Wow, I was just thinking about The Low Roads a week or two ago. xD How about that?
Trust to serendipity! Extremely pleased I could deliver, Senshi! About time , too... Chapter 28 has been in mothballs for years!
Fantastic to see new pages appearing! As colourful and vivid as ever.
You really have a way with words! The Putz is a very likeable protagonist - it's nice to see a creature with a similar origin to Frankenstein's monster get a seemingly nice ending - I have to be honest, when he got within the town itself, I was afraid people wouldn't react so well to him.
So glad you enjoyed this chapter! Thank you for the glowing appraisal! I'm very pleased you found the Putz's story entertaining! He certainly rates a little focus this time of the year! Glad too that you approve of his welcome acceptance into Fairview. Hostile villagers was a horror-film convention I was eager to avoid. The Putz will have a part to play in upcoming Chapters 29 and 30 which will define his relationship with his would-be fellow citizens. I'll be posting Chapter 29 in a week or so.
It'll be interesting to see if he ever crosses paths with his blue companion again, and how the little blue chap will feel towards the Putz if that DOES happen.
Ha ha! I hadn't thought about that, but it's worth considering! Sid's such a hard-ass, it would certainly be tough for the two chums to remain friendly now that the scrap has reassumed its proper positioning!
It was also a big surprise to see cameos from Isobel and Abigail - two characters I've always loved following with Detritus. I love how you worked their classic perils of ledges, vines, evil monkeys, and more into the story.
Very good of you to say so! And I join you in admiration for Detritus's lovely, flamboyant young heroines! As always when I try my take another artist's OC, it was terrifically rewarding learning the specifics of character design and adapting them in my own very different style. As you say, Isobel and Abigail's wildland adventures provided no end of inspiration for the little scenario I put together! That goes for the insanely rabid quality of the tickling, too. Hope I conveyed some measure of that, but it's tough to match the intensity of the master!
I can't say how great it is to see you here again - the fact that you brought The Low Roads with you is an extra bonus! I'm sorry to hear about the old issues getting lost in the crash - if you do manage to get them up again, I think I'll have to give myself another read to recap.
Reason enough not to delay the reposting any more than I can help! I already have a couple of chapters re-upped here and a whole bunch over at the TMF. Shouldn't be very long until everything is back where it belongs!
Thanks so much for working your way through this longish, very wordy chapter and for all your enthusiastic compliments! It was an important one for me after such a long layoff, and this reception makes the effort so worthwhile!
