Samias Dragonlord Parody Special 2: "Super duper crossover"
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Frequently asked questions. (v1.1 Last updated: 19/Jan/2004)
(replace "frequently" with "never" to get a true statement)
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CONTENTS:
1) References checklist.
2) Who is Samias?
3) Why did you do this?
4) What do people say about this?
5) What about the technical stuff?
1) REFERENCES CHECKLIST:
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Did you find them all? Not to worry!
Here are all the references you can find in SDL Parody Special 2:
Page 1:
-Main character Samias Dragonlord is prooperty of Joanna Nowik
(http://www.angelfire.com/comics/samiascomics/)
-"My preciousss": Gollum from the Lord oof the Rings movies.
-More references to Super Mario Brotherss (castle, coins etc.)
-Poochie (from The Simpsons) shows up too remind us about Levar.
Page 2:
-"SAMIAS x #A" Yet another ref to SMB. SSamias has 20 lives,
according to SMB's glitched lives counter system.
-Samias visits one Escher painting ("Rellativiteit", from 1953)
-She also walks by the warehouse seen inn XiaoXiao #3.
You can see XiaoXiao kicking some ass in the background.
(http://www.xiaoxiaomovie.com)
-Finally, she roams the Raccoon Police DDepartment main hall.
(Resident Evil 2, Capcom)
-"Here comes a new challenger" and KO meeter from
Street Fighter 2 and its many clones.
-Guest star "Lizy the Lizard" is propertty of Michael A. Johnson
(http://users.ev1.net/~parson/dale/wld-lizy.html)
Page 3:
-"Double Dash". Minor reference to Marioo Kart for Game Cube.
Page 4:
-Guest star Reptarr is property of Juan Pablo Peloso,
who rather coincidentally happens to be me :)
Reptarr is a character from my classic comic-book called Coy 4.
(http://ar.geocities.com/peloso_oviedo/e-coy4.htm)
Page 5:
-Guest Star Jacques Fontaine is propertyy of Juan Pablo Peloso.
Yep. That's me again. Jacques is a character from Adventure 3.
(http://ar.geocities.com/peloso_oviedo/e-av3.htm)
-Guest star Cain is property of Michael H.
Page 6:
-"Miss Samias, welcome back". From Matriix Revolutions.
-"Idiot of foolishness, I have fury". Faawful quotes
from Mario and Luigi, Superstar Saga (Game Boy Advance).
-"Shinkuu.." and the "Sequence" to pull it off are obvious
references to Capcom's fighting games.
-Guest star Dr. Fruitcake is property off himself.
He excels at MIDI music files (http://www.fcmidi.com)
-Samias won 4000 exp points, as in any sstandard RPG game.
Page 7:
-Revealed: The relic was an Atari 2600 jjoystick!
-In order to hook it up, Samias yells a modified version of
Sailor Moon's transformation command (1st season).
-Samias gleefully plays Pitfall!, an Ataari 2600 game
by Activision.
-Some good old Windows' classic naughty behavior spoofing
and MS-DOS prompt (C:\>_).
-Bub from Bubble Bobble (Taito).
-"El fin" kinda translates to "The end"
Actually, "El fin" is rarely used in Spanish.
We just say "Fin".
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2) WHO IS SAMIAS?
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Not a lot changed regarding this issue since Episode 1...
Samias Dragonlord is a character created by Joanna Nowik.
The hooded bad guy and Levar are hers too.
They all appear in a comic series she maintains at:
http://www.angelfire.com/comics/samiascomics/
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3) WHY DID YOU DO THIS?
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Just because I felt like it :)
This episode was released on 24/Dec/2003, as a Christmas
gift of sorts. As a matter of fact, I wanted to finish and
release it much earlier, but it was utterly impossible due
to classes, final exams and other stuff.
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4) WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS?
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The following are some comments regarding this comic
I received from some readers:
(a.k.a. food for one's ego :)
Escaflowne Adept (Joanna Nowik):
"Hehe you're comics are so hilarious. Gee, I could even
give ya your own section on the site! I just finished
another episode, but it's not scanned in yet.
It's rather... odd..."
Nightbat (Juho Penttil):
"Ahaha! That was very, very hilarious."
NaokoYiran:
"*Looks at comics*
Gak!
*Dies*
I won't waste my time trying to think of anything good
to say, because whatever I said wouldn't be high enough."
Kris Troutman:
"ok those were very funny. You definitely know how to
make a funny comic.. But my suggestion which I notice is..
Proportions in characters.. I know. We all have problems..
Even me. But I noticed that on Samias the head was kinda
small in most scenes, and hands really huge. I know its
hard, I too have the same problem but end up making the
head too big or chest too big. That's the only thing
I find that was wrong.. actualy, nothing is wrong in art.
You can draw it however you please so maybe I am wrong..
The scenerey was very nice.. Did you draw those? If so you
are great at scenery. The perspective and everything. Just
maybe work on head sizing. Please don't hate me for this.
I really just want to help. I like your art and I want to
see you improve.. In many many ways you are way better
than me. I can only draw people, maybe a few other odds
and ends, but never scenery. and even in those I make
mistakes.. We all make mistakes.. I hope I was of good help."
Jos:
"Don't be so apologetic, Kris... I'm sure we can take it.
The word used in animation for that kind of thing is
"off-model" - meaning not simply the proportions of the
character, but the consistency of those proportions from
panel to panel (or scene to scene), and in relation to
other characters.
Samias' predicament is not too noticeable, but a couple
panels will show a longer neck, and a couple will show
broader shoulders. That's being a bit "off-model."
A comprehensive character model sheet would come in handy
if it's a character that's being used a whole lot in a
comic or in animation.
Love the comic, BTW: the references come fast and furious."
Vash (Michael E. H.):
"Oh my gosh, you have no clue how suprised I was to find
Cain in this comic! HILARIOUS!! The ease with which Samias
took him out was pretty darn funny as well!
...A tad unrealistic considering Cain is one of the most
powerful beings in the universe and is literally unable
to die (even though he wants to...) But that's just not
as funny, is it? (Or maybe Samias is just that good!)
Your artwork is absolutely incredible! I wish I could draw
comics as well as you... but the frames I make these days
are so tiny (and I can't help but put a lot of detail into
them) that everything looks really jumbled up and messy.
Your environments are also absolutely incredible!
...Myself, I didn't notice that many sizing problems,
but hey, that's just me... I'm impressed with the comic,
and I really wish I could be that good...
Just one thing that I noticed: Cain looked a little too
muscular, he looks more like another character that is yet
to be introduced. I'm not sure if this was just to be
funny, but Cain's shirt is fully tucked in. (eh, oh well.)
Stupendous work! Keep it up!"
LizyTheLizard (Dale Michael A. Johnson):
"He, he.
Priceless...
*Right click*
*Save*
First time I've been parodied."
ICE:
"I saw your parody comic over at her website and I thought
it was funny and very cool at making it manga style.
How do you make it like that? Seems like hard work.
I'm going to keep a look out on future drawings/comics by you.
I really enjoy your sense of humor
and you are pretty good at doing parody."
CtrlAltDestroy (Chris Strake):
"Finally read it. Wow, that's hilarious.
The 20 lives thing was good.
And I was shocked how Reptarr, The gambler AND Dr. Fruitcake
just sort of appeared out of nowhere. XD
I also liked the Windows crash bug at the end.
C:\_ "
Dr Fruitcake
"LOL, FireMario, I love it! Thanks for the cameo, btw!
Oh, and the XiaoXiao one was hilarious too! Excellent work!!"
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5) WHAT ABOUT THE TECHNICAL STUFF?
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Same as episode 1.
However, this little beast took me a month to complete.
It's certainly much more complex than the first one.
As for techniques used, please refer to Samias Dragonlord
Parody Special Episode 1's FAQ
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