Far Out There Looks At Christmas Lights – page 22
I was briefly tempted to put some extra glowing animation on ALL the lights, but I just didn’t have it in me by this point. As it happens, this is the last 2024 Christmas page, chronologically speaking. Sure, we’ve got three more to go HERE, but I actually got those pages done a while back, just to make sure I wouldn’t be stuck working on anything Christmas Eve. Thankfully, I did manage to avoid getting bogged down on these things… just on everything ELSE I was supposed to be doing this month.
I should probably say something not behind-the-scenes related here, but that would require, ya know, actually knowing anything about what The Kid’s deal even is.
Well, one thing has become obvious from all of The Kid’s appearances. They almost certainly can’t put down that glowy circle thing. Though, it does seem to disappear when they stick their hands into at least their trenchcoat pockets, from their first appearance as a background character. As such, it has likely been floating over one of The Kid’s hands since they picked it up and seemingly synchronized with it.
And, yes, while it was originally floating over The Kid’s left hand, we’ve seen it floating over their right one as well. In a different Christmas Comic, as well as during their one canonical appearance pulling Mariska from the man-eating plants.
Though, I suddenly remembered all that bullshit I made up for Mothership Charlie & it’s Nitpickers. You know, the ones mentioned on page 857 (https://faroutthere.com/comic/page-857-team-support/), and that I last referenced on page 10 of the 2020 Christmas Special (https://faroutthere.com/comic/the-nitpickers-guild-christmas-party-2020-page-10/).
Also a reminder of the name-dropped but unmet Nitpickers that are Count Headorb von Perm, Prince Sorbin-J and the creepy kids of Mothership Charlie, of which 8 are spooky girls with extra eyes in their hair. And that’s likely less than half the Creepy Kids on Mothership Charlie.
Should I repost the suggestions I made for Mothership Charlie as a reminder? It’s been 3, nearly 4 years since I last posted it, and 4 years since I initially posted it & you made a joke about using my suggestion.
Thanks, but I actually do have that stuff copy/pasted onto a document for reference at some later point (when I joke about the possibility ofme using this stuff later on, it’s really not a joke!)
Oh, I understand you often intend to use the good ideas we suggest, but the Nitpickers Guild Introduction is a good example of you not remembering some of the things that are outright in the comic and should have notes on. No matter how fun the fan suggestions are, I don’t expect you to remember them better than what you actively enter into the comic.
I also want to meet Ichabod’s Girlfriend at some point. I’m still expecting her to be ruling over a planet or three purely due to a workaholic nature & sheer competency.
At the risk of spoiling things, I can confirm that Ichabod’s girlfriend is NOT one of those things I’m just teasing without any definitive plans. I’ve ABSOLUTELY got definitive designs for her. It’s just, ya know, me actually getting around to acting on those plans.
I expected that. A character like that you don’t imply the existence of without having a set direction you want to take them. Hell, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it turns out that they were secretly one of the character’s you’ve shown in the Christmas Specials & “upcoming characters” days.
OOOoooh, that’s a sentence I really can’t respond to in EITHER direction without potentially giving away information.