Again, done by Neil of DASIEN —although it's such a good imitation of Kittyhawk's style, I'm amazed. Here's his commentary:
"My philosophy here was that if you're in a character's home world, it should look like the character's home world. This happened a couple times in Crossoverlord, too, such as when the heroes found themselves in the Order of the Stick universe and the sprite comic universe. I took this as a challenge in not only capturing the spirit of a Yuuki comic, but also the actual style. I'm not saying that I drew this exactly the way Kittyhawk would, but I think I'm pretty damn close. I think my staging gives me away more than anything.
"The image of Hel in this page, however, is actually Kittyhawk's drawing. The character sheet she gave us was absolutely huge, and so I got the brilliant idea to simply slap it right into the comic.
"The script for this page is Al's. The boob-fondling, however, is entirely my contribution, as was the Princess Adora wall poster. Hey, of all the Masters Of The Universe characters, that's the one I'd want on my wall.
“See you next Tuesday!”
Slight qualification to the above. That's an “Order of the Stick”-like universe —we never got formal permission from the creator of OOTS to say they were definitely in that universe.
Neil will be handling the art next Tuesday, also.
For those who don't read SPARKLING GENERATION VALKYRIE YUUKI regularly (for SHAME!) the little doll-like guy is the Norse trickster god Loki (loooong story) and the furry guy is Hermod, messenger of the Norse gods (ditto). The guy who looks like the Norse thunder god Thor–a lot more than Lee and Kirby's Thor ever looked like the mythological Thor–is, oddly enough, Thor.
We're trying to update EVERY Tuesday—anything else is just an extra—but we're as anxious to start this story as you are to read it, so initially, we're doubling up. —Al
Speaking of the Dolph Lundgren movie, my uncle owns a used bookstore and that has come in a couple times. It was the first I'd ever heard of a live-action He-Man. I still haven't seen any He-Man, though. I blame my mom not getting a TV into the house until 1993--and then letting us actually use the rabbit ears in 1995 (those were minly for special events like the Olympics). I watched Spider-Man and X-Men as far as the saturday morning cartoons, and shows like X-Files, The Simpsons and Sliders otherwise.
My familiarity with the He-Man franchise comes from the awesome, and very unappreciated, 2002 cartoon. Skeletor was pretty competent and powerful there. That and the Dolph Lundgren film.
I don't think anyone could deny the awesomeness of Skeletor. Great design, great voice, and utterly incompetent. He and Cobra Commander are practically tied for the most bumbling villains of the 80s.
My favorite Skeletor moment was when he did a face-turn during the Christmas episode.
I don't think you could buy a Princess Adora poster that big if you TRIED. That thing's huge.
My favorite MotU character has to be Skeletor of course, Gotta love the Skull-faced baddies. But if I had to pick someone of the female persuasion it'd be Evil-Lyn.
AzuJOD at 2:26AM, Oct. 21, 2010
Loki reminds me of Reynardine from Gunnerkrigg Court. He also reminds me of Paco from Pilli Adventure.
shastab24 at 11:49PM, Oct. 20, 2010
Speaking of the Dolph Lundgren movie, my uncle owns a used bookstore and that has come in a couple times. It was the first I'd ever heard of a live-action He-Man. I still haven't seen any He-Man, though. I blame my mom not getting a TV into the house until 1993--and then letting us actually use the rabbit ears in 1995 (those were minly for special events like the Olympics). I watched Spider-Man and X-Men as far as the saturday morning cartoons, and shows like X-Files, The Simpsons and Sliders otherwise.
theRedDeath at 11:41PM, Oct. 20, 2010
My familiarity with the He-Man franchise comes from the awesome, and very unappreciated, 2002 cartoon. Skeletor was pretty competent and powerful there. That and the Dolph Lundgren film.
MrHades at 10:47PM, Oct. 20, 2010
Awesome poster...awesome page, too!
Neilsama at 10:22PM, Oct. 20, 2010
I don't think anyone could deny the awesomeness of Skeletor. Great design, great voice, and utterly incompetent. He and Cobra Commander are practically tied for the most bumbling villains of the 80s. My favorite Skeletor moment was when he did a face-turn during the Christmas episode.
theRedDeath at 10:15PM, Oct. 20, 2010
I don't think you could buy a Princess Adora poster that big if you TRIED. That thing's huge. My favorite MotU character has to be Skeletor of course, Gotta love the Skull-faced baddies. But if I had to pick someone of the female persuasion it'd be Evil-Lyn.