Hey! There was supposed to be a chapter cover, but there's one nowhere in site! Instead, what we have here is a short interlude to our story, written and penned by Ben Carver, author of the completed series Point Guardian and now Hero Academy.
For this, we've turned back the clock slightly. This takes place much earlier in the chronology. Ataxim, the energy vampire, is chasing our hero, Ultra, guardian of Point City.
This sequence will eventually tie into our main story, but for now, we're going to leave you guys guessing as to where this is going to end up.
Well, not exactly. This sequence takes place even earlier than the Gathering, and possibly even prior to our heroes being called. This will be made clear within the next two pages.
[quote=alschroeder]Alas, he has to travel this week..[/quote]
Actually, I'm back home now. Had to leave somewhat unexpectedly last week, but it was good to get out of the house for a few days and get a change of scenery.
After another webcomic artist had his house burglarized a while back, I make it a point to NOT announce when I leave town anymore. So I'll get back to work on my special cover, right after I slap a ruler across Al's knuckles. [img]http://images.drunkduck.com/community_gfx/emotes/wink.gif[/img]
Oh, for those looking for the "big reveal" mentioned several places---hit the "prev" button. (Plus, some lately-loaded speculations on the Smiling Man's REAL identity...)
This will be the first of three updates this week, all with this Ultra/Point Guardian side story. We already knew Ultra was one of the heroes summoned by Ringo from his appearance in Flickerflame at [url]http://www.webcomicsnation.com/alschroeder/flickerflame/series.php?view=archive&chapter=32994#strip5[/url]. The villain all in white shown here, Ataxim, is a POINT GUARDIAN villain who first appeared in [url]http://www.pointguardian.com/d/20051101.html[/url] and also appeared in a storyline starting here at [url]http://www.pointguardian.com/d/20070901.html[/url]. Ataxim "died" at the end of that storyline...and you know what that means to comic book villains, and for that matter vampires also---even energy vampires! All are notoriously hard to stay "dead".
Neil wanted to do a very, very, VERY special cover for the next chapter. Alas, he has to travel this week, so even though the two pages AFTER the cover have already been done... (I should know--I'm the one who DID them) we took advantage of some pages Ben threw our way, to give Neil a little more breathing room.
As Neil said, this will have a bearing on the main story, as you will eventually see.
Neilsama at 6:33PM, Aug. 2, 2009
Well, not exactly. This sequence takes place even earlier than the Gathering, and possibly even prior to our heroes being called. This will be made clear within the next two pages.
TuuronTour at 4:06PM, Aug. 2, 2009
Interesting! I guess Ataxim was sent by Smiley to neutralize Ultra - after all, smiley has a tendency to select one's foes for his cause.
Neilsama at 11:28AM, Aug. 2, 2009
[quote=alschroeder]Alas, he has to travel this week..[/quote] Actually, I'm back home now. Had to leave somewhat unexpectedly last week, but it was good to get out of the house for a few days and get a change of scenery. After another webcomic artist had his house burglarized a while back, I make it a point to NOT announce when I leave town anymore. So I'll get back to work on my special cover, right after I slap a ruler across Al's knuckles. [img]http://images.drunkduck.com/community_gfx/emotes/wink.gif[/img]
alschroeder at 7:30AM, Aug. 2, 2009
Oh, for those looking for the "big reveal" mentioned several places---hit the "prev" button. (Plus, some lately-loaded speculations on the Smiling Man's REAL identity...)
alschroeder at 6:39AM, Aug. 2, 2009
This will be the first of three updates this week, all with this Ultra/Point Guardian side story. We already knew Ultra was one of the heroes summoned by Ringo from his appearance in Flickerflame at [url]http://www.webcomicsnation.com/alschroeder/flickerflame/series.php?view=archive&chapter=32994#strip5[/url]. The villain all in white shown here, Ataxim, is a POINT GUARDIAN villain who first appeared in [url]http://www.pointguardian.com/d/20051101.html[/url] and also appeared in a storyline starting here at [url]http://www.pointguardian.com/d/20070901.html[/url]. Ataxim "died" at the end of that storyline...and you know what that means to comic book villains, and for that matter vampires also---even energy vampires! All are notoriously hard to stay "dead". Neil wanted to do a very, very, VERY special cover for the next chapter. Alas, he has to travel this week, so even though the two pages AFTER the cover have already been done... (I should know--I'm the one who DID them) we took advantage of some pages Ben threw our way, to give Neil a little more breathing room. As Neil said, this will have a bearing on the main story, as you will eventually see.
ghostrunner at 3:40AM, Aug. 2, 2009
woot!
Xade at 1:24AM, Aug. 2, 2009
hmm, interesting