The Ruthless: Issue Three tickle comic production preview

[buttontickler05]

We got back a bunch of pages today that had minor adjustments to them for various reasons. Not the least of which were based on timely feedback by buttontickler05. After reading his thoughts, we agreed we've been too neglectful of the beautiful little button and decided to remedy that with this release.

Whoa, I didn't think I'd make that much of an impact! I mean I'm just one person who decided to voice my opinon and share my thoughts which include my love for female bellybuttons. I figured it would've taken, at least, a few more people saying somthing similar to have made any sort of influence. I'm truly honored.

To say "thanks" for hearing me out and taking action in my favor, I'll be telling other forums, that I'm a member of, about this next comic. Hopefully, you'll recieve more purchases.

BTW, so you don't get barraged with requests and who knows what else, I won't tell them that the bellybutton stuff in this issue was put in because of me. I'll just tell them that it's supposed to have button content in it and where they can get it.

Keep on keeping on!

 

[Oblesklk]

Whoa, I didn't think I'd make that much of an impact! I mean I'm just one person who decided to voice my opinon and share my thoughts which include my love for female bellybuttons. I figured it would've taken, at least, a few more people saying somthing similar to have made any sort of influence. I'm truly honored.

To say "thanks" for hearing me out and taking action in my favor, I'll be telling other forums, that I'm a member of, about this next comic. Hopefully, you'll recieve more purchases.

BTW, so you don't get barraged with requests and who knows what else, I won't tell them that the bellybutton stuff in this issue was put in because of me. I'll just tell them that it's supposed to have button content in it and where they can get it.

Keep on keeping on!

Not a problem at all. We already had some bellybutton content in the script, the revisions were just to make the belly button artwork a bit more apparent in the various panels. Just cleaned it up a bit. Something we should've always been doing, to be honest. We're not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, so when you guys point out the "low hanging fruit" in things that can be easily fixed to make the books better, it helps us out a lot.

I have hi-res versions of all the interior pages now; just waiting on the cover/pinup to be finished up.

 

[buttontickler05]

Not a problem at all. We already had some bellybutton content in the script, the revisions were just to make the belly button artwork a bit more apparent in the various panels. Just cleaned it up a bit. Something we should've always been doing, to be honest. We're not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, so when you guys point out the "low hanging fruit" in things that can be easily fixed to make the books better, it helps us out a lot.

I have hi-res versions of all the interior pages now; just waiting on the cover/pinup to be finished up.

Ah, ok, cool. That's what I was thinking after I had posted that last post.

Sounds like it'll be released very soon. I can hardly wait!

 

[Oblesklk]

Ah, ok, cool. That's what I was thinking after I had posted that last post.

Sounds like it'll be released very soon. I can hardly wait!

We got back the first draft of the cover/pinup today, so we're close. Probably another one to two weeks at most. After the artwork is all done, we need to go back to our site and prepare the pages for the release, which takes some time.

I hope it's worth the wait 🙂 I wanted to post an addition to post #4 above. It's small so you can't really tell what's going on too easily. I'm attaching a pic to this post that both expands the scene a bit and shows the colorized version side by side. You can't see everything that's going on off-panel, but you can in the comic itself, so it's all good.

The neat thing about this story is Dave2112's influence on some of specific terrors presented in the story. The machine is his idea, as are the wonderful little bits attached to the protagonist's breasts. It's fun to throw in other s&m elements as called for in the story and see if people like them or not.

 

[Oblesklk]

So here's something we've never done before. I'm going to post pages "live" as they're under construction, so those that have been following the production can see what we first submit, what the first draft looks like, what our feedback is, and see the page evolve into the final version.

This will provide you a good look to what we do with a lot of our pages during production.

