www.the-agencies.com presents The Agencies: Frontiers #2

[oblesklk1]

To see The Agencies: Frontiers #2 tickle torture comic book series, along with dozens of other ticklish comics, go to www.the-agencies.com

We have a few announcements here. I'll start with the first, easy one.

Agency Publishing is going to ramp up its delivery times in 2011. This effort was started well back in 2010, but because of the lag of production times, you won't see its effect until...well...right now. For the last decade, we've had at most two simultaneous productions going. Now we have 5, with talks ongoing on starting up the 6th. That means we'll have more regular releases this coming year, and see how well demand is for them. If demand shrinks, we'll scale down. If demand remains steady, full speed ahead!

Second, I've decided to do away with the tickling rating on the books. It was an old device that helped me get back on track in the old days; I'm not as convinced of its usefulness anymore.

Third, The Agencies: Frontiers #2 is available to purchase right now from our website!

We released issue #1 back in summer 2009. This is the spin off from our flagship comic "The Agencies" Instead of an ongoing series, this one is slated for 10 issues, then the comic will end. It tells the story of three agents and how they recovered from a botched mission in the frontiers, which is no-man's land in this comic universe.

Oekaki-Tickles did all the artwork for issue #1. He has since moved on to new projects and a new art team has taken the helm for issue #2 and onward. This is the first book the penciler/inker has done with us, but the colorist has Tickle Magnet #2 under her belt.

 

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Highlights of this tickle torture comic book:

• 13 pages
• Includes a cover and two pinups
• Pencils/Inks by Edi, a brand new artist to Agency Publishing
• Colors by T.Leonardo, same colorist for Tickle Magnet #2
• Written by Oblesklk
• Costs just $9.95 !

Attached is the cover for this comic. This features Tess enjoying a rare bubble bath on the frontier. Tess is one of the settlers the agents were sent to protect in Issue #1. They are escorting back to safety throughout this series.

 

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This is the first pinup for The Agencies: Frontiers #2.

On the left, Agent Shield is fully realized here in the moonlight in her pink haired glory, modestly charging up her power. Agent Shield, along with Agent White and Agent Crosshair, were tasked with escorting the settler family from the wilds of the Frontier back into civilization. Their mission is not as easy as they would've hoped.

On the right, Tess leans against the wall. Tess is a settler, someone who had lived peacefully under the protection of the agency, content to farm the land with her family. Without warning, her family was brutalized by a gang known only as "The Nine." The agency sent 3 agents to help them, but not before her husband and son were murdered. Now Tess, along with her daughters Ginny and Anya, hope to get back into the city before their luck runs out.

 

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This is a sample from the interiors, taking the production process from beginning to end with pencils, then inks, then colors.

The penciler/inker is a born pinup artist, and sometimes it's difficult to make that transition from pinups to sequential art. I was pleased at the progress made throughout the issue, and am happy with what I'm seeing so far in Issue #3, currently in production. I think we've found a keeper with this art team. As you can see, the pencils are already sexy on the left panel here. By the time we get to the finished panel on the right, it's been through inks/colors, which makes it look even better.

The captions in the story are told in the perspective of Agent White, who is the voice throughout the story. Much of the events taking place are seen and reported through his eyes. I found it interesting although the fetish world is dominated by male presence, much of the tickle comics we fantasize about are populated by women. So it's interesting to surround a storyline around the male point of view, which is fairly common in the real world, not so much in the fantasy world.

 

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Here is the other pinup for this issue showing off the talents of the new art team.

Left, background: Anya, who is Tess's younger daughter. Since the attack on their family, Anya hasn't said a word to anyone.

Right, foreground: Ginny, who is Tess's older daughter.

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

Awesome. We gonna see more of the Ruthless...and Rylie for that matter? ^_~

 

[oblesklk1]

Awesome. We gonna see more of the Ruthless...and Rylie for that matter? ^_~

Absolutely. We're in several productions at once now, and Ruthless is definitely top of the list. All storyboards approved, pencils are close to being finished.

As for Rylie...well, just wait and see 🙂

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

As for Rylie...well, just wait and see. 🙂

Yay! (more Rylie hawt goodness makes Rox_My_Sox a happy girl)! ^_~

 

[oblesklk1]

Yay! (more Rylie hawt goodness makes Rox_My_Sox a happy girl)! ^_~

I don't think Ruthless will be our next release, but probably the one after next?

At any rate we will definitely post some teasers of the upcoming Ruthless issue so you can check out the predicament poor Rylie has found herself in.

 

[Sinister-Lurker]

Another fine issue. I am highly anticipating seeing this story play out.

Looking forward to the next offering by Agency Publishing.

 

[oblesklk1]

Another fine issue. I am highly anticipating seeing this story play out.

Looking forward to the next offering by Agency Publishing.

Thanks. Our next release will be Tickle Magnet #3, which I'm about to post a preview for 🙂