Rebellion|Revolution: A Webcomic

[BRC]

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Current Comic:Too Much of a good thing
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Archive


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A (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev1p1.png)| Beginning (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev1p2.png) (2-Parts)
Breakfast (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev2.png)
Domestic Slacker Force (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev3.png)
5:33 PM (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev4.png)
In Motion (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev5.png)
Party Planning (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev6.png)
Why do they need a sign for that? (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev7.png)
The (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev8p1.png)|Broadcast (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev8p2.png)(2-parts)
Prove Them (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev9p1.png) |Wrong (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev9p2.png) (2-parts)
Masked (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev10.png)
Conveniently Avoiding a Crowd Scene (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev11.png)
Bringing a Gun to a Knifefight (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev12.png)
Woah, Bad Luck (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev13.png)
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Naymark's Rebellion (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev15.png)
Writing on the Walls (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev16.png)
A Chat at Gunpoint (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev17.png)
They always call During Dinner (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev18.png)
That Mysterious Man in Black (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev19.png)
The Fantastic Mister Foxhound (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev20.png)
Avengers Foxhounds Assemble! (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev21.png)
Motives (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev22p1.png) (Part2) (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev22p2.png)
Dripping with Metaphor
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Toasty (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev25.png)
Do they speak Vague in What? (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev26.png)
The More you Know (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev27.png)
Another day at the Office (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev28.png)
Somebody is Grumpy (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev29.png)
Somebody Else Has no time for Grump (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev30.png)
For the People and the Desk (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev32p21.png)(Part2) (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev32p12.png)
Getting really sick of Desks (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev33.png)
James might be a Little angry. (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev34.png)
How Ungrateful!
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Getting your Game Face On (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev36.png)
Said Caesar at the Rubicon (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev37.png)
I Hate Drawing Cars (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev38.png)
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Schroedinger's Cop (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev40.png)
Time's Up (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev41.png)
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We'll Meet Again (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev43.png)
OBJECTION! (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev44.png)
The Rear Window (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev45.png)
Rendezvous (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev46.png)
The Hours Between (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev47.png)
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Reporting In
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Staff Meeting
He Is Kinda Spooky
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He is Kinda Drunk (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev51.png)
Too Much is Not Enough (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev52.png)
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[/URL]Lexicon


Republic of Cardina: A large nation frequently at war with it’s neighbor Radinal over control of the Long Valley. While technically it’s a series of small wars, the intermittent nature of them means the nations are never truly at peace. These wars are generally referred to collectively as “The Long Wars”. These wars are indirectly the cause of much unrest within the nation.
The Directorate: Technically the administrative wing of the Republic of Cardina, the Directorate has essentially taken over the government. Since almost all the posts are appointed by those already in the directorate, the Senate gradually began losing power as the directorate grew larger, until the Directorate took over running the elections. Since then, the senate has danced to the tune of the Director General.
DSF: Domestic Security forces. Technically a national police force, the DSF is very military in outlook and doctrine. The DSF serves a dual purpose, between the wars, it provides a nice place to keep military personnel busy, it also provides a steady supply of recruits for when the war starts up again, since DSF officers already have much of the basic training and indoctrination.
Deefers: a derogatory term for DSF personnel.
Longshots: Soldiers, specifically those who fought in the Long War.
Longcracks: Soldiers who returned from the Long War mentally or physically damaged

Characters

Loyalists
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Revolutionaries
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Banners

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Fanart

Maria Ruspyzn by Darklord Bright, who is an all around awesome dude.
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Maria Ruspyzn by Vulion
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Titlecard by Darklord Bright

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Maria and Claude by Darklord Bright

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Updates Mondays or Thursdays, and occasionally Both!
Oh and another note, I'm a feedback-addict, so please comment on the comics and feel free to ask questions.

[Falgorn]

So far, it looks pretty cool.
Waiting for the next one.:smallbiggrin:

[Szilard]

I like how each side views eachother as faceless. Pretty cool idea, though I almost didn't notice it. I'll be reading to see where this goes.

[Green-Shirt Q]

Now this is certainly going to be a comical, light-hearted story.


I like how each side views eachother as faceless. Pretty cool idea, though I almost didn't notice it. I'll be reading to see where this goes.

I actually thought it was laziness or bad art. That sounds a lot more likely, though.

[BRC]

Now this is certainly going to be a comical, light-hearted story.

Indeed. I shall tell the story of a nation in conflict through fart jokes, slapsticks, and puns on the word "Apricot".


I actually thought it was laziness or bad art. That sounds a lot more likely, though.
The confidence you have in me is truly astounding.
The faceless thing is indeed an intentional storytelling device.

[Mina Kobold]

seems another masterwork of yours is made, BRC.

I'll be Stalking following this :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

[BRC]

Comic #2 is up, it's the most important comic of the day.

[Lyinginbedmon]

This seems like a good start to a bad emotional moment for both characters...

[BRC]

This seems like a good start to a bad emotional moment for both characters...
Indeed :smallbiggrin:
Comic #3 up.
It should be noted that I made this comic and named the character well Before I realized I had introduced a character named Kilroy by having him peek over a wall.
http://delontin1.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/kilroy_28_173.jpg

[memnarch]

Not yet. To me, guy at the desk is a nameless mook. Just someone James had a conversation with while waiting for his superior. (no name there either)

So you could still do a proper introduction if you want.

[BRC]

Not yet. To me, guy at the desk is a nameless mook. Just someone James had a conversation with while waiting for his superior. (no name there either)

So you could still do a proper introduction if you want.
As in, I'd made this comic (And he's not at a desk, he's peeking over a cubical wall), and made Friday's comic (Where he is referred to as Kilroy), and then I realized what I'd done.

Commander guy still doesn't have a name though. Maybe his name should just be "Sir".

[memnarch]

I see.


Sir would be an interesting name. Wonder who'd name their kid that though.

[BRC]

I see.


Sir would be an interesting name. Wonder who'd name their kid that though.
Same guy who named his kid major major major, then had him join the Air Force where he was immediately promoted to the rank of Major.
Edit: maybe Sir is short for somthing, like Sirio (which sounds like it could be a name). Maybe his last name is Knight, so he could be Commander Sir Knight ( I havn't actually decided what his Rank is).

[BRC]

Comic #4 Up.
Also, check out the incredibly professional looking characters spoiler.

[Szilard]

Coolio. Now your comic is obviously professional. :smalltongue:

[BRC]

Fifth comic up, and thus we reach the end of the daily updates. I'll probably do regular Monday updates from now on.

Also, I have made 3 banners, one of which is just the title shrunk down, as well as one banner supporting the Revolutionaries, and one supporting the DSF. I expect this news will greatly excite all my fan.

[Szilard]

You forgot the [/URL] tag in the code for the last two banners.

[BRC]

You forgot the [/URL] tag in the code for the last two banners.
Curses, I spent so long trying to get that right.
Edit: any comments about the comics so far while I fix the banners.
URGENT UPDATE: The Directorate reports that, despite the rebels efforts at sabotage, the repairs to the banners are complete. They would also like to remind all citizens that this weeks Comment quota has not been met.

[memnarch]

Make the characters' sizes larger. The background tend towards the undetailed side, so maybe give enlarging a try by filling up the frame with more of the character?

Definitely should use a larger dimension for the picture instead of ~582x546 though.

[BRC]

Comic up. Sorry about the layout, it was the best way I could think of to get those walls of text in.

[Szilard]

I'm going to comment so that you don't double post yourself and so that you won't feel lonely.

[Mina Kobold]

Comic up. Sorry about the layout, it was the best way I could think of to get those walls of text in.

I think you made an error in the last panel, it looks like she's saying that they won't achieve anything by the riot and then repeating what another person said two panels earlier about how they should join the riot.

[BRC]

I think you made an error in the last panel, it looks like she's saying that they won't achieve anything by the riot and then repeating what another person said two panels earlier about how they should join the riot.
Okay, I should have fixed that (Though now the layout is even worse. I need to stop with that wall-of-texting).

I don't know what's worse, that I made such a stupid mistake, or that it took so long for somebody to point it out.

[Szilard]

I'm probably your number 1 non-lurk fan, and I don't pay attention to grammar and spelling that often.

[BRC]

I'm probably your number 1 non-lurk fan, and I don't pay attention to grammar and spelling that often.
Yeah but this wasn't that, this was me copying a speech bubble and forgetting to put in the new dialouge.

Speaking of which, I should be doing better on my Buffer building over my winter break...

[BRC]

Comic 7 up.

[Szilard]

Some of the panels seem to be cut off.

[BRC]

Some of the panels seem to be cut off.
Lies and sedition.
*Sneakily fixes comic*

[memnarch]

Why is she spraying red spray paint into that guy's face? :smallconfused:

[BRC]

Why is she spraying red spray paint into that guy's face? :smallconfused:

I couldn't decide whether or not she was using red paint or pepper spray, thanks for deciding for me.

Why? To incapacitate him temporarily (paint in the EYES) so somebody can stop him before he pulls out a gun/hits them with his nightstick/goes for help in an annoying security guardish fasion.

[memnarch]

Heh.

If you want to use pepper spray, I'd think that would be more of a brownish colour.

[Szilard]

Woohoo! Party on page two!

[DarkCloud]

Comic 2 Second line of panels- the Sgt. Becomes a Captain??
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I must say, the alternating faceless graphical style suits this comic well. I like its artsiness in both chosen high concept and graphics.

Good Luck.

~DC.

[BRC]

Comic 2 Second line of panels- the Sgt. Becomes a Captain??

