So, when I was writing this scene, I actually had a bit of trouble trying to write how to specifically show what makes Val and especially Frankie and Alfred special and why they would be perfect as ACES agents; at this point, Val's talents practically writes itself, but how do you show a zombie character that doesn't die, visually, in a semi-realistic setting?
I thought abo...
2020-08-22 05:58:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Only change I'd like to see made would be the games Alfred's playing on the 2 monitors to something more hand-drawn, so it wouldn't clash with the rest of the page, but we'll see. : P
2020-08-22 01:53:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Poor Frankie; he risks his neck (literally...sorta.), only for Gordon to move on to his son right after complimenting him. D:
2020-08-20 00:55:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This commission wasn't cheap; $120, to be exact, but I think it was well worth the investment!
Anyways, if you haven't noticed by now, Frankie and Val have new clothes that they'll wear, starting in Chapter 2 (give or take a few minor tweaks), so consider this a sneak preview of sorts!
Btw, remind me to commission ref sheets for these guys once Chapter 1 is finished!
2020-08-13 05:28:11 +0000 UTC View Post
So, bad news is no new page this week. But, the good news is it's because of this sweet drawing that Uma's working on at this very moment!
Notice anything different about them? You have until the final version to guess. :P
But yeah, vroom vroom.
2020-08-12 04:58:03 +0000 UTC View Post
When I was writing this page, I had that revelation as I was writing Lydia's line, that maybe vampires shouldn't really be in a hospital, for obvious reasons. You guys saw the US version of Being Human, right? Heck, as the show went on, the hospital the vampire guy works in actually keypad locks the room that houses all the blood bags, presumably because the other staff noticed small quantities...
2020-08-08 08:13:47 +0000 UTC View Post
And now we get to see why Gordon wants Val, Frankie, and his own son to restart ACES.
Originally, this page and next was going to simply have Gordon explaining why he needed them without showing shots of showing why they are perfect for the job, but that would've been boring. XD
One of the best pieces of advice I can give, if you're writing a script in general, woul...
2020-08-07 23:43:29 +0000 UTC View Post
I wonder if Val's playing that "Finnish Baseball" I've heard Teemu Selanne talk about, that one time?
2020-08-07 04:47:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Dig, Simon, dig with all your might!
2020-08-07 04:02:14 +0000 UTC View Post
...talk about getting to the point. :U
2020-08-06 06:10:56 +0000 UTC View Post
So, here's a very brief story: Uma suggested that to help spread the word of this comic, I should reach out to other artists and commission them! I don't know how often I'll be able to do this, but it's fun getting to see other people's spins on these characters!
It's pretty simple; just Frankie and Val listening to some music together. :D
If you like this drawing be sure to follow ...
2020-08-04 10:19:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Like all good things, they came to an end...thanks to the 2007-2010 financial crisis. ;I
And now we're back to our regularly scheduled gorgon/zombie/roosterboy adventures. Next scene is going to be absolutely amazing for a different reason; you'll get to see them in action again! :D
2020-07-31 05:48:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Anyone figuring out what exactly happened to the original ACES organization? : P
2020-07-31 04:52:17 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm gonna try to do an image preview with these patreon posts whenever I post on Twitter, so you don't need to see Frankie's uncomfortable face all the time. XD
2020-07-30 10:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post
All those cool agents from various decades, all affected by the recession. :<
2020-07-29 04:14:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Wouldn't be proper '50's Las Vegas without mobsters, am I right? ;)
This page kinda wrote itself, because I imagine that mob bosses did a lot of stuff to get tourists in their businesses, back then. Wouldn't have been surprising if they had hypnotized passersby to get them to gamble or stay in their hotels.
2020-07-25 03:54:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Is that Dr. Screwball Jones' grandfather, there? :U
2020-07-24 03:17:50 +0000 UTC View Post
"Businesses come and go", especially during this not-so-great time. :<
2020-07-20 21:07:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Eeey, we got backstory!
So, when I was coming up with this scene, I felt like starting at the end of World War II would be a nice place where the US army would discover the artifacts, because the Axis forces did a bunch of unethical experiments, so I figured they probably would've known about these various powered objects for quite a while before the Allied forces started raiding German c...
2020-07-17 01:42:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Anyone who can guess what castle that is correctly gets a cookie. : P
2020-07-15 00:12:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Even with better shading, the gamma settings are too bright. Oof. :<
2020-07-03 08:51:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I kinda wonder how many people know that "Dreamland" is a nickname for Area 51 (outside of people invested in aliens/conspiracy theories and all that jazz)?
Next page will be where things get absolutely juicy! You'll be seeing WWII soldiers, mobsters, and crippling economic downturn, all in 3 pages. XD
2020-07-03 07:13:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Trying to see the projectors there, Alfred?
2020-07-01 21:03:17 +0000 UTC View PostWe're now at the point in this pandemic where everyone assumed we were all safe again, and people stopped bothering to cover their faces, and we're now on the verge of going back to square one. Lovely. At least we have some exciting games coming out for the rest of the year, though! (Seriously, in one of the worst years of our time, NOW we get all these games that everyone's wanted for years/de...
2020-06-29 05:17:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Now I can divulge on ACES HQ, now that you can see it in full!
So, when I first started conceiving the ideas that would ultimately become ACES, back in August 2018, I was trying to think of how I could make Las Vegas the perfect setting; I knew I wanted there to be a secret HQ in a similar vein to Moonlit Brew's PXS, but trying to figure out how to implement one in a city full of tourist ...
2020-06-19 05:55:41 +0000 UTC View Post
We're getting ever so closer. :D
2020-06-18 07:03:59 +0000 UTC View Post
You'd be surprised how easy and hard it was to give Lydia a snarky line like that. 8I
Also, I'm super excited that Persona 4 Golden is finally coming to PC this weekend! This comic, at least as we know it today, might have not been possible, had it not come in my life at the time it did!
2020-06-10 21:43:28 +0000 UTC View Post
See? Told ya some of the panels would be changed up. : P
2020-06-09 21:33:42 +0000 UTC View Post
We finally get to see Alfred's dad for the first time! :D
So, when I was writing the script, I subconsciously had J.K. Simmons' voice in my head as I was working on Gordon's dialogue. I kinda imagined him looking sorta like Gordon Freeman from Half-Life as I was getting a better grasp of his quirks (which you will see, in due time), and I've thought about him looking more like Tenzin from...
2020-06-09 05:42:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Anyone here wanting to guess what this... "area" (can't specify just yet)? You'll get a cookie if you get it right. ;)
2020-06-06 06:50:18 +0000 UTC View Post
