120: The Djinn Menace
The Dream is over, and the play is set. A new story is about to begin, and it will be Melvin and the gang’s first proper adventure! If Melvin messing with primordial magic wasn’t a scary thought already, looks like a new level of difficulty will be added to Melvin’s quest.
Good thing we had a double update this week, because the “getting used to the new characters syndrome” hit me hard on this one. Don’t worry though, Zuul and Vinz there aren’t as hard as they look, but getting the design for our “New” bad girl over here took some time. But she isn’t really a new character, ist she? nor is her cryptic “friend”, either! Not even Zuul and Vinz are new, here. Indeed, after a four years set up, is time to find out what role our beloved party of magic nerds played in the Blue Djinn storyline. We know that Kazom will bring the Quat Euzma to Jeanie eventually. Kahin is even spoiling the ending. But what sacrifices will this quest involve? How will this quest affect Melvin and co.? Will Red turn back into a geeky boy again, or embrace her life as a young, magical, super model? We will find out!… eventually.
First, we are taking a short break, back to the past. Next week we’ll go back to Red’s filler arc of her first day in Southeil. Mundane as it may sound, there is some fun stuff to learn from our young princess’s early days. I am looking forward to sharing, and I am sure you won’t mind spending some quality time with our girl for a couple of weeks! Obviously there was a delay on this special week of updates, but for anyone interested, I will still share some previews for the filler arc on Twitter and even here on the main page. Just not an actual comic update this weekend as planned, after all the effort to get this final page here, I think I rather have it stay front page for at least a week!
So we have genies and witches, do we now have shape-shifting demons as well?
Sounds like fun 🙂
I think she’s genie. Well, djinn.
so wait im confused are we on a single update a week or two i remember it being two at one point
We got two, Tuesday and Friday. Though this was panned for Thursday, it got delayed (you could still find a preview in some of the links I leave, though). I was planning on starting the Filler arc this week to, but again, I rather leave the end of the chapter in the front page for at least a week. You can still check the front page and the twitter/discord links for some extras related to Red’s filler.
so wait im confused are we on a single update a week or two i remember it being two at one point.
Normal schedule is just one update per week. I tried two updates per week a couple of times before but it’s to much for me still. To finish the chapter we put two updates this week, in part to make up the lost in actual story related pages from the last couple of weeks. If any change on the schedule or special updates like double page weeks are to happen, we will let you know in advance.
Wait, isn’t that The Blue Djinn and her two guard dog slaves from IDOAJB (I Dream of a Promotion) page 537? A bit of a time slip here?
(Just read the rest of the narrative)… NOOOOO! Red remains Red!
Yup, Melvin is two chapters behind I Dream of a Jeanie …
The original plan, way back when Blue was still running rampant over at JB, was for there to be a big story crossover between both JB and MC, showing how Kazom got the Quat Euzma for Jeanie to use against Blue. But the is the first comic Hollum’s ever made, and his pacing was… not the best. So the story here is just now getting to the point right before when Kazom goes after the Quat Euzma.
Panel 7… “BRINING an end to the ambitions…”. I doubt they’re being soaked in a salt-water solution…. 🙂
Hahah, thank you for the lighthearted correction. We’ll get it fixed ASAP.
She has point. Considering the danger, it would make more sense if the instruction was to kill him, not just observe. Well, ok, obtain the proof THEN kill, to know you killed the right one. Not that they would be that much concerned with killing someone else, but they need to be SURE the right one is dead.
I guess the mini arc’s not happening huh?
It is, but normal schedule of Saturdays. It was a last minute realization on my part, but cutting the very last page of a two years story to be in front page for only two days seemed like a terrible call on my part.
hey, that’s ok. I understand completely.
no mini arc today?
The Keymaster and the Gatekeeper? Here, Zuul! Here Vinzglortho! I have doggie treats!