Wondering what’s going on? Hey, I don’t blame you! 
For a quick fix you can jump to the first page of this chapter, or if you’re feeling adventuresome you can start properly right at the beginning.
First off, many thanks to those who came by on Valentine’s Day to wish Fusella a Happy Birthday! She was in my thoughts, but alas, my available time did not permit any artistic celebrations. Poor Fusella. But in honour of her special day I can link to her Retrospective I posted a couple years ago. Some of you newer readers may not yet have discovered it, since it’s hidden away in the Extras page.
Also, I have a new book to add to the list of reader-recommended books! I just finished Jasper Fforde’s latest novel, Shades of Grey. I was a big fan of his Thursday Next series (go read The Eyre Affair if you don’t know what I mean!), so I was really looking forward to this one. For me, it felt a lot like reading a good mystery book; but instead of the standard mystery in which you try to puzzle out who committed the murder, you get to collect the clues to figure out what the peculiar Chromatic world Fforde has created is all about. I was hooked from page one. Awesome!
Get to the choppah!
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Also, it’s good to see that Patty remains among the living.
A question – Farmer Vorhees there with the pitchfork? Was that him making the ‘zzzzt’ sound, or does that extensible pole have a taser function?
Oh– the “zzzt” is actually the probe not responding well to being smacked around like that (it’ll be more obvious in a few pages). Maybe I need a different sound effect there instead of “zzzt?”
What is she apologising for?
I thought the zzzt was a taser as well. Zan *did* say it was modified, after all.
I’m reading this since it runs on Girlamatic and came over because the updates are still not visible. I really love Galaxion – it’s a good-natured and well-paced story!
Nitpick question: Why does she hold her left arm and says that the right arm is broken?
Heh, yeah… that was a script error– I changed the arm that was hit when I was drawing it a few pages back, and then forgot to change the script to match. Duh. I’ve already been called out about it on the Girlamatic site, which, frustratingly, only seems to be broken for some people, at random. I don’t know what to do about that, as it is beyond my control to fix.
The arm, however… well, it’s one of those errors that will definitely be fixed in the printed volume, and whether or not I fix it on the website will depend on how much it bugs me (which is starting to be a lot). Thanks for catching it!
Maybe “fffzzzt” for the sound effect? Does that sound more like a piece of electronic equipment giving up the ghost?
Wow. Patty’s not dead. Any other “alternate universe” casualties slated for a longer than a red shirt life span?
Silly me. With the holiday I totally forgot that today was Tuesday!
Ahem… Patty’s alive!! YAY!
J.Wilde @1: Heh.
Tara @6: Yeah, “fffzzzt” does sound better.
Heh… I just now noticed the butterflies…
Way to go, Patty! Time to pull out a zany hat to celebrate
Perhaps more obvious sparks coming from the probe would make the damage more clear, or no sound fx at all, and a panel later as Vessa examines the probe and then it buzzes/makes sparks? With the probe currently in point of contact against Farmer Vorhees’ head, it really invites the taser comparison.
I’d recommend visually letting the smoke out of the probe as a detail of panel 3 maybe?
This is getting really juicy! love it! It’s great that you are letting your male side influence this story appropriately with some relevant and realisticly appropriate violence! It compliments the story nicely and makes it more real instead of coming off as princesses tiptoing about in the universe, feeling groovy without getting their hands dirty! Male readers especially will be enjoying this current plot!
Well done!
*laughs* much as we may want it, we can’t be princesses all the time.