Crickets Creature

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A Thief and a Liar

patrickdevine

on June 11, 2009

A while ago I read some other Steampunk original fiction that's floating out there in internetland and I've concluded that this comic is what happens when a guy that has no idea what Steampunk is tries to write Steampunk. To be fair I've only seen a few Steampunk-themed games and City of Lost Children when I first started this comic but I've apparently missed a few points.
If I had made a "proper" Steampunk comic Higgins would be the kindly industrialist protagonist/adventurer and Creature could be his sidekick. Of course that would make Cricket a villain though she's definitely not Big Bad material so she's downgraded to a scrappy mook. I'm not sure how good of a comic that'd be.
Oh, in case any of you missed it I drew a joke cover for the Devon Legacy Prologue, you can check it out here:
http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Devon_Legacy_Prologue/index.php?p=571470
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@oldguy85: Thanks! it's alway cool when people take the time to read through the archive!
@magickmaker: Yeah, it's taken me a bit to catch up with you too.
@Peipei: Yeah, poor guy doesn't have much presence does he?
@usedbooks: Dart uses the term "friend" loosely, he's kind of a bastard.
@JNP: Yeah, I guess in spite of what I drew for a cover image I actually was paying attention to the story!
@Warped: The problem here is that Dart doesn't know Ollie too well and isn't sure if he can control him like Cricket.
@amanda: Oh yeah, creepy turkey– You just reminded me of how cool Wild Turkey is! It's my hip-flask drink of choice. Thanks for checking out Virginia's comic, I'm sure she appreciates it!
@Zephyrion: Thanks!
@khard12: That does sound like a good idea.
@Trevor: Hell yeah! I've always though Chicago seemed like a cool town!
@Freakenburger: Me, I have to strike a particular balance: enough caffeine to be coherent but not so much that I'm still speaking in a slow enough tempo to be understood. Personally I'd be more freaked out by how dismissive Dart is being about Dee being dead.
@chris_wastewater: Ollie has excellent taste in hats. I like Dart's hat personally.
@R_Cain: Ollie's a character that I was wondering if he seemed likeable. There's not a lot the seem notable about him in comparison to the other characters and he seems the least troubled out of them all. At first I was worried that he might seem dull. Enough people seem to like him though I guess it works.