13/02/09 [PF #52] - He got better!

[Jairus]

Yay! Dorcan's back! More or less. Though that didn't take very long, now did it?

And dammit Dorcan, could you at least put a shirt on? You're making the rest of us look bad!

[Tapewolf]

And dammit Dorcan, could you at least put a shirt on? You're making the rest of us look bad!

He will.  Eventually.

PS.  Tell that to Abel.

[Ren Gaulen]

He will.  Eventually.

Not on my watch.

PS.  Tell that to Abel.

Abel wears a shirt, unless he is wearing a skirt.

[Tapewolf]

He will.  Eventually.

Not on my watch.

It's for plot purposes 

[Ren Gaulen]

It's for plot purposes 

Oh, right. My bad. But he'll lose the shirt again at the first opportunity!

[Jairus]

He will.  Eventually.

Not on my watch.

It's for plot purposes 

Well, it's not like he has to hide his Cubi clan marker anymore.

It's for plot purposes 

Oh, right. My bad. But he'll lose the shirt again at the first opportunity!

De-dressu!

[Amber Williams]

Shirts are for suckers! Goodness knows my redheads would be running amock if it wasnt for ratings.

Good to see Dorcan er...alive and kicking.

Minor critique: The second panel...laying down like that he looks really stiff. MOre like he was standing and you just tilted the image to the side.  But laying down poses are actually pretty tricky to manage so I understand the fickle.

Next up: MOAR SHIRTLESS!

[Jairus]

Shirts are for suckers! Goodness knows my redheads would be running amock if it wasnt for ratings.

...

Next up: MOAR SHIRTLESS!

She's going to draw Dorcan's encounter with Daryil! Flee!

"And now for my Limit Break... De-Dressu Point 2!"

[Tapewolf]

Minor critique: The second panel...laying down like that he looks really stiff. MOre like he was standing and you just tilted the image to the side.  But laying down poses are actually pretty tricky to manage so I understand the fickle.

I knew there was something a bit weird about that, but it didn't click.  Now that you mention it, he does look like he's standing.  This could actually be handy as a replacement for his cast page image or something...

Talking of which, maybe it's time to un-hide this:
http://www.project-future.org/cast.php?name=Dorcan

[Amber Williams]

It may be a part of the shadings fault as well. The thing to keep in mind with shading is that the closer one is to the ground, the darker and smaller the shadow will be.  Laying on a table like that, one should only be getting a few slivers of shadow in parts that are just moderately elevated. The way you have the shading currently is too broad thus makes it feel like he is hovering a couple inches off the ground.

Oooh! Cast page

[Jairus]

Yay! Cast page!

*reads*

Hm... interesting. Nice to read this stuff. Is it possible to modify a clan marking like that? And Dorcan's life has just sucked, hasn't it? I mean, he sounds like a nice chap, so it's really unfair.

Actually... his current clan marker looks a little bit like this symbol from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Deliberate reference, or coincidence? Hmmmm...

[Tapewolf]

It may be a part of the shadings fault as well. The thing to keep in mind with shading is that the closer one is to the ground, the darker and smaller the shadow will be.

Ah.  The business about it being darker escaped me completely and is something I'll have to bear in mind in future.  Now that I look at it, I did go somewhat overboard with the shadows in that panel - I may revise it later.

Hm... interesting. Nice to read this stuff. Is it possible to modify a clan marking like that?

Well, all they did was add a few extra lines.  Deleting them might be more difficult.

And Dorcan's life has just sucked, hasn't it? I mean, he sounds like a nice chap, so it's really unfair.

Compared to certain other members of his clan, he's had it pretty good.  Apart from the whole dying business.

Actually... his current clan marker looks a little bit like this symbol from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Deliberate reference, or coincidence? Hmmmm...

Coincidence.

[Gabi]

Cool cast page! Are there any other hidden pages?

Note: in Jakob's cast page, it says "millenia" where it should say "millenium".

[Tapewolf]

Cool cast page! Are there any other hidden pages?

Maaaybeee...

Note: in Jakob's cast page, it says "millenia" where it should say "millenium".

Thanks - that should be fixed now, browser cache notwithstanding.

[Kipiru]

Wait a sec, Dorkan wakes up powerless and assumes he is a being- I smell another android!

Shirts are for suckers! Goodness knows my redheads would be running amock if it wasnt for ratings.

MOAR SHIRTLESS!

He will.  Eventually.

Not on my watch.

Keep those ideas alive for when female characters finally appear in this comic 

[Jairus]

Wait a sec, Dorkan wakes up powerless and assumes he is a being- I smell another android!

"Diet: p + 11B. Previously surprise and fear with the occasional pastry dish." Yup. Same power source as Joshy-boy and Azzy. It's an androcubi! Run!

[Brunhidden]

Wait a sec, Dorkan wakes up powerless and assumes he is a being- I smell another android!

"Diet: p + 11B. Previously surprise and fear with the occasional pastry dish." Yup. Same power source as Joshy-boy and Azzy. It's an androcubi! Run!

i am kind of surprised more of the fans for this fine piece of fandom have not actually gone to the art section of the forum and read the story.

then again they may think its spoilers

[Jairus]

Wait a sec, Dorkan wakes up powerless and assumes he is a being- I smell another android!

