#741 Outburst

Amelius on Aug. 21, 2008

I numbered it correctly this time! I scanned this comic in at least 3 times, every time I got it scanned in I noticed something was missing and had to whip it back out and make the necessary fixes.
I won't let what happened on the last page happen again, never again! ah, what a terrible week it has been though, I've been keeping myself busy to try and push the depression back.

In other events: Are you aware I have a Deviant Art Club for Alps? There was a post about it in the CTV forum but I don't know if anyone noticed. There's some of my art there and other people's most awesome interpretations as well. I started it not only because most people don't seem to know what an alp is, but because I'm sick of finding girly-looking vampire boy “OC's” NOT WEARING HATS with the artist going “This is my ALP character!”
It's not an alp without the hat! Not any more than a picture of a plain ol' horse is a unicorn! And what's worse, they are all such Mary-Sue characters too. The thing that flies right over their heads is that the alp is not a vampire, it's a vampire-LIKE being. Drawing a vampire and slapping the name “alp” on it doesn't make it an alp! If it weren't for the hat thing, I would have never drawn Tony to begin with. I didn't screw around with the alps character traits to make my character “cooler”, I did the research and I hunted down every single Teutonic mythology book I could find and scoured them for information, and I stuck to what I found when I developed the character. You know, the vampire itself is hard to pin down as there's so many different ideas of what it is. But the alp is pretty freakin' specific and people who dismiss the importance of the Alp's Tarnkappe really TICK ME OFF!

Moving along now, hopefully the story will start moving faster from here. I have high hopes at least. Let this party Ennnndd….

I almost forgot! Arya, the surprised looking Elitess in the last panel belongs to Kupuohi
I give credit where it's due!