Chapter 4: Page 13
Kenosh and Dakkan may not have always seen eye to eye, but I’ve always loved the subtext around Kenosh’s response and Rachel positively nailed that little smile in the last panel. This is a guy who not only knows his son’s an experienced scrapper, but he likes it.
It could also have to do with the fact that somebody is actually complimenting Dakkan for once.
Bevan is canonically the kind of person who, after you punch him in the mouth, would genuinely compliment your good form. Assuming he was conscious, of course. Oh, he’d still be ticked off at you, don’t get me wrong, but he’d see it as a learning experience more than anything.
Our guest art this week is a timely piece from reader and Western Deep community member E_Out, who accurately represented Bevan’s reaction to his occasional conversational faux pas, like that time last week when he called out Kenosh with zero subtlety for stabbing an important guy in the back.
We know, Bevan. But it’s so dang hard to stay mad at you, so I guess just work on it in the future, okay? Okay.
Oh, by the way! If you happen to own a Nintendo Switch and enjoy the Redwall-esque world of Beyond the Western Deep, might I recommend checking out the wonderful Ghost of a Tale?
This wonderful little game has already been released on PC/PS4/Xbox One, but just yesterday was released on the Switch in a feat of what I have to imagine was pure technical wizardry (and lots and lots of hard optimization work)!
I had the pleasure of editing writer Paul Gardner’s script (which skirts a wonderful line between the whimsy of Redwall and the darker themes of 80’s animated films–kinda like Western Deep!) and Western Deep collaborator Jerome Jacinto did a TON of artwork for the game, from character portraits to promotional key art. So if you enjoyed Song of the Eastern Sands or The Abyssal Dunes you should definitely check out Ghost of a Tale on the Nintendo e-Shop!
See you all next week!
Bevan remembers that Dakkan isn’t exactly a slouch with a staff! Lol
That kenosh smile is gorgeous. This is proof that she misses her son and loves even his character. It’s so sweet. Ps somebody hug bevan for me, these memories with the dakkan must hurt him
Good rain effects. I can almost hear that rain on the stone and foliage.
Aww, that little smile at the end
Is there a way fans can support the comic, like Patreon?
Hey Andyclassified! While we don’t have a Patreon, we do run Kickstarters for printed books and merchandise every once in a while–and those items will find their way into an updated online store hosted by TopatoCo! We also make the occasional convention appearance so finding us at one of those is a great way to support the comic too (when conventions are, you know, a thing again)!
Right now, the first book and pin set are available at TopatoCo if you click on the “BTWD MERCH @ TOPATOCO” link at the top of the page. Once we’ve shipped out the books and merch for Kickstarter backers, we’ll have Volume 2 and even more merch available at a custom TopatoCo storefront.
Thanks so much for asking–and aside from the books and such, I’d say just keep an eye out for future Kickstarters! :)
“The farther apart we are, the safer [Dakkan] is.” You sure about that, Kenosh? (Then again, the powers of Dramatic Irony are at play, so I’ll cut Kenosh a little slack here.)
Love to see a smile Kenosh!! I look back at his smile from 2013 and it was barely a grin (in my opinion). This is more like the smiles he had when they were back in the western deep eating at an inn.
Also wow! So many typos In that first post!
Wait, what, Dakkan being… complimented?
I… I need to sit down.
If only Dakkan was there to hear it…
First time commenting on this comic, long-time reader.
I LOVE that last panel! You can just tell how proud Kenosh really is of Dakkan and just how much he cares for him! He may be hard on the boy but he loves him. There’s an invisible gleam in his eye there that Rachel just nailed!
Bravo!