Before we get started, I got my 24 Hour Comic done in the sun on a bun. It's a good book. It's got Cactus Joe, Pengy Penguin, the Death Moth, and Octopus Jones on a bizarre adventure. It'll be out sometime after I publish HFSAC 19, SDF 6, and Skull Mob 3, since that's where it lands on the timeline. Oh, and I'm gonna go ahead and colorize it.
Now let's talk about today's page. First off, today's page takes place in a small, personalized section of the 5th Dimension. The 5th Dimension is the Mental Realm where dreams and ideas and inspiration are all formed. Psychics and Mystics are trained to access this particular plane of being, but everyone can enter it. The members of HFSAC all have evolved brains that allow them to freely enter this realm (Traditionally this is through the Third Eye (Cactus Joe, Pengy Penguin, Tei Harlequin, Darkwatcher, Eyemo, Eyemii, and Electric Cherry all have visible manifestations of the Third Eye. The Hip Bros don't have a visible representation of this eye, but they're naturals at entering Dreamspace. Tea Cup and PlatOmega have advanced, multi-dimensional software in their brains that allow them to access higher planes of reality. @byss is an enigma, so who knows with him...)).
Anyway, you might have noticed that most of the characters have a black and red tether around their midsection, and that the color is missing from that part of them. This represents the Life Force slowly being drained out of them by Levitone's Black Magicks. Don't worry, Life Force energy recharges. Also, what I like about this page is that each character has a 5-D representation of him/herself that is sometimes a little, sometimes a lot different than their natural form. Here's the rundown:
Cactus Joe: The only major difference is that the Clown's 3rd Eye is clearly visible, and he has giant butterfly wings, which is not girly at all. Quite manly, really.
Pengy Penguin: You can't really see him too well, but he's got firey wings and that big orb on his belly is in its Third Eye mode. Pengy is really at home in this Dimension. You do not wanna screw with Pengy in the 5Dimension.
Darkwatcher- Old Stick in the Mud looks the same in every Dimension. Nothing fun here. Moving on.
Tei Harlequin- Her Third Eye is clearly visible, and her hair is very loose and flowing.
Tea Cup- Here's a neat one. Basically, his 5-D form is an amalgamation between what he would really look like if his physical body wasn't lost in an alternate dimension of super-vikings, and his robot form. Regardless, he's still pasty. The boxers are a nice touch.
PlatOmega- So, if any of you were wondering, that little cartoon platypus next to Tea Cup is PlatOmega's 5D form. Turns out that PlatOmega isn't just a Robot Platypus, but there's a real platypus in there. Interesting...
Electric Cherry- Instead of wearing her battle armor, she's back in the kimono that she was wearing when she first popped up in "Clown & Penguin" 1-2, and "SDF" #3.
@byss- @byss is that weird spiral thingie. What the heck?
Run-No-No-Run- Runner is a Fire Elemental, so in 5D Space he is a Fire Guy.
Stop-Go-Go-Stop- Same deal, he's an Ice Elemental, so he looks Icy. Still purple though. Odd.
Eyemo- Eyemo is an Earth Elemental, so he's all rocky. I shoulda given him that mohawk thing of his. Oh well.
Eyemii- Eyemii is a wind elemental, which is hard to represent in a drawing. I made her kinda noodly looking and flowing. Still has orange skin though.
Other than that, to represent the different feel of 5D space, I applied the colors directly to the page in a manner similar to what I do with Skull Mob.
OH! I almost forgot. Notice the giant, glowing eyes in the background? That's Omnichronus remotely viewing our heroes, keeping track of them, even though his 3D body is extremely weak right now. I like the idea of a God that really cares enough to be there for his followers, even if he can't physically help them right now. I hope God is really like that. Don't know if He is nowadays...
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