New Page #15!
Relax. I've got this. ...Rookie.
First off, thank you to everyone who created fan videos for Grant vs. Lee and posted them on the Facebook Fan Page. Their meeting with the network was, in the producer’s own words, “a great success.” That was in no small part due to the fan support that came out in droves. It was fun seeing the Dreamer Nation rise to the occasion, and getting to finally “meet” so many of you on video that I’ve known for years. Thank you!
And, on a personal note, it meant a lot to hear so many of you express interest in my involvement specifically. <3 More news on Grant vs. Lee to come…
I also wanted to post an official “Welcome!” to Alan Evans (you might know him better as Albone in the comments section). Alan has helped me out with The Dreamer behind the scenes for years. I think he saved my butt the first time back when Volume 1 was coming out and he flatted the better part of issue six so we could make it to print on time. (It wasn’t long after that I gave up trying to do it all on my own, and hired Julie Wright.)
Well, I’m happy to say that Alan is now an official part of The Dreamer team! He’s agreed to come on board and help me with the administrative tasks that I’ve been drowning in lately. I’ve been toying with the idea of getting an assistant for a long time. I’m trilled not just for the help, but that it comes from a trusted friend who has already been a huge part of what we’ve been doing here nearly since the start.
Alan and Lora signing A Providential Hello comics at Wizard World Ohio last year.
So three cheers for Alan, how about it? Hip, Hip—! (You guys know the rest.)
I’m sure you’ll see him hanging around these parts as usual. Now he just has a fancy Dreamer email address to match.
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Wow,, the VI has me a bit confused… It’s gonna’ be tough having to wait to see what happens! ; )
Can I just say how much Iove Yvette? I want her to be my best friend. Then she could sneak me out of class and I could borrow all of her clothes.
I can honestly say I agree with you here…though I wouldn’t have her sneak me out of class. :) The one time I tried skipping class in high school, I was unaware of the concept of “official attendance period.” Naturally the class I skipped was that class, so my parents got a phone call from the school notifying them I was officially “absent” that day. Waaaay more trouble than it was worth! :P
I’d love to borrow Yvette’s clothes though…or I would have when I was younger and thinner. :P
“Lesson learned”? ;) Bea might get one of those if she’s not careful…
Yeah, that is rather an odd one. I expect the colour and context will help. As for a caption, how about:
“Nurse? Why is there a funhouse mirror in your bathroom?”
Huh. Kind of a slow update today, although it’s nice to see Rogers fooled a little. I almost expect to see him cursing someone’s heirs in that fourth panel.
Not much otherwise, so I’ll just say how awesome Yvette’s outfit is (yeah, that’s another guilty pleasure for me — admiring female clothing while being jealous about how many more clothing options you guys get).
INCENTIVE CAPTION!!!
(keeping the Bueller theme going….)
Yvette: “Oh, thank you, Mrs. Hayes, for taking such good care of her! Do you know she actually wanted to just skip the rest of the school day? Oh, these kids today. Now Beatrice, I want you out of here two hundred thirty years ago, got it?”
Nevermind her admittedly awesome outfit, Yvette IS awesome, period!
Nice caption, btw.
Yay Bueller!! :)
And we may get more clothing options (which is a tad debatable btw), but men get MUCH better sizing standards!
Ha! Isn’t that the truth.
And a guy can wear pretty much the same thing every day and no one accuses him of having no sense of style… because most men are not expected to have one.
lol
So true. Plus guys get all the awesome graphic T-shirts = superheroes, military, Irish drinking clubs… etc. while I pick up shirt after shirt in the girl’s section, like “This looks pretty… oh, another butterfly. Shoot.”
=)
I point you all to the Oscar red carpets and how every guy there is wearing the exact same (almost) thing while the girls get ten billion different lists in all the magazines.
Well, I think Alan Rickman looks great in anything XD
@Brent: You make a good point. However, it seems that if the girls make even the SLIGHTEST fashion “mistake” at those type of events the “fashion police” will be all over them with criticism. More often than not any fashion mistakes the guys make are overlooked. Having a greater variety of clothing choices comes with a price, at least when it comes to celebrity types.
Yvette’s so calm under pressure.
I’m so glad the Grant vs. Lee project is still a go! I made a video and tried uploading it, but my computer was being stooopid and wouldn’t let me (unless I wanted to wait three hours). But I’m confused as to why they changed the name. I mean, it wasn’t Grant vs. Lee until the last year of the war. That’s three whole years of war that it was Lee vs. “Some other general who proved incompetent in the face of Lee’s awesomeness”. My understanding is that it wasn’t supposed to be just about Grant and Lee, but about all the generals/historical figures we know and love (or hate, I suppose some of you might not be as all-encompassingly enamored with these historical figures as I am). Unless they’re going to only show one episode about the lead up to the war and the first three years of the conflict and then spend 7 episodes on the Grant/Lee showdowns in Virginia, “To Appomattox” was a way better title.
