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« on: August 31, 2009, 06:23:28 am » |
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For the folks who like a little murder, mystery, and adventure with their steam punky webcomics--THE CONTINENTALS HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!!! 1889. Barely a year after the mysterious Jack the Rippers murderous rampage and equally mysterious disappearance the city of Mansfordshire, England is shaken by a series of brutal "mangling" murders that plunge the city into an abyss of fear. Investigating the case, Continental Operatives Jeffrey Tiffen Smythe and his partner the gender bending adventuress lady Fiona Fiziwigg uncover the threads that bind the murderer, his victims, the highest echelons of society, it's lowest dregs, and even the police officers investigating the case in a tangled web of mystery, adventure, intrigue, and murder that is like Sherlock Holmes, mixed with equal parts of the 60's tv show "The Avengers", with a dash of James Bond for flavor. The Continentals will be showing monday, wednesday, and friday for its debut week before settling into it's "mondays only " schedule. And now, what better way to start a steam punk murder/mystery--THEN WITH A PRISON BREAK!!! The Continentals http://www.webcomicsnation.com/moniquem/continentals/series.phpDee |
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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2009, 03:46:19 pm » |
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Just popping in on the forum for a brief moment. I'll have to actually read it later, but looking good. I am definitely intrigued.
Will come back w/ something hopefully deeper.
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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2009, 06:58:28 pm » |
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I await your comments with baited breath.  Dee |
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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2009, 06:58:43 am » |
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There's a new update at The Continentals. Here's the teaser: "THE DOGS OF WAR!!!" When the asylum guards unleash their snarling dogs on him , the escaped convict takes matters into his own hands in order not to be recaptured. Literally. And it just might get him reported to the ASPCA for animal cruelty The Continentals http://www.webcomicsnation.com/moniquem/continentals/series.phpDee |
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« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2009, 07:34:27 am » |
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There's a new update at The Continentals. Here's the teaser: "HUNTER'S MOON" If Tim Burton and Edgar Allen Poe built a city form the ground up this would be it. Welcome to Mansfordshire. Population: 800,000 men, women, children--And one psychotic, blood thirsty killer! The Continentals http://www.webcomicsnation.com/moniquem/continentals/series.phpDee |
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« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2009, 07:47:32 am » |
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There's a new update at The Continentals. Here's the teaser: "SIN AND MURDER GO KNIFE IN HAND!!!" In a city that never sleeps sin is the national past time. But in Mansfordshire, with a serial killer on the loose in the red light district, sin and murder go knife in hand. The Continentals http://www.webcomicsnation.com/moniquem/continentals/series.phpBTW. We switch over to "mondays only" updates from here on out. Dee |
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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2009, 05:58:59 am » |
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I'm hoping that you guys are waiting until the comic gets a little deeper into the story before you start to give me your opinions of it. But it's early still, so I can wait. Dee |
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James Harrison
Rogue Ætherlord
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« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2009, 08:23:20 pm » |
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I'm hoping that you guys are waiting until the comic gets a little deeper into the story before you start to give me your opinions of it. But it's early still, so I can wait. Dee It's a little unfair to pass judgement when the comic has only just begun. For what it is worth however, I think it has been rather good thus far and look forward to seeing it progress. |
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Capt. Dirigible
Rogue Ætherlord
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« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2009, 09:04:23 pm » |
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Very nice artwork.
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I say, Joe it's jolly frightening out here.
Nonsense dear boy, you should be more like me.
But look at you! You're shaking all over!
Shaking? You silly goose! I'm just doing the Watusi
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« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2009, 06:01:51 pm » |
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I'm hoping that you guys are waiting until the comic gets a little deeper into the story before you start to give me your opinions of it. But it's early still, so I can wait. Dee It's a little unfair to pass judgement when the comic has only just begun. For what it is worth however, I think it has been rather good thus far and look forward to seeing it progress. Thanks, James. Yeah, I know. It's too early yet for opinions. I'm just anxious because I want you guys to like it. Dee |
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« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2009, 06:04:17 pm » |
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Very nice artwork.
Thanks, Capt. I'll tell Monique (artist Monique MacNaughton) that you like it. She did a lot of research to try and get the old school pulpy detective story magazine look just right. Dee |
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« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2009, 08:45:47 pm » |
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Good looking work I dare say! I'm looking forward to more of it.
