Well, we’re well and truly underway, with this gorgeous piece by Emily Weber to lead the way! Emily draws a graphic novel called May The Rain Come, the story of a veteran who comes home to find his town in the grip of a long drought, and his own mind seized by memories of the war he’s just left. It’s a far more sophisticated comic than I’ve ever seen with anthropomorphic characters, and is truly a beautifully-crafted and amazingly constructed piece of comic art. You can follow on her deviantart page – it’s truly excellent, and in a different but kindred way deals with a lot of the same things as 6-Commando does. I urge you all to give it a good read – it’s excellent work! And it’s totally fitting that her work be the way this guest story kicks off, and on Memorial Day, as well, when Americans stop to remember the nearly two and a half million of their fellow citizens who have been killed or wounded in the cause of the Revolution since the nation’s founding in 1775 to the present day. It’s all well and good to be patriotic, but these are still men and women like any of us, and their pain and suffering is just as real as any of ours might be. We owe them all a great debt for that.
By the way, I might add that I’ve gone and applied for Artist’s Alley for a third year at NYCC. Third time is supposed to be the charm, but who knows? We’ll just have to wait and see. I will, of course, keep you posted as things develop.
Revisions moved very slowly this week – I was overwhelmed at work, and the spread I’ve been working on has become insanely complicated. But if you’re going to do something, do it right, and I’m not letting myself get overwhelmed – this will be the best I can make it, one way or the other! I’ve done quantity, and now I’m shooting for quality, and it’s actually kind of a thrill to be allowing myself to add in all that detail I’ve always wanted to do.
So that’s all for this week, folks! Enjoy, and see you next week for the next installment!
Oh, and I almost forgot:
This cannot end well…
UNA Special Relife Services, bringing vitally needed releife supplies, such as 5.56 mm ammo, morter shells and landmines, to where they are vitally needed. None of these extravagances like food, water, shelter or medical supplies, just good honest implements of death.
Well, naturally. If you build a man a fire vs. if you light a man on fire. Bring them water, they’ll want more; bring them bullets, they’ll have enough for the rest of their lives. Simple logistics.
I always loved the concept of enforcing democracy and capitalism at gunpoint. It has this nice “We come in peace”-ring to it, doesn’t it?
History DOES repeat itself.
Embrace freedom people, you have been liberated to follow the system of goverment that we TELL you is the right one. Remember, its not Imperialism, its ‘Promoting Democracy and Freedom to Choose’, but just don’t ake the wrong choice, or we’ll be right back to make it for you.
Say what you will about the old colonial powers, but at least they were honest about it when they pitched up on your shores with a flag.
Well, I don’t have much to say about this but that I have never subscribed to the idea that political power should flow from the barrel of a gun. A revolution such as we had in the United States can only be successful if those leading it are committed to self denial. That’s what has caused most, I might venture to say almost all, subsequent political revolutions to descend into anarchy, or statist brutality: those in power believed they were too important to allow anyone who opposed them to do so. There have been precious few revolutionary movements that have not led to oppression.
–M
“What this country needs is a short, victorious war to stem the tide of revolution.” – Vyacheslav von Plehve
“The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.” – Robert Wilson Lynd
“It is always a bad thing when political matters are allowed to affect . . . the planning of operations.” – Erwin Rommel
Re-vamped page: I really like the scout-car/-tank designs. The whole scene in the “command infromation center” is a lot more dynamic now. Especially the facial features have improved a lot. Quality work.
One piece of input (because I know you have a eye for detail and reasonable realism): Avoid short-sleeved shirts (e.g. Zaballa wears one). Most uniform designs avoid these for combat uniforms. The reason is simple: They leave the arms exposed (to the sun, dirt, insects, effects from work, like sparks and so on) and cut down the camoflage effect. Long sleeves can be folded and rolled up in hot weather environments (or in the office or any other more controlled environment).
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True, but the CONASUR personnel aren’t wearing BDUs, but more like a field service uniform. I imagined it more like a Navy deck officer’s gear from the 60s, though they’re Army officers (Zaballa is actually in the Ecuadorian Air Force).
–M
Ah, I see!
The revamped page looks GREAT. 😀
The first panel especially. So much more dynamic, like Ulrich said. My favorite part is the scared girl looking over her shoulder at Haulley. Her expression is golden.
Thanks, man. I was really happy with how it turned out, myself!
–M
“on Memorial Day, as well, when Americans stop to remember the nearly two and a half of their fellow citizens…”
Little typo there, I think more than two and a half…
You can have whatever government you want, unless of course its the one we don’t want, in which case we’ll bomb your faces off. And then MAKE you want our government. But only if you want to.
Typo noted and corrected. Thanks for spotting that. As to the rest, cf. my comment above.
–M
This is a great start to the tale. Beautiful work Emily! I love the green and orange wash color scheme. I’m definitely to going to check out your work.
Indeed so! I was really blown away by this one Emily! You really outdid yourself!
–M