Here are the notes from my script on what to do with the cover art:

COVER
This is going to be a pretty simple cover. This is an implied scene that doesn't appear in the book directly. Doctor Collins is all alone with the doctor character featured at the beginning of the story. They're both waiting for Stacia (The Ruthless) to come back with the two engineering students so they can get started on the project. In the meantime, Doctor Collins gives the doctor a lot of water, ties her to a rack, gags her, and sees if she can keep from peeing until the others arrive. So this scene just shows the doctor, in bra and panties, on the rack, her knees together as she's obviously trying to keep from peeing. She has a gag on. Doctor Collins shows the doctor a huge feather, dangling ever so low just above the doctor's belly button. Doctor Collins, with her glasses on, looks absolutely evil.

DOCTOR COLLINS: I'M BORED. LET'S PLAY A GAME. YOU JUST DRANK 48 OUNCES OF WATER.

DOCTOR COLLINS: THINK YOU CAN KEEP DRY UNTIL 'THE RUTHLESS' GETS BACK WITH THE OTHERS?

DOCTOR COLLINS: YOUR QUIVERING STOMACH ALONG WITH THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE, SAY NO!

DOCTOR [THINKING, PATHETIC FONT]: PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH...PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH...I GOTTA PEE...PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH...PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH...

CAPTION: SAY IT AIN'T SO!

CAPTION: HAS DOCTOR COLLINS, RENOWNED PSYCHOLOGIST, ACTUALLY TEAMED UP WITH 'THE RUTHLESS' IN A QUEST TO INFLICT TICKLE TORTURE ON ALL THE DENIZENS OF BAY CITY?

 

[Oblesklk]

And the attached is what we got back from the art studio.

Pretty good? Well, it's ok, but it needs a little work. I actually like the doctor character (the one on the rack) but Doctor Collins looks too passive to me. So the review notes tell them to zoom in a little bit (although there needs to be some room for the logo and marquee, there's still too much dead space) and make Doctor Collins a bit more active in the frame by having her snuggle up closer to the doctor while teasing her. Right now she's just too distant from her ticklee and there's nothing like getting right in someone's face when they're desperately trying to either not laugh or hold in the pee.

Dave's feedback revolves more about the ticklee. He gives great feedback that I didn't initially think about. I just saw a cute ticklee and thought "hot". His feedback is the gag isn't really well formed, it needs to be more elaborate that it is, in fact, a gag. Meaning it needs a strap shown instead of just a big floating ball. Right now, it's hard to tell if it's a gag or if her mouth is just open really wide. The second piece of feedback is a question, whether we should have straps around the ticklee's knees or not. This gives even more of an S&M flavor to the artwork. I prefer to leave them out, because it gives the old fashioned "I gotta go potty" body language vibe. So we'll discuss that a bit and have a "with and without look" on the artwork to see which looks better.

For those that love predicament tickling, this cover shows a classic 'I'll tickle you until you piss yourself or I get bored' approach, but it's only on the cover. This scene is not in the interior storyline itself. However, for those that like such scenes, you'll be pleased to know that we're including a 40+ page story with The Ruthless #3 entitled Origins, Part I and II (we released Origins: Part I last year after Ruthless #2 came out) that features a scene like this in more detail. It's good stuff, and not a bad supplement to the comic.

 

[buttontickler05]

And the attached is what we got back from the art studio.

Pretty good? Well, it's ok, but it needs a little work. I actually like the doctor character (the one on the rack) but Doctor Collins looks too passive to me. So the review notes tell them to zoom in a little bit (although there needs to be some room for the logo and marquee, there's still too much dead space) and make Doctor Collins a bit more active in the frame by having her snuggle up closer to the doctor while teasing her. Right now she's just too distant from her ticklee and there's nothing like getting right in someone's face when they're desperately trying to either not laugh or hold in the pee.

Dave's feedback revolves more about the ticklee. He gives great feedback that I didn't initially think about. I just saw a cute ticklee and thought "hot". His feedback is the gag isn't really well formed, it needs to be more elaborate that it is, in fact, a gag. Meaning it needs a strap shown instead of just a big floating ball. Right now, it's hard to tell if it's a gag or if her mouth is just open really wide. The second piece of feedback is a question, whether we should have straps around the ticklee's knees or not. This gives even more of an S&M flavor to the artwork. I prefer to leave them out, because it gives the old fashioned "I gotta go potty" body language vibe. So we'll discuss that a bit and have a "with and without look" on the artwork to see which looks better.

