Chapter 3 page 21
j giar on Jan. 28, 2009
Sorry…Late this a.m. I'm doing what all good Ohioan's do in January. SHOVEL SNOW!
Ahhh. Good times…good times.
SO here's page 21..probably one of my favs. so far…especially my old man. Retsudo. (Chip ;)) Not much to say..this page brings us closer to the end of chapter 3. Chapter 4 we'll meet the last of the trio…(Frank and Dre being the two)…and return to the Haven. Where I promise…promise (no hype) things will get out of hand. Now if you'll excuse me I need to take some aspirin and take a hot shower…my backs killin' me. =) See everyone back here next week…and I here the snow is headed to FLORIDA! =)
j giar at 5:30AM, Jan. 30, 2009
Cateran- No. The tattoos are not linked or connected. They do however symbolize the essence of the individuals soul. Which is what our friend Retsudo does. He reads the essence and transfers that into a tattoo, placing it on the face for all to see. This is only after the individual passes rigorous training and is chosen by Koike...the gent in the first panel on this page. So there you have a peek into what is in book two...See, just like a crystal ball. Thanks for the comment. Jim
CateranLlama at 10:36PM, Jan. 29, 2009
Having recently gone back and read the rest of this story again I must ask, are all the face-tattoos you've shown so far connected? There's one in chapter one that doesn't seem to have reappeared...
j giar at 2:17PM, Jan. 29, 2009
Midge-Thanks man. I appreciate the comment..Really diggin' your revamp of BLOODHOUND you've been posting. Slide- You know it's people like you down in Florida that make people like me up in Ohio, grumble and swear under our breath.=) Glad you like the page, dude. Now go buy some snow shoes. Sysli- Any cult is freaky...The tattoo process we see here is quite painful. In most cases the tattoo'ee, is cared for by a loved one as the process is completed. Which says something for our members of this little club. And yes Retsudo is blind..glad you picked it up. I left his eyes white to convey it and afterwards stressed that I may need to state that in the upcoming dialogue. Now I don't thanks. I've already given to much away about Franks tat...so you'll just have to keep reading. Evil aren't I? =) Chip- My warm climate brother..hope you get a pool rash or at least stub your toe on the bottom of your pool. I knew you'd get the reference. For those of you unawares, Retsudo's name is my continued homage to Lone Wolf and Cub. If you've never read it...you should. Especially if you're a storyteller. If you don't may the snow come down on you at 2" an hour like it did here. Okay enough bitchin' Frank and Ed...yeah baby. Trev- Amen brother. And no, there was just a shitload of it. But thanks for the concern.
j giar at 1:54PM, Jan. 29, 2009
Corey- Glad you like the page. The tat equipment I did a little research on. Even though the tools are not Japanese. So I bent the rules a little.
trevoramueller at 12:24PM, Jan. 29, 2009
Shoveling snow sucks, dude. I hope it's not piled so high that you hurt your back trying to pile it up. I've done that before. Stay warm!
cs3ink at 11:15AM, Jan. 29, 2009
Saw the Retsudo tribute IMMEDIATELY! Of course I love it. Wonderful page. The gents have got to be bad asses to handle that type of tattooing. For some reason it got me to imagining a Frank, Ed pin-up... Oh, and I had a rough day as well. There were a ton of leaves in the pool, so I had to go out in my shorts and skim 'em all out. Man, my skimmer is heavy!
Sysli at 9:51AM, Jan. 29, 2009
You know Jim, this still seem like a freaky cult to me. This slow tattoo process could be seen as a rite (aw, to hell with that, it IS a rite!) and... and... Is that old guy blind? Who in the world would let a blind guy work with pointy pointy things just aroun your eyes? That's got to be one awesome old guy. Hm, I still haven't figured out why the one our rather confused hero has is so special. Compared to the one we see in frame 1 it's much simpler, but it can't just be that... That's waaaay to simple, and some of the others back in the last page looked simple too. But hey, now we know what that sound was. You're sneaky Jim, I wouldn't have guessed that. But it wouldn't be much fun if I could guess everything, so no complaints. And no snow here. Not really. The bit that came melted pretty quickly. Mm, hm, hm. I'll look forward to the next page as always. It's always worth the wait.
SlideStudios at 9:24AM, Jan. 29, 2009
Freaking awesome. old guy looks awesome, but i think my favorite part is the bamboo sticks. I dont know why, they just look really good. I wish we'd get snow in florida, bring it on.
TheMidge28 at 8:06AM, Jan. 29, 2009
frickin' sweet work on this page Jim. Love the detail and as Corey stated the equipped accuracy is fanatastic. The monlogue or speech flows so well with the flow of the page. Again another great page!
n_y_japlander at 7:22AM, Jan. 29, 2009
Awesome page!!! Love how accurate the tattoo equipment is... spot on mate! I actually miss shoveling snow, Grew up in NY, and moved down to Florida.... I have seen snow once in Fl, Ocala (middle of the state) mid January, for about 10 minutes, but it did snow. Here in Tokyo, I shovel about 2-5 inches a year (once or twice) and then it melts away as fast as it came....