Wow-ee! Time sure flies, huh!? It's already April! ... It's already mid-April! ... The year's almost a quarter over! ... I haven't done anything worthwhile... ha ha... ha..
Anyway!! Where do you think I am right now? Am I some nebulous voice in your head? Do you imagine me sitting neatly at a breakfast table, casually sipping coffee as I belt out an amazing Author's Note for today's page? Or do you imagine me frantically typing and screenshotting the comic on my phone so I can emergency post it before midnight hits in four minutes? Ha ha.. It is a mystery..
Or it would be!! Were I not to tell you right this moment!!
You're wrong on both counts. I am sitting neatly at a table and sipping coffee in the waiting lobby of a NISSAN DEALERSHIP! Why you ask? Vehicular reasons. And no others.
Jeeze, I should really comment on the comic. Atari is still MIA! So we're moving forward with a temp artist. You won't see them for a while, though. Probably a number (#) of months. But ooooo! The suspense! What a writing mechanic! Building mystique through a tease early on? Only for the tease to CULMINATE in the third act!? Could this be the Chekhov's Artist of RPGWFR?
No. No because I'm telling you it's going to happen. Why at this point, it would make more sense to subvert this trope and PULL THE RUG FROM UNDER you! And have Atari save the day last moment.
But that won't happen-- the-- the pages are already made, man. I'm not going to scrap those. I paid for those, dawg. Unless you wanted.. to spot me some pages? 🥺👉👈 .. haha.. jk.. unless?..
I can't claim to have Atari's level of artistic skill but I can spot you a page:
i am teh heroz what killz the
monsturs 4 da phat lootz!!11
!o!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|/-|/-|/
|-0-0|
|......O|
|ooo|-|--->
_b_b_________<o(---)~__________
U are the dedzors now!! now
i gets th EXPs what makes te
levvelz ups!!11111!!111!!1!111
|/-|/-|/
|-0-0|
|......O|
|ooo|-----|--->-9001 HP
_b_b_________<o\\\\\\~__________
Oh noez!1!1 teh negativ EXps
noow i am noob roflmao. Now
i nevr getting the segsy grils!?!
|/-|/-|/
|-0-0|
|......O|
|ooo|-----|--->-9999 EXP (lol)
_b_b______________________________ Tits This iz tge worse. An
now thar is Kiirb dancing. Plz
Nintendont sue!!!1111 (>o<);;;;
|/-|/-|/
|-0-0|
|......O|
|ooo|-|--->
_b_b___(>'')><(''<)__<(''<)(>'')>______
So the Strategy Guide is like door key. You only get to use it once.
i am teh heroz what killz the
monsturs 4 da phat lootz!!11
!o!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|/-|/-|/
|-0-0|
|......O|
|ooo|-|--->
_b_b_________<o(---)~__________
U are the dedzors now!! now
i gets th EXPs what makes te
levvelz ups!!11111!!111!!1!111
|/-|/-|/
|-0-0|
|......O|
|ooo|-----|--->-9001 HP
_b_b_________<o\\\\\\~__________
Oh noez!1!1 teh negativ EXps
noow i am noob roflmao. Now
i nevr getting the segsy grils!?!
|/-|/-|/
|-0-0|
|......O|
|ooo|-----|--->-9999 EXP (lol)
_b_b______________________________
TitsThis iz tge worse. Annow thar is Kiirb dancing. Plz
Nintendont sue!!!1111 (>o<);;;;
|/-|/-|/
|-0-0|
|......O|
|ooo|-|--->
_b_b___(>'')><(''<)__<(''<)(>'')>______