The Abyssal Dunes: Page 47
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I believe history will confirm that I’m always in favor of a good FLUMP. There’s something awfully satisfying about Cain and Yurk barely escaping that nightmare ruin with their lives, staking stock of their safety, then immediately collapsing in a heap. It also gives us this amazing panel–maybe one of my favorites in this whole story thanks to its emotional punch:
Cain and Yurk just staring at the sun as it breaks over Nessa in the distance, completely stunned beyond belief that they survived their ordeal down below. You can almost hear the muted gusts of the open desert over the sounds of Cain and Yurk’s progressively steadier breathing until finally…
…we reach critical flumpage.
Take a breather, you two. You’ve earned it, I think.
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For guest art this week, we celebrate the return of Shay’s artwork, which totally looks like somebody adapted Beyond the Western Deep as a serialized Netflix animated series (Netflix has yet to do that, unfortunately). But that doesn’t stop us from dreaming about it whenever we see, for example, this scene from Chapter 3 rendered as such:
Janik: “South is the bottom of the compass crown… Crown rhymes with Clown, which is a type of entertainer, The Entertainer is the name of a Scott Joplin song, Scott rhymes with Hot, as in Hot Mess, and Mess rhymes with Tess. TESS!”
Mitra: “…I didn’t understand any of that.”
ANYWAY
Thank you so much for this beautiful artwork, Shay! I absolutely love the streamlined designs for the characters–it definitely makes them more animation-friendly. It’s a very short walk in my head from this art to a 30 minute episode! Ah if only wishing made it so.
See you all next week!
If the animated series beyond the western Deep was created, I’d be in 10 heaven or maybe even higher. That would be the best series no cusz comic and me in full and just a movie. And I was inspired by your world beyond the western Deep and created a book is something bad sorry I am asking
I come here every saturday to read your comics. Awesome work guys.
At least they escaped with SOMETHING. Of course, someone will now see that and they’ll get in more trouble…
Gotta love a good flump. As someone who frequently treks through the woods and nice flump is the best way to end a hike, sand skimmers or not
Shay’s artwork is amazing. I’d love to see a Western Deep TV show, but I worry about what executive meddling might do to it.
You know what else I’d like to see? A head-to-head fighting game based on the Western Deep. Sort of in the styles of Soul Calibur or Naruto: Clash of Ninja.