Panel 2:
Pai: Um, I'm not sure what I'm looking at.
Panel 3:
Nith: Alright, I had better tell this one--
Panel 4:
Nith: So there I was!
Ell: Uhg!
Nith: Ok ok, fine! Well after I left Haffenway (place), I ended up in Crambone (place).
Nith: Sure, I made a few coin here and there, but I needed some capital to start my business.
Nith: So I borrowed a little from some local investors.
Panel 5:
Nith: Had a few good quests and was able to pay off my debt.
Nith Background: There, repaid in full!
Panel 6:
Crime Boss Background: Not so fast there! You owe, uh, what did you call it Jebhadai (name)?
Jebhadai Background: Interest adjusted for inflation!
Crime Boss Background: Yeah, what he said! Now pay up!
Panel 7:
Nith: But I didn't think the Villa Inc. Bank would be so misleading about our agreement. (read: villain)
Nith Background: What? That wasn't the deal!
Crime Boss Background: Looks like you owe an extra 20 gold.
Panel 8:
Nith Background: I can't pay that!
Crime Boss Background: Jebhadai, show him what we do with delinquent accounts!
Nith Background: Wait! Stop!
Panel 9:
Nith Background: Hey! Ow! Stop!
Panel 10:
Nith: And this guy just comes out of nowhere!
Panel 11:
Nith: Man, you should have seen his moves. That guy was on fire!
Panel 12:
Nith: Ever since then, we've been an unstoppable team--
Panel 13:
Pai: None of that happened, did it?
Ell: I'm sure they think that's how it all did.
Panel 14:
Pai: I'm almost afraid to ask, but what did Coffin do before that?
Panel 15:
Nith: Don't know!! He's never said!
Panel 17:
Nith: Oh come on! That was pure gold! Hey, no need to give me the silent treatment! No wait! It was just a joke-- (interrupted)
Huh? (also does this show coffin vefore he was undead!)
Nith uh… might have embellished some details… and nope, he’s always been undead… can kinda tell it’s still him in panel 8… but with a wicked stash and a fro. >)
Cruel man, cruuueeeelll! Setting Nith on Fire, good, he had it coming! Leaving us hanging, not so good! All we know about Coffin is his love of butterflies, hes hazord to school buildings, and that he is destructive when taken out of his element (quite litterly). Lastly…Disco…Evvvvvviiiil! You almost cant tell its Coffin… He looks so…Un-Coffin-y…
XD yeah, can’t divulge all of his secrets just yet! I have another backstory for Coffin planned towards the end of this Issue thought I’m not sure on what style I want to do it in. hmm… err, anyways, I’m going to slowly add in more and more of his (and the rest of the crew’s) history into the story, but not all at once.
heh, he was asking for it ya know… but I kind of wanted show they were pretty buddy buddy with this page and the one with Ell. kinda how close friends or brothers would act.
ha, yeah… I’m sure Coffin probably didn’t have an afro at that time… or wore epic polyester lapels… but I figured it helped add to the absurdity of the story. like how he’s doing kung fu bar fight moves, when you know, he’s more of a fireball kinda dude. though I’m pretty sure this might be the last time they’ll let Nith tell any stories about Coffin (for a while at least). >)
You set it right with the afro but really… xD Im sure Coffin was sad to lose that one!
sigh… and I as well… I’ll have to dredge up some of my blackmail photos of my epic copper colored fro some day…
The central panel MUST be on the next week’s Insider xD It just HAS TO!
Gyah! Can’t but watch it! xD
You’re amazing
lol! well thank you good sir! think this will be the last time I use that painted style for a while! that was pretty exhausting. >O
Fine I give up: what is the joke supposed to be there at the end? Coffin doesn’t talk, ever. Therefore it makes perfect sense that he wouldn’t have verbally told them his life before.
the “silent treatment” (meaning, not talking to him on purpose cause he’s angry)… cause he’s always, ya know…
but yeah, the “he’s never said” is a facepalm worthy bad joke… >)
Yeah, the shunning makes sense, it’s that, “he’s never said” bit. He’s never stated anything we can see, but since silences one of his things, it seems rational that he wouldn’t chat about his past.
Is it a pun? Should I pronounce it in a certain way? I feel like I’m missing something core here, but I cannot think what it is. Believe me I’ve spent way more time than I’d care to mention trying to decipher this; mainly because my CDO brain deems this unacceptable ignorance.
ah. yes, it’s like a bad joke. everybody know’s he can’t speak and thus would not have told Nith his history, BUT saying “he’s never said” is equivalent to “he’s never mentioned it” or “he’s never told me”… so it’s “tongue in cheek” type of joke I guess.
so in other words, it is understood that Coffin hasn’t actually spoken about it, but Nith uses the expression “he’s never said” (kinda like a pun) to poke fun at Coffin for not speaking.
not sure if I’ve made that more clear or more confusing, lol, but it’s just a “poke fun” kind of bad joke (not the kind of joke with a punchline)… which is why the others facepalm, shake their heads, and look disturbed at how bad it was.
>)
Beautiful. *sheds a manly tear* Just beautiful.
isn’t it? /tear
*ahem* now uh… how bout them sports teams eh?
Yes, the feeling is mute-al.
Listen to the ground:
There is shakin’ all around.
There is something goin’ down
And I can feel it…
In the heat of our pug,
Don’t need no rez for us to save it.
Gimme just enough to take us to the endin’.
I got scorch in my mind,
I got flamestrike on rotation.
When I’m castin’ in the dark.
I’ll give you warnin’!
Frost Fire, Frost Fire,
We know how to spam it!
Frost Fire, Frost Fire,
We know how to shake it…
LOL! very nice!! XD
ps… is that a song somewhere? got a link?
Oh yeah, it’s Bee Gees’ Night Fever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ihs-vT9T3Q
/groove
LOL! nice!!!
LOL! That was great! Gotta love Discoshaker!
Disco Shaker like disco muuuuusic!
heh, thanks!! >D
Ack, we finally reach Coffin’s portion of the flashbacks and we still don’t get to learn how he died…err…how he came to being undead?
mwahahahaha! well… he’s never been not undead. um… dunno if that made sense. we’ll get a little glimpse of the early years towards the end of the issue, though I’d still like to spread out much of his past of the course of the story. I kinda started out this series “in medias res”, thus much of the history has to be either implied or given through flashbacks. I really like this, though I find it to be very tough given the weekly format. We’ll see how things go, but expect to see more storytelling in crazy art styles in the future. >)
I was waiting to the end to tell you how awesome all the different styles suit the people telling the story, but…there’s something so awesome about the Bob-Ross Era 1970s photographic style that is so unexpected…but so shaker-esque…
Good Job! Keep Silent Coffin!
lol, well thank you sir!!! it’s actually funny you mention that… I’ve been trying to work in writing another tutorial and ironically it has to do with the Bob! “How to find your Mojo & summon your inner Bob”
ty ty! >D
I’m loving the fro!
hehe, ty! O>)
hmm… that was supposed to be my smiley with a fro…
LOL I love Panel 8 :D
can almost hear the “chicka chicka wow wow chicka” disco music playing in the background! XD
Comedy Fail
like the disco style looks good, would make a nice wallpaper
yeah… touchy subject maybe?
lol! oh god! so much work to digi paint! buuuut maybe I’ll add it to the todo list. >)