New Page #1!
Nathan could learn a thing or two about lying from Bea.
A blank “Page 1″ file is always the most daunting part of making comics for me. Luckily, it’s finished now and this issue is off and running!
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Don’t forget I’ll be at CTN November 16-18, Burbank, California!
If you’re looking for me on the show floor I am at Chris Oatley’s table, we’ll be promoting Paper Wings there together.
Bea, I still say the breakup story might work…O.o
The VI: I. Am. Absolutely. Going. To. Die.
Me too! *dies with you*
Nathan, be brave! Tell Howe what is what!
And no, you did not steal the General’s tea cosies he got as a gift from King George. Do not say yes Nathan!
All of a sudden Nathan looks his age.
Do you mean he looks older or younger than he usually does, because I think he usually looks younger than 21, but 21 is very young anyway. He looks very, very brave :(
He just looks like a kid to me. I’m not even that much older than him…
And brave, notwithstanding. <;)
I’m only fifteen, so he’s older than me, but the way Lora draws him has always made him seem younger than he is. She made him very cute. I think he looks older facing down Howe.
Not that him usually being baby-faced is a bad thing, he’s adorable. But he looks tougher in the incentive.
I think it’s seeing him next to Howe that makes me feel he looks so young. lol I’ll never forget the day I turned 22. Ugh!
I have a feeling she is about to get her mouth washed out with soap.
OH Dear….Mom is “Putting her eyes down”.
HA! This is my real Mom, everybody. And just so you know, she is absolutely nothing like Mrs. Whaley!
Wait……if Mrs Whaley is based on your mom, and Bea is based on Emmy Rossum…..
You’re Emmy Rossum’s secret sister?!
*dramatic music*
Mrs. Whaley is NOTHING like my mom. OMG she loves baking and used to be a preschool teacher and librarian!! Ha ha ha.
Nothing. Nothing. Nothing alike.
Your description of your mom makes her sound a lot like June Cleaver. Since you DID say Mrs. Whaley is NOTHING like her does that make Mrs. Whaley a “Desperate Housewives”-type? That would make for an interesting plot twist in the 21st century world.
Ohhhh.. Mad mom is mad.
How many times have we seen our moms like that?
VI.
*EEP*
I can say my mum NEVER looked THAT scary…O.o But she did have the blue stare of doom down to an artform. lol
I was too much of a goody-two-shoes when I lived at home to get that look.
Hahaha, I was the “I can’t do anything right, can I?” youngest child. I think my early life was split between brawling with my siblings and getting in trouble for it, or being too noisy some way or another, and shutting myself up in my room silent as the grave, reading and writing, or plotting deviously sinister pranks. To this day, I’m not allowed to be quiet because it scares people. I still keep to myself a lot IRL anyway.
Wait, so is this like, a commonality of youngest siblings? Because I relate every single word you just said. Painfully so. AND I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE. (I guess because none, not one, of my close friends is a fellow youngest-sibling. Alas. We are so vastly misunderstood.)
We shall unite!
I was too much of a goody-two-shoes when I was in high school to get that look. I got it plenty of times when I was home from college though. O_O Mrs. Whaley’s got nothing on my mom…
Hahaha! Oh COLLEGE…
Have any ideas, Bea?
In VI:
HOWE: “Did you steal my tea cozies?”
NATHAN: “Yes I did stole the tea cozies such so I can watch “TITANIC”.(”TITANIC” – NEARER MY THEE GOD playing in the background http://youtu.be/TTP-X8T2lGo
Please excuse me while I go try to put the pieces of my heart back where they belong.
Why would you do this to me? *crying*
GAH! Now I’m crying all over again. That’s my favorite part… tear… NATHAN! You are in no position to be playing with bittersweet heartstring tuggers! Ah, who am I kidding?
Gentlemen, it’s been a privilege playing with you tonight.
It was pretty sad that Captain E.J. Smith died after that part.
Ooh. Oh ouch. God. As someone who still lives under her parents’ roof while not at college, I can reeeaally relate to this. xD Bea’s mom is almost making ME nervous!
*hands chocolate*
I wonder how Mom would react if Bea did tell the truth…
Bea: “Fine, I need to go to sleep so I can wake up in 1776 and try to save Nathan Hale from the British… without a real plan, a boyfriend barely recovering from an 18th century fever, a grumpy surgeon who doesn’t like me much (and is said boyfriend’s cousin), and to top it all off he’s being held by General Howe, who until recently had me as a prisoner instead. Can I please OD on your meds now?”
