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Post by Blade Raider on Mar 20, 2019 23:29:30 GMT -5
The Grail Page 6.
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Post by Blade Raider on Mar 28, 2019 8:55:50 GMT -5
The Grail Page 7: April 2019 Schedule: 4/4/19: ATTF #44 The Grail Page 8 END 4/11/19: ATTF #45 Speaking Up 4/18/19: ATTF #46 RNA Test 4/25/19: ATTF #48 Attempted Invasion
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Post by Blade Raider on Apr 4, 2019 1:47:29 GMT -5
The Grail Page 8. Story time because I want to be that guy that talks about finding my grail for way longer than I should knowing it's probably not that interesting. If you don't care, skip to below the line for me rambling about the future of the comic instead. This comic came about when I got back from LexCon 2016. The Tako Tank had been my grail since Botcon 2006 when I decided I wanted every mold made for Beast Wars, even the wacky stuff. Especially the wacky stuff. After getting pretty much all the US and Neo stuff, the BWII stuff was proving difficult. When prioritizing what I wanted most, the Tako Tank quickly went to the top of my list. It was interesting and unless the Niagara Base, looked like it interacted better with the other toys. Fast forward to 2016, when I was doing well (at the time, at least) and not sure what I was going to buy at that year's LexCon. I was hanging out at the Captured Prey (CP) booth, having just bought an Astro Megazord from them (came back for the Shockwave and Nightbird used in the comic later), when one of the booth workers returns with a Niagara Base in their arms. My first question to them was where they found that and is there more. He answered that there were no more Niagara Bases, which was fine, but there was a Tako Tank, which was even better. I'm very thankful for the people working the CP booth that night because not only did they alert me to a Tako Tank, one of them was kind enough to lead me to the booth. Now if you were ever at a Botcon, the dealers room is about the same size most years and Botcon 2006 was in the exact same room that CP's booth was in at LexCon that year. That dealer room was LexCon's secondary dealers room on the 3rd floor. The main dealer room was on the 1st floor and is at least 3 times bigger. It's also about 5 times more crowded. So they lead me to the booth. I had pass this booth at some point noticing only that they had a case of Transformer prototypes, something I'm not into collecting, but fun to look at. They had the Tako Tank pretty far behind the counter blocked from my view. Mint in box, something I don't care that much about, but in a case like this, it means it's 100% complete. After discussing the price and me rushing back to my hotel room for more money, I got my Tako Tank. I did ask the seller where he got it in such good shape. He said he bought it from a former Kenner employee that was clearing out all his work related toys, including some of the prototypes. Do I believe him? I don't know, but for the purposes of this story I do. Anyways, that's how I got my Tako Tank, my grail of 10 years. Hope I didn't bore you. Now let's talk about what's next for ATTF. _________________________________________________ And Then They Fight 45-49 will be gag strips. 47 was already posted (the Super Bowl one). 48 is special, but I'm not saying how. After that, ATTF 50 will be a return to the TAOWAR storyline. Few notes about that. I'm reducing "T.A.O.W.A.R.: The Adventures of W. and Raider" to just "TAOWAR." I thought about dropping it completely, but it notes that it's part of a storyline for easier reading, similar to The Grail or Spy Troops (which I do plan to continue). This will be the Land of Summons story I've always wanted to get around to, but never could. Aside from being a continuation of the TAOWAR storyline, this will be a mostly shelf contained story meant to tie up loose ends and have some fun in the Land of Summons aka Tír na nÓg. And since this post is one of the longest I've done in a forever, here's the cover of #50. Behold, the main villain of the story that all will strike fear in all!
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Post by Blade Raider on Apr 10, 2019 23:26:24 GMT -5
Now for one of the more dumb jokes I've written this year.
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Post by Blade Raider on Apr 17, 2019 23:01:27 GMT -5
This week is a short little comic I've been excited to share for awhile. Enjoy.
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Post by Blade Raider on Apr 24, 2019 23:07:59 GMT -5
Surprise crossover time! This was done with permission from Iacon45. If you want to check out his comic, you can here: www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/optimus-primal-in-the-invasion-of-the-botbots.1168021/_______________ May 2019 Schedule: 5/2/19: ATFF #49 Self Diagnosis 5/9/19: ATTF #50: Tír na nÓg Cover, Recap, and Page 1 5/16/19: ATTF #50: Tír na nÓg Page 2 5/23/19: ATTF #50: Tír na nÓg Page 3 5/30/19: ATTF #50: Tír na nÓg Page 4
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Post by Blade Raider on May 2, 2019 8:38:40 GMT -5
ATTF #49.
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Post by Blade Raider on May 8, 2019 23:09:00 GMT -5
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Post by Blade Raider on May 16, 2019 11:03:42 GMT -5
TAOWAR: Tír na nÓg Page 2. Main cast is a much smaller group this time. There's still plenty of new and old faces to see though. Also, I originally had an entire comic planned before this point where Blade recruits everyone and they get a space ship. My goal was to make things more simple and that created needing a lot of new sets that I didn't have. I dropped all of that and just used Gates again as a teleporter.
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Post by Blade Raider on May 23, 2019 2:02:53 GMT -5
TAOWAR: Tír na nÓg Page 3. So, slight change of plans. Starting next week, two pages a week. Why the change? I've been thinking about doing this for awhile and now seems like a good time. Part of it is that I think this story is better paced for two pages a week and part of it was me getting far enough ahead in story comics that I felt comfortable doing so. Updated schedule: May 2019: 5/30/19: ATTF #50: Tír na nÓg Page 4 and 5 June 2019: 6/6/19: ATTF #50: Tír na nÓg Page 6 and 7 6/13/19: ATTF #50: Tír na nÓg Page 8 and 9 6/20/19: ATTF #50: Tír na nÓg Page 10 and 11 6/27/19: ATTF #50: Tír na nÓg Page 12 and 13 PS Unilla Icequeencone is one of my new favorite characters to write for. You'll get to see why next week.
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