Post by Adminenkainen on Nov 10, 2015 5:55:42 GMT
This was the Spring 2013 issue of TTC. It was 19 1/2 pages long, with 17 pages of actual content. I was asked once which cover of TTC was my favorite, and I responded it was this issue's, since it was the only cover my then-girlfriend colored (she wanted to fix the problem I had with the previous issue's color, where I had used colored pencils too lightly and they barely showed up on the scan).
This was my favorite Major Magus story I did as well. For one thing, Megan colored the close-up of Bebhinn Skala I drew. I was also surprised by the quality of my own art. I had not drawn much for several years before the previous issue and, while my artwork was a bit weak the first time around, I felt my old skills had fully come back for this installment. Plus I just really enjoyed writing the Major Magus/Bebhinn Skala relationship.
This issue's mobster spotlight came from my earliest reads of DC's 1935 debut material, which I would later decide as the starting point for the Larcenous Lexicon blog. Steve Lopez and David Brashear loaned me more material from their blog and fanfiction respectively, and Allen Trembone's artwork graced our issue again.
I never got any positive feedback on the hero indexes I ran in the supplements, but I thought it was a useful tool to keep track of who would be statted in which classes (only rarely has my opinion been changed) and useful for readers not as familiar with the Golden Age to see just how many published characters there were. Similarly, I never got any positive feedback on my book reviews, but I got a kick out of reading Marvel Firsts: WWII Super Heroes and was glad to share my impressions.
The one article that's seen the most use is the one I wrote introducing three more races -- the alter ego, the half-man, and the half-pint. The alter ego seemed game mechanically important, so much so that I reintroduced it in Supplement V. The half-pint has been useful for statting heroes too, more so than I originally planned (I've used the race for shrinking heroes too). The half-man has a more interesting history, stemming not from any published heroes, but from a poll I made on the Yahoo Fan Club back in its heyday, asking for what races people were interested in seeing for H&H. I've still yet to see a half-man hero in a Golden Age comic book -- though I have seen some supporting cast and villains it could be applied to.
And on top of that you got a hideout map (and the story of how I lost and found it)!
This was my favorite Major Magus story I did as well. For one thing, Megan colored the close-up of Bebhinn Skala I drew. I was also surprised by the quality of my own art. I had not drawn much for several years before the previous issue and, while my artwork was a bit weak the first time around, I felt my old skills had fully come back for this installment. Plus I just really enjoyed writing the Major Magus/Bebhinn Skala relationship.
This issue's mobster spotlight came from my earliest reads of DC's 1935 debut material, which I would later decide as the starting point for the Larcenous Lexicon blog. Steve Lopez and David Brashear loaned me more material from their blog and fanfiction respectively, and Allen Trembone's artwork graced our issue again.
I never got any positive feedback on the hero indexes I ran in the supplements, but I thought it was a useful tool to keep track of who would be statted in which classes (only rarely has my opinion been changed) and useful for readers not as familiar with the Golden Age to see just how many published characters there were. Similarly, I never got any positive feedback on my book reviews, but I got a kick out of reading Marvel Firsts: WWII Super Heroes and was glad to share my impressions.
The one article that's seen the most use is the one I wrote introducing three more races -- the alter ego, the half-man, and the half-pint. The alter ego seemed game mechanically important, so much so that I reintroduced it in Supplement V. The half-pint has been useful for statting heroes too, more so than I originally planned (I've used the race for shrinking heroes too). The half-man has a more interesting history, stemming not from any published heroes, but from a poll I made on the Yahoo Fan Club back in its heyday, asking for what races people were interested in seeing for H&H. I've still yet to see a half-man hero in a Golden Age comic book -- though I have seen some supporting cast and villains it could be applied to.
And on top of that you got a hideout map (and the story of how I lost and found it)!