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October 30, 2019
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Commentary for October 30, 2019: Welcome back! With the first season of Eon’s World Vol. 1 now wrapped up, it’s time to return to Vol. 2 and catch up with Eon, Delta, and the crew of the Invincible, where we last left them at the end of Chapter 8, almost a year ago now. I mentioned this at the time, but Chapter 8, as I initially wrote it, was going to be a whopping 72 pages long, almost twice as long as Chapter 7, which I already felt was stretching things a bit at 40 pages (but I really just wanted to get that particular story arc wrapped up). Partway through doing the artwork for Chapter 8, however, I decided to split it into three parts, separated by chapters focused on some other characters for a change, which is where Chapter 9 came in. I think I mentioned this in the commentaries for Chapter 9, but that story was originally going to feature Eon in a prominent role; however, when I decided to split ‘The Discovery Saga’ story into three parts and have ‘Fallen Angel’ taking place concurrently with these events (this scene is literally the day after the events of Chapter 9), I re-worked it with other characters and, frankly, I think the story was much better for it. In fact, I think it’s my best work yet. That’s not to say that I’m not too keen on this story, however, and hopefully I’ll be just as proud of ‘Distant Thunder’ and ‘The Discovery Saga’ as a whole when it’s done. But it is a very different story, as you will soon see. We are, of course, back on the Wednesday/Saturday update schedule. As much as I wish I could do five pages of Vol. 2 a week, I just don’t work that fast. But I should be able to manage two a week, all being well. (I have also given myself quite a head start, so by the time you’re actually reading this, I have already completed 12 pages.) Anyway, welcome back to what is most decidedly not Eon’s world, because it’s the planet Corneria. As a quick refresher: In Chapter 8, The Terran Union learned that the Discovery, a civilian explorer ship, had been attacked about a thousand light-years away from home; so they sent the cruiser, Invincible (along with Eon and Delta) to try and get access to the Cornerian hyperspace jump gate in the Lylat system, which would massively cut down on the journey time to get there. The Cornerians, however, are refusing access (evidently because the Galactic Jedi Order has advised them to), so Eon has gone to a presidential charity ball, hoping to plead their case to President Rosko himself, which is where we join him now... I have to say, there’s nothing really special about this page. I feel as if my art might be a little rusty, considering I haven’t drawn much since I finished working on Chapter 9 in March, but this page has turned out all right, I guess. Drawing some of the background characters was kind of fun, anyway, but I feel as if I ought to have gone a little wilder with some of the alien guests. Maybe on the next page. We’ll see. Jayna Liddy, the Secretary of Space is a character who first appeared 11 years ago in Eon’s Comic in the first proper story arc set in Lylat. Although Eon’s Comic is no longer canon and is being slowly replaced with Eon’s World Vol. 1 as the official backstory to Eon’s World Vol. 2, many of the same stories will ultimately be told in it, and characters like this will return. However, Vice President Fenrir Steele is a new one, who I had neither created nor conceived of prior to beginning work on Vol. 2. Prior to this page, I’d also only ever drawn him once (while recovering in a hospital bed after major surgery in September, 2017, actually, so it was hardly my best work). He turned out rather different to how I’d originally planned him to look, and I was a little bit worried that he might end up looking a little too much like Darth Wargaz (remember him?). I mean, they’re both wolves, so there’s going to be some similarities, but I think I’ve managed to avoid him looking like a basic pallet swap at least. Finally, just a minor retcon that does not in any way affect the story, but you may have noticed that I’ve altered the date at which Eon’s World is set. Originally, Eon’s World took place between the years 2502 and 2512 (so far); I’ve now changed it so it takes place between the years 3232 and 3242 (so far). You see, the calendar date was never really meant to place Eon’s World at any specific time in relation to the real world, but if you want some idea of how far in the future this is all set, don’t think 500 years or even 1,200 years. Think more on the scale 50,000 years. If you ever read the Archie Sonic comic, you may note the similarity to the backstory given for the planet Mobius there, which was a post-apocalyptic Earth over 50,000 years removed from the present day. Earth in Eon's World has a similar backstory. In fact, it’s partly because of that similarity that I decided to amend the dates in Eon's World to be closer to when Archie Sonic is generally set (at least, by the Mobian reckoning, pre-reboot). If any of this is confusing, don’t worry! All you really need to know is that the calendar date has been retconned (and, yes, I have gone back through and updated it wherever a calendar date was given in all previous chapters). This chapter (along with Chapters 8 and 9) is set in the year 3242. Chapters 1 through 7 were set in 3241 and Eon's World Vol. 1 is set between 3232 and 3240. |
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