I've fixed it, but it stubbornly refuses to be fixed (I deleted the old image, uploaded a fixed one, and even replaced the links, but it's still leads to the old version)

In the meantime my reasoning will be that the DSF blames the shooting on a panicking Sergent, while the Rebels blame it on a Captain.

Edit: What High concept, this is a comic about Armpit farts.

[memnarch]

Refresh your cache. That might work.

[DarkCloud]

Re: Refreshing Cache.

I never opened the comic before today, however, so I do not see why that should work. I can try that, though. Thank you.

>>In the meantime my reasoning will be that the DSF blames the shooting on a panicking Sergent, while the Rebels blame it on a Captain.

The first time I read it, that was what I thought as well.
However, the words "that same captain" made me think it might be a mistake.

High Concept: Love Interests Hide Secrets as One Struggles For Freedom and Another Struggles For Stability, set against the backdrop of a police-state revolution.

Sort of... I do not really know what you have planned.

[memnarch]

Re: Refreshing Cache.

I never opened the comic before today, however, so I do not see why that should work. I can try that, though. Thank you.
...

Hm, probably not then, if you've never seen the pic before. :\

[BRC]

High Concept: Love Interests Hide Secrets as One Struggles For Freedom and Another Struggles For Stability, set against the backdrop of a police-state revolution.

Sort of... I do not really know what you have planned.

Actually, my plan was for the rest of the comic to focus around armpit farts. But I like your idea better, i'll go with that :smalltongue:

I knew what you were talking about before, I was making a joke, but I love the way you described it.

Re: The Comic, here's the link I have up there now, I thought I'd fixed that particular issue a while back, but I might have forgotten too.
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Edit: Wait, High- concept work with deep themes...I'm a beret and a black turtleneck away from being the pretentious artiste of the fan comics forum.

[BRC]

Comic Up! This is a big one, plot significance-wise, please comment.
This would have been a great place to end the chapter (Which I still need to name), but by the time I made it it was too late, too much other stuff needs to happen this chapter for us to end here.

[memnarch]

Cool. Nice work.

[BRC]

Oooh, also, I just remembered.
I need to name this first chapter. Currently I'm considering
Megaphone|Microphone (This one will make sense later)
The Jackal Laughs
A Story Needs a Beginning

Also: Moar Comments!

[BRC]

Lack of comments depresses the BRC. I know people are reading this, tell me what you think of the comic so far.

So this post isn't just random comment begging, I have some artwork, two new characters (well technically they've been in the comic already, but only as faceless mooks. I only recently decided to make them proper characters who will show up later as part of something called "Foxhound Unit", but I'm getting ahead of myself.
Here they are.
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[An Enemy Spy]

Oooh, also, I just remembered.
I need to name this first chapter. Currently I'm considering
Megaphone|Microphone (This one will make sense later)
The Jackal Laughs
A Story Needs a Beginning

Also: Moar Comments!

The Jackal Laughs has a good sound to it.

[BRC]

Hey everybody, I got a surprise for you! Click it to see the surprise!
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/Marcusportrait.png (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/KilroyCharsheet.png)
I'll do these occasionally, and update the character's spoiler in the first post to include them.

Questions? Comments?

[BRC]

On second thought, I should have waited abit to post that.

It's technically Monday, which means it's NEW COMIC TIME!
This ends the Inspiring Speech portion of the chapter. Onwards to Violence!
Also, Comments Please, ect ect blah blah blah.

[memnarch]

A fairly good motivational speech.

[BRC]

You know, there arn't any rules against multiple posters commenting on the same thing.

Anyway, here's a character, I don't know if he'll actually show up, but he's got some hefty plot significance.(Click for Charsheet)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Martinportrait.png (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/MartinCharsheet.png)

[Szilard]

That speech was sort of motivating. I sort of forgot what it said because I read it yesterday, but I remember it being good. If that makes sense.

[Mad Mask]

Very good strip, BRC. That inspirational speech was awesome.

I may not comment much, but I love this comic, especially the ambiguity between the two sides. I hope you'll preserve this until the very end, true Grey and Gray morality being fairly rare (most of the time, there's a side that's more right than the other, even by a little margin).

[Green-Shirt Q]

I may not comment much, but I love this comic, especially the ambiguity between the two sides. I hope you'll preserve this until the very end, true Grey and Gray morality being fairly rare (most of the time, there's a side that's more right than the other, even by a little margin).

Personally I find "grey and gray" morality to be QUITE annoying, and doesn't make for a good, compelling story. Because when boths sides are perfectly grey, there is absolutely nobody you can route for, or care about in the slightest. Nobody you worry about not winning, because both sides are equally evil.

Of course, slightly less grey on one side can lead to a thought-provoking story about how maybe the protaginists aren't as good as they think, yet still give us a PROTAGINIST to route for. An interesting hero can be created when one must do the right thing, despite the fact that it has some wrong things wrapped around it. But when nobody has ANY moral highground whatsoever? It's just not as interesting.

Then again, if this is somehow seen as a positive thing by your man followers, I wouldn't recommend changing it. I personally don't get if, but if everybody else does then keep up the good work, I suppose.

[Szilard]

Maybe the point is that you have to figure out which side is the best. Which is the worst. Which is more brutal and violent. Which has the better views. Which is the lesser of two evils. Which is the greater good. It is up to you who is best. Maybe.

[memnarch]

It's not really Grey and Grey morality in my opinion; it's more like Grey and darker Grey morality.

[BRC]

Personally I find "grey and gray" morality to be QUITE annoying, and doesn't make for a good, compelling story. Because when boths sides are perfectly grey, there is absolutely nobody you can route for, or care about in the slightest. Nobody you worry about not winning, because both sides are equally evil.

Of course, slightly less grey on one side can lead to a thought-provoking story about how maybe the protaginists aren't as good as they think, yet still give us a PROTAGINIST to route for. An interesting hero can be created when one must do the right thing, despite the fact that it has some wrong things wrapped around it. But when nobody has ANY moral highground whatsoever? It's just not as interesting.

Then again, if this is somehow seen as a positive thing by your man followers, I wouldn't recommend changing it. I personally don't get if, but if everybody else does then keep up the good work, I suppose.
It's less that there is no moral highground, it's that there are two moral high grounds, each equally high.

Let me say it here, both of the Protagonists, James and Maria are, at least in my mind, Heroes, or at the very least well intentioned, just working from different perspectives. Neither are exactly shining paragons of justice, but this isn't Vader vs Sauron (Though I would personally pay quite a lot of money to see that). This isn't going to be one of those stories where everybody is a villain and you are choosing between the guy who wants to stab you and let you bleed, or the guy who wants to strap you to a chair, cover you in gasoline, and light you on fire.

Now, that's not to say there are not villains here, both sides have villains. There are going to be Loyalists who love nothing more than grinding somebodies face into the ground with their boot, and Rebels who just want to see the world burn. But there are also Rebels who are fighting because they are trying to overthrow a tyrannical government, and there are Loyalists who are fighting because they believe the nation's fate should not be handed over to a group of people simply because they are armed and angry. You could say each side is equally evil, but you might as well say they're both equally good.
If it bugs you that I'm not showing one side shooting puppies while the other feeds orphans, I can recommend an excellent film for you, it's called Star Wars, they color code the villains for you. I recommend you start with part four. Not that theirs anything wrong with having a clear hero and villain, I just decided I didn't feel like doing that.

Also, I gave you a mini-cameo. Apparently in Reb|Rev universe you have a radio show! You can only see the top of the poster, with your name and a bit of your hair(Thedore Que, The Q, see what I did there!), the rest got covered up by a wall of text.

Concerning the Speeches. I had written Maria's broadcast some time in advance, and had written it into the plot from the beginning, so it got alot of thought. James's speech was a more spur of the moment thing. At first it was just him explaining the plan, it then turned into an inspirational speech at the last minute. It probably sounds a lot better in my head, with properly dramatic vocal inflections.

Also, random creative process nonsense that nobody besides me cares about.

Uncle Martin was a recent creation, well kind of.
To keep with the whole Parallels thing, I needed both my protagonists to be decent combatants. Yeah their main role is going to be as leaders rather than fighters, but a good fight scene is just too nifty to pass up in a story like this. Giving James combat skill was easy, he's received training, throw on a little natural talent and Boom.

But Maria posed a problem. I could give her natural talent, but the idea of an angry waitress holding her own against trained, better equipped professionals on a regular basis just bugged me. I wanted a good fight between equals, Knife versus Nightstick.
I looked to the seven years between the Mutiny and the Riot, she had to be staying with somebody during that time, an Uncle fit, maybe she learned how to fight from him.
For a while this Uncle sat in my head as an Arms dealer or criminal of some sort, but that jut bugged me for some reason. Inspiration struck in the form of a class I'm taking about 20th century Europe, specifically the bit in the beginning called World War One. I'd always imagined the Long War as being WWI-ish, a meatgrinder that wore away without much purpose, throwing in a little bit of trench warfare fit perfectly. The Death Wishers just grew out of that.
And Boom, I had Maria's fight teacher. Martin would have plenty of combat experience, especially with the close-quarters knifework I imagined Maria doing. He could also be the sort of person who, upon being informed he's now in charge of raising his brother's daughter, decides it's a good idea to teach her how to use a avoid gunfire and use a knife. His experiences drove him crazy, made him paranoid. When he walks through a narrow hallway, he might have trouble remembering he's not storming a Radian communications trench with enemies lurking behind every corner. For somebody like that, teaching Maria to fight would be like teaching her to look both ways before crossing the street.

