Tethered #71
I have returned! Well..I never actually went anywhere, but er…Yea, you know what I mean.
So here we have Stonehenge. I was surprised by how many people didn’t realise this was in England. And believe it or not, some of those people were actually English! I really wanted to include it in my comic, my reason being is that I do expect it’s going to be around long after I am gone. I imagine there will be many people in the future that will still come and see it. Even if the world has gone to pot (like in my comic), it will still be standing there.
The structure is about 5000 years old (give or take a few hundred years), it’s lived through a LOT. Victorians use to chip bits off it, hippies would camp and feast around it and a lot of people didn’t have much respect for this structure until the English Heritage fenced it off and charge for you to go in and see it. It’s a bit pricey, but great to see at least once if your in or visiting the UK.
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But he’s a cute robot. Cute robots can be forgiven!
also I really like this page it’s super colorful :>
Not sure Cara would agree! She looks pretty err…Annoyed >.>
Thanks! Just because civilisation is a little under-the-weather, doesn’t mean it can’t still be colourful! 😀 Wheeeee~
STONEHENGE!!!!!! 😀 This looks awesome! Can’t wait for more! :3
Thank you!! And I’ve drawn the next 7 pages >.<; it's painful trying to fight the urge of just chucking it all online!
I know right?? I often have the same urge ;w; Alas! The perils of being a webcomic artist! lol
Nice robots always finish last…
Hahaha aww Jim!! That sounds so sad! Oh, I was looking on TopWebComics today and saw that Tethered and Nate the Robot are right next to each other on the ranking system! In fact, you’re in front of me 😀 we’re like partners in crime >:D
Also, I promise I will finish off that fanart for you!! It’s on my priorities for next week!
That explains why I kept hearing their voices with English accents in my head when I read it. I knew I was not crazy.
Hahaha! Nope! I send telepathic messages to all readers to automatically hear that accent 😀 but this page confirms it for you, so not crazy! Not yet >:)
Ooh… that’s beautiful. This is the cover for Chapter 4, yes? Lovely work.
By using Stonehenge and ancient druidical lore, I deduce that it is… sunset! Am I right? *crosses fingers* :P. I visited Stonehenge in 1996. *sigh* So long ago now. I really must make a point of seeing it again before the world blows up. Then again, as you point out, afterwards may also be an option. Might be difficult to get there from North America though. *adds swim fins to the grocery list*
Jande said the two of you had a Twitter chat and got things clarified on the website issues we were seeing. Hurray! Best of luck with getting security perimeter battened down without battening the readers.
And finally… Cara? With a knife? In the kitchen? That was a bit of a shocker! Seems she’s a wee bit more “volatile” than I had realized to date. O.O
Cheers,
Mal
Sort of 😛 I just like to draw a full page panel every now and then rather than have a ton of dialogue to start the chapter 😀
Hahaha! Well…Er…To tell you the truth >.> I did use a tiny bit of creative licence with this one…It IS meant to be sunset, but the angle of the stones themselves didn’t look great at either sunset or sunrise >.<; I know, I'm a terrible artist! I would be extremely impressed with those swim fins if they got you to the UK safely! Please let me know how that trip goes 😀 I may need to get a set of my own! Oh yes, the security was an issue, but we are on top of it now 🙂 just need to do a couple of tweeks here and there so you guys don't need to put up with that nonsense! Sorry if it confused you or ruined your reading experience >.< really not what I wanted! Hahaha, yep! Cara gets pretty darn stabby at times....It's kinda her 'thing'...
Creative license is what being an artist is all about. “Terrible artist” => *snort* And I am the King of Mars! ;^)
No worries about the site issue. Confusing? Yes. Somewhat frustrating? Yes. Ruined reading experience? No way! Besides, I was too busy looking at the pictures to do much reading. 😛
Savoring the anticipation of the next installment.
Cheers,
Mal
Ah… If it’s sunset then they’re headed the wrong direction for Scotland!
Aww man, I hate running out of archive to read 🙁 New page Monday though? Acceptable.
Oh man XD I really felt like I let you down when there wasn’t an update on Monday!
If I get a massive buffer, I am definitely going to put it up to 2 page uploads a week again. I hate this only Friday upload thing! It feels like it’s going to take forever to get anywhere!
It’s ok. Now that I have you in my RSS reader, I will happily see updates as they happen. Besides, it’s not your fault I misread the update schedule 😀
One thing is confusing me.
They’re headed to Scotland, and they’ve just passed Stone Henge, so what city was that they started in?
Because that didn’t look like Plymouth or Exeter…
Sorry if I’m messing with your continuity here.
They started off in Southampton 🙂 not messing with my continuity, I have actually planned out the route, but I imagine in the future a couple of the streets and buildings would have changed. Though in Southampton they do have a lot of the older buildings, they tend to add to it and grow upwards.
I thought the future element would have a fairly substantial effect 🙂
Good to know though, following with interest and very much enjoying it so far!
Now I’m picturing someone standing on top of Stonehenge going “It’s the Apocalypse! Can’t charge me admission now!”
HAHAHA XD Perhaps I might totally draw this one day!
Once again, love the artwork in this scene. The sunlight, shadows and lighting techniques are all top-notch! (At least compared to my ability)
d’aww thanks dude! This was actually really fiddly to get right >_o and even now I keep looking at it and wanting to improve DX but it’s all practice! Just gotta keep going forward, great to have stuff to look back on and know how well you’ve improved 🙂