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First of all, I'm going to start doing things a little bit different from now on. I'm going to have a Commentary section of the rant and a Banter part of the rant. This is my OCD keeping things organized. I'll head other topics as needed. And usually they'll be in that order. Sometimes not. But before I start that-
My friend is having some hurt right now folks. You know him because everytime there is a con or I'm in Texas I talk about my crazy friend Xero and his awesome wife Katy. They're experiencing somewhat of a karma bomb which is saying the very least. If you can, PLEASE, go support his site, send him some love (I tried to steal his donate button but he encrypted it! POOT!), or support his book (international folks click here). Bohemian Trash Studios will send all the money made to Xero and Katy until the end of September. For more information on all this please see xerjester.com. And if you donate money to ME, I'm sending it to HIM. Sorry. Save I have a karma bomb. :/
Commentary:
The lines are still the same but the coloring is a little more spiced up in this version of the Book 2 cover. The Death of Balance is a relatively calm book in my opinion and originally it wasn't my favorite but the more I script it, the closer it grows to my heart. A lot of things go down in this book including the reintroduction of the Betaverse, the introduction of Vega and Miah and some intense character development amongst the group. A few people have asked what all the book titles are so I thought I'd post them as well with this commentary. The first book was The Fated which followed closely to the four characters who were normalized (Juno, Shades, Sam and Pike). Death of Balance is Book 2 and that gets more closely explained in the first and last chapters. Book 3 is Spheres of Redemption and that book is... I suppose the best way to put it is a very intimate character development book. Book 4 is House of the Setting Sun which is a book that focuses a lot on the past of the characters and how it intertwines into their fate. The last book is Lacrymosa. So hopefully that's some fun insight for you.
Banter:
I got back from Wizard World at 1am with a migraine. I'm still not too cohesive on what all happened due to that. So I'll be posting my wrap-up probably later today after I've had some art time.
Support!
I'm throwing up some new link buttons if you'd like to help me spread the word about the comic and Volume 2 you can. I'd really appreciate anything anyone can do. You can direct link these and link back to either http://starcrossd.net or http://starcrossd.net/comic.html
You can add these to your webpage, your myspace, livejournal. Whatever floats your boat. Thanks to everyone who's helped so far by linking SCD.
Otakon - So, as Juno said, we returned from Otakon a week ago (this morning) and are we glad to be home. Once upon a time I could drive 1000 miles in a day and shrug it off. Now, 7 to 8 hundred miles is about all I can stand, and thats with help. Travel aside, I thought Otakon went quite well. I got to hang out with Xero of the Swordwaltzer, Mr. Mookie of Dominic Deegan and "Have You Had The Bread?!?" I also got to see Ananth and Hawk from Applegeeks when they stopped by to chat with Juno and Mookie and of course I talked it up with Jax who sat next to us from [sic] productions. One of the best parts of con had to be Xero's signs... Xero KNOWS... (you had to be there I guess)...
Fingers - As far as counting on my fingers, please allow me to pass along my recent experience so that you might not find yourself in my shoes. I was making a presentation to my supervisor, his supervisor, and the head of the office concerning a problem on one of my projects. I have been working on this issue for quite a while, and I was lost in covering the details when I came to my two points.
If you see where this is going, be quiet so you don't spoil it for everyone else.
So, I come to my two, very important points, and to illustrate I hold up two fingers (to follow along, raise your left hand and extend your index and middle finger). So, I begin to make my first, very important point, and things are going quite well. Then, I went to make my second point. Yes, I lowered my index finger. Here I am, in a very important meeting that is going oh so well, and I have just flipped my boss, his boss, and the head of the office the finger (a.k.a. the bird). If everyone hadn't started laughing, I probably would have looked for the nearest rock to crawl under to never be heard from again.
The moral of the story, don't count down on your fingers, count up (unless you're just counting to one)...