As I wrote the Bio, I built his image in my mind. This was somebody who went to War and was selected to become a Trench Raider. I played Dragon Age recently, and the dwarven Legion of the Dead leaked in a little when I thought up the Death Wishers. While most soldiers stay in large groups, Death Wishers were supposed to get as deep as they can into enemy trench networks. Numbers wouldn't be much help in the narrow trenches, so I pictured them using small groups, three or four at most. Their job was to get as deep as they could in these groups of four and cause as much damage as possible before getting pulled back, which means hoping the line holds long enough for you to get out before the enemy closes back up and you're trapped. If they survive, it just means doing it again tommorow. You'd have to be crazy to do that, so they manufacture crazy people. You use psychology, propoganda, drugs, whatever to get them into the proper mental state. They don't fear death because they're already dead. They wear skulls and proclaim themselves Dead Men Walking. They live every day like it's their last because it probably is. They don't think about going home, because they don't expect to get there.

Take somebody who is trained and conditioned to think like this, to think that nothing matters except the destruction of the enemy, stick him in a PoW Camp for a couple months, and you've got somebody like Martin Ruspyzn. The War took him in, chewed him up, and spit him out broken. It ruined his life, but it reshaped him so thoroughly that he can't let him go. He still wears his uniform coat, and instincts honed in the trenches refuse to let him go anywhere without a Gas Mask handy.
I tried to show this with the artwork presented on the character sheet, of the bright, grinning soldier shown gleefully slaughtering his way through the Trenches, and the broken man he became, constantly paranoid, unable to sleep. Hating the War, but still trapped by it. His body is hunched, his eyes are rimmed, his hair is thinner, more ragged, and rapidly approaching Gray.

Also, I could have Maria call him Uncle Mar. Mar, as in Mars, god of War. See what I did there.

Okay, this post turned out a LOT longer than I imagined. Thanks for the comments everybody, sorry about the constant comment-begging, but making these things is hard work, and I have far more important things I should be doing with my time. Seeing people respond helps remind me that I'm not just throwing these things out into the void.

[X2]

Personally I find "grey and gray" morality to be QUITE annoying, and doesn't make for a good, compelling story. Because when boths sides are perfectly grey, there is absolutely nobody you can route for, or care about in the slightest. Nobody you worry about not winning, because both sides are equally evil.

Of course, slightly less grey on one side can lead to a thought-provoking story about how maybe the protaginists aren't as good as they think, yet still give us a PROTAGINIST to route for. An interesting hero can be created when one must do the right thing, despite the fact that it has some wrong things wrapped around it. But when nobody has ANY moral highground whatsoever? It's just not as interesting.

Then again, if this is somehow seen as a positive thing by your man followers, I wouldn't recommend changing it. I personally don't get if, but if everybody else does then keep up the good work, I suppose.

Boy you've got the whole emphasis range on show here. Bolding, capitals, italics... Its like an emphasis opera!

[Darklord Bright]

This comic has what I call "Polka-dotted Morality". It's the kind of morality that I think is the best, because it shows you two sides, and shows you that it is not the "sides" that have morality attached to them ("Colour coded", as BRC said about Star Wars.), but individuals or groups in both sides who are coloured a darker or lighter shade than others. Hence polka-dots.

It's easier to work with black and white morality, but far less interesting. It's like being told "these people are all bad, and these people are all good." and you don't have any reason to care about the "Bad" people when in a realistic scenario there would always be reasons.

That's why BRC has done a nice job here. Having taken history, I'm rather familiar with a lot of the revolutions that have taken place over the more modern years, and this really captures that feeling of "Is anybody really right or wrong?" quite well.

Personally, however, I tend to side with the ideals of BRC's "Loyalists" a lot easier, even though I know both sides can be equally as kind and ruthless.

It is a lot more of a challenge than working with black and white, and bravo to you, BRC, for doing it well. :smallsmile:

[Green-Shirt Q]

If it bugs you that I'm not showing one side shooting puppies while the other feeds orphans, I can recommend an excellent film for you, it's called Star Wars, they color code the villains for you. I recommend you start with part four. Not that theirs anything wrong with having a clear hero and villain, I just decided I didn't feel like doing that.

Also, I gave you a mini-cameo. Apparently in Reb|Rev universe you have a radio show! You can only see the top of the poster, with your name and a bit of your hair(Thedore Que, The Q, see what I did there!), the rest got covered up by a wall of text.

I don't need it friggen colour-coded for me. I just personally think that a story benifits from a protagonist and an antagonist. Really though, if both sides are equally evil or both sides are equally good then either way I think it's difficult to route for either one, or to care.

I had a cameo? *scans comic*
You mind pointing it out for me? I think I might have missed it. :smallconfused:
[EDIT] Never mind. I found it. Thanks BRC. :smallredface:
Although, when you said what I had to do to get this cameo (get punched in the face in my next review, I think) I deliberately diddn't do it. Yet I got the cameo anyway? Not that I'm ungrateful or anything. :smallconfused:

[BRC]

\
I had a cameo? *scans comic*
You mind pointing it out for me? I think I might have missed it. :smallconfused:
[EDIT] Never mind. I found it. Thanks BRC. :smallredface:
Although, when you said what I had to do to get this cameo (get punched in the face in my next review, I think) I deliberately diddn't do it. Yet I got the cameo anyway? Not that I'm ungrateful or anything. :smallconfused:
Well, originally you were going to be the guy on the radio. I was going to show the rebels breaking into the station, knocking you out, and stealing your microphone.

As it is, I needed something to spice up the background a little, so I made a quick poster.
Edit: Wow, that star wars comment came off a lot more condescending that I intended it. Sorry.

[Szilard]

Maria's speech being planned and the officer-who's-name-I-can't-remember's speech being spur of the moment seems to fit the comic. She probably planned her speech whereas the officer had to come up with a quick plan and quickly motivate them. He didn't have time to come up with a speech and edit it. In fact, yesterday morning I was actually thinking that a motivational speech written in a book or in a movie should be spur of the moment, an once written in the script, go unchanged, to perserve the authenticity and reality that the speech was just made or just off the top of their head. Unless the officer planned this speech beforehand, my point is moot.

[BRC]

Maria's speech being planned and the officer-who's-name-I-can't-remember's speech being spur of the moment seems to fit the comic. She probably planned her speech whereas the officer had to come up with a quick plan and quickly motivate them. He didn't have time to come up with a speech and edit it. In fact, yesterday morning I was actually thinking that a motivational speech written in a book or in a movie should be spur of the moment, an once written in the script, go unchanged, to perserve the authenticity and reality that the speech was just made or just off the top of their head. Unless the officer planned this speech beforehand, my point is moot.
The officer's name is James. James Bartana and Maria Ruspyzn. I don't know where these names come from, and I'm not entierly sure how to pronounce Ruspyzn, but there they are.

As for the speeches, I hadn't really thought about it that way, but I suppose it makes a lot of sense. In fact, it makes so much sense that I'm declaring it my official explanation.

[T-O-E]

I don't need it friggen colour-coded for me. I just personally think that a story benifits from a protagonist and an antagonist. Really though, if both sides are equally evil or both sides are equally good then either way I think it's difficult to route for either one, or to care.

Antagonists are not necessarily evil and protagonists are not necessarily good. The main characters of both sides are... Both.

If that makes sense.

[Darklord Bright]

I don't see why it's "difficult to care" about a cast of realistic and well-written characters, Q.

[Green-Shirt Q]

I don't see why it's "difficult to care" about a cast of realistic and well-written characters, Q.

It's difficult to care (or at least, by me, because I'm apperently a moron who enjoys nothing but copy-pasted one-note characters who scream out the goodness or evilness of their side 24-seven and wear either white robes or black armour and that storylines can't be too well written or they'll make my brain hurt and I think anything that even remotely represents real intentions of realistic people is terrible writing because the only book I've ever read in my entire life is a Sonic The Hedgehog comic book with crayon drawings all over it) because the sides in a TOTALLY PERFECT "grey and gray" story, one in which both sides get equal coverage in the story, they're both the same.

What I mean to say is, do I read A story to see the evil, genociding, humans defeat the evil, child-raping, village pillaging, human enslaving aliens? Or visa versa? Do a read a story about the great, orphan helping, charity-donating angels take on the other great, orphan helping, charity-donating angels? See, what I'm trying to say is that I find when both sides are exactly the same level, I don't care about the outcome of it. Do I worry about how Cindy the orphan is going to die if she loses the fight between Mike the orphan who will also die if he loses.

Wow, these are pretty weird examples. :smalleek:

But it has nothing to do with how well-written and how well-rounded the characters might be. What matters is that one side is one that we want to see come out victorious, and are willing to read long walls of text to see if they do!

Now, if it was "grey against DARKER grey" then we have a greater good to route for. Both sides can have some good intentions and be interesting and all that, but one still needs to be better then the other, otherwise we (or perhaps, just me) don't really pick a side and therefore have no interest in seeing which wins and reading to find out.

Personally, a story where, say, a murdering criminal needs to step up and take out a super-villain before they commit massive genocide sounds like a pretty friggen awesome story.

I liked the show Dexter, if that helps anybody understand what the heck I'm talking about. He's a serial killer, but still is a lovable character who we know is better then the other serial killers he kills.

All of that explaination aside, and the reason I didn't give any particular examples from THIS fancomic is because I'm not reading it too closely and am trying to avoid a research failure. I, in absolutely no way at all, DISLIKE this comic or it's premise. I was simply stating an opinion about ALL perfect "grey and gray" stories as a general rule and what I like more in a story. I think I will stop commenting now, because there is absolutely no need to complain about things you don't like when everybody else clearly does like this. It's trolling, and I am not trying to do that and will not even do anything close to it anymore. Everybody, please enjoy the story.


