Starbolts #196: The Superior Dragonfly

When your own beta reader wishes death on a character, you know you did something right. Laura, my beta reader wants to rip Tanis's wings out because of his actions here. I can't say I'm surprised. The guy has been poisoned by the dark side. Or has he? Can he be turned? Is this comic totally mocking "The Superior Spider-Man" and Superboy Prime? Yes to those two questions. As for him being turned back to being a good guy? Hmm...I'll get back to you on that. In the mean time, please enjoy this week's comic. =)

 When I redesigned Tanis, I was going for something like the dragonfly Pokemon, Yanma. It's a dragonfly pokemon known for its speed and I tried to capture it here. Tanis can now adjust his speed, pass through solid objects, vibrate his way through doors and fly almost as fast as Bluestreak. Almost. But, not quite.

I also made his wings a bit better and more insect-like than before. You could call it a reboot. I just call it a redesign. =) Enjoy!

Starbolts #195: Bluestreak's Play-by-Play

What can I say about this week's comic? Well, I revealed what happened to Tanis. He is now the Superior Dragonfly and yes, that is a knock on the Superior Spider-Man that's running around Marvel. I still say it's just Doctor Octopus in a Peter Parker costume. Not really a fan. Anyway, Tanis is going to fight Marcus next week. But, his he the heart Demonstorm spoke of? We shall see. Though, rest assured, many jokes will be had at Tanis's expense. Jeez, he looks ridiculous. I think I was going for a Spider-Man meets Archangel thing with this guy.

 As for the Setleths, well, they're Setleths. 'Nuff Said, there!

Cya next time!

Starbolts #194: Hell Hath No Fury

 Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Especially if said woman is an expert in a form of Aquan martial arts, military/medical training and has a sonic scream. Robkas, you're done, dude. Of course, this isn't the end of it. It wouldn't be Robkas if he wasn't continually infatuated with the Princess. If I ever did a movie, I think I'd have Owen Wilson voice him. Only because he can play the obsessed douche well. Hmm. Then again, that MAY be typecasting and we can't have that now can we?

I made a new background for the comic. Sickbay. I may change it in the future. We'll see. In the mean time, our heroes are still fighting the tournament., But, wait! What about Tanis? Well, we'll see soon enough, true believers.

P.S. I may have had too much fun writing the technobabble at the start of the comic. Perhaps I needed to modify the phase variance or reverse the polarity of the neutron flow.

Starbolts #193: Love and War

This week's comic has two dynamics running through it. Braun saying love is an illusion that makes one weak. Then near the end we have Aquita fighting for her love. Who is right? Who is wrong? Who had "The Power of Love" in his head as he wrong the script for this week's comic?  I also wanted to mix up Mateo's fighting a bit. It'd be too tired a method to have him fight Robkas again. So, I decided to have him fight the War version of Robkas. That's a hard fight because War is powered by the Aquan God of War.

However, Aquita is powered by the god of War's direct counterpart. I think I'm going to have the good Aquan avatars vs the bad Aquan avatars fight. They'll be fighting the direct opposites to the Gods and Goddesses they represent. Though, that should mean Aquita should be fighting Death. Perhaps that will happen. We shall see.

As for Mateo, he'll be back sooner or later. You can't keep a good winged guy down!

See you next time!

Comic Showcase #17: New Warriors FAQ

Starbolts #192: Super Starbolts Brawl!!

Oh, Bluestreak. Never change as long as I'm writing you. The tournament begins with Bluestreak being the first victor. You might think the fighting went too quickly. But, you have to remember: Bluestreak is the fastest man alive. He will win quite decisively if he puts his mind to it. He may act the joker, but, he's brilliant when he wants to be. As for Dreadwing, he's on his way home. Reality will be restored around him if/when it gets fixed. I won't spoil the ending. =) As for Tanis? Well...plans are in the works for him!

Story-wise things are going good. Soon, I'll be working on the next video. I may take a play from Linkara's Titans retrospective and create an intro video. Only because I'll be focusing on volume 1 of the New Warriors and there's a LOT to cover. We need to know who is who before we can go forward. It'll be fun. Trust me! =)

See you next time!

Starbolts #191: The Reality Show

 Hail!

Early comic this week because tomorrow I'll be seeing Iron Man 3 with friends. That and there's also Free Comic Book Day. What that is is basically comic shops give out free comics from publishers who want to show off their work. Sometimes there's good stuff. Sometimes there isn't. It's a mixed bag. But, what do you want for free comics, right? It's still good and fun.

Ahh. This week's comic was fun to write. We have Garazo at the bar and all those empty mugs. He's happy. We also have a Fifth Doctor reference with "Brave heart, Jenna". And we closed the thread on Dark Mateo. I won't be covering what unspeakable horrors Dark Aquita did to him. Let's just leave it to your imaginations shall we? Hmm?

I decided to end this storyline as a tournament. We shall see what happens. It would be like Mortal Kombat or anything. Nah. I'm thinking more like Super Smash Bros. We shall see who will emerge triumphant won't we?

Yes, I think we will! See you next time!