WOW that gotta be the closest matchup I've ever had. good job Barrel
thx yall for all your comments.

AND NOW FOR MY CONTINGENCY PLAN
gotta saves that precious potato

Barrel -
I enjoy the dynamic between your characters, I like seeing the way they coordinate their skills in order to get the job done. There's a lot of potential with four of them!
I'm also impressed by all the coloring and shading you managed to get done within a week.
And that twist ending- always love a good twist ending.

Radji -
Poor Kiski, this is brutal!
You also were able to get out a nice consistent quality for the week deadline. I REALLY like your paneling, the action scenes, sound effects, and angles- and that bright purple blood looks really cool!
Great work man!

Barrel:  Am I the only one who found that ending creepy?

Radji:  Whoa, I feel really bad for Kiski.

Good stuff, guys.

Barrel: Oh your team is deadly and ADORABLE, and that's a pretty good intro for a short comic about a whole team. I love the twist, too, although I'm not 100% sure what's going on in the last page other than that they've infiltrated the Jovians' place. I love those bodyguards.

Radji: ;_; Both of these had me hoping Kiski would be okay, and both of them made him suffer so. Brutal war scenes always get me. I suppose you picked the right member of the team to focus the most on, too. The coloring got kind of messy here and there but it works.

Wowee, okay now. *cracks knuckles*

@barrel - I think i had trouble following so many characters at once, which means I really hope to not have to fight you if i get to move on this round. Yikes! I did enjoy some of the humor, but not as much as I would have appreciated more drama. I didn't actually catch the lure until i read hellis's comment! I wish I could say more, but its really good art and I don't think I know quite enough to critique much else on this! I don't really know if there's a lot of story that got displayed since you had so many characters to showcase, and I feel a little let down by that.

@radji - WOW okay i really loved this from you. Your angles and perspectives really drew me in and made me feel some of the pain of the characters, though I realize reading through the other comments that I was the only one this worked for? I'm curious about that now. I also really enjoyed the sound effects and how they were done in that sort of hand-lettering! It worked out really well. I did notice a few typos, so I think a wee bit more proofreading would have been nice. I kinda wanna see how Kiski survives if she makes it to the next round. She's been given a really serious handicap and it'd make it that much more wonderful to read how she's able to survive.

Barrel: I am terrified of assassin bugs now. The reveal was was great, the earie atmosphere around the assassin bug really elevated the comic. Especially the one where he is cuddling up to Kiski. Real creep vibes.  I'm legit upset at Kiskis fate, the panel where she is crying trying to drag herself out of the dirt only to be greeted by the lure. That's fucked. My one complaint is that the backgrounds look a bit rough to be honest. But I chalk that down to it being a one weeker.


Radji: I am damn impressed with you for achieving this in one week. Like others said, there was a lack of emotional impact, but I do not envy the task of potraying and killing 4 charachters in one week. You did amazing under the circumstances.

Both of these comics for me are pretty equal in alot of ways. You guys used characters well, had some smart moves, kudos to both

@barrel: Cool operation but some scenes are way too dark for me, it doesn't let me properly appreciate the work you put in some of these panels

@radji: Not bad at all, this is great rendering and storytelling for a week, but you know what woulda made it better? The thing that distracted me and pulled me out of the story more than a few times?

/"...and cheerful, together, we can tidy up the place~"/

(It's a snow white reference, if people didn't catch it.)

I hope you guys like how it turned out. I tried a lot of new things with this one, both color and writing-wise. I just hope it turned out okay.

Barrel,
Wow freaking wow, I love your characters so much! I thought that little shtick with Bambi pretending that Daddy was going to kill him, was very entertaining! I feel like this story was super entertaining, and that end was great. It had me thinking... "Huh but the Kiski was just with Sazlin." And then that reveal was absolutely amazing! Bravo on this comic!!

Radji,
Kudos on killing freaking four enemies in your comic, and a crap ton of ants for good measure! I'm mega impressed, especially when I realize you're also working on Under New Management. (Are you crazy, oh man?) But yeah despite that, you made this pretty impressive, though I feel a bit like the battle was lacking any really emotional impact, or anything of that sort. I can understand that being difficult though, because it's gotta be hard to kill four opponents, and still figure out how to get reactions from readers. The way you portrayed Sazlin was probably my favorite part in this comic. He was so creepy and it was pretty fun to watch. That whole scene at the start, was probably the most entertaining part for me. But yeah, again, kudos on getting such a great comic done in such a short time, while working on UNM as well!

it's the LAST frakking ime i do two tournaments at once. But hey, i managed to finish.

AAHHHHHH Oh man is it just me or is this SDT matching up similar people? THIS IS GONNA BE SO TENSE.

Death. So much death.
Good luck to you both!

FINALLY i'll fight Barrel