Edit: Wow, that star wars comment came off a lot more condescending that I intended it. Sorry.

Apology accepted.

[BRC]

Ze Q post
I get what you're saying here.

It's fun to have somebody to root for. There is a reason 99% of fiction out there has a good guy and a bad guy. Sometimes the Bad Guy has his reasons and the Good Guy is unsympathetic, but you usually have a side you're clearly supposed to be supporting because it's fun, it makes a good story, and you get a nice happy feeling when you see evil being thwarted.

I'm not doing that here for a variety of reasons, but I don't expect everybody to like that. If I ever get to the point where I expect universal admiration and applaud for every aspect of my comic please punch me in the face.

Anyway, I'm drowning in work right now and shouldn't be wasting time on the intarnetz.

[DarkCloud]

I would suppose that even though it's gray v. gray (which I think is an excellent premise) most of us have a side which we hope will win simply because of our personal preferences- I know that I certainly have a favorite.

If we took a poll, I wonder if it would split 50/50...

My prediction is that preference for the sides probably would split about 65/35 given that many Westerners seem to prefer anarchy or triumph of the "underdog" and this website apparently has a fair amount of people who live in the Western hemisphere... but who knows.

[Szilard]

I vote for the side with the officers and stuff. The not-revolutionaries.

[BRC]

I vote for the side with the officers and stuff. The not-revolutionaries.
You mean the Loyalists. So Far all named Loyalists have been DSF, but not all of them will be, hence why I don't just call that side DSF.

Speaking of which, this guy has been mentioned, but not shown yet. He'll definitely show up before too long, maybe even in this chapter (I'm not quite sure yet). He's got a charactersheet too, click his portrait to check it out
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rob%20and%20Jack%20stuff/Ivanportait.png (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Ivancharsheet.png)

[BRC]

As of four minutes ago, its Monday, which means its COMICTIME! Enjoy.

Also, I'm considering having James look like that every time he puts on a gas mask.


Edit: Apparently, it was in fact 4 minutes before Monday, but whatever, my clock said otherwise.

[Szilard]

Your clock is weird. :smalltongue:

Imma gonna go read the comic now.

Heh, Black and Decker. :smallbiggrin:

[babeeroniea]

that's really good i hope this continues. The faceless thing is pretty cool.

[BRC]

Comic Up. The title is more for me than anybody else. Crowd scenes are hard to draw when it isn't abunch of people in uniform, so I tend to avoid them, something I found odd considering this chapter is about a riot.

[BRC]

A whole week, and Nothing.

Ah well.


This week, I bring you SUSPENSE, and also VIOLENCE!, enjoy. Also, Comment.

[memnarch]

Was the guy on the right stabbed? It's hard to tell.

[Szilard]

Oh noes! :smalltongue:

[BRC]

Was the guy on the right stabbed? It's hard to tell.

That's James, and maybe.

Maria did get him with the knife, but whether or not it actually got through to him, or whether it's just stuck in his vest/clothing is unknown.

[Darklord Bright]

So while working in inkscape, I got bored and made this:

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/5519/rebrev.png

Enjoy, I suppose.

[BRC]

So while working in inkscape, I got bored and made this:

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/5519/rebrev.png

Enjoy, I suppose.

YAY!!
*Happy artist dance*
*Scoops up Fanart and deposits it in the first post of the thread*

[BRC]

A question for the Readers.

For Rebellion Revolution I decided the best thing to do was to establish a regular update schedule, the idea being I'd build up a buffer. That didn't happen, I'd just make the comic and sit on it until Monday. For me, it's nice in some ways to know that I need it done by Monday, but not before then.

However, if I switched back to a "When I have time to get it done/feel like it" Schedual, shooting for once a week at least, there is a chance that I'll get multiple comics done per week, but it will be on a random schedule.

So, dear readers, should I stick to the Every Monday schedule, or switch to a random one?

[memnarch]

Would monday+thursday work?

[MethosH]

I find myself not caring much about those characters 2... But I think that is because it's a complex interaction with both sides and I'm trying to care too much in the first 3 movies of the movie. I believe I will care about some of them in... maybe 10 or 20 comics.

[BRC]

Would monday+thursday work?
I can't commit to a twice a week schedual.

What I might do is Mondays, and then the occasional Thursday.

[memnarch]

So definite mondays with maybe thursdays? That would be fine with me.

[Szilard]

So definite mondays with maybe thursdays? That would be fine with me.

Same here.

[BRC]

Okay, Mondays and the occasional Thursday it is!

That said, Next week is going to be a two-comic week, finishing up Chapter One: The Jackal Laughs.

After that, I have two options. Option one is to jump right into Chapter 2: The Foxhound Howls. Option Two is to provide some background, a mini chapter called "Why Things Are", that describes the recent history of The Republic of Cardinia, Talk about the Long War, what the Directorate is and why so many people hate it, It would be an Infodump in the style of the one i did for Vox Populi (for those longtime fans of BRComics), it wouldn't be more than a few strips, and I might be able to get them out on an accelerated schedule.

So Yeah, do you guys want some Background Info or should we just plow ahead.

[BRC]

And Hey, there's a Comic.

As I said above, you can probably expect a comic this Thursday, wrapping up chapter one. I still want imput for the question above. Do you guys want a short chapter with some background on the Republic of Cardinia (You know, to put some stuff into context, like what the hell the Directorate is, why Cardinia still calls itself a republic, where all these ex soldiers are coming from, ect.), or should we plow straight ahead to the next chapter.

[memnarch]

Full speed ahead!

[BRC]

And thus, I bring you COMICS!
...Maybe I shouldn't update in the middle of the night.

So, that was chapter one, what do people think? I'm looking for feedback so I know how to make future chapters better, or at the very least not worse. Do you like the way the story is progressing? Did it move too fast? Do you feel lost? Do you like the art?
This is the end of the first chapter, and with it, the stuff I've really planned out, so if you're ever going to offer opinions, nows the time.


And speaking of opinions, I'd like more than one vote concerning my question above. Do you guys want an expositionatory infodump to help provide context, or do we move straight on into chapter 2: The Foxhound Howls.

[Szilard]

Straight in.

[BRC]

No more comments on Chapter 1? Much sadness.

This weekend looks a little busy, and I spent the time I would have spent making the comic for monday making Thursday's, so I might no get the comic out by monday. I will try my best, but no guarantees, sorry.


As an apology for the potential dely, here's some art for you guys. Major Claude Naymark. In a way, he's responsible for the death's of both James' father and Maria's parents.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Naymark.png

[memnarch]

The little mustache makes him look somewhat evil.

[An Enemy Spy]

Typo in panel 2. It says "they you to me"

[BRC]

Typo in panel 2. It says "they you to me"
Try again, refresh your catch. I left a word out.

As for Naymark looking evil, well, he WAS a bloodthirsty maniac who, when he heard a peace treaty had been signed, attacked anyway, then led his troops on a bloody march against his own government. Don't believe the directorate's Lies! Naymark was a heroic freedom fighter who refused to let the Directorate leave his fellow soldiers to rot in Radian prisons, and then tried to overthrow them and re-establish the republic.
Of course, that depends on who you ask.

[BRC]

New Comic, New Chapter, New Beginnings, New Exposition.

I'm not sure if the last panel here is great work on my part, or horrible work. Part of me says "Nice job on those shadows" and the other part says "Those shadows suck and the panel was altogether lazy".

[memnarch]

Airplanes!

One thing you could try with the last panel is to make the bigger shadows a bit darker and the smaller ones lighter.

[BRC]

Yes, Airplanes.

Nobody else has anything to say about this, or the previous chapter?? All I've got since the chapters end was a typo being pointed out, calls to move right ahead, and Airplanes! Apparently nobody has opinions about the first chapter itself.

This week has been rather busy, midterms and stuff, also, I havn't quite figured out Chapter 2 the way I had Chapter 1, so this might be a skip week as I study for tests/work on stuff/ plan out exactly what I want to happen in Chapter 2.

A comic may occur Monday anyway, but I wouldn't count on it.


So yeah, More comments Please!

[memnarch]

Sorry. Little busy in Europe.

Chap 1 was an alright start to the story, but it didn't really seem to go anywhere.

[BRC]

So a comic ended up happening anyway. I had better things to do, but let's not look the gift horse in the mouth (Unless the person giving you the horse is Greek, and mad that you stole his wife, in which case check it, because there's probably soldiers inside).

So yeah, comments? Also, random Author Blurb

The main point of this particular comic, and the reason not much seems to happen in most of it, is to establish the effect the broadcast has had on the city. To show that the words "Laughing Jackal" have picked up significant meaning amongst the public.

Also, to try out my method for showing streetlights. Not too sure how well that turned out.

[memnarch]

Street lights aren't bad, but maybe try angling them a bit more.


Also, why laughing jackal?

[smuchmuch]

Because "they laugh, laugh like the jackal." (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev8p2.png). It was part of the famous aformentioned broacast

And it look like uncle Martyn is tad annoyed (or at least I assume he is, becaue getting the drop of someone like that doesn't look lke the action of someone who' in for a casual visit)

Also I liked the last comic, it gaves a bit of much needed background on the situation.