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« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2009, 01:21:35 am » |
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Much appreciated. Dee |
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« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2009, 07:11:29 am » |
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There's a new update at The Continentals. Here's the teaser: "A DESCENT INTO MURDER!!!" The old wives tale was wrong. That thing that goes bump in the night? The one that's lurking in the darkness ready to kill you? It isn't always behind you--Sometimes it's above you!!! The Continentals http://www.webcomicsnation.com/moniquem/continentals/series.php |
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« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2009, 09:40:23 pm » |
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It's looking very promising so far Also, I love the fact that Fiona is agent 99 Is Smythe agent 86?  (apols if it was mentioned - I didn't read all the background as thoroughly as I should) |
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Remember: Stressed backwards spells desserts
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« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2009, 11:16:44 pm » |
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It's looking very promising so far Also, I love the fact that Fiona is agent 99 Is Smythe agent 86? (apols if it was mentioned - I didn't read all the background as thoroughly as I should) Yup. Smythe is indeed Agent 86. A wink and a smile to all the Get Smart fans out there. Why should the Avengers get all the nods. LOL! Dee |
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« Reply #16 on: September 17, 2009, 01:18:50 am » |
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I have to say, I did get the "Get Smart" reference and had a little chuckle.
I really like your art work and I look forward to future episodes.
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« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2009, 11:11:18 am » |
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Thanks. The artwork is by Monique MacNaughton. Isn't she great? Yeah, The Avengers, Get Smart, Sherlock Holmes. It's amazing how things you enjoy, that you think are locked away in the back of your head, somehow always make it into your work as an artist, writer, etc. For instance I've been on the lookout recently for the Judy Davis/Hugh Grant movie "Impromptu" about the romance between Chopin and cross dressing female writer George Sands. It had a HUGE influence on the Fiona characters fashion sense. And for the folks here into steampunk fashion that movie is a must see. Dee |
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« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2009, 08:11:57 am » |
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There's a new update at The Continentals. Here's the teaser: "SCREAM, "BLOODY MURDER!"--SCREAM!!!" A dead body will always make someone scream, "bloody murder". Scream "bloody murder" and it will always make the headlines. With the arrival of the murderous "Mangler", suddenly the headlines in all the Mansfordshire newspapers are all screaming--"Bloody Murder!!!" The Continentals http://www.webcomicsnation.com/moniquem/continentals/series.php |
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« Reply #19 on: September 21, 2009, 08:41:39 pm » |
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Sorry guys. Had a bit of a technical problem earlier and the new page wouldn't load. Our home site Webcomicsnation can get a little wonky sometimes.
But the new page is up and running now. Sorry for the mix up and the delay.
Dee
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« Reply #20 on: September 28, 2009, 01:38:39 pm » |
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There's a new update at The Continentals. Here's the teaser: "IN DARKNESS EVIL DWELLS!!!" Just because you can't see the killer in the darkness doesn't mean he isn't watching you from within it. Just because you're paranoid--Doesn't mean he isn't there waiting to kill you!!! The Continentals http://www.webcomicsnation.com/moniquem/continentals/series.php |
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« Reply #21 on: October 03, 2009, 05:52:55 am » |
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Looks like we're starting to get some recognition from the steampunk community: http://blog.wingsofsteam.net/It's more or less just a shout out. But how cool is that? Dee |
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« Reply #22 on: October 05, 2009, 01:24:29 pm » |
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There's a new update at The Continentals. Here's the teaser: "MURDER IN MIRROR IMAGE!!!" With pieces of shattered glass reflecting his every move like hundreds of tiny mirrors, a killer makes his grand escape from the murder scene. Wait. Did I say "the" killer? Or "a" killer? Hmm?... The Continentals http://www.webcomicsnation.com/moniquem/continentals/series.phpDee |
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« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2009, 01:55:16 pm » |
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There's a new update at The Continentals. Here's the teaser: "A MURDER OF CROWS!!" The murder of Lord Ashton draws the usual suspects: Police and lookyloos. Both drawn by the scent of blood for the exact same reasons--The spectacle and the gory details. The Continentals http://www.webcomicsnation.com/moniquem/continentals/series.phpDee |
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« Reply #24 on: October 19, 2009, 02:18:51 pm » |
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There's a new update at The Continentals. Here's the teaser: "AN INVITATION TO MURDER!!!" Lord Ashton's home has become a crime scene overflowing with police searching for every clue and interrogating every witness they can find. But two late arrivals on the scene have come with a royal invitation to murder. The Continentals http://www.webcomicsnation.com/moniquem/continentals/series.phpDee |
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