Beautiful.
I think that pretty well sums up this page, and all the credit for that beauty should rightfully go to Smilton When we wrote the script for this page the description of panel two was simply that the station was now “glowing with blue light and coursing with power as Doc and Sagulo marvel at it in the foreground.” Well, as you can see, Smilton took that description and made it into an illustration that not only executes our plot perfectly, but also demands that the reader sit back and just enjoy it’s aesthetic beauty (for lack of a better word) for a while. Basically, he made it into art.
In fact, the dialogue on this page is actually inspired by my first reaction when it hit my inbox many moons ago. I literally thought, “I never imagined it would be so beautiful.” And, if I had that reaction just looking at a two-dimensional drawing then how much more impressive must it be for the characters who are actually in that space (well, kinda). So, I decided what the Hell? Let’s put that thought into the mouths of the characters.
Be here NEXT WEEK for another instant-classic DDD SPLASH page! Will Joe’s first kiss be a TRIUMPH or a DISASTER? Find out just a few days after Valentine’s Day when we post the most ROMANTIC page in Deep Dive Daredevils history!
Welp, I am finally feeling like a human being again, and many thanks for cutting me some slack on the blog last week. Believe me, when you have a splitting headache the last thing you want to do is write 300 words and try to be interesting.
In other news, the full print run of Deep Dive Daredevils No. 1 is scheduled to arrive any day now. I am EXITE.
Anyways, till next week!
-Matt-
Remember the last time Doc found something beautiful?
On a totally different subject: I wrote a new blog post Terminate With Extreme Prejudice. (Disclosure: No webcomic is mentioned. )
It’s funny…I write this comic and I had to click on the link to exactly what you were referring to.
As always, Timothy, you are on the ball!
WOW! I wonder if it’s like a Christmas tree, and once one light bulb goes out the whole thing tanks?
Waiting for my print copies!
Still trying to figure out what that thing Doc is holding looks like.
- My old Y-wing toy
- A Sugar Cone Styrofoam case
- A Klingon Tricorder or communicator from the movies
- A Pod Racer without the brat in it
- A gun from The Black Hole
Anyone???
Looks like one of my first wife’s toys…
@ Sgt. Howard
While I do not condone making frivolous fun of marital commitment, I have to admit that I can understand why you saw the need to help yourself to a second one. That looks indeed like a dangerous toy in the hands of a wife. (Please note that I also do not condone making frivolous fun of wives themselves.)
(Please note that I also do not condone making frivolous fun of wives themselves.)
… wise man…
“That looks indeed like a dangerous toy in the hands of a wife”
… you have no idea…
Sigh…
It is nice to know that twisted people will always remain outspoken in online comment sections, or they would not be nearly as much fun to read…
I will have you know that I HIGHLY RESEMBLE that remark… wait a minute… did I…?… never mind…
On the device in Doc’s hand: Since it has engendered so much -ahem- debate, I’ll spill the beans.
Like a lot of stuff we reference it comes from Star Trek (though it is not a Klingon Tricorder). More specifically it comes from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. It is the device that Chekhov uses to siphon photons from an Aircraft Carrier’s nuclear reactor.
Yup, pretty obscure, alright.
“Ve are looking for nuclear wessels!”
HAHA! Exactly!
I love ST IV…there are so many great scenes with the crew interacting with 1980s San Francisco.