This is the first we see of Santelli. Well, his eyes, anyway. And his scars. He’s a field infantryman who’s seen quite a bit of action, after all. I’m not sure it ever comes up in the story, so I don’t mind mentioning that he was in Mosul with Major Rucker in the early 1990’s, during Operation Scimitar – Rucker was with the Third Armored, Santelli with the First Continental Infantry. So the two share a little combat history. What happened in Mosul, well, I won’t get into that now.
As for me, Well, this was an eventful week, but nothing comic-related, all just the same kind of thing I always deal with at work. And next week promises more of the same. Autumn, however, has been spectacularly beautiful in New England this year, and I have managed to get in some time outdoors, which I missed last season for all the various reasons I always end up having to deal with. It’s also been quite cold, and my thermostat keeps deciding to turn itself off for no reason – you have to set it on some kind of timer which is really annoying and doesn’t work, like, at all, and I can’t figure the damn thing out.
At any rate, my mundane life aside, I’m doing okay. The chapter is almost over, and I’m planning a few weeks off at the end of it. Then, on to Chapter 5. So, slowly but surely, we’re moving ahead. For now, I’m off to bed, as ever. All the best, everyone.
I think Rucker has well… Cracked. Santelli’s being a good voice of reason, Rucker is in the hissyfit stage of denial
It’s Haulley, but yes, I kinda think he has.
–M
I was merely guessing earlier but it really does seem Haulley ‘needs’ a enemy.
wow that scar tell you alot about colonel himself
i am seriously in shock about this , i mean for the rest of the series before i seen him quite , let say calm , wow so this is the reason
so where did he get this?
i mean he can’t possibly get this from the nuclear blast wouldn’t he that would be a a burn faces .
is the person who wear the suit have intergrated wire? because it seem santell body is kinda small compared to the rest of his suit . Mostly compared to the russian soldier standing in front of him and that can show how big the suit was .
they have this technology in 6 commando world? wow do they have drone too , oh yeah big MIKE is already a drone .
Wow that is very advanced i never think it would be that far
Haulley will get a Downfall-style hitleresque rage-fit.
Poor Haulley. I put him through the ringer this time.
–M
That, or something worse, though, as unlikely as it may be, I hope he somehow settles down (without a nervous breakdown).
Santelli… HE HAS A FACE?!?! *Immediately falls to the ground with shock, just twitching occationally, as my overloaded brain tries to comprehend this*
Well, at least the upper half of one. No guarantees about the rest.
–M
Kinda like Santelli being the Snake-Eyes/Master Chief of the 6th Commando 🙂
Nice job just expressing emotion with eyebrows it conveys his feelings of concern and acceptance quite well.
Thanks! I’m not totally sure I carried it off on Santelli in the bleed, but I’m not above tinkering, as everyone knows. 😉
–M
Look at that blue phone bounce!
Nothing bounces like a Blue Retrophone.
–M
To be fair, Haulley may have some pretty legitimate concerns about letting a large number of soldiers who are probably extremely irradiated into a base currently involved in an all out civil war over thermonuclear weapons. None of that excuses bouncing his phone around the desk though. Also, SQUEEEE SANTELLI’S FACE SO EXCITING. For some reason seeing his face was really important to me. I don’t really know why, I just like him a lot.
Heheh! I like him too, actually. He’s a soldier’s soldier, and an honorable leader.
–M
I thought Santelli was a Marine.
You’re right! I was mistaken. He was in the 1st Continental Marine Division, I. MEF, not the First Continental Infantry. You know him better than I do!
–M
Actually, I understand Santelli. I mean, he’s been here stuck all alone inside his power armor from the very beginning of chapter one, with Hauley yelling at him most of the time even if Santelli couldn’t do anything about the mess he get involved in.
And then, a beautiful blonde russian woman comes to him, and let a tear drop off her perfect blue eyes before dropping her weapon to the ground, and thus ending a perilous situation…
Who could resist ? Even power-armored guys have a heart, after all ^^
“NOTHING IS OVER! NOTHING! YOU JUST DON’T TURN IT OFF!”
Ah yes, Haulley’s lost it. A pitty, really, I kind of liked him as a character.
Santelli, on the other hand, is really starting to grow on me, especially now that we can see what he actually looks like inside that tin can of his.
And I can’t but see, in the last panel, Haulley’s left eye twitching…
Wow… felt some Killzone 3 Orlock with Haulley in the last frame… Still, this is probably the best experiment you did in quite some time. 😀 Great work my man. 🙂
I like Santelli a lot already. There’s just a point at which, looking at the charred, dead Earth, with wounded, spent ammo, and tired eyes all around, that some time ago the logo strapped to this or that soldier just stopped mattering.
“It ain’t over ’til it’s over.”
I actually liked santelli from the first time I read it I just had the feeling he was going to become big I personally know what it feels like to be a faceless grunt doing what I can while an officer is having a mental breakdown (never to the scale in the story of course) but it can easily drive you crazy when there is absolutly nothing you do about it
I actually liked santelli from the first time I read it I just had the feeling he was going to become big I personally know what it feels like to be a faceless grunt doing what I can while an officer is having a mental breakdown (never to the scale in the story of course) but it be very frustrating when there is absolutly nothing you do about it