Davis is so eloquent
on January 9, 2012 at 12:01 amAbscondWithAPie:
Some of you may have noticed the new announcement that showed up at the top of our site today. I decided I wanted there to be a way for us to let you all know that the comic was going to be late without wasting a whole blog post on thus subject. If I could be sure that you all followed me on Twitter I’d just use that, but I don’t expect you to. (I tried to find a simple ticker for my Twitter feed but I didn’t have as much luck) Anyways, we just wanted to keep you informed. Sorry about the delay!
Altermentality:
Yep, we’ve got a new handy, only sort-of obnoxious news announcement thing so you should be able to keep better track of when in the day the comic is going to actually update, when we’re running late. We hope to make good use of it.
Also, new cameo today: 13lackout!
Ecta actually gave up? =O But wait, is that shout an opportunity?!
There’s an explanation, but… you’ll have to find out when Davis does
What’s the creature on 13lackout’s shoulders, out of curiosity?
Also, the guy at the sammich stand reminds me a lot of Cyril…is that him in disguise!? Since he can’t follow THAT set of bad guys, he follows a DIFFERENT sent of bad guys…:P
Also also, there’s spam in a post on the very bottom of the previous comic.
That’s his kitty! It was in the reference picture of himself he sent me.
It’s probably Cyril’s brother, who has been equally successful in life.
Oh, I saw. Except I don’t actually think it’s spam, but rather just a reader enthusiastic to share something else we might like. Usually when we get spam, it’s about buying shoes or something a lot less related to the comic, and we delete it right away. In fact, spambots usually don’t mention it’s a comic at all. So I’ll leave it for now. …And I actually checked that game out and it does look rather cool. It’s a bit of a strange message, but I don’t think it’s spam.
K so here’s how my morning went: Wake up, check some webcomics for updates, see The Fourth has a new page, Sees me and Sabrina on said page, and then there was much rejoicing.
When I was writing to you, I took a reeeeeally long time trying to decide what I wanted to look like. Part of me wanted to look like my Skyrim character, with armor and weapons, but I decided to stick with a more plain outfit to make it easier to draw and because honestly, I would never walk around carrying all of that heavy gear unless my life depended on it. I really love the finished product, a closer look reveals some nice details, like my beard, the baldric that I thought you left out at first, and all of the creases, buttons and whatnot. Also, Sabrina looks ADORABLE!!
Other things I liked on this page include that flish in the same panel, whom I dub Badass McCool, and that sandwich vendor that has no pupils. BartyMae says Cyril, but Im gonna say he’s a relative of Derk’s.
I’m glad you like it!
Sabrina, cool. Now I know your kitty is a girl. I have a black cat too, named Cocoa. I love black cats, especially how from a distance you really can’t see anything of their face but their beautiful eyes.
That’s why the “I am sworn to carry your burdens” lady carries it, right? (All I know about Skyrim is from watching Victor play it a bit.)
Also, the vendor has pupils
They’re just really tiny and near the top, I can see how you could see them as the bottoms of his strands of hair.
Yea, I noticed that! Sabrina is actually pretty shy, and will usually hiss at anyone that isn’t family that tries to pet her right away, but once she warms up to you, she’s very sweet, as you saw in the reference.
Well, my character in Skyrim is a pretty buff guy, so he doesn’t mind wearing his armor and weapons at all times. Lydia, the lady you are referring to, just carries loot that brings my guy over his carrying capacity (otherwise he slows to a snail’s pace). I, however, do not possess the gift of being buff or having someone sworn to carry my burdens, and would travel light.
Ah, ok, I see them now. There goes that theory…
hey alter
u should look at my deviant art some time
im really improving on my art ^^
Sammich, Eat Fresh! (R)
It seems someone’s mad at the sammich man for not adding enough olives.
The sammich man.
And a talking coconut.
This comic is amazing.
Aaw… I feel sorry for Ecta. She turned out to have rather less strength than I expected in the face of someone not willing to be bullied.
I rather like the flowering vines about the market sign, and the colours and feel of the scenes that show bits of Wilderfall beyond the grass at a character’s feet.
I also like you use of solid colours for elements that are “out of focus”; the stark blacks and whites used for the main characters allow them to be easily found without overbearing the foreground elements, and the softer, lower-contrast colours of background elements allow for a nicely-defined but nevertheless recessive backdrop. ^_^
13lackout, congratulations on your cameo. ^_^
Somehow, I have a feeling that the shoppers at Wilderfall Market are like those at Whole Foods or farmers markets. But I suppose they are deeply connected to nature!
Cue crazy hippie
don’t lii flowers grow from other sources the mother tree? there could be dozens behind the city because no ones bothered to look. that would be quite funny. ^^
“The comic will be up Saturday. It’s been a really rough week.”
They better be up at exactly 12:00…:P
I found it! I found the cat! I saw you said a cat appeared with 13lackout’s cameo, so I went and found it! MUHAHA!
I am very obsessive.
I still love your comic!