[BRC]

Because "they laugh, laugh like the jackal." (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev8p2.png). It was part of the famous aformentioned broacast

And it look like uncle Martyn is tad annoyed (or at least I assume he is, becaue getting the drop of someone like that doesn't look lke the action of someone who' in for a casual visit)

Also I liked the last comic, it gaves a bit of much needed background on the situation.
You're right about the quote, wrong about the character.
Check the Character's spoiler. Martin's hair is a different color (going prematurely gray, Years of stress, PTSD, Drug use, bad sleep, and enough mental conditions to give a psychiatrist a heart attack will do that to you), his eyes are sunken (Lack of sleep), and he has DMW (Dead Man Walking, Deathwishers were encouraged to make a joke out of Death, to think of themselves as Dead already so they would go unafraid into battle). This guy has none of those things.
Also, some Art that will make sense as the chapter proceeds:
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Foxhounds.png

[smuchmuch]

(Well in my defense the guy in the appartement has glasses so I assume it covered the eyes. I really should have noticed the lack of tatoo, tough

I notice however, now that I reread the comic, that mystery man has been following her all day. I really didn't notice at first. It's nicely done (especialy the pannel when he's hidden in darkness)

[BRC]

It's monday, so wheres the comic...
THERE IT IS
A Chat at Gunpoint

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev17.png

So yeah, questions, comments ect?


Also, let's play Match the Revolution. In the above comic, Five attempts to overthrow the directorate are mentioned, and the mystery man mentions five leaders.
Lets see if you can match them! Some of them are fairly obvious, others you will have absolutely no clue about. Feel free to back up your guesses with the wildest theories.

Also, I probably won't make a comic for thursday, but I might make an informative something about the organizational structure of the DSF that explains exactly what Division 8 is.

[memnarch]

Midnight->General
Salter->Priest
Eastgate->Police
Senetor->Senetor
Naymark->Major

Amiright?


Also, what's he holding. Small things in hands don't look very good just so you know.

[BRC]

Midnight->General
Salter->Priest
Eastgate->Police
Senetor->Senetor
Naymark->Major

Amiright?


Also, what's he holding. Small things in hands don't look very good just so you know.
Yes your right.

And he's holding a gun.

but I assume you're talking about the other thing, it's a box of cigarettes, I just needed him to do something so they weren't just standing/sitting there. Forgot to put it in later. My official explanation is that he took it out, then realized it's rude to smoke in somebody elses apartment without their permission, so he put them away.

Also, people besides Memmnarch are allowed to comment you know (Nothing against you Mem).

[BRC]

Another week, another comic.
They always call During Dinner.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev18.png

So yeah. Comment! Let's see some new faces in this thread (or on this page at the very least). Get out and voice your opinion, then you can have a cookie*.













*You must provide your own cookies.

[BRC]

No comments all week?
I feel lonely in this thread.

Anyway, sorry, this one was kind of rushed. Blame the weather.
That Mysterious Man in Black

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev19.png

[memnarch]

Sorry, you said you wanted new faces so I thought I might comment later in the week. Unfortunately I was unable to have good internet access so I kinda forgot.


Plot seems to be picking up nicely. I like that. :smallcool:

[Szilard]

I like these division 8 guys. It's a cool number. Of course, so is 3, but that's probably not the kind of comment you want to hear.

[BRC]

Yay! People read my comic!
@ Memnarch: That wasn't directed at you, but at others. I just found it odd that week after week you were the only one that said anything.
@ Szilard: oddly enough, all the other DSF characters we have met so far are part of Division 3.
@ The Silent Majority: Say somthing!
Also, I got sick of trying to squeeze the dialog bubbles into tiny spaces, so I upped all the sizes (Except font) by 50%. I think it's an improvement

[Szilard]

I noticed the increase in size. It's good.

[erictheredd]

I like how both the "Jackal" and the "FoxHound" are summoned to their posts by a mysterious man with a goatee and glasses-- who appear to be each other's counterparts--- one from the mysterious division 8--- and the other from a group representing those who made it past division 8. I really like the comic, I just wish there was more of it

[ShinyCap]

Something. :smallwink: I like the larger size, too.

[BRC]

Sorry about the lateness. I'm currently fighting off Tech Week (If you haven't ever had the pleasure of mopping up gallons of fake blood, I envy you) a Spanish test that pops up out of nowhere, Borderlands (just beat it), and other general collegiate shenanigans.

This wasn't the full comic I was planning to make, but it fit nicely with the formatting/time. So yeah, I might be able to make another comic by Thursday.
Current Comic:The Fantastic Mister Foxhound

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev20.png

So yeah, you know the drill, Comment!
Also:

I like how both the "Jackal" and the "FoxHound" are summoned to their posts by a mysterious man with a goatee and glasses--
For some reason, this inspired me to show you all a picture of myself.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs463.ash1/25462_1114600043065_1768880897_215473_4613744_n.jp g

[BRC]

No comments? Ah well.
I made this during Tech Week for one of the most frustrating, tech-heavy shows I've ever been part of. Also, during what would have been a hell week at school anyway.
Be Grateful.
Current Comic:Avengers Foxhounds Assemble!

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev21.png

[erictheredd]

We are grateful--



Also, some Art that will make sense as the chapter proceeds:
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Foxhounds.png

I take it that Elizabeth Valrine is the officer assigned to "get inside the jackal's head". I'm sure you have a personality picked out already, but its fun to speculate--- is she simply incredibly analytical, but boring. Is she a dedicated hunter with a fierce loyalty, and so on. from the picture you have drawn, she looks rather bookish, though that might just be the glasses.... and the clipboard

[memnarch]

Hehehe, a reasonably good way to work in a joke. Nice.

[BRC]

So you may have noticed a lack of comic. Blame Theater. This show is eating up my life, and I basically have 2 days off to get all the stuff I've been putting off done before it starts chewing me up again. Today, rather than making a comic, I spent my time telling Java how to identify prime numbers.

So yeah, Sorry. I might have something for Thursday, but no promises.

[Szilard]

It's all good dude. Some of us have lives of our own anyway.

...

I'm not one of them. :smalltongue:

[BRC]

Hey Dear Reader(s). A call for help.

I decided that Maria and James need some unique outfits, at least for when they're acting in their respective capacities as the Laughing Jackal and Foxhound Alpha, I've got some ideas, but two heads are better than one.

Basically, give me any ideas you have for this, whether it's just a description, or a picture, or whatever. Throw the ideas out there, if I like yours, Cameos may occur.

So yeah, get to THINKING!

[memnarch]

First things first; are you wanting something similar to a current outfit or have it be pretty different to the rest of the people around them?

James would have a bit harder of a time with a different getup because he's in the military still, in my opinion.

[BRC]

First things first; are you wanting something similar to a current outfit or have it be pretty different to the rest of the people around them?

James would have a bit harder of a time with a different getup because he's in the military still, in my opinion.
It dosn't have to be similar to a current outfit, but it should fit the setting. That is, no levitating shoulder pads or full plate armor or cyborg bits or anything. It should definitely be recognizable though, also, decently practical.

Yes James is in Uniform, but I have a feeling Foxhound division will start modifying their uniforms before long. I'd lie his new costume to have the same general feel of the uniform, but still be distinctive.

The vagueness is intentional here.

[memnarch]

James; Outfit like Mister Araneae, maybe rank pins across a pocket, tie looks more like a normal necktie, dark blue instead of dark grey, definitely get a different hat or just lose it entirely, possibly slightly new hair style.

Maria; can't think of a whole lot that's plausible, but lighter coloured or darker coloured clothing could work. Instead of the current greys, go with light greys and tan or black with some highlights possibly, like a couple light coloured stripes or bandannas, maybe a light brown/tan shirt or possibly light blue.


If I have more thoughts later, I'll post them.

[BRC]

Some preliminary artwork, kind of my working model.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/JamesMarianew.png

[BRC]

New Comic
Current Comic:Motives

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev22p1.png
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev22p2.png

[memnarch]

A little text heavy, but alright.


There's something definitely wrong with the table+chair in the last panel though.

[Szilard]

It's a good thing you made the panels bigger, otherwise you'd never be able to fit that much text in. :P

[erictheredd]

Wait---- I though Maria's uncle was still alive. (From the character list at the beggining, It says hes currently on government pension). Is the List reffering to a time when he was alive, or is it because he is still alive, and Maria doesn't know it?

I like the "DMW" tattoo, which I assume means "Dead man Walking". It says the death wishers consider themselves dead, so maybe the directorate simply tells the family that they are.

EDIT: Oh, she says every way that matters--- I get it.

[BRC]

You may have noticed a lack of comic from me this week. It turns out that end-of-semester stuff and a sudden onslaught of stifling heat is antithetical to my creative process. I'll try to get a Comic out for you by Thurs.

[BRC]

I keep my promises. Except when I don't, but this time I did.
Current Comic:Dripping with Metaphor

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev23.png


Edit: And I did it without making each panel 90% text too!

[erictheredd]

nice job, I love the narrative style. Its also very interesting to see that Claude is missing an eye, It makes him look very human and "defeated". It also leaves me wondering which rebellion he was a part of and what role he had in it. Its also very funny that Maria can't go to sleep, but James can't stay awake. I also until now have felt that the rebellion has been slightly favored over the loyalists, but while the Mr. Aranea (whose name reminds me of a spider, I think that was intentional) passage leaves you with the impression he may not be a good guy, particuarly with his soldier smoking in front of a no smoking sign. its maria's passage that tells you the rebellion may not be all good.

[memnarch]

Pretty good ending.

[Darklord Xavez]

This is one of the best 3 webcomics in existence. Two others are in my sig.
-Xavez

[BRC]

There will (Probably) be no comics this week on account of Finals. Sorry.

[BRC]

Fun story everybody

Deciding to waste some time I don't have, I opened up Rebellion|Revolution's inkscape file, only to find that Inkscape hates it now. It slaps me with a "Cannot retrieve this file" message and won't open.

Now I have a working backup, but it's from waaay back, as in, comic 12. So all the new character designs I've done since then, including Claude, are gone, along with lots of other stuff.

