Usurper
Full disclosure here: My computer suffered a major crash on Tuesday. I lost a few things but I managed to get the machine up and running again and jumped right into working on this comic. This may be one of the times when I go back a tweak backgrounds a bit after the fact. I hate to Lucas it but on rare occasions the need arises.
Now the truth is out there: Brett is the son of Santa Claus and quite literally has to battle to save his friends and family from his insane uncle, Klaus Kringle.
I went through a few designs with the new version of Klaus. He possesses folks who hate Christmas and Santa, drawing and amplifying their power. Last year he latched onto a mall Santa burned out and jaded to the holidays. This year, he’s found someone who hates the season almost as much as Klaus does. With the new look I went for simplicity while maintaining the elements of some deviancy/weirdness he possessed last year (hence the chaps).
I’ll be curious to read the comments on this one (if any).
Friday, the throw down commences. There will be blood.
Brian
Nice! I’ll admit I didn’t see that twist.
xD I can’t wait for the rest! (Although Brett’s mom being a loner was a clue by four in regards to the surprise reveal :P)
Klaus looks freaking AMAZING
Klaus has a Zangief and Mike Hagger love-child feel to him. Which is cool!
HAHA! Yeah this wasn’t exactly a deep, dark mystery. Truth told, I like that I publish 3-days a week and by extension I have to make the arcs a little more punchy to keep a good pace and not drag for 6 months (believe me, I could).
The first Klaus was all leather and horrible tattoos. I’ve learned a little more since then and given the battle to come, I need his costume to be a little more flexible.
“This may be one of the times when I go back a tweak backgrounds a bit after the fact. I hate to Lucas it but on rare occasions the need arises.”
Don’t think if it as pulling “a Lucas” but instead pulling “a Francis Ford Coppola” (he digitally altered Apocalypse Now for the re-release). Or Ridley Scott. Or Peter Jackson.
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I kinda saw the twist coming. But only after commenters caught the “Miss Tucker” bit early so I had more time to process the idea of Brett being dad-less.
Dun dun DUNNNNN!!
I wonder if Brett will ever be able to hear about his mom leaving her cookies out for Santa in the same way again….
Nice Matrix reference!
You have a hilariously twisted brain, Brian!
So begins the soundtrack to the christmas beatdown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCabI3MdV9g
“Carol of the bells” by the TSO. No vid, so you can just listen (and get the full song streamed faster).
This episode is brilliant. Will it be coming out in a limited edition blue-ray boxed set with Ewoks singing the most emotionally charged songs?
@Torn:
The actual title of the track is “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24.” Also, it originally appeared on the album Dead Winter Dead by the band Savatage. (TSO was originally a side project of Savatage’s producer and many of the band members.) As a Savatage fan, I feel compelled to point this out 😀
It seems like we really ought to find out who this vessel who “hates Christmas as much as Klaus does” actually is at some point. The text seems to suggest that he’s somewhat more relevant than some random mall Santa.
we went from Klaus Bison to Klaus Zangief