New Pages 7 & 8! Poor Bea looks outmatched!
In case you missed the post, I had the privilege of doing a piece for Image Comic’s Mice Templar #7. My piece was a pinup in the back, featuring the Three Fates. The issue went on sale Wednesday, so check it out next time you’re at your local comic shop!
Hmm, no other big news this week, so I’ll just keep it short and sweet.
VOTE this week to preview next week’s update. It’s juicy, so don’t miss out!
Oh! First comment again! Oh, I miss ALAN!!!! Sigh… It looks excellent, Lora and I adore Uncle Herc!! But PLEASE make Bea doze off soon!!! ^^
Oh! The VOTE looks intriguing!! Bea seems a bit unsure… Oh! I can’t wait till next week’s update!
I never would have guessed, and Washington Irving wrote some of my favorite early American fiction. (who doesn’t like the Devil and Tom Walker?) I’m definitely doing that next time I have a costume party to go to and nothing to wear but 18th century garments.
I really like the dialogue, I can definitely feel Bea’s discomfort of her worlds colliding.
Um…
Alan??? For a puritan, you’re not very subtle O_o
At all. XD
Good thing she doesn’t have a sister.
Is Herc sparkling like a vampire? And did Ben just call her a geek? Hopefully with affection!
eeeek!!! i love seeing Alan! well….the side of his face…but still!!! this all looks great Lora you truly are amazing! and i agree with Madi, i love all of this but pleaseeee let Bea go to sleep so we can see more than the side of Alan’s gorgeous face!
When he first saw her when she was fourteen, if I recall correctly.
SHAMEFUL.
However, I am excited in a mean way to see how Bea’s double-life thing goes. :D
Alan has the most adorable nose!
Aww poor Bea. She seemed rather cranky in this update….I think she needs some sleep. ^_^
He thought she was seventeen though, didn’t he? And I’m loving this update! Especially with that tantalizing flashback… 8D
hehe great costume choice for Bea and Ben :) Like everyone else I too cannot wait for Bea to catch some more Z’s
Oh baby, oh baby . . . that just cements my love for Alan RIGHT THERE! *sighs and melts into her dorm room carpet* Man, that boy is just too good at delivering lines as he whispers them into her ear! And she remembering things! GAH!
Okay…Alan’s line right there just MADE MY DAY. Nothing better than good old fashioned bible romances for the puritan boy!!
Ben is awesome too though! His humor’s so quirky and cute! Uncle Herc and Bea seem like two peas in a pod. If she weren’t dreaming of Alan’s loveliness you know she would love that dress too.
God, I love Alan. Why can’t boys be that smooth talking today? I mean Ben’s cute and all but come on, he’s no match for Alan’s Puritan awesomeness.
The VI looks interesting…Can’t wait till next week! Also can’t wait for Bea to fall asleep again, because I miss Alan…
I love how this is all going. Although right now, I feel sorry for Ben having to put up with Bea’s grumpiness. I may not like him as a present-day jock and all but really, I can understand how he’d feel dealing with someone who’s grumpy all the time. I’m pretty high-maintenance emotionally with lots of unpredictable moods so it’s pretty tough. Poor girl needs a good night’s sleep as much as I hate to say it, a dreamless one.
Oh! It’s probably quite insignificant but when I was studying my latest Psychology experiment, I found out that the two researchers’ names were Beatrice and Allan (too bad it wasn’t Alan), I squealed. Hahaha.
In Alan’s defense she always did look old for her age :)
the artwork in this was amazing!!!!! i can’t wait to see where all of this goes and how things turn out for Bea.
Bea, don’t you know most of us would give our eyeteeth to be able to get *that* dolled up for a costume dance? :) Also, Uncle Herc is wonderful – did he really sparkle?
Longtime reader, first time poster – I just wanted to let you know that The Dreamer always makes my Friday!
Okay. How is it that just a comic character’s mouth – just his mouth! – sort of quirked up in one corner can make me go all fluttery? This is going to carry me through the whole day, lol! ^_^
oolala Genesis pick-up lines. Clever very clever.
I love page eight because you can see how much your art has improved since you began this comic. Don’t get me wrong, the first flashback she has of the Allan flirt scene is incredible. Just in this one you have captured your Allan’s flirtatious swagger perfectly.
Keep up the awesome work! I can’t wait for the next graphic novel to be released.
@Angie: it was definitely with affection. :) I lol’d when I got the colors from Julie and saw Herc sparkling. She has the script for the issue, so she knows what’s going on in each page. I think that’s his vision–and Ben is catching it. XD
@Brie: I love Jacob & Rachel’s story… It’s really beautiful, how he worked for her and waited for her all those years. We had verses from their story read at our wedding. I also love David & Abigail’s story… I always wanted to do my own telling of their meeting. Talk about smoldering! re: Bea’s dress, yeah, I think a week ago she would’ve been all over it.