"Diet: p + 11B. Previously surprise and fear with the occasional pastry dish." Yup. Same power source as Joshy-boy and Azzy. It's an androcubi! Run!

i am kind of surprised more of the fans for this fine piece of fandom have not actually gone to the art section of the forum and read the story.

then again they may think its spoilers

... there's a story?

Nah, kidding. Actually, I've just never sat down and started reading, aside from that recent chapter where Joshua was all badass. Yeah, I know, I'm lazy. I'll get to it someday.

[Amber Williams]

I'd feel like it was cheating at this point.  Besides, its a lot more fun to be suprised.

[Jairus]

I'd feel like it was cheating at this point.  Besides, its a lot more fun to be suprised.

Oh, and that too.

My prediction for next week: Dorcan doesn't take his new androcubi status very well!

How about Cubot instead of Androcubi?

[Tapewolf]

I'd feel like it was cheating at this point.  Besides, its a lot more fun to be suprised.

Oh, and that too.

That's why I've tried to prevent people mentioning things from the story too much.
There are also a few minor glitches with the story version - mostly things which don't quite match DMFA canon anymore - the comic gives me an opportunity to fix, work around or gloss over them     I may do a revised version of the story at some point.

My prediction for next week: Dorcan doesn't take his new androcubi status very well!

That's a little further out, but close.

How about Cubot instead of Androcubi?

I just refer to them as synthetic, regardless of their race.

[Amber Williams]

Nya ha ha! I ruin your continuities! 

[Tapewolf]

Nya ha ha! I ruin your continuities! 

It was a known risk.  Chapter 8 is going to be fun though - cool idea, but one of the main 'weak spots', e.g. Jyrras may already have invented the process himself 150 years earlier...

I notice no-one has remarked on the little cameo yet.

[Jairus]

I'd feel like it was cheating at this point.  Besides, its a lot more fun to be suprised.

Oh, and that too.

That's why I've tried to prevent people mentioning things from the story too much.
There are also a few minor glitches with the story version - mostly things which don't quite match DMFA canon anymore - the comic gives me an opportunity to fix, work around or gloss over them     I may do a revised version of the story at some point.

So, just like Project Future is an Alternate Universe Future to DMFA canon, Project Future and The Future History of Jaokb Peterson are alternate universes to one another? Neat.

How about Cubot instead of Androcubi?

I just refer to them as synthetic, regardless of their race.

But it's not sufficiently punny!

Nya ha ha! I ruin your continuities! 

Thou art evil, Dame Amber! And I so like it.

Nya ha ha! I ruin your continuities! 

It was a known risk.  Chapter 8 is going to be fun though - cool idea, but one of the main 'weak spots', e.g. Jyrras may already have invented the process himself 150 years earlier...

Ooh! Cool! I can't wait to see what it is!

[Tapewolf]

So, just like Project Future is an Alternate Universe Future to DMFA canon, Project Future and The Future History of Jaokb Peterson are alternate universes to one another? Neat.

I think of it more like FH is v1.0 of the story, and Project Future is v1.1 or v1.5 or something.  But then I work with software a lot, so I would.  Honestly, most of the things that won't fly anymore are jokes and side-stories I threw in to pad some of the chapters out...

Ooh! Cool! I can't wait to see what it is!

Chapter 7 runs for ten pages, if I remember correctly, so we're about 12-14 weeks away from that particular revelation.

[Tyranastrasz]

I notice no-one has remarked on the little cameo yet.

Is it the little thing on the desk or the box on it's side? I can't tell what the little thing is

[Jairus]

I notice no-one has remarked on the little cameo yet.

Is it the little thing on the desk or the box on it's side? I can't tell what the little thing is

Well... I'm guessing FurEx is Boxy. As for the thing on the desk... it looks sorta like a Sonic Screwdriver, but no model I've ever seen. Is Studre the computer a possible cameo?

[Tapewolf]

Well... I'm guessing FurEx is Boxy. As for the thing on the desk... it looks sorta like a Sonic Screwdriver, but no model I've ever seen. Is Studre the computer a possible cameo?

The cameo was Boxy, actually.  The rest of the stuff is generic laboratory equipment - your 'sonic screwdriver' is actually a 25 watt Weller soldering iron, one of the precious few items of honest-to-god lab equipment. There are actually a number of in-jokes on the page (mostly things which don't belong there) and I was going to offer a cookie for each rack unit that people can identify, but that would be pretty mean.

The logo on the rack unit is a corruption of this:
http://www.project-future.org/images/a807.jpg
At one point I was going to try and fill up the rack with channel cards for an A80 multitrack or something, but that would have been too obscure.

[Tapewolf]

I've just updated the strip to try and fix the top-right panel.  The original (or AN original... I think there were more changes since then) can be found here for comparison:
http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/music/test/strip052.png

[Jack McSlay]

that 70's computer in the background made me giggle