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SteveMyers22 on Sept. 20, 2007
Editor's Note: BEN-BOT-1 is an acronym for Big Evil Nuisance Robot Version 1.0. Just as LEE-BOT-1 stands for Little Evil Einstein Robot. After BEN-BOT's failure, Baron Bad Guy did a little more than plot Superchum's downfall. He tweaked the scope of his robotic minion division and made them smaller and sleeker. He also made them much more efficient and a lot more intelligent. To put this in baseball terms (because baseball terms are always hilarious when put in the context of super hero comics, amirite?) … The Baron obviously ascribes to the Whitey Herzog formula of Small-Ball instead of the Tony LaRussa formula of wait for the big hitter.
Anyways, this week's adventure was fun to draw. And very experimental, kind of. The past couple of pages I've been using a brush to ink quite a bit more. My teacher would be so proud. The blue line pro pages I just ripped open to do my latest comics on were kind of a dud. The paper looks great, but really is some of the crappiest I've ever bought from Blue Line. It soaks up and bleeds my ink pens. So I figured since the end product was going to be rough no matter what, this was the PERFECT chance to get some practice in with ye ole Sable Hair Brush and bottle o' india ink. The practice has been great so far. Who knows, maybe I'll never look back, heh.
As far as this week's story goes, this is something that's been a part of the Superchum mythology since I wrote my first script. But it's something that not even the most observant chum-fans tend to remember, because in the first two versions of Superchum, it was never really explained except in one panel, and even in that panel it was easy to overlook.
But just like with a lot of earlier parts of his origin story, this new Superchum comic has given me a lot of elbow room to finally flesh out these characteristics. Basically Baron-Bad Guy is a master of robotics. But Superchum is the empathically empowered on a scale that it can even disrupt the cold, scientific programming of the Baron's robotic minions. That's kind of the backdrop for why the Baron pursues Superchum as obsessively as he does.
Next week, I plan to finally delve into the masterplan for stopping Superchum! It's devilishly simple.
SteveMyers22 at 11:21PM, Sept. 27, 2007
Just want to say thank you for the kind words Priest Revan, RabbitMaster and LordShplane. And thanks for checking out my comic.
Priest_Revan at 9:45PM, Sept. 25, 2007
Why haven't I seen this comic yet. It's amazing.
RabbitMaster at 4:50AM, Sept. 24, 2007
Great stuff!
Lord Shplane at 12:31PM, Sept. 22, 2007
Mnyes. Good.
SteveMyers22 at 10:26AM, Sept. 21, 2007
@ Leminskate: I guess "versions" might have been the wrong word. I've published Superchum in 3 different media by now ... Newspaper strips, Comic books and the web. They're all "official" as the story tends to not change (as you can see by me still using the Baron). So in a sense they're all the same "version" of the same character, as opposed to say, The DC Universe which has actual different versions of Superman from different versions of Earth. Though I do have plans to poke a little fun at that concept in the future. @ stabbyfair and themidge28: Thanks so much for the kind words and support. @bongo: Yeah, I'm definitely using the Baron's "power point display" as a chance to really push the Superman look that Superchum is supposed to channel. I really like the way the flying poses turned out in this page. Thanks again to everybody for taking the time to read my little comic.
TheMidge28 at 7:57AM, Sept. 21, 2007
This looks fantastic and I like how you are revealing info on Superchum through this presentation...great story device...also like the inks looks well done. The angle on financial ruining by a superhero...kudos. Another great page!
bongotezz at 7:04AM, Sept. 21, 2007
again it looks like you're channeling some old superman poses. the flying in space looks awsome.
stabbyfairy at 5:03AM, Sept. 21, 2007
"Not even lunatics try to make friends with a giant destructive robot!" The dialogue in this is always class. I love Baron Bad Guy's facial expressions too. ^_^
Lemniskate at 3:54AM, Sept. 21, 2007
Just being curious: if you have now three versions of superchum, which one is official?