@Deb: We’ll see how Ben deals with Bea’s moodswings. He didn’t take it very well in issue #7, but he was willing to wipe the slate clean. But if she keeps this up, who knows. Ben doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who surrounds himself with drama.
@Delilah: You should comment more often! And yes… he glittered with enthusiasm.
@Sophie: Thanks. I often don’t look at the first few issues because the art makes me squirm, lol.
So…that Jacob/Rachel line wasn’t a reference to LOST? (I kid, I kid). I love how Alan can reference the bible into smooth flirty talk. Puritans were the players of the 1700′s.
Hercules is awesome, especially on page 7. He’s like reverse-drama Bea. XD Bea is funny with her adherence to semantics. “Dance,” instead of “ball.” LOL
All of the little touches were great from the sparkling, to Bea’s worry lines to the 3D laughter. Very fun update.
Oh my! Conflicted much. HEE
And I think these guys just got drafted to act in some play by her uncle!
its pages like this that make me remember how much i love this comic! it has been such a long time since i cared about a storyline as much as i do this comic!
Ooh! She’s remembering again! Love it. How can she remember stuff she wasn’t even there for? Or was she…? Great tension and unresolved questions!
Bah! The coloring in Alan’s panel is PERFECT!!!!
IAMSOFANGIRLISHRIGHTNOW!!!!!!!!!!
*sigh* Totally gorgeous. It makes me want to see more of Alan and Bea than I can say. Well done, ladies. Well done.
Poor Beatrice! She sure is having a tough time of it. It seems like she is frustrated at their ideas, since they are wild and wacky, and nothing even close to the 18th century. I loved that moment where she spaced off and dreamed about Alan again.
Oh, one more thing.. Please go to sleep Beatrice!!! I really hope that the 18th century is her real world.. sigh.
Wow. The panel with Alan – that’s got to be one of the sexiest things I’ve ever seen. Beautifully done, and just wow.
Alan referencing the Bible in a very sexy way is… very sexy. *covers blushing cheeks*
Ooh, Bea remembers more and more … so intriguing.
She does look kind of tired, doesn’t she? Methinks a good nap would set her up.
For some reason, I think Bea’s world is neither the eighteenth century, nor the twenty-first … maybe it’s both … I don’t know why I think that, but there has to be some secret behind it all.
Lora, I have to ask, has anyone ever made what you would call a fairly accurate guess about the whole (supposed) time-travel mystery? Or have all shots so far been wide off the mark?
Can’t wait for next week … *hums lullaby for Bea*
Oh Alan, Biblical romance is my favorite kind of romance! I think he should reference this next:
“Behold you are beautiful, Your eyes like doves, you hair is like a flock of goats, your teeth are a flock of shorn ewes, all of which bear twins, your neck is like the tower of David, built for an arsenal…” -Song of Solomon
lol. But seriously, that panel is amazingly sexy and sweet. Love!
I know I’m hard on Ben and have a total bias toward Alan, but I feel bad for him these days. It’s as though, perhaps in Bea’s mind, I don’t know, he’s not Alan, he can never be Alan, and he’s getting the short end of the stick because of it. He’s getting Bea’s grumpiness, confusion, and frustration, and he has no idea what’s going on with her and doesn’t deserve it.
I take back all my booing on Ben. He’s too nice to deserve it anymore. I still have my initial bias, but now I shall look on Ben with a fond smile.
: )
Alan is awesome !! I really want Bea to go to sleep .. please ??
Wow. Lots of love for Alan’s… chin. I’m sure his chin will be back, but my goodness, he’s only been gone for 8 pages and a cover, lol!
Another set of fantastic pages, Lora. I’m glad to hear that you’re feeling better, and loved the piece you did the Mice Templar! Can’t wait for Bryan’s second volume to be collected!
Oh man, I love the flash back! GOD I love this story!!!
*jaw drop*
*flail!!!*
*dies of squee-induced heart palpitations*
Wow, just wow at the one panel with Alan, so much heat in that one line!
Can’t wait for the next update!
Lora, you’re more of a tease than Alan, leaving us with a page like that. For a whole week. I ‘squee’ with the rest of fan girls. Squeeee. :)
So I don’t usually comment but I think my mouth literally dropped open with that 1 panel with Alan! The flashback was just ah-mazing!
Glad to hear you’re feeling better too :)
Can’t wait until next week! I’m dying until Friday!
Sweeeet. In all sense of the term.
Oh and Lora, I’m glad you’re feelign better.
Aww! Alan flashback yay!!!! And major kudos to you for the biblical humor! Alans pretty forward there for a puritan! XD Can’t wait for the next update!!!
Wow, biblical humor. What’ll they think of next? :P
So, did anyone else get a chill at the words “start tomorrow”? I just have a feeling that Herc is gonna train a horse for Ben and get him a real sword and force Bea to flee from him.