Magellan

The Olaf Mystery continues – page 8!

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I have to say I really enjoyed working on this page. VileTerror had written a scene where Matt Bloom and Olga Beh interacted, I did tweak it, but essentially VileTerror was nicely drawn from depictions of Matt in the Olga & Brelvis comic where he is often seen trying (and failing) to hit on Olga…

And a word from VileTerror:  Oh Matt . . . I hope someone stops you before you start to go too far.  Hopefully you’ll stop yourself, but if not, there are plenty of big and powerful heroes all around you who could step in.

Olaf, on the other hand:  Don’t ever change!  Just keep making these incredibly awkward statements!  I’m sure they’ll pay off some day.

The Olaf Mystery continues – page 6!

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I had heaps of fun with this page. It can be time consuming to draw a lot of faces and figures in a single panel so I try to at least make it fun to do it. What I also liked about this scene was that, just like the reprise of The Gaunlet/Leap in previous pages, this sequence references a one off gag sequence from the Olga & Brelvis comic (see page 9) – “Powers Show & Tell”. Also, the teacher – Mr Putty – who has been around in the background almost since Magellan started, gets a moment in the sun! But boy, does he look bored!!

Competition! Congratulations to Dean for winning last week’s round in the Olaf Mystery competition. If you missed out last week there’s still a chance to win some some Magellan books this week! Full deets here.

And a word from VileTerror:  I really like how this page turned out.  Grace has some fine talents for characterization, and we get to see a lot about some of the first-years.  And “Mr Putty” is definitely starting to become my favourite teacher.  There’s something about his expressions and the way he speaks which tell me that there’s a story there.  Maybe it’ll be a kind of “ho-hum” story, compared to the “SUPER AMAZING” world that the Magellanverse is; but “ho-hum” can still be interesting (and funny) when the rest of the setting contrasts such themes.

The Olaf Mystery continues – page 4!

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Following her accident during training things do not look good for Svetty.

Competition! Congratulations to Juan for winning last week’s round in the Olaf Mystery competition. If you missed out last week there’s still a chance to win some some Magellan books this week! Full deets here.

And a word from VileTerror: (better read the comic first, spoilers ahead!!) Since this page turned out almost exactly as I had originally scripted it, I think now might be a good time to further expand on the earlier changes: I had originally written Svetlana’s fall as having been caused by her fear of heights resulting in her foolishly closing her eyes while running to make the jump over The Leap. Really, though, that didn’t make sense.

As Grace explained it to me, Svetty should be capable, or at least have the self-confidence that she will be capable enough. To make it in to Magellan in the first place, cadets have to be something special. If their powers aren’t on the “Amazing” tier, then their courage and determination better-well be. Svetlana’s power isn’t the
most exceptional we’ve seen, so it stands to reason that she should be cadet-material for other reasons.

Oh. By the way: Svetty really IS dead. Being a cadet in Magellan is dangerous, even without the threat of time travelers/dimension-hoppers, alien parasites, or super-powered bullies. I don’t mean to sound cavalier, but I feel it important to stress that death can be sudden and unexpected, even in a world like Magellan’s.