www.the-agencies.com presents The Agencies #14

[dethtims]

That's a great idea. We've never published */m material before; with enough reader support, it's something I'd definitely like to tackle. And Yin/Yang would be perfect for that scenario.

maybe you should do */m material for a separate series. that way those of us who are fans of certain series can keep our anticipation for new issues of those series without getting disappointed when we see */m material that we arent looking for

 

[Oblesklk]

maybe you should do */m material for a separate series. that way those of us who are fans of certain series can keep our anticipation for new issues of those series without getting disappointed when we see */m material that we arent looking for

I absolutely agree! I would be looking to release a pinup in the beginning or perhaps a series of pinups to gauge interest before jumping right in. Especially with the series that fans really like.

 

[Oblesklk]

The Agencies #14 is now available for sale!

In summary, this issue has:

• 12 interior color pages
• Includes a cover
• Pencils/Inks by Giangiacomo
• Colors by Estudio Sicalo
• Written/Directed by Oblesklk and Jonathan Essex
• The newest release of The Agencies is brought to you by the same artist that drew Issues #7-10, definitely classics in our catalog!
• They're back! Agent Starlight, Agent Deadline, Yin/Yang, and Agent Succubus (in a manner of speaking) all make a comeback in this issue and are as hot as ever
• FF/F tickling
• Features primarily upper body tickling, with some concentrated foot tickling scenes
• Unique bondage/suspension set-up featured on the cover
• Light lesbian undertones in one scene
• Costs just $12.95 !

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[10 armed tkler]

well I got this and all I have to say is the first part makes me very very sad....the 2nd half cheers me up somewhat...but not enough! NOT ENOUGH!

I hope they find a way to save Succubus. I am thinking Yang finds a real doctor or some sort of healer to get to...


On a brighter note the art and detail is beautifully done. Like really really beautiful. From the sweat/persperation from Yin's body to the detail of touch from Deadline's hands on Yin's breast. It is also so rare to clearly see the underside of breast...gravity represented well here. Simply beautiful...

 

[Ishaanshah]

It is shocking how good this series is. I just picked up my copy last night. I don't know how you do it, but you guys managed to make a book that is just too hot hot hot for words, and then you also have a story that's the most touching thing I've ever read in the tickle world. I won't go as far to say I cried lol but it was still just wow.

I absolutely love this artist the guy is the best you've ever used for tickle books. Agent Deadline with her little keds is the hottest thing ever. Only thing that compares is Starlight and she's in here too!! You need to do a story with just those 2 being foot tickled for days. I hope she's in the story a lot more. I seriously can't wait until #15 comes out. I am an official fanboy lol. Nice job

 

[Speedbump]

The art was great, and the tickling wasn't tooooo bad, I guess, but I just couldn't get into this at all. I think I might be getting less interested in comics over time or something...

 

[MidnightOyl]

I had high expectations with this issue. Wasn't let down. You guys do amazing work and 14 is no exception. It's great to see characters as they were when the series really took off. The artwork looks even more amazing now than it did then. Glad to see the series back on track. When's the next one?

 

[Oblesklk]

well I got this and all I have to say is the first part makes me very very sad....the 2nd half cheers me up somewhat...but not enough! NOT ENOUGH!

I hope they find a way to save Succubus. I am thinking Yang finds a real doctor or some sort of healer to get to...


On a brighter note the art and detail is beautifully done. Like really really beautiful. From the sweat/persperation from Yin's body to the detail of touch from Deadline's hands on Yin's breast. It is also so rare to clearly see the underside of breast...gravity represented well here. Simply beautiful...

Thanks for the comments on the artwork, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I agree the team has done a great job with the script; now that issue #14 is released and #15 is already finished, the team will get started soon on #16, whose script was just finished up recently.

The bit about Succubus was tough to do. I went back and forth with Dave on this issue for a long time and saw the pros and cons. On the one hand, tickling is supposed to be fun, silly, and is often viewed as a childish activity. Thus bringing death into the mix can easily kill the fantasy. Wrapping a story around tickling does not always lend itself to serious storytelling. Not that it can't be done of course, it's just not a natural inclination. So there was that concern. But on the other hand (and this eventually won out), I want this comic universe to feel as real and plausible as possible. There are obviously some leaps of faith in the details of the world since it's science fiction, but the decisions and outcomes should still be based on the reality of human emotion and motive. Yin hates Succubus and Yin has shown signs of sociopath behavior before. Both of these things combined with having Succubus nearby naked and helpless lends itself to a terrible outcome.

I'm looking at Issue #15 right now, and (ok ya, a minor spoiler) Mister Nathan (the leader of this Agency) is not pleased to hear about Agent Succubus's demise. She is an unacceptable casualty. He takes an action which if you read between the lines and have read some of our other productions is a bit of a prelude to the our spinoff title The Agencies: Frontiers. So what will happen there, and what is Mister Nathan's intentions? Will be fun to find out 🙂

It is shocking how good this series is. I just picked up my copy last night. I don't know how you do it, but you guys managed to make a book that is just too hot hot hot for words, and then you also have a story that's the most touching thing I've ever read in the tickle world. I won't go as far to say I cried lol but it was still just wow.

