Courtney:
I want to believe Skärva himself made that drawing of Blank, but I don’t know. And yes, the Lurkins were hiding there the whole time.
Fun facts: Some of the characters in this comic have been drawn before. The EMT Lurkins are here and they’re both based off of some dedicated EMTs I knew in college.
The flish is actually one of our reader characters. His name is Angus, he was created by Venndy and he was actually the first one I think! We have three so far and they’re all going to be immortalized in this special story. Remember, if you donate a certain amount you can get a cameo or a character in the comic too! We plan to print this story, so your donations are more important than ever. Unlike the pirate arc, there’s going to be plenty of opportunities for cameos and peripheral minions here. I’m also planning on making a reader character gallery on the site sometime soon so no one will forget about them!
(Also the lady ghost is one of Ecta’s jerk roommates. The dude ghost is the only one I made up as I went along.)
They need to invent technology (magic) that allows the injured to disappear in… say… a poof of mist when defeated XD
That sort of happened. But it was just these hidden medics making them invisible to protect them from further harm.
I’m sure a charm or something that detects when someone faints and makes them invisible could also be constructed, but is that REALLY such a good idea?
HAH! I love the aftermaths. There’s always a mess cleaning up and more often than not it’s just plain fun to watch
You monster.
I sometimes wonder why there is an obligatory dead end room in dungeons, it as if the person who made the dungeon knows the hero(s) will explore every room in search of loot and other helpful items.
I think in this case they just like to troll Blank.
I got really excited and thought Angus was Batter-flish for a moment, but alas, he is not. Poor fella.
It’s kinda weird to see a guy ghost. Maybe because we’ve only seen females so far? I think?
But is Skaervs that artistic to capture Blank so perfectly?
Nah, there have definitely been some guys!
http://thefourthcomic.com/?comic=what-you-dont-know-cant-hurt-you The Lurkin and the one that attempts to scare Derk is a guy, even though he has longish hair because most people of any gender in Idenau do
Here’s another dude! http://thefourthcomic.com/?comic=says-the-guy-who-exploded-in-the-second-comic I guess I just draw more females because curvy flowy bodies are more fun.
Yes. He’s a genius.
Ohhh, you’re right! Guess I just didn’t pay them much attention…sorry ghost guys…
If taking on the Gods doesn’t work out, he always has a career in art.
Nice to finally post again instead of just reading silently. The invisibility to hide wounded minions thing is a pretty cool trick, I’m sure you could headcannon that as an explanation into games/cartoons as a more PG explanation than, well, the minions being offed. Also I wish I had money so I could get a fan character into here… one day in the future I guess. One day.
You shouldn’t read silently. Read aloud! Do a dramatic reading, with voices.
Yeah, I feel like we’ve been getting away from our “explaining how game stuff would work in a real world” wheelhouse, but we’re bringing it back! We don’t want our minions to be offed.
A dramatic reading you say? That seems like a fun idea. Would you mind if I did videos of that and put them on youtube or something?
I have to say first before you make a decision that I /might/ do some voices ok but I’m not a professional voice actor or anything.
I’d be super honored! And I really struggle with deciding what any of the characters sound like, so it’d be hard to get it wrong.
Wait, why are there two Blanks on panel 3?
Every hero must fight a dark version of themselves at some point, don’t you know!
Seriously what if that head came off the wall and started flying at him? It DOES look a lot like that version of himself Spongebob drew with the magic pencil…
Dark Blank looks like more of a fun guy than Dark Link.
Oh yeah, he’s a laugh riot! Just look at him! And he’s actually quite clever, don’t let the erroneous description fool you.
Have you ever read The Dark Lord of Derkholm? This page reminded me of it. It’s about a fantasy world called Derkholm, which exists as an alternate dimension to ours. Tourism is the primary industry in Derkholm, and each year, a council chooses a family to “host” a sort of show for that year’s round of tourists. The members of the family become the villains for this fake heroic adventure that all the tourists get to watch unfold, thinking it’s a real life fantasy adventure.
You’ve told me about that before! I should probably read it to make sure we don’t end up inadvertently using the same ideas. Ours are more geared specifically around video game mechanics, but it already has “Derk” right there in the title, so there must be other uncanny coincidences!
A friend was telling me about another book that reminded her of our story, called Too Many Curses. http://www.amazon.com/Too-Many-Curses-Lee-Martinez/dp/076535795X