Next week, we’ll resume new content, although in a sense, it is the opposite of “new…”

It surprises me sometimes how many of the characters in this story got their start as gaming characters. I’ve gone into the origins of Digger in some depth on They Stole Frazier’s Brain, but to recap briefly: he was originally created as a character …

An experiment that didn’t quite work out the way I intended, but it’s still interesting. It’s sized for 1024×768. If for some reason you want to use this and need a different resolution, let me know.

Click to embiggen then right click to save.

Coming in a little late in the day with the original character background written for Rev. Some explanation is in order:

Several years ago, I discovered that there was a new edition of the Hero System roleplaying game out (the fifth edition–now there’s a sixth), so I picked it up with the intention of perhaps starting a Champions game.

It’s Christmas week, so there’s no Extra today (in case you couldn’t tell already). There will also be no chapter on Friday, though there may be a Christmas surprise. We’ll see.

It’s hard to come up with these and get them done and polished within the deadlines I set myself. Therefore, this week’s Extra is not full-sized, and it’s not as polished as I’d like, but it’s pretty good. This week, the amazing Doctor Jolt!

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This illustration was done a long time ago, planned to be the third Digger T-shirt, but I just never got it polished enough that I wanted to put it on a shirt. That and I sort of dropped out of the writing rat-race for a while (still pretty much dropped out, actually). The illustration is …

I think I’m getting better, but I’m still inflicting unpolished work just to have something new to show. This week in the parade of characters is Angar, Prince of the Dwarves and Valkyrie Princess’s husband.

Click to embiggen, if you’ve got the nerve.

Click to embiggen.