To be perfectly honest, I don't have time to rebuild it all right now, what with Finals and everything, but yeah...

[memnarch]

I think I could fix it. How big is the file?

[BRC]

I think I could fix it. How big is the file?

13.9MB, but it turns out I can compress it to 2.26mb

[BRC]

Hip Hip hooray for Memmnarch! He has fixed the files.
Everybody who reads this owes him a cookie.

[Szilard]

http://czechmatediary.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/chocolate_chip_cookie.jpg

[BRC]

Okay, so it turns out that Memnarch didn't get everything back. He got alot of useful stuff back, and for that he is awesome, but I still lost most of the re-designs. Which is okay, because I wanted to tweak them some more anyway.
James, Marcus, Maria, and the Division 8 Goons.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/re-redesigns.png

[memnarch]

Thank you Szilard. :smallcool:


Rescuing files like that tend to be more save what you can and hope you get most of it, than actually retrieving everything. :smallwink:

I do hope you start using multiple files for the comic; then you won't lose things as easily.

[BRC]

Thank you Szilard. :smallcool:


Rescuing files like that tend to be more save what you can and hope you get most of it, than actually retrieving everything. :smallwink:

I do hope you start using multiple files for the comic; then you won't lose things as easily.

Well what you got me was alot more than what I would have gotten without your help. So thank you.
Also, chapter 3 WILL Start tomorrow, (Which is kind of Today) I don't have a name for it yet, but I'm officially out of excuses for not doing it, and you guys have waited long enough.

[BRC]

Comic Promised, and Delivered!
Divide by 8

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev24.png

So yeah, you help save my files, you get a gun named after you.
I should update the character's spoiler with my new designs.

Also, this is the week after school, but before I start working, so I should get some banners done.

[memnarch]

Oh hey, I'm an assault weapon. Nice. :smallcool:

[BRC]

Current Comic:Toasty

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev25.png

Note: This entire chapter is going to be Romantic Comedy

I recreated an earlier scene intentionally here. I just redesigned both my main characters, and one of the biggest mistakes I made with Rob and Jack was making the comic such that somebody reading through the archives would be unable to follow it without reading the thread itself. I'm trying to avoid doing that again, so hopefully people will see James and Maria here in the same situation they first appeared in, and realize I just updated the artwork, that these are what the characters look like now.

Edit: The above statement was a joke. The Chapter will include very little, if any, romantic comedy.

[Szilard]

Edit: The above statement was a joke. The Chapter will include very little, if any, romantic comedy.

Oh, I was scared for a second.:smalleek: Romantic comedy is just smart-people speak for chick flick. :smallyuk::smalltongue:

[Green-Shirt Q]

Edit: The above statement was a joke. The Chapter will include very little, if any, romantic comedy.

Awwww. That would've been hilarious. :smallfrown:

[BRC]

Awwww. That would've been hilarious. :smallfrown:
I used up all my wit making my new avatar.

[Szilard]

Wow, I just got it. The pun hurts. Just a bit. :smalltongue:

[erictheredd]

woops! of all of the officers to choose, she had to pick the one specifically charged with hunting her down

[memnarch]

Yay, more people are commenting!

Good start for the next chapter too.

[BRC]

Employment, while nice, does not do wonders for my creative process. Also, I lost Claude in the great File Scramble, and so I need to spend some time rebuilding him. Also, I worked from 9:30 to 7 today. The point is, no comic today.

Fortunetally, Wednesday and Thursday are both days off, so I can get a comic for you by Thurs.

[erictheredd]

They worked you memorial day? sorry about that-- missed the comic, looking forward to Thursday.

[BRC]

They worked you memorial day? sorry about that-- missed the comic, looking forward to Thursday.
I work at the Zoo, everybody else is off on Memorial Day, and guess where they want to go...

Anyway, I made pictures, now I put them on the Internet for you.
Do they speak Vague in What?

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev26.png

[memnarch]

What's wrong with his face?

[Mina Kobold]

What's wrong with his face?

My guess is that it's soot and that he has been doing mechanical work lately.

[ShinyCap]

Hehe, nice reference in the title. :smallwink:

[BRC]

My guess is that it's soot and that he has been doing mechanical work lately.
Nope, his skin is naturally black, those are Burn Scars that Reggie got at the battle of Cardinale. I should really get a reference for what healed burns look like and use that.

[erictheredd]

wow.... She wasn't kidding when she wondered if this would be the end of her life as she knew it. Giving a speech over the radio during a riot is one level of danger--- directly (more or less) confronting division 8 is another. And just how does the date in the last comic fit into the picture, she seems to have something that gave her an extra push.



I work at the Zoo, everybody else is off on Memorial Day, and guess where they want to go...



wow, some jobs just get harder on holidays.

[Flame of Anor]

Just read the archive. Looks great--almost certainly the best fan-comic I've seen on here! :smallsmile:

[BRC]

STOP!

COMIC TIME!
Current Comic: The More you Know

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev27.png
There is a very subtle history joke in this comic.

[Darklord Bright]

The hidden meaning in Rebellion/Revolution is that redheads are scary and are plotting to overthrow the government.

[memnarch]

I dunno what the joke is, but I'm sure it's in the second to last panel.

[Szilard]

I read the second to last panel like twice, and all I'm getting is a reference to any number of secret police. Maybe it's too early for my history brain to be fully functioning.

[BRC]

The Joke is in the first panel.

The Bastille, the famous one stormed by french revolutionaries, was technically called the Bastille Saint-Antoine.

[erictheredd]

why'd ya have to blow it so early in the morning!

I thought it was a French Revolution reference, but I was thinking it was a sister prison to the Bastille.

great comic, by the way

[Darklord Xavez]

Comic is getting better and better! Great job, BRC!
-Xavez

[BRC]

why'd ya have to blow it so early in the morning!

I thought it was a French Revolution reference, but I was thinking it was a sister prison to the Bastille.

great comic, by the way
Sorry, there, I spoilered it.

I wouldn't have gotten that reference before I made it. I looked on Wikipedia for a name reference. I did that before with Mister Araneae's name.

Also, If I gave Rebellion|Revolution a TV Tropes entry, would you guys populate it?

[erictheredd]

I know that while I've poked around TV tropes, I've never put anything in it. I suspect some of the others are the same way

[BRC]

Worked all weekend. Had a bad day at work today. Expect comic thursday. Ugh.

Also, FYI, I'm running an interactive dealy over on the MSPA forums. Check it out. (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=8212&sid=9e29308c5f7fb5dbc2edd9ce4f74a68d)

[BRC]

And COMIC
Another day at the Office

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev28.png

This one took far longer than It should have.

Because the zoo keeps me working most weekends, the summer update schedule is probably going to be alot more Thursdays than Mondays.
For example, no way in hell I'm getting a comic done for next monday.

[erictheredd]

And may I ask, other than how respectful the title is, what is the difference between a Psychological analyzer and a shrink?

Its also interesting that mr. Aranea wants them to stay put until he comes around. I wonder why? does he not want them snooping around? if they're not going to act independently whats the point of division 8 using officers from another division?

oh, and good comic, I always look forward to each one.

[Darklord Xavez]

And may I ask, other than how respectful the title is, what is the difference between a Psychological analyzer and a shrink?

A "shrink" is a durogatory term for anyone in the field of psychology.
-Xavez

[BRC]

Current Comic: Somebody is Grumpy

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev29.png


So yeah, this one is pretty slow. I'll see if I can make another one for Monday just to wrap up this little exchange quickly.

[memnarch]

Guess she's gotten burned on those things before.

[BRC]

Current Comic: Somebody Else Has no time for Grump

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev30.png


Random Writer Thingy:

Elizabeth's Character just kind of happened when I was making these two comics. She had always been professional in my mind, but it just made sense for her to be somewhat disdainful. originally her speech was supposed to be her helpfully explaining her capabilities, showing that she knew her limitations. Then, in my head, it turned into her patronizing James and Marcus. The Offhand comment about wanting to get back to Cardinale in the last comic basically spawned the script for this one.

[memnarch]

Well, she did come off condescending, so you nailed that.

[Szilard]

I agree with Memnarch on that.

And just letting you know you have more than one reader. :P

[BRC]

It's thursday somewhere.
Current Comic: For the People and the Desk.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev32p12.png
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev32p21.png

Alright, I promise the "People talking while standing behind/sitting behind desks" Scene will end shortly. I feel like a horrible and lazy person simply for doing the scene like this, with just abunch of talking heads and text bubbles.

In other news, I like how I got Marcus with his feet up on the desk looking.

[memnarch]

I'll just say that dark clothes plus dark wood desk equals hard to tell where one drops off and the other starts.

[BRC]

Current Comic: Getting really sick of Desks

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Rebrev33.png


I've been in a slump recently Rebellion|Revolution wise, I know what needs to happen in this chapter, and it's rather exciting stuff, yet I just spent a month on people sitting behind desks.
I'm going out of town tomorrow for a couple days, and after that I'm working for a few days straight. This means no Rebellion|Revolution for at least a week, potentially two.
Sorry about that, and I hope I can make it up to you guys.

[memnarch]

Better get an good explanation for that reason.

[BRC]

Remember how I said "No new comics for a few weeks"
Remember how I'm a liar?
Current Comic: James might be a little angry

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev34.png

I don't know why I had James flip out like this, but it just seems right. Also, Aranea deserves it, he really does.
I might change this one around tomorrow (Tried to get away from the Desk thing as much as possible). Next comic will switch back to our merry band of Rebels, will fast forward to T: 0 Hours 23 minutes (or so), and will not feature a single desk!
Thank you for bearing with me through this incrediably boring part of the chapter. Now we get to the fun stuff (No spoilers, but I'm practicing drawing explosions)


ALSO: Apparently, it was Bastille Day recently, Considering the nature of my comic, I should have done something for that, maybe I will.