I absolutely love this artist the guy is the best you've ever used for tickle books. Agent Deadline with her little keds is the hottest thing ever. Only thing that compares is Starlight and she's in here too!! You need to do a story with just those 2 being foot tickled for days. I hope she's in the story a lot more. I seriously can't wait until #15 comes out. I am an official fanboy lol. Nice job

Hey, thanks a lot. I really appreciate that 🙂

For Starlight, you may want to check out The Agencies #9. It does show Starlight captured by Karma, her old friend, and foot tickle tortured for Karma's amusement. The torment continues into The Agencies #10 with an implied scene of drawn out torment when Miss Rachel Ghost goes to rescue Starlight.

I was talking to Lost One Zero and considering doing a series of pinups for The Cyriaan Chronicles based on fan feedback. If that project comes to fruitition and is met with some interest, I'd love to do the same for The Agencies, at which point we'd love to consider doing a scenario like you mentioned!

#15 will be out before you know it.

The art was great, and the tickling wasn't tooooo bad, I guess, but I just couldn't get into this at all. I think I might be getting less interested in comics over time or something...

Possibly. Becoming jaded is pretty common on the video side; it's safe to assume the affliction affects comic media, as well.

Our publications are rather stylized; they aren't going to be for everybody. It might just be the way we do things you don't like? It would be sad for me to lose you as a customer, but I don't like the thought of customers being constantly disappointed or disenfranchised by our work, either. During our production threads, feel free to ask me any questions you like about the book, to reduce the possibility of eventual disappointment.

I had high expectations with this issue. Wasn't let down. You guys do amazing work and 14 is no exception. It's great to see characters as they were when the series really took off. The artwork looks even more amazing now than it did then. Glad to see the series back on track. When's the next one?

Thank you, kindly 🙂 We will release The Agencies #15 in November. I don't have a more solid date than that. We will probably start posting the production thread pretty soon. That one will be a little odd (which we'll explain in the thread), just because it will have different artists yet again. Our plan is to have the team that did The Agencies #7-10, #14 do the rest of the series. But since #15 was completed a long time ago, I don't feel the need to redo it at this point in time.

Hope that helps!

 

[buttontickler05]

Is #15 going to have bellybutton tickling also? The button tickling in #14 was nice.

 

[Sinister-Lurker]

A long time coming, perhaps, but this issue was definitely worth the wait! The return of this art team is certainly a triumphant one.

The cast is expanded in this issue to include several new faces, though this doesn't seem to be because the creators were simply looking for "fresh blood." The additions fit in nicely with the overarching storyline which is once again carried along in this issue. To my mind, this is what sets apart Agency Publishing's titles: a framework of a complex story carried out over multiple issues, entire series, and even across lines.

Similarly, the situations the ticklees find themselves in are kept fresh and innovative, which should go a long way to holding readers' interest. On this, and several other levels, there should be something to appeal to many tastes in this issue.

 

[Oblesklk]

Is #15 going to have bellybutton tickling also? The button tickling in #14 was nice.

It does not. And thanks, glad you enjoyed the tickling in Issue #14.

A long time coming, perhaps, but this issue was definitely worth the wait! The return of this art team is certainly a triumphant one.

The cast is expanded in this issue to include several new faces, though this doesn't seem to be because the creators were simply looking for "fresh blood." The additions fit in nicely with the overarching storyline which is once again carried along in this issue. To my mind, this is what sets apart Agency Publishing's titles: a framework of a complex story carried out over multiple issues, entire series, and even across lines.

Similarly, the situations the ticklees find themselves in are kept fresh and innovative, which should go a long way to holding readers' interest. On this, and several other levels, there should be something to appeal to many tastes in this issue.

Wow, thanks! As the story picks up speed, it's certainly seeming to hold people's interest, which is great. For those that may have picked up in the latest issue of The Agencies: Frontiers, all our storylines are intertwined. It's even theoretically true for Tickle Magnet and The Cyriaan Chronicles, although we have no plans at this time to bring those in the fold in a direct way. Maybe someday...

But The Ruthless, The Agencies: Frontiers, The Agencies, and even Yelena are all linked in one large, epic storyline that will tell itself after years and years of issues. I'm definitely looking forward to telling the story. And for those that like intricate plots and character development in their tickle work, I'm looking forward to taking you on a long and wild ride with a cast of memorable characters.

And yes, I'm very happy the art team is back! Although they won't be doing the artwork for The Agencies #15 (that issue has already been done for months and I don't want to revise it at this point), they will be with us for some time, giving The Agencies back its wonderfully sexy, cartoony look.

 

[buttontickler05]

It does not. And thanks, glad you enjoyed the tickling in Issue #14.

Oh well. Can't have it all the time. Thanks for the info, though.

 

[Oblesklk]

Oh well. Can't have it all the time. Thanks for the info, though.

Not a problem. Now The Agencies #16 on the other hand...

🙂

 

[Oblesklk]

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[uticklish2]

nice..

 

[Oblesklk]

nice..

Thanks. We try 🙂

 

[10 armed tkler]

whoa...back up....Frontier I can understand it being linked to the story...but Yelena? I will not lie when I say this has gotten me very,...very interested.

 

[Oblesklk]

whoa...back up....Frontier I can understand it being linked to the story...but Yelena? I will not lie when I say this has gotten me very,...very interested.

The Yelena books take place at the same timeframe and world (our own, really) as The Ruthless. So it's not a matter of if there will be an eventual crossover, but when...

The timeline looks like this, for those interested.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away:
The Cyriaan Chronicles

Modern Day:
The Ruthless
