Apologies for not posting a page up on Friday. I work as a designer by day, and October and November are really busy months. That means one or two ‘hiccups’ in regards to updates in those periods. Anyway, back to the story…
So what do the Hollow Men want with the Prime Minister? The smart money is on ‘nothing good’, considering that they’ve slaughtered virtually every other member of staff in the building. You’ll find out what thy’re up to in a few pages time…
I’ve spent the past week fielding questions and answering comments left by all you lovely readers. So if you have left a comment, I’ve replied!
As you may or may not know, Vanguard usually updates twice a week (Wednesday and Friday), but it’s only updating once a week for the next few weeks. I’m currently drawing pages over at Reynard City and only have a few to do before I’m done.
Now, onto today’s page. How does one even treat that injury!? I took a first aid course about a year ago and followed the example of how to treat a broken leg. Will this injury affect Pendragon in the long term? Time will tell.
You may have noticed that Cates looks different in virtually every issue he appears in. I just can’t nail down a look for him! Next week we are back to the street battle, as the Vanguard continues their struggle against the combined forces of Team Xtreme and the Hollow Men!
Announcement –
That writing competition is still in the works! The details will be announced asap, but basically, It’ll be to write a synopsis for a three-four page comic. Should your idea get short listed, you’ll be asked for a full script. The winner will have their entry drawn by me and have it run on this site. Stay tuned!
First off, let me extend a warm welcome to all you new readers! There’s a fair bit of story to catch up on. I hope you enjoy doing so. I’ll do my very best to answer any comment/question on the comic you may have.
So, over the past couple of days, the site has been receiving an unprecedented amount of traffic. This is all thanks to Dave giving Vanguard a mention on his ace webcomic, Grrl Power. Dave discussed the different types of violence found in comics, pointing out that Vanguard is ‘significantly more violent’.
I’ve mentioned before that one of my aims was to make the violence within Vanguard deadly and final. Death in this comic is permanent. No Bucky Barnes are to be found here.
In comics, with superpowered protagonists clashing as they do, deaths should often result. There’s a great reason a lot of comics don’t take this approach. A continual cast of characters have to be added to replace fallen heroes/foes. That, and killing fan favorite characters is as about as popular as a rattlesnake in a lucky dip. I can see why a lot of creators don’t.
Anyhoo, back to today’s page:
Last time we saw Pendragon, he was in deep trouble. He’d be shot repeatedly, his knee blown of and now crawling for a weapon, his only salvation.
We catch up with him now as he uses the corpse of a fallen Protection Officer as an impromptu shield, but alas, the Hollow Man appears unfazed by his counter-attack!
Announcements:
I have a few announcements this week.
First off, my lovely wife Zoe has published her own webcomic book: OCD Girl.
Want a taste of OCD Girl? Check out her strip over at The Cult Den
Secondly, I’ll be launching a writing competition – Hooray! The details will be announced next week, but basically, It’ll be to write a three-four page comic book script. The winner will have their entry drawn by me and have it run on this site. Stay tuned!
MaXtreme Vs. our resident Superman, KingSword. Under normal circumstances, this would be a relatively evenly matched fight, but poor KingSword has been weakened by ‘the virus’. London is going to need a serious face lift once these boys are done!
Should be back to two pages a week once I finish the pages for Reynard City, which shouldn’t be too long now.
PS
I’m guessing most you readers went to see Guardians of the Galaxy? I was surprised how much I enjoyed it and although reticent at first, I’d happily go and watch a sequel.
The Hollow Men have taken out everyone and everything that stood against them. They are mere moments away from completing their objective, whatever that might be… but someone has something to say about that. There’s a couple of ‘Easter eggs’ on this page. See if you can spot them.
We are a mere two pages away from the end of issue eight!
I’ll be offering the chance to advertise YOUR webcomic here on VANGUARD, for FREE! I’ll be giving details out within the next week on how to apply on my Twitter feed, so make sure you keep an eye out. Spots will be limited, so you better be quick.
Pendragon is in big trouble. He’s ended up in ‘The Sewing Room’, which was being used by Ophelia/Blakemore to interrogate McPhaidon.
We are a mere three pages away from the end of issue eight. Where did the time go?!
I’ll be offering the chance to advertise YOUR webcomic here on VANGUARD, for FREE! I’ll be giving details out within the next week on how to apply on my Twitter feed, so make sure you keep an eye out. Spots will be limited, so you better be quick.
Happy St.Georges Day!… and carry on as usual, as we don’t really do anything for poor old St. George.
Pendragon Vs. Thade: Hey, I did say only one of them would be walking away from this fight. Heh heh. I doubt Pendragon will be doing much walking in the near future… if he manages to survive this encounter!
Not to sure if that first panel works. Wanted to show the two guys locked in furious battle just before the Hollow Men burst in. Looks more like a scene from ‘Fist of the Northstar’, which isn’t too bad, I guess.
If you didn’t see the post, Vanguard is in the process of being reviewed over a A Place To Hang Your Cape. Go take a read. They seem to be enjoying it!
If you didn’t see the post, Vanguard is in the process of being reviewed over a A Place To Hang Your Cape. Go take a read. Them seem to be enjoying it.
Looking over past pages, there are a number of times in which the artwork looks a bit dodgy, or I’ve made story decisions which I wish I hadn’t. Like a Shark, I think a webcomic creator should constantly be moving forward. Once you stop to go back and re-do pages – Boom! That’s when the troubles starts.
There won’t be an update Friday, it being Good Friday and all, so see you next week. Have a great Easter break!
The Hollow Men storm Downing Street… and it’s goodbye to (the fictional version of) Muireann, Vanguard HR administrator. She’s been in the comic from issue one! 🙁
