PaRARGdox 193
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PaRARGdox 193

by on March 26, 2023 at 11:44 am
Chapter:

Speedsters!: A quick catch up with the speedsters who we last saw on page 7.176! Nadine leading a pack of younger cadets. Ever wonder how speedsters going at 300kph/190mph (or faster) manage to catch someone – or move someone – without turning them into a tomato sauce/ketchup explosion? Me too! The inertial dampening field is something Magellan speedsters need to be able to generate… it allows them to avoid annihilating themselves and others upon impact. Admittedly I got the idea from Star Trek techno-babble.

Patrons: Page 7.197 (in pencil form) is now up on Patreon… 7.197 colour version published soon…

Next update: April 2, 2023: A valid point…?

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Looking for a few quotable comments about Bad Karma

by on December 27, 2022 at 7:21 am
Posted In: Sequential Daze

A bad day for Charisma...As you probably noticed, I’m (slowly) publishing Magellan chapters and stories as collected volume ebooks on Issuu. This process is a stepping stone to (finally) printing those books. For the moment, it’s an extra way that people can access and read the comic, particularly for those not into the “download-page-by-page” process of webcomics. Right now, I’m finalising Bad Karma (part 2) – that is, from pages 151 through 300.

Since I’m designing these volumes as if they were physical books, I’m including back covers –  which have several short non-spoiler quotes by readers about the comic and/or story.

For example, here are the quotes from the back jacket of The Great Leap Forward…

“Magellan defies the conventions of traditional superhero-ism, and actually tries to make sense scientifically. Crowley has really worked things out in the background, and the characters are believably portrayed. Flawed. With quirks and habits. Human despite their inhumaness, you know?.”
LonelyPanel.com

“AAAAH! It’s so exiting! I can’t wait to see what  happens! Who’s going to win? Will Charisma get to Kaycee? And Fatima  is awesome! I can’t wait to learn more about the characters, and see  where this is all heading to. Plus Councilor Joffe seems to have some kind of dark secret!”
Llyriel

“I love ensemble pieces… I love seeing teammates grow together, learn together and get closer. Magellan gave me all of that. It’s a very rich world, with a ‘gathering of the new generation’ vibe going on and wonderful nods to the old heroes and a broader universe.”
ofcolour.blogspot.com.au

“Magellan keeps reminding me, not of X-Men or Legion, but the great old Tom Corbett Space Cadet stories, and the Showcase series where Tommy Tomorrow was a cadet. (This is high praise, by the way.  It means you’ve transcended your genre.).”
Leo

Cool, huh? And all true of course 🙃

Any takers for Bad Karma? I’m only after four or so. I guess I could make them up but I rather they be authentically from readers and/or reviewers.

Please leave your three to five sentence quotes in the comments below. Feel free to leave longer if you want but I’ll only use portions of it for the back jacket. 🙂 Many thanks in advance!

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Bad Karma – part 1 on ISSUU…!

by on December 22, 2022 at 5:09 am
Posted In: Sequential Daze

Due to “reasons” it’s taken me much longer than I anticipated to get this story, in online book form, published to ISSUU.

In my most recent attempt, as I discovered a few months ago, the Bad Karma storyline, which weighs in at 300 pages, plus covers, intros, etc… was too big for my ISSUU account. On one hand, I would have preferred to upload in its full glory… but wasn’t prepared to pay them the ridiculous amount required to upgrade. My solution was to cut the story into seperate volumes… part 1 and part 2.

Here is part 1! The concluding half should be available shortly, followed by Worst Field Trip Ever, Buying the Stairway to Heaven, Redux, Olga & Brelvis, Dr Spooky & the Case of the Missing Corpse, and much more!

Personally, I find reading ISSUU publications in full screen from a desktop, laptop, or largish tablet device to be a good comic “book” reading experience… of course, your mileage may vary. Hope you enjoy it!

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As Jenna would say – “Thank Mog for backups!”

by on November 10, 2020 at 8:55 pm
Posted In: Sequential Daze

Thank Mog!!!!Had a mega scary and freaky day yesterday as my Mac decided to have a super meltdown. Basically I had to erase the disc and restore.

Fortunately I had a very recent back-up from the night before and only lost an hour of work on Magellan, instead of 16+ years of that and man, many other things.

Everything seems OK now, hopefully it stays that way. A seriously stressful day!

Always backup, folks!

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Great Leap to an eBook!!

by on September 26, 2020 at 12:19 am
Posted In: Sequential Daze

The Great Leap ForwardOoops! I made another eBook! I’ve decided to call the collected stories volumes rather than chapters… and now we have Volume 2: The Great Leap Forward, which includes that eponymous chapter from the online series, plus the third chapter Daze, collected into an ebook with some additional artwork and notes. It’s on Issuu.com which has a good reading interface.

This volume picks up weeks from the previous one. Kaycee Jones is finding her place as a first year cadet at Magellan Academy, training with cephalomaid Fatima as they both prepare for, and then run, The Gauntlet against all their fellow cadets. Meanwhile, Sydney based superheroine Go!Anna is on the hunt for a stolen artefact and has her fair share of close calls. Plus, Brelvis – the Brian/Elvis-the-dog hybrid – is finding his way in the world!

If Volume 1: Wannabe is the opening shot, Volume 2: The Great Leap Forward is we kick things up a notch. Oh, and, there’s a double page bonus art pic right near the end you may not have seen before.

It’s free to read for the time being so please check it out now – read: The Great Leap Forward eBook!

 

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