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I shall be brief. Backgrounds have been done for a bit, line art has been done for a day or two, and shading is freshly completed. Life has cranked up the volume and if I hustle I can hit a fairly significant deadline without compromising quality.

Strip 226 – Shades of chapter one, huzzah.

Strip 227 – THUMPA THUMPA PHONE. Looks okay at webscale, fairly rough at actual size. Went minimal on the design and cleanup as this strip and the next are the only points in which it appears. While the notes are a bit cluttery, I think they fit better than the “smear” and implied vibration of the first chapter.

Strip 228 – For the record, Jason is blasting Slayer’s Seasons in the Abyss (Def American Recordings, 1990).

Strip 229 – Thad, Ornix. Thornix. This page of The Dualist (as well as this one, which you really shouldn’t look at if you haven’t read The Dualist at least once) now has some context. First appearance of this gas mask design – June 01, 2005.

The next page is drawn and ready to shade. It may follow tonight, tomorrow, or Sunday. At this point I can’t speculate, nor would I wish to.

Panel nine Ornix is the Bad Art for the page. Whitehouse in panel one was a strong contender on the bristol, though shading worked out pretty favorably. Thad’s appearance in panel nine would be the Fucking Awesome Art for the page – enough win to qualify as a Cast headshot.

Cast

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    Jesse Baris

    The older and more experienced of the two agents assigned observational duties in Pittsburgh, Jesse has specialized in Remote Viewing and intuitive information gathering – skills that are particularly useful in the target-rich swamp...

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    Thaddeus Gallahad

    A traumatic Awakening in the summer of 1997 was just the beginning of Thad’s emotional problems. The disappearance of most of his Pittsburgh friends a few weeks later compounded his issues and, while he...

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    Ornix Khan

    Ornix doesn’t let trivial things like ethics and morality get in the way of his loyalties or sense of reality. A longtime friend of Thad and a fellow “victim” of the Templar Waking God...

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    Jason Whitehouse

    The king of social engineering, the crown prince of noise, and a self-described “Post-American Electro-Snob.” Jason has a deep interest in industrial, electronic, ambient, metal and gothic music, and a well-researched interest in radio...

Glossary Articles

  • Allegheny Center

    Allegheny Center

    A commercial and residential development on the north side of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Center contains an apartment building leased by the Art School and rented as student apartments to Jason, Thad, and other cast members...

  • Apartment 608

    Apartment 608

    A unit on the “inside of the L” of Allegheny Center Building Seven, Apartment 608 is home to Jason Whitehouse and his roommate Curtis. While most one-bedroom apartments have three art students apiece, Apartment...

  • Ol’ Yeller

    Ol’ Yeller

    Ol’ Yeller is a megaphone Jason Whitehouse uses to violate local noise ordinances.