade made of animal fat/wax, or even a fine paste of flour/water. From the kitchen to the peruke-maker! :)
I asked if they used rollers to shape the curls and they said:
Yeah, they were made from clay. Like these: http://t.co/ZGX7pJt
Great question! I’d thought I remembered something about animal fat and flour paste but was hoping that wasn’t real…!
Thanks for tracking that down! I had a feeling there was more involved than just pins. (Although now the idea of running my hands through Joseph’s hair isn’t quite so appealing. I’ll be thinking of this, the next time I put suet out for the birds.)
Hair pins, curlers, animal fat, flour paste? I know fashions were different back then but this is pushing it! After learning this are you all still sure you’re really into this guy? lol
The ladies used it too!
This scene makes me feel so warm and fuzzy that for a while you were able to completely distract me from 1776 and all of the things that were happening then. I’m not objecting, though, especially not if this means more Joseph.
Also, the second panel looks just like older Alan, which I thought was a nice little touch to make the art here just that much more special. And that last panel makes me laugh. He’s such a teenager…
Hm…the server just ate my long and drawn out comment in reference to the hilarious discussion about dollar bills :(
Aw, I hate it when that happens! Now I want to know what your long and drawn out thoughts were!
Gosh, young Alan is just so adorable… I love his expressions on this page in particular.
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