This came about when I was considering dialog for Mal's Promo party and wouldn't leave me alone. It's not exactly what I'd usually consider finished (for a fic based around the last scene), but I figured I'd post to get some comments.

It's here! Let the bells ring out, let the banners fly, let the Skull make gurgling noises!



The whole comic will is available here.

http://www.magma.ca/~revdark/legendary_Tales_04.zip

I have just registered my domain, so expect to see these files migrate to a full web page in the near future.

The Story here.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

So Issue 4: Rescue is taking longer than I thought.

Originally I was going to do a Roman Holiday adventure, but due to model issues, I put it on hold and started building models for a story featuring Frostfire;
then that ran into some complications...

Then I went back to the Roman story; currently there are twelve pages rendered, laid out and captioned. So far so good. This issue features Superball,
Charcoal and Jackie rescuing a Sybil; a very common Cimerora adventure, but with several twists. Interestingly enough it is much harder to write Superball in
the comic book format than it is in a traditional story; caption bubbles tend to force a brevity of lunacy; plus it is much harder to capture the manic,
daffy-duck, movement in stills.

This issue also starts featuring pin-ups and bios on Legendary members (for which I am raiding the other threads and the wiki for details.) Meanwhile in the
Rogue Islands will also return - eventually I will have to have the villains hijack the comic (ala 'the pigs are taking over the muppet shot') but I
will need to expand my villain model library.

I hope COH has another comic contest soon...

Shayne

There's a new thread there that might be of interest to people.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

...and that means it's Friday.

Well, whaddaya know. There's Chapter Six.

Enjoy!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Sorry I haven't been on much lately, I've been simultaneously REALLY tired and/or Playing spore. I'll be back soonish, just gotta decompress.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Can I get a HUZZAH?

Quote: The Court approves the corrected referee's report and John Bruce Thompson is permanently disbarred, effective thirty days from the date of this order so
that respondent can close out his practice and protect the interests of existing clients. If respondent notifies the Court in writing that he is no longer
practicing and does not need the thirty days to protect existing clients, this Court will enter an order making the permanent disbarment effective
immediately. Respondent shall accept no new business from the date this order is filed.

This is big. Here's Positron's letter on the subject.

Here's the full text for those who can't go to the site (Bob's Nazi work computers being the main culprit)

Issue 13: So big it can't be contained in a single update!

Good morning! When we announced Issue 13: Architect a couple weeks back, we were overwhelmed by the positive response. Much of the
feedback was centred around the Mission Architect system which allows players to create their own missions and story arcs. We have been actively following
forum threads and private messages about the feature, and have even discussed it with players in person at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle.

It became apparent that you guys really want this feature, but in order to fully realize your dreams of writing your own missions you need creative
control in one more key area: The ability to create "customized" characters to fight with or against in your missions. Adding custom characters has
always been on our Mission Architect feature list, but we had considered it a "stretch goal." That is, we could launch the system without this
feature because our confidence was high that the rest of the system was incredibly robust.

But after listening to you guys, we realize that this feature simply must be in at launch. You have convinced us that it is an integral part of the
Mission Architect, and we have reworked schedules and timelines to accomplish this. Rather than push the launch of Issue 13 out completely for one
(albeit really cool and very complex) feature, the Mission Architect is going to see a slight delay. What is not going to be delayed
is the rest of Issue 13. To that end, the previously announced feature set for Issue 13, together with new features that we are announcing
today, will become Issue 13 and Issue 14.

Issue 14 will take on the name "Architect" and contain the Mission Architect feature along with other features we'll announce at a
later date. We are planning Issue 14: Architect to be released Q1 2009. Issue 13 is now called "Issue 13: Power and
Responsibility" and will be launched this autumn.

Issue 13: Power and Responsibility

Issue 13: Power and Responsibility will contain the bulk of features we've announced previously, including:

• Shield and Pain Domination powersets
  
• Merit Reward system
  
• Day Jobs (that include a suite of new costume pieces)
  
• Additional Cimerora and Midnight Squad mission arcs
  

• Levelling Pact
  
• Multi-Builds
  
• PvE & PvP Powers rebalancing
  
• Villain Patron Power Respec
  
• Supergroup Base Repricing
  

I think all of us can agree with that.

This probably won't be nearly as hilarious to those of us of a conservative persuasion, but you have to admit it was remarkably bad judgement of McCain to
cancel his interview with Letterman on an excuse like that and then get caught at another interview down the street.