Somebody probably decided “Grant vs. Lee” just sounded more “dramatic”, It wouldn’t be the first time that a title was changed for that reason, or because it was thought the target audience might not “get” the original title and therefore not tune in. I agree with your opinion about THIS change, though.
I’d venture that they were worried that too many Americans would not understand the title and therefore not watch the series. We are notorious for being a tad ignorant of our own history (and our own current events unless extremely politically motivated).
I wouldn’t overanalyze it.
The decision was not made by the creative team, and the episode scripts remain in tact. Most Americans do not know what Appomattox was, why it was significant… or how to pronounce it.
The title change is merely meant to let a much wider audience know what the story is about. And if a new title is all it takes to get the show made, that’s a small price to pay.
The scripts remain unchanged. As the producer told me, with a laugh, “It’s TV, not literature. We name our shows ‘LOST,’ ‘Friends,’ ‘ER.’ ”
I conceded the point after that.
Those are exactly the points I was trying to make. Oh well, If it helps to bring in a larger audience then any title changes are worth it since that’s basically the bottom line. I just don’t like it when the titles don’t really seem to match what goes on in the plot. That’s kind of like false advertising!
Both Grant & Lee are prominent throughout the series. I don’t think viewers will feel betrayed.
Yvette: “Mrs Hayes…there’s some sort of a plushie toy in here.”
Mrs. Hayes: “What?”
Yvette: “It looks kind of like it’s from the American Revolution. And it’s holding some sort of a funny looking spear…”
Bea: “It’s my Nathan Hale plushie!!!”
1: Plushie doll replica of Nathan.
2: Yvette WAS rather quick to believe Bea about all this, BFF or not.
3: She IS rather sly and crafty.
4: She’s a Creole girl from New Orleans.
OMG! Could Yvette be into Voodoo? All the ingredients are there!
Hahaha!!
Lol that’s AWESOME!!! and would be so epic if true
o.O Jenkies!
WAITAMINUTE! Does this mean Mrs. hayes killed nathan with Future Voodoo? :-O
The gremlins like me…the above comment was supposed to be here
Mind blown.
Not with future voodoo. Just with her demands for legitimate flu symptoms.
Heartless woman!
There’s one way to find out if Yvette’s really into voodoo. Have her stick a pin into the Nathan plushie in the posterior and see if the real Nathan reacts to a sudden pain in his rump. I figure that if Bea can transfer her consciousness across time then a strong enough voodoo spell might do likewise. Although for it to work I believe Yvette would need to have something that actually belonged to Nathan on the doll. That’s easier said than done, for obvious reasons!
We should be careful if we see her sneaking around the Nathan Hale Homestead House… they have his shoes, his gun, his army trunk, and his only known likeness!
Yay for the Grant vs. Lee project still being a go!!! :) Keep us very updated on this! I want to make sure I don’t miss it when it airs!
Oh believe me, you’ll be sick of hearing about it from me by the time it airs.
While her back is turned, steal all of the school medical supplies and run! You’ll get a good price on the street for that cough syrup.
Bad Trevor! that’s no way to influence a possibly already mentally unstable teenager!
Yeah, if the sleeping pills stop working we don’t want Bea to have other options for inducing hallucinations!
Really, Isn’t that poor girl messed up enough already?
There’s such a thing “messed up enough”?
Yvette….oh you awesome girl….I do wanna know how she plans to hide all those ladies’ supplies, because I don’t see a purse. Bonus is she might get away with a bunch of free stuff to keep in her locker.
Bea: “I’m going to escape HOW?”
Yvette: “Through the bathroom window! I told you, I saw it in a webcomic once…”
“I saw it in a webcomic once…”
Too bad it didn’t work out so great for Nathan. May Bea have better luck!
YUSSSSS. :D
Wow, and I though girlas could only come in through the bathroom wwindow.
Also – twice in one post? Wow, they’re out for me today….
Okay, three times
That’s a Beatles reference, by the way.
YES. Beatles!!!! *fangirl attack*
Huzzah! Congrats Alan!!!!
And I like the last panel and the almost *facepalm* i feel going on with the nusre…
Comment Grimlens! They finally got me. *nurse
I think they got you twice, actually. Shoukld have called them by their proper name, “blog gremlins”
Wait…*rereads*….Oh, come on, guys! I’m trying to hrlp you out!
……Well if that’s your attitude I’m not gonna help you.
3 times now…
What about me? I’ve been hit five times today! That’s gotta be some kind of record.
I find that just semi sad…
:)
I MISS ALAN :,(
So does Bea.
It feels like its been forever since we last saw him….conscious, lol.
I’m sorry, who are you all talking about?
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… there was a hot blond dude who came down with the flu…
Lora, you should win the Best Comment! That was epic!
Wait… The American Revolution as Star Wars? With Darth Vader Howe??? The British marching to the Empire song???
Perhaps Alexander Hamilton could be a Jedi.
And.. *mind blown*
“But Daaad, I was going to Taylor’s Smithy to pick up some spontoon sharpeners…”
“You can waste time with your friends later, we’ve got apples falling to the ground out there!”
“All right, all right…”