For those that love predicament tickling, this cover shows a classic 'I'll tickle you until you piss yourself or I get bored' approach, but it's only on the cover. This scene is not in the interior storyline itself. However, for those that like such scenes, you'll be pleased to know that we're including a 40+ page story with The Ruthless #3 entitled Origins, Part I and II (we released Origins: Part I last year after Ruthless #2 came out) that features a scene like this in more detail. It's good stuff, and not a bad supplement to the comic.

Getting away from what I normally talk about, here are my opinions on that draft:

-If you don't mention it, Dr. Collins looks fine at a distance, but having her up close would be better. As such, I suggest you have her free hand and arm around the doctor's back at about waist level. She can either be close enough that her hand would only be on the doctor's back, or so close that her arm wraps around the doctors body and you see her hands and fingers on the other side of the doctor's belly.
-I agree that there needs to be straps for that gag, otherwise it does look like her mouth is wide open or she's screaming.
-I don't think there sould be straps around her knees either, otherwise you won't be able to portray that she needs to use the bathroom.
-As it is right now, it doesn't really look like the doctor is in any desperate need to pee, although that may be because this is only a draft and the lines to show that she's shaking haven't been drawn yet.

Well, thoes are my views on the draft.

 

[Oblesklk]

Getting away from what I normally talk about, here are my opinions on that draft:

-If you don't mention it, Dr. Collins looks fine at a distance, but having her up close would be better. As such, I suggest you have her free hand and arm around the doctor's back at about waist level. She can either be close enough that her hand would only be on the doctor's back, or so close that her arm wraps around the doctors body and you see her hands and fingers on the other side of the doctor's belly.
-I agree that there needs to be straps for that gag, otherwise it does look like her mouth is wide open or she's screaming.
-I don't think there sould be straps around her knees either, otherwise you won't be able to portray that she needs to use the bathroom.
-As it is right now, it doesn't really look like the doctor is in any desperate need to pee, although that may be because this is only a draft and the lines to show that she's shaking haven't been drawn yet.

Well, thoes are my views on the draft.

Didn't get every single thing you commented on, but there were some good changes in the revised edition of the cover. She's closer, the gag has some straps, just looks a bit more intimate when it's all said and done.

 

[buttontickler05]

Didn't get every single thing you commented on, but there were some good changes in the revised edition of the cover. She's closer, the gag has some straps, just looks a bit more intimate when it's all said and done.

Yea, looks better.

 

[Oblesklk]

Issue Three is finally available for sale!

http://www.the-agencies.com/ruthless-issue-three.html

 

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Issue Three is finally available for sale!

http://www.the-agencies.com/ruthless-issue-three.html

Amazing work. The art and story are incredible. Loved it.

 

[desdemona]

Awesome job. Great artwork and I loved the story origins. 🙂 Can't wait for part IV.

 

[Oblesklk]

Amazing work. The art and story are incredible. Loved it.

Thank you. The back story to the whole series is a bit bizarre for a tickling comic. But the more I'm writing on it, the more I love it. My gamble is that if I "slow release" the weird, it won't turn anyone off.

Awesome job. Great artwork and I loved the story origins. 🙂 Can't wait for part IV.

Thank you as well. I really, really love the script for #4. It's not done, it's about 80% done, though. As I jabbered above, what is now issue #3 was just a few pages in the original script. But I felt the origin of the machine was too important to just leave to a passing thought in a script, so we turned 3 pages into 14. Anyway, the original script is now missing those 3 pages, so I need to go back and beef up the tickle scenes in there.

I seriously can't wait to release #4, even though we're talking months down the road. It will pick up right where #3 leaves off (we give some hints on the final page of where we're going) and has some truly great stuff in there.

I'm attaching the first page of the book. The purchased copy comes with a much higher resolution. This is just a sample.