Round One, page 1
on January 22, 2013 at 12:01 am
That’s right, we’re doin’ this shit in chronological order! That means we weave this Roomies! #4 story in between the original strips where they chronologically belong.
I debated for a short while whether to do it this way or just run it as it is in the book collection, stories in their entirety back-to-back, but figgered I’d ask Tumblr if this way would be better. And Tumblr said this way was something that wouldn’t be terrible to try. And mostly my wife said this way was better in no uncertain terms, and she’s the one who bangs me, so.
I do like how in the new ordering, the previous strip Joe states in no uncertain terms that Sal is gone, and now today she pops up. That’s kind of… storytellingish…
Check out this sweet Showalter Fountain background, complete with the library in the far distance. At this point, I still had some of these background details floating around in my brain! I hadn’t become senile yet!
Yeah, the background of the comic book cover on the left is CGI! I used it later for a certain Flash animation.
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It’s like a jump cut, with a splash page.
For some strange reason, Sal looks kinda like an anthropomorphic bear/mouse to me in this pic.
It’s probably the hair. That ridiculously long, luxurious hair.
I think it’s the face especially the eyes
“Now I actually have to pay taxes.”
Is it me or does it look like she’s flying? I’ve only starting on It’s Walky recently, so I’m unsure if she has flying powers.
No one in the Walkyverse can fly.
I mean, that would be silly.
Well, Joyce did have that jetpack, and there were implications that some others could use them as well, but that was alien technology, not unpowered human flight.
I was originally in the Walkyverse and modified with abductee flying powers. That all changed when I was accidentally ricocheted to this universe. I seem to have lost that connection, for now at least.
For a moment there, I tought you were quoting the opening of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Don’t ask why.
It’s just awkwardly-posed art of her running.
Oh. Damn. I seriously thought she was coming in for a landing.
Nope. Joyce has a jetpack (which is…telepathically activated? I think?) and Sal and Walky had super-strength, super-resilience and an ability to use alien technology, but no flying powers I’m pretty sure.
They can float for an inconceivable amount of time.
I’ve been a Roomies fan for a number of years, and personally I’m really enjoying the re-telling in chronological order.
It’s also kind of cool to juxtapose your art-work from the different time periods.
So…how’s this gonna work? Sal meets Joyce on Page 4. Is page 2 of this story going to be tomorrow with the four strips after yesterday coming between it and pages 3-11.
I forget, are you also going to be re-posting the chronological It’s Walky! and Joyce and Walky here? Dumbing of Age is the only separate universe, right?
It’s Walky! will go here. The subscription J&W! I haven’t decided on yet, but I have about six or seven years to figure it out.
You might as well, no sense in keeping the rest of the world in the dark for another 20 years.
The comic book cover makes me think Sal is about to embark on a Dora-the-Explorer-esque adventure.
Now that you mention it, Dora does look like a baby Sal…