Week 249! (Patreon)

THIS MARKS PAYMENT FOR THE WEEK OF 5/12-5/18.

Script time! This one's for page 446. It's the first page of the story arc to follow the one we're currently on with Campy, which will feature the return of Kale, Lucy, and all that silly mindscape shenanigans stuff. 

In my notes for the outline of the arc I've tentatively named it "The Art of Mental Fighting", since it's going to feature Lucy teaching and training Kale and Fox Kale about how to defend themselves better (so, y'know, that sort of thing that just happened with Hugo has less of a chance of working again). This means there'll be, if maybe briefly, the return of something that hasn't really been seen in the comic for a very long time: fighting. Remember when Fox Kale (as Mask) pulled out a giant sword, and then he fought Kale who pulled out a rapier? Or Max with an exploding knife? That kinda thing. Although it's more just figuring out how that stuff works finally than real raw combat. Also there'll be some more explanations given on who their enemy actually is and maybe some info on Lucy herself, too. Dunno the length yet, probably not THAT long, certainly not as long as the previous mindscape stuff ended up being, but we'll see.

As for this page itself, it was pretty easy to write. It brings us back to the Bruce arc, finishing up on Bruce and Kale hanging out in Kale's penthouse home, leading to the day finally ending after two story arcs and into his mind again. It also happens to set something up for after this arc concerning Bruce and... well, maybe getting told some stuff that only a couple other characters have so far been informed of to whatever degree. Basically getting that whole side eased into being involved, converging plots, etc. Stuff I've had planned for a long time, so that'll be exciting someday.