Mom: “Um… ah… ”
(Sorry for the “grumpy” remark Dr. John, but it’s “Bea” talking, you know you’re my favorite.)
LOLZ! I HOPE she tells that much truth to her mother…minus the required mental facility trip that would follow of course. :)
Agreed! Although one would have to wonder who the trip is for after Mom hears a story like that :) I can imagine mom needing therapy after that.
Mrs. Whaley: “How can this be happening? We followed all the expert’s advice on raising teenagers!”
Mr. Whaley: “Now, dear, let’s just be calm and rational about this. There’s no need for…”
Mrs. Whaley: *growing flustered* “Our daughter is skipping school and doing who-knows-what else because she’s convinced she has this other life in some fantasy dream-world she’s concocted and you expect me to be ‘calm and rational’ about it! She could be on DRUGS for all we know!”
Mr. Whaley: “Honey, Bea would NEVER…”
Mrs. Whaley: *hysterical* “Oh, WHERE did we go wrong?”
Mr. Whaley: “Look, if it makes you feel better we’ll consult a psychiatrist about this.”
Mrs. Whaley: *calming down* “Yes. It’s obvious Bea needs therapy.”
Mr. Whaley: *thinks* “She ain’t the ONLY one.”
Exactly! Like! Then:
Therapist: I see, and how does this make you feel?
Mr. Whaley: Like my entire is insane! Like I am next!
*Family
don’t know how I missed that
You didn’t. Those pesky Blog Gremlins did it again!
For some reason, Bea’s mom is really reminding me of Miranda Richardson in that last panel.
INCENTIVE CAPTION!!!!
Howe: “All right, you….. what have you done with my prized cherry tart?”
Nathan: “Why, it’s right there in your bed sir, though I don’t think she’s very cherry.”
Ready! Aim! Fire! Good shot Nathan, right between his eyes!
*dies laughing*
Oooooh nooooo. XD
HAH!!! I knew your caption for this one would be good, Brent. Didn’t expect it to be *this* good!
We aim to please ^_^
Makes my featherbed ponderings look downright tame. Bravo!
Brent! Et tu, Tamesin?
…And now you’ve joined the Scolded By Sam Club, Brent! That’s 1 for you, 2 for me. The first one to reach 3 scoldings wins… something. (A complimentary copy of Dreamer vol. 3, perhaps?)
No… Sam likes to dish out lumps of coal for bad behavior!
@Lora People are very tolerant an empathetic here in the forum that you have created. We do admit to be mildly irked by someone styling themselves ‘Mastermind,’ who created Team Mercy versus Team Warren, and then promptly set her/himself up to lead the wrong side into infamy. My theory is that it could not possibly be you. We read frequently about malevolent impersonations on social media. This must be one of those instances.
OUCH! XD Nice Shot
Brent, you made it easy this week! Betsy Loring is a cherry tart earns you:
We didn’t do any last time did we? The scandal!
I don’t think we’ve done one for a few posts actually, but either way….
Brent – 4
Caera – 1
Jen – 1
David – 1
Faith – 2
Amber – 2
Tammy – 1
Trevor – 1
Lora (for a free week off) – 1
Julie – 1
Teresa – 1
Rebecca – 1
One more star for exotic bird bingo! (Mike gets it)
@Brent: Bravo! Your best VI caption yet! Take THAT, Howe!
Oh man, I’ve seen good students get into this kind of spiral (not necessarily for these kinds of fantastic reasons). It’s a sad state of affairs!
Agreed! Sadly it’s part of growing up… Most kids exert a little rebellion but re-find themselves in the end.
…”Here comes the Shrink/Bea’s on the breank/Please let the head case look like Nathan!!!!”
….Is that supposed to be sung to the tune of something?
I’m hearing “Here comes the bride” myself.
Caera’s got it!!! lol, it poped into my head while looking at the page :)
Do I get a prize? :D
Maid of Honor at mine and Nathan’s wedding? lol ;D
Oh that’s a Julia Roberts movie right there, baby
Um, I thought you were marrying Jerry?
Idk yet. neither have proposed
Ok well let me know. ;)
*to avoid talking about Nathan and getting all depressed- Come on Gals Bea has to be able to save him!!!*
i’m going to talk about her mom.
I seen my fair share of strict no-nonesense parents but Bea’s mom seems a bit– much?
