Room #200 is finally published! Honestly I never thought i’d have been able to keep the comic going this far without slow downs. Unfortunately I’ll have to slow down in October to have more time to study so expect to have one comic a week and not two.

About the latest story (that I used to also change the physiognomies of the characters without a clean cut) I want to show you the little piece I’m so proud of and I should be hired at Crytek or Epic for: the galactic federation sniper suit.

As you can see I changed some small details in the final realisation, like the knuckle pads and a wider visor. Basically I took some ordinary GF trooper concept arts from Metroid Prime 2 and 3 and worked out my own suit, designed to be more flexible and comfy than armoured. The idea was that a space sniper must be able to change his position quickly even in high-gravity environments.

Environments like the ones in Mechwarrior 5. A trailer popped out of nowhere tells me that I’ll be firing EMPs again in the near future. And that’s a good thing, because a 7-year-long “near future” has just passed.

So, what do you think? Do we have any chance to see mad cats in hi-res textures?

Meanwhile, you might want to check out some L4D custom campaigns. Valve made it easy with the double click, install and play function so you don’t have to worry to put the right things in place. Take a look at the awesome Death Aboard and Dam It. Death Aboard will force you to escape from a prison through the docks and an amazing wrecked ship while Dam It is set (guess where?) in a dam but the fun part is that there are no safe rooms. If your team die the game is over, like a real zombie chase would be. It only has some small tank issues but the whole map is really well done.

Last news: I’ll be away from July 25 to August 1 for a little vacation that I plan to spend in the arcades as soon as I learn how to hack the Neo-Geo cabinets. You know, 99 players, 9 credits with a coin, that sort of stuff that leaves your wallet much heavier. Don’t worry, I’m drawing three comics in advance so you won’t notice my absence and when I’ll be back I’ll show you some doodles I’ll make down by the sea, hopefully.

EDIT: Mechwarrior confirmed. Now I’m cleaning the drool off my keyboard.

They told me I could use those wood sticks that leave marks when pressed on paper. I think they meant an ash picket with Dracula blood on it but I’m not so sure.

Also, I’ve been playing Street Fighter IV lately, as you may have noticed from the recent comics. It’s fun, at least as  Soul Calibur. Not cooler as KoF but what could be it? Oh, yeah, Guilty Gear. I’ve been also playing that these days. I need some training before showing up in the arcades. I also played all the Metal Slug titles from 1 to 5 to get again the hang of it. The only game I can’t train at is Daytona but I’ve changed a lot since I last played it 4 years ago. For example, I got a driving license and I can use a gear lever. Gentlemen, start your junk!

I’ll spend the remaining time drawing, most probably, and listening to internet memes music. There aren’t many good pubs down there (I’m not going to Ibiza) so I’ll also have lots of chances to lay my 100% reflective sunglasses-covered eyes on girls with light armor sets.

Talking about barely covered skin, my friend Daniel reminded me that PSM annual bikini supplement was abandoned about a couple of years ago. The supplement was mainly drew by Adam Warren and Ryan Kinnaird and I sure can’t match their skills but I feel the urge to contribute. We finally knew that most of the people know that Samus is female because they finished a Metroid game and, just to nullify my vote, I was the idiot that died in front of the first torizo with my cousin pointing out “I did see boobies”, so we can now move on and change poll. Pick your favorite girls and I’ll pencil the most voted during my vacation (inks and colors later at home). But there’s more: If two are tied for the first place I’ll draw them both. If Three or more are tied I’ll just draw one of them of my choice. There are also two open slots, so if you want someone that’s not on the list just comment and ask for it. Oh, I almost forgot. There are no male characters because of internet rule #16: “There are NO girls on the internet”. So, why bother? You only have 7 days to vote. Make it quick!