[memnarch]

Well, if i'd been cooped up for a while and the only lead found just died, I'd probably be pissed too.

[BRC]

Nobody else?
:smallfrown:

Ah well, I probably deserve it, considering it dosn't look like I'll get a comic done this week. I waited too long to get it done. I know what needs to happen, but I can't quite visualize it. I'll keep working on it, maybe get it done for Monday.
But yeah, I'm sorry. After getting back from vacation they had me working six days straight, and then I managed to not get comic stuff done on my two days off, now I'm nice and sleep-deprived (By the double logic of "I don't have work tommorow, I'm going to stay up late" and "I don't want to sleep too late, it's my day off and I don't want to sleep through my day off!"!)

[BRC]

Once again, sorry about last week/the preceeding month.

Hey, remember whenI used to update on mondays? Woah those were some crazy days.
Well they're back, at least for this week,
Current Comic: How Ungrateful!

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev35.png

Wheeeeeee! A comic without Desks and walls-of-text. Comments?

Now I should probably go back to my artist hole and work on a buffer before Starcraft II arrives.

[memnarch]

Hurray! New comic.

A good one too.

[Mina Kobold]

Is it just me or is there something odd about the new guy with a goatee on each team?

They just seem suspicious and gives me the urge to make crazy conspiracy theories...

Not that I wouldn't make those anyway but you get the idea :smalltongue:

[memnarch]

Like what? They can't be that crazy.

[Mina Kobold]

Like what? They can't be that crazy.

My first theory is that they are brothers/associates and are trying to bring the two groups together for a sinister motive involving freeing a prisoner who know what the government is planning with those Aglets.

The other is that they are each moles for someone on the other side and are trying to lead the resistance into a trap and get the police of track respectively.

The last is that the one helping the Revolution is there to lead the Jackal away from her job so that they can put something in Jimmy's food or keep him from being distracted by possible romance.

Less crazy than usual it seems :smallconfused::smalltongue:

[BRC]

My first theory is that they are brothers/associates and are trying to bring the two groups together for a sinister motive involving freeing a prisoner who know what the government is planning with those Aglets.

The other is that they are each moles for someone on the other side and are trying to lead the resistance into a trap and get the police of track respectively.

The last is that the one helping the Revolution is there to lead the Jackal away from her job so that they can put something in Jimmy's food or keep him from being distracted by possible romance.

Less crazy than usual it seems :smallconfused::smalltongue:
Really, no suspicions that the beards are actually mind-controlling alien parasites and that the comic is shortly going to switch to a cliche-filled alien invasion scenario?


Because the truth is much weirder! Or is it? Dun Dun DUNNNNN

[Mina Kobold]

Really, no suspicions that the beards are actually mind-controlling alien parasites and that the comic is shortly going to switch to a cliche-filled alien invasion scenario?


Because the truth is much weirder! Or is it? Dun Dun DUNNNNN

That's ridiculous, it's obvious that the government just used, you know, the beta of their brain-washing-dashing Aglets and hid the blank-ey eyes behind the sunglasses and blajib. you need to think like them, dude, thinking sqaure while plotting our demise, man!

[erictheredd]

I find it odd how the spider theme is being carried around division 8. regardless of whether you support the rebellion or the revolution, division 8 seems to be the most sinister element in the story so far.

[Darklord Bright]

Keep on rocking, BRC, and have a titlecard.

http://a.imageshack.us/img826/5519/rebrev.png

[Mad Mask]

No offence, but in my opinion, the characters in that drawing look like something from the Uncanny Valley. The proportions look off, their legs are too widely spaced (they look as if they were on stilts), the line thickness appears to randomly change throughout the image, and the way you have each movable part of their arms and legs be a separate, unconnected shape makes them appear unnatural.

Just some honest criticism, don't take it personally. :smallsmile:

[memnarch]

I guess I'll add my opinion and just say that only the legs looked a little off to me.

[Darklord Bright]

The "Disproportionate" thing I never really understood. I mean, the heads are large and the legs I will admit are a little wide-set, but otherwise they were based upon human proportions. The heads and faces were mostly a style choice, whereas the legs were mostly a side effect of giving people hips and there being no easy way to make close-set legs look natural with the semi-realistic bodies.

The joints, however, don't look off to me. Everything is exactly where I would expect it to be - minus that one bothersome kneecap I only noticed later - but I would be willing to see how I can at least fix the libs to make them less "off" even if I'm not seeing it myself.

But still, this wasn't about my art, it was just some friendly fanart. :smallsmile:

Edit: ooh, I forgot the line thickness! It's actually not random - face details are 1.5, most else is 2.0, and small details like fabric folds or the cracks in the road are 1.0 :smallsmile:

[BRC]

YAY FANART!
*Happy artist dance*
*Leans over*
*Looks Gift Horse in Mouth*
I do wonder why James's Vest turned into a sweater-type-thing. Ah well, it's my fault for treating Sleeves so inconsistently (James and the other officers, as well as Mr Aranea, are supposed to be wearing suits, and so should have long sleeves, yet I draw them as short-sleeved, why, because I'm CRAZY!).


Anyway, Lemme scoop this up and throw it in the Fanart Spoiler. Thanks DLB!

[Darklord Bright]

YAY FANART!
*Happy artist dance*
*Leans over*
*Looks Gift Horse in Mouth*
I do wonder why James's Vest turned into a sweater-type-thing. Ah well, it's my fault for treating Sleeves so inconsistently (James and the other officers, as well as Mr Aranea, are supposed to be wearing suits, and so should have long sleeves, yet I draw them as short-sleeved, why, because I'm CRAZY!).


Anyway, Lemme scoop this up and throw it in the Fanart Spoiler. Thanks DLB!

It's no problem. At the moment I've also, while tinkering with inkscape, accidentally fixed my limbs style and am on my way to making some examples in the experimentation class.

Edit: Truth be told, I just thought James'd rolled up his sleeves, and I've seen leather jackets that look like Maria's.

[BRC]

It's no problem. At the moment I've also, while tinkering with inkscape, accidentally fixed my limbs style and am on my way to making some examples in the experimentation class.

Edit: Truth be told, I just thought James'd rolled up his sleeves, and I've seen leather jackets that look like Maria's.
Well, let's see, whenever we've seen him wear it he's been either eating or at work, either way he might want to roll up his sleeves...
yeah, that works! That's my story and I'm sticking too it!
Why does Mister Aranea roll up his sleeves then? clearly, Division 8 is JUST THAT SINISTER!

[BRC]

HA, you thought I'd miss an update this week!
WELL YOU WERE WRONG
Current Comic: Getting on your Game Face

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev36.png


Which goes to show that, underneath his stern exterior, Claude is just a guy whose slightly embarrassed about the implications of using an impractically large gun, yet he uses one anyway.

[memnarch]

Rule #34: If you’re leaving scorch-marks, you need a bigger gun.

[erictheredd]

I can't help but see how the guns reflect the roles of the two leaders. Maria is the supposed leader, supposed to be the one who knows the perfect way to get things done, but apart from the raid on the radio station, she has been over shadowed by Claude, who has much more power than she does, yet nominally defers to her.

I think the organization Claude represents doesn't want to be the face of the rebellion. They know the face always gets hit the hardest, so they are setting up maria as a figure head. If she wins, they hold all the strings. If she doesn't, they fade back into the shadows where they came from, and followers of 'the jackal' join them.

[BRC]

Sorry guys, reality and comic making are not on speaking terms right now. In the time it should have taken me to get a comic done, I barely got a script.

This weekend is going to kill me (I'm one of the last seasonal employees to leave the zoo, which means long hours and hot days....yay, getting to work by 7:30 then listening to carosel music for 11 hours, then having another 11 hour day the next day...)
aanyway, my shambling corpse, reanimated by science too terrible to even consider, will hopefully have enough integrity to shuffle over to the computer and attempt a double update next week to make up for this one.

Also, here, take some art, it's lazy.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/LAZYART.png

[BRC]

Current Comic: Said Caesar at the Rubicon

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev37.png


Boom, Comic (Which includes booms).

Also, I get the feeling I'll regret this title at some point, but it was all that came to mind.

[memnarch]

Yeah I don't get the title.

[erictheredd]

Ceasar said 'the die is cast' meaning, there is no turning back. The words are significant because he was killed in the end, but the people who opposed him also lost.

though the 'die' was cast in chapter one, this comic could prove to be another boundry, where once a path is stepped onto, there is no going back

And my theory that Maria is just being used as a figure-head seems to be more and more accurate

I also appreciate showing some flaws in the Rebels, they were getting kind of scarce

[ShinyCap]

I love the way that man's face faded out after he was shot.

[BRC]

I love the way that man's face faded out after he was shot.
Glad somebody noticed that.

Hey Reb|Rev Fans, a combination of factors (Largely Packing for College and the fact that this next comic presents some tricky design issues) means that I likely won't get a comic done today. I'll also be traveling on thursday, so no comic then.

I'm shooting for a SUPER SPECIAL WEDNESDAY UPDATE! But no promises.

As a peace offering, some more DLB fanart
http://a.imageshack.us/img291/2337/rebrevgunz.png
And some random art I did of James Sci-fi Style
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/FutureJames.png

so yeah, sowwy everybody.

[BRC]

SUPER SPECIAL WEDNESDAY COMIC!

Current Comic: I Hate Drawing Cars.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev38.png


The title says it all for this one. Didn't have as much time as I would have liked.

Now I need to get back to packingpackingpackingpackingpackingPACKING!

[memnarch]

Hmmm.... it's not a bad car... the one panel Boom is a bit much though. No explosion bubble around it?

[ShinyCap]

the one panel Boom is a bit much though. No explosion bubble around it?
That's how it was in the previous comic, though.

[memnarch]

Hm, I guess the reason I didn't like it was that the following panels were dark on the edges. (the car frame)

[BRC]

Hm, I guess the reason I didn't like it was that the following panels were dark on the edges. (the car frame)
Huh, I'll try to fix that next time I need to do a shot like that (Hopefully, never)

Also, Comic!
Current Comic: Would you like to phone a friend?
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev39.png


So yeah, now I sleep. Yaaay College.

[memnarch]

Not bad, moving the story along nicely, keep up the good work.

And now I sleep, after reading your comic. Yay college.

[Mina Kobold]

The plot thickens.

...And then you add a hint of drama and stir it until the appeal is just right and you will have a delicious plot to serve at LAN-parties and forums :smalltongue:

[BRC]

Soo.... Thursday has come and gone with no comic.

Funny Story, I spent today fighting through the first big college cold of the semester (College colds are worse than normal ones) and, oddly enough, writing an essay about the French Revolution.

While for ultimate Irony (Or not, I don't think Irony is the proper word in this context) I should have been unable to do my comic about people breaking into a government run prison because I had to write about the storming of the Bastille instead of comparing and contrasting documents. The documents WERE written about the time the Bastille was stormed though.

But yeah, no comic today. Comic WILL happen by monday (I've gotten part of it done), hopefully double update, sorry about it, I'm a terrible person.

I'm going to go blow my nose for the hundredth time.

[memnarch]

You'll only a terrible person if you don't say what's going on. Don't worry so much.

[Mina Kobold]

No worries BRC, we are a patient lot :smallsmile:

You're not a horrible person for getting a cold and writing an essay, the mad science students that make college colds worse are probably, though :smalltongue:

[BRC]

Daww. thanks guys.
Essay Written (Sprinted to the teachers office with two minutes to spare). Cold Defeated (I barely had to blow my nose all evening!)
Script written!
Layout problems in script fixed Ignored! (I hope the implication that she opens the crate got through, there are some things I hope to change though, layout/ stuff that bugs me wise).
Comic Made!
Current Comic: Schroedinger's Cop

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev40.png

Still to do
Bask in Glory!
Chart out rest of life
???
Profit.

[memnarch]

*sets up a glory lamp*

[Mina Kobold]

I feel sad for the cop-in-a-box :smallfrown:

Hope they free them all and run them out as their escape method :smalltongue:

Or some other way to save them :smallsmile:

[BRC]

Daww, thanks guys.
You can't quite make it out in the comic, but what he's saying is: My name is constable Patrick Schwinn, ID number 6378049, division 7, I was operating within the confines of my duty as an officer of the domestic security forces.
Also, believe it or not, you have met this particular officer before. (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev24.png)

[BRC]

Alright, so it's technically tuesday, but let's pretend I'm on the west coast, because otherwise I would have to wait until Thursday, and that would be terrible.
Time's Up
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev41.png

[Mina Kobold]

I think you repeated some text there in panel one and four but otherwise it's a nice (if scary) page :smallsmile:

[BRC]

I think you repeated some text there in panel one and four but otherwise it's a nice (if scary) page :smallsmile:
So I did, man that's embarrassing. I've fixed it.

[memnarch]

I suppose they're police people are not going to have assault weapons.

[BRC]

So you may have noticed a lack of update yesterday. Sorry about that, will try for thursday.

[BRC]

I'm not dead, just at college!
Sorry, Here, have a comic.

Current Comic:Tick Tick Tick
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev42.png

Yeah, a mid-sentence cliffhanger, I know, I'm a terrible person. I'll try to update Thursday to break the suspense.

[memnarch]

T=0, countdown timer for something?

[ShinyCap]

It is "Tick Tick Tick." I'm guessing the next comic has a "BOOM!"

[erictheredd]

my guess is that either someone rigged a bomb or T=0 is when someone finds out something.

Theories: Division 8 has a built-in bomb for the place, and when the explosion goes off, it will kill all the prisoners and some cops. The Directorate will then blame the explosion on the rebels, claiming that they care little for their own.

2) Division 8 knew they were coming and rigged the only man in the place, or at least the man who would be the easiest to find, with a bomb and it will go off, killing the officer and possibly maria's friend or the man in shades. This is an extreme and out there theory in my opinion though, and will give maria reason to be a lot more suspicious.

3) T=0 (actually, I'm getting tired of that equation, its all over my math) is when the police find an incriminating piece of evidence, for or against the directory. personally, I think it will be for. BRC is trying to make this grey vs. grey, not black vs. grey (as far as I can tell).

[Strawberries]

May I just chime in to say I just finished reading all the comic in one session and I like it a lot?

Nothing more insightful than that, I'm afraid, at the moment (I haven't read through the thread and anyhow usually the insight comes with the second reading, so please bear with me :smalltongue:).

I just felt the need to say it. Great comic, sir. Kudos. :smallsmile:

[BRC]

May I just chime in to say I just finished reading all the comic in one session and I like it a lot?

Nothing more insightful than that, I'm afraid, at the moment (I haven't read through the thread and anyhow usually the insight comes with the second reading, so please bear with me :smalltongue:).

I just felt the need to say it. Great comic, sir. Kudos. :smallsmile:
Thanks, it's comments like that that mean alot to me.

I meant to update today, but Theater happened. I'm running crew for a production of Death of a Salesman. Technically Tech Week doesn't start until Sunday (For the ten hour tech run...wheeeeeee) but they needed me to be there at the rehearsal today, which meant the time I had budgeted to work on the comic went away.

Also, next week I have two midterms, plus the tech stuff.

I feel horrible leaving you on a Cliffhanger like this, so I'm going to get to work on the comic now. Depending, I may break my update schedule and just post the comic when I get done with it.

[BRC]

AND COMIC! Thank you for your patience. Hopefully, this makes up for it.
Current Comic:We'll Meet Again
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev43.png

Fun Fact, It's hard to draw people punching in the OoTS style without making it look like they're just flailing with one arm.

If you don't get the title, then you need to watch the movie Doctor Strangelove (Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb), specifically the end credits.

[erictheredd]

my guess is that either someone rigged a bomb or T=0 is when someone finds out something.

Theories: Division 8 has a built-in bomb for the place, and when the explosion goes off, it will kill all the prisoners and some cops. The Directorate will then blame the explosion on the rebels, claiming that they care little for their own.

and theory #1 of 3 gains evidence!!

giving the rebels more gray, but at the same time, it starts to seperate the directorate from the "deefers".

I love Mr. Arcana's response. James does not like being kept in the dark at all. Also, I'm not sure who mentioned the line about the bomb threat, I think its Mr. A, but it could be James or a random cop. I like it best if it is Mr. A saying it though--- prompting James to hit him--- and I'm pretty sure that the div. 8 is behind this

[memnarch]

I'm going to guess that Div 8 knew that this was a tempting target and had rigged a bomb just in case.

[blackjack217]

Is it just me or are you dropping hints that claud is the general who led that one revolution, or at the very least a part of that revolution?

[BRC]

So, reality intervened to prevent me from making a comic last week.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/Dealwithit.png
(Sorry about that, I had the image and couldn't resist.)
Aaanyway. Here's this weeks.Current Comic:OBJECTION!
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev44.png


Also, is it just me, or have my comics been getting increasingly larger?

[memnarch]

Not that much bigger recently, but bigger than you started.


Hmmm... not a bad scene change.

[blackjack217]

And just when the morality seemed to be firming up you throw everything into doubt once again. Still prefer the rebels though, but that's because for me secret police = :smallfurious:

[ShinyCap]

I really like the way this one ended. Nice transition there.

[BRC]

And just when the morality seemed to be firming up you throw everything into doubt once again.
I do that sometimes.

Also, Surprise Thursday Update!
Current Comic:The Rear Window
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev45.png


I feel like I should make some new banners. The current ones are almost a year old.

[erictheredd]

The banners are fine in my opinion (of course, I'm displaying them, so...)

This is a good comic. I was noticing the same things myself. And its also good that maria recognizes what she is: a figure head.

I'm just wondering what Claude's history is. Also, I may be wrong, but do the member's of the revolution tend to have more french and italian sounding names than then the loyalists?

[blackjack217]

You did it again. :smalltongue:

[BRC]

UPDATE!
Current Comic:Rendezvous
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev46.png

It's been a while since I've been able to write dialog this fun. A conversation were people are not angry or suspicious.

[Mina Kobold]

D'aww.

They're so cute when they're sarcastic and embarrassed =3

*Snaps out of it*

Erh... I mean: Well done BBC BRC. good comic :smallsmile:

:smalltongue:

[memnarch]

D'aww.

They're so cute when they're sarcastic and embarrassed =3

*Snaps out of it*

Erh... I mean: Well done BBC BRC. good comic :smallsmile:

:smalltongue:

This. Went off camping so I's late to comment.

[BRC]

Current Comic:The Hours Between
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/bloddyredcommie/RebRev47.png


And with That, I finally finish up with chapter three. Whew, that was a doozy.

Next week is Thanksgiving and my Birthday. Also, I need to plan out the next chapter, so comics might not happen.

[mastermind]

I like the comic. [Insert witty compliment]

[memnarch]

Hmmm.... The repetitiveness is getting a bit old at this point. The "Maybe it starts" thing that is.

[Darklord Bright]

Well obviously the story started when BRC made the first strip