I mean in all of her appearances in the comic so far she seems over-bearing and over-strict always at Bea’s neck karping at her to do this not that, if she did this or that.etc
It feels a bit weary that she never has a “nice” moment to balance out things.
and if she prevents Bea in any way to be able to go to sleep soon, she’s definitely on my “Hate you 4ever” list, alongside General Howe.
Maybe she’s psychically linked to the 18th century her and is still trying to keep Bea and Alan apart
Meh…she comes across as a Type A personality mom to me. My mom is rather like this…I once did contract work for her company at a location in another city. When I told the person who met me there that I was working for her (I mentioned her by name, not by relation), he responded with a shudder, a shake of the head and, “The Dragon Lady?” I never had the heart to tell him that “They Dragon Lady” was my mom.
But even with intense and no-nonsense people like her, there are moments of caring and affection. It’s just that usually those moments don’t come without provocation, and certainly not when she’s either wearing her professional face (as Bea’s mom was at the museum) or when you’ve just ditched school (like right now).
So yeah…Mrs. Whaley seems pretty spot-on to me. :)
I’m not ok with Liz doing that. 1) What did she tell Bea’s mom? 2) Why would she do that? I’m sorry but she kind of skipped a few steps. Bea isn’t skipping school a lot/not doing school work/doing drugs in the bathroom, so why was a best friend-to-mother call necessary?
On the one hand, I agree with you. That does seem a bit of an odd leap when Bea hasn’t skipped school that much, and for all Liz knew Bea might have actually felt ill. She didn’t know that Bea had ditched the nurse’s office to run home.
Then on the other hand, when we last saw Liz she was saying how she was scared for Bea…and how anytime she’s tried talking to Bea about it, Bea doesn’t respond well (not her exact words of course :) ).
So yeah…maybe this was the only thing she knew to do to try and help her friend…stage an intervention of sorts. Granted, it’s probably going to put their friendship even more on the rocks if Bea reacts the same way she’s reacted previously…
I think she reacted how Liz reacts to things– with concern. All Liz knows is that her best friend practically overdosed on sleep meds just a few days ago because she has dreams about hot soldier from the American Revolution. Liz is worried and scared for her friend, so she does the only thing she can think of and calls her mom. While Bea won’t be too happy about it, I can understand where she’s coming from.
(Also, on page 12, Bea tells Liz that she’s trying to save Nathan. Liz knew she wasn’t sick :)
HA! So Susan, you’re not on Liz’s side on this, I take it…? XD
If I skipped school to save Nathan Hale my best friend would know not to interfere, haha! So yeah, I’m not on Team Liz at the moment.
hehe Susan I have to agree with you x
I’m no longer on Team Liz ether
You’re off Team Liz ether? Good! Getting addicted to anesthetics isn’t healthy! :)
I’m truly curious as to what Liz told Bea’s mom. She doesn’t believe that Bea’s dreams are anything more than dreams, but she knows that Bea believes in them. The question becomes this: Did she infer from Bea’s behavior in class that the dreams were the reason she ditched school again? If so, Bea’s got a serious heart-to-heart coming with her mom.
She told Bea’s Mom, “Bea is having exciting dreams, and she won’t take me with her! Make her share!!”
what a cry baby ;-)
but on the other hand, if my best friend were to have these kind of dreams I would have asked her mum to punish her for not taking me .
Busted!
oh my what a look from Bea’s mom! If Bea didn’t feel sick before I’m sure she does now.
All she really needs to say is that she’s had a rough day, felt sick (true when she heard about Nathan), had a fight with her boyfriend, oh and just found out that a guy she knew who is in the military is now dead.. All true, and definitely worth a day under the covers!
That really depends on the parent[s] involved. I know my parents would have thrown a fit if I’d done what Bea did, even if all of that had happened.
Ok, I’m going completely off topic here… but I decided that since I’m sick I should re-read all of the Dreamer from the beginning. While doing so, I realized that Mary Murray from issue 10 is the same Mary Murray that the old Staten Island Ferry was named after. Sadly that ferry was decommissioned and left to rot in 1982 by the gentleman that bought her from the city. Although only a few pieces remain of the hull, and her pilothouse is sitting on the beach next to her, she can still be seen from the Raritan River, Rt 9 bridge on the New Jersey Turnpike. It’s kind of weird having work and history collide like that.
Humbug! Friday and Wednesday are just too far apart >.< incidentally, Wednesday and Friday are perfectly spaced ;]