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John's Nightmaresby ~ESDA06

Traditional Art / Drawings / Macabre & Horror

A little bit of development for The Preacher.
John really really shouldn't be playing at being a priest. He manages and he can play to the role, but this isn't the person he ought to be. His attempts at exorcism are sloppy and pieced together from ideas he got from movies, books, and his own theories about how things might work. The fact that you need to be ordained to perform one, that you need the Catholic Church's authority, and ideally a family member nearby to make it "work" rankles John. He's always trying to find workarounds for this. Even going so far as to invite the person who captured the zombie to attend since it's the only person he knows with any kind of connection to the poor thing.

He's attempt an exorcism of a Half-Dead here. Someone who calls herself Lamia (tentative name right now). She tells him about the strange goings on in the woods. There's someone called The Cat roaming around, snatching up undead and making Half-Deads disappear. He's little more than rumor right now and Lamia never met him herself.
This happens in February, after "Lapine" and "Sweethearts". This sequence will likely be part of the next comic. John rarely gets Half-Deads and they're not normally chatty. Lamia was an exception once she realized the information could unnerve her captor.
After the attack on the Community (with the Cat's first version of High Society, just a shambling bunch of corpses with no Half-Deads), John has flashbacks and starts confusing The Cat with the Devil. He has nightmares where The Cat is playing therapist to him, uncovering dark secrets and doing to him what he does to the undead John "exorcises". This isn't The Cat as he is, but how John believes him to be. A vague evil that knows all his personal secrets and how best to hurt him. Hardly the threatening and asinine Cajun zombie Michael actually is.

I didn't INTEND for John's "work" outfit to be creepy. It just is. GOOD JOB THERE GUY.

And there's a joke idea I've been working on in the corner. Corpse-Eater running through the woods naked. It doesn't end well. Meant to be a funny thing though also will reveal some of her feelings on modesty and such.

~Swiftkill25 Aug 17, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

~Vedaart Oct 24, 2011 Student General Artist

I've been following this umbagog stuff a little bit and I really love this guy. I think he's one of your strongest characters.

~ESDA06 Oct 24, 2011 Professional Filmographer

he's a sweety, i adore him

~CrazyRodeoGirl Oct 20, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Honestly, this makes me like John more: he's trying to help them, he's just misguided. And has multiple issues, just like the rest of the gang. But that repo-man outfit....oh my.

And corpse eater. Oh you poor thing.

MICHAEL, YOU CANNOT BE A THERAPIST. THIS WILL NOT WORK.

~ESDA06 Oct 20, 2011 Professional Filmographer

MICHAEL as a therapist would be pretty awful. But this isn't Michael. This is "The Devil" as imagined by John with The Cat as a visual.

~CrazyRodeoGirl Oct 20, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I know, the mental image was just too ridiculously hilarious to not comment on.

~ESDA06 Oct 20, 2011 Professional Filmographer

Michael: Nooooowwwwww tell me, honey, what's the matter? I heard ya had a little tiff with the neighbors.

~CrazyRodeoGirl Oct 20, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Naaaah, ya have too many issues. I'll just put ya outta yer misery. *nom*

~ESDA06 Oct 20, 2011 Professional Filmographer

(Michael-fying this)...
Non, cher. You got so much tracas. T'es misère. Why don't ya come here with me to mah room and we can work this issue out.
Later is *nom*

~CrazyRodeoGirl Oct 20, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

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