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Redridge Express Page 25
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Redridge Express Page 25

on July 20, 2014
Chapter: Book 6: The Redridge Express
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  1. SGCEO
    SGCEO
    July 20, 2014, 6:51 pm | # | Reply

    I don’t mind waiting. Gives me a chance to re-read the two issues on my comixology app 😉

    Take whatever time you need.

  2. Tie Toter
    Tie Toter
    July 20, 2014, 6:55 pm | # | Reply

    Glad you’re back.
    Thanks for the update.

  3. Mustachio
    Mustachio
    July 20, 2014, 7:02 pm | # | Reply

    Being from the 21st century as I am, I can’t help but think of that shape in the background of the final panel as a pile of 13 inch TV sets.

    • jsfury
      jsfury
      July 20, 2014, 9:34 pm | # | Reply

      Try blocks of ice covered with hay. Vane, is that poor old Diamonds under ice you got there? Ah Erin, I kind a thought the train would be more wreck then that.

  4. Arnly
    Arnly
    July 20, 2014, 9:21 pm | # | Reply

    Ice and straw… Diamonds? Vane’s posture walking into the cave seems relaxed, like she knows this place well… The instruments are arranged as if for a surgery.

    The steam, the clearer air by the time Vane gets down to the bottom, and the lighting in the cave – all well done. The split tree also shows the usual careful observation, too.

    And I guess my expectation of an explosion at the bottom made no sense. Nothing explosive about a steam engine (unless the boiler blows from no release of pressure). It would just vent all the steam and then lie there. When I think about it, most of the photos I’ve seen of derailed steam engines looked unexpectedly intact – but they were built to withstand so much force that a fall or crash did comparatively little damage. I’m too accustomed to auto wrecks, and of course cars are built entirely differently.

    So good to have you and NTO back this week!

    • Lleyn
      Lleyn
      July 23, 2014, 6:04 am | # | Reply

      Exactly, “unless the boiler blows from no release of pressure”. Which is why Vane checked the pressure valve in the last page and released the steam left in the boiler by pulling that handle (you can see the steam billowing out when she jumps). And here I had been wondering why she’d bother to do that before jumping off *facepalm* It’s all so clear now!

  5. Karyl
    Karyl
    July 20, 2014, 9:54 pm | # | Reply

    I can almost smell or taste the change in the air, how much clearer, quieter,softer it is as she approaches the cave. I do love how you set mood so very well!

  6. Matthew Drumm [B0mar]
    Matthew Drumm [B0mar]
    July 20, 2014, 10:54 pm | # | Reply

    Merciful Heaven! you owe us nothing of the sort. If is gives you any measure of comfort, please DON”T concern yourself about “over-sharing.” The pain must go somewhere. You will, I fear, never, be rid of it, but if this helps at all to lessen it, we understand.
    ___________________________________________
    With your permission only, I will post this at Napalm Luck. They are a good group, and have helped me through a deal of pain myself. Th e primay topic on the Forum is Chris Hazleton’s MISFILE Web comic, but a considerable number of them are fans of yours. This is why I ask permission. Many will find their way to you on their own. This will open the flood gates. I also understand with the freshness of the pain, there is a limit to how MUCH you want to share.

  7. wingsofwrath
    wingsofwrath
    July 21, 2014, 6:23 am | # | Reply

    I’m sorry to hear about the rough time you’ve been having.
    I was out of touch with the internet because of travelling the last couple of weeks, so I just found out. Have a belated virtual hug from me as well.

    About today’s page, I like the amount research that went into this scene – the locomotive is somewhat mangled but not totalled (except for the wooden cab, I’m assuming, which would have been reduced to splinters) and it didn’t blow up like in a Hollywood movie. In fact, steam engines are quite resilient because of their thick plate needed to deal with large pressures and there are scores that fell from bridges and then were repaired and sent back into service, as long as the boiler is kept from bursting (in this case by opening up the valves, which Vane did on the last page).

    And it seems people were right, she does need the parts to fix Diamonds.

  8. Crowe
    Crowe
    July 21, 2014, 8:47 am | # | Reply

    Wait she derailed the train to get the spare parts to fix Diamonds?

    She never expected Hunter at all?

  9. Because
    Because
    July 21, 2014, 2:38 pm | # | Reply

    Might be unrelated, but I wonder if Vane would know anything of the work of Geoffrey Pyke

    • wingsofwrath
      wingsofwrath
      July 21, 2014, 4:09 pm | # | Reply

      Good question – It’d be interesting if Vane accidentally discovered pycrete. I bet it could be useful in her fight against Hunter, considering the fact it melts a lot slower than regular ice…

  10. Emanon
    Emanon
    July 22, 2014, 6:46 am | # | Reply

    I love being entertained by you, just make sure you take care of yourself and don’t overdo it now, ok?

  11. Annie
    Annie
    July 22, 2014, 10:20 pm | # | Reply

    I’m not sure whether to be happy that Diamonds isn’t completely gone yet or sad that the poor horse just can’t be allowed the peace of a good death.

    …okay, I’ll admit it. I’m a bad person. This page has me smiling. Though I do wonder if she realizes the hypocrisy of it all what with the whole potentially-hating-Hunter-for-not-letting-her-die thing (assuming that THAT is what it’s really about)…

    I do hope you are taking care of yourself. The comic, as awesome as it is, can wait. Pages like this certainly make it more than worth it.

    • jsfury
      jsfury
      July 23, 2014, 6:58 pm | # | Reply

      Good point Annie if indeed that is what Vane is angry about. It’s a real mystery, this web comic is. You never know what’s around the next corner. I’m still wondering what happened to the posse looking for Vane and John Henry?

      Now, did I miss something regarding our wonderful artist/writer? Is she sick with something? Erin, if that’s so I wish you God speed and a speedy return to your healthy self very soon.

      • Karyl
        Karyl
        July 23, 2014, 10:19 pm | # | Reply

        Look back a page and read her posting.

        • Karyl
          Karyl
          July 23, 2014, 10:21 pm | # | Reply

          She’s deleted the post which was personal and something difficult emotionally. I won’t repeat it here, it’s her story but anyway we’re all glad she’s back.

          • Ben
            Ben
            July 23, 2014, 11:04 pm | #

            I didn’t actually delete anything; it wasn’t in a comic post so paging back won’t get you there, though.

            It was/is on the main page: still the most recent newspost.

            Thanks though Karyl – I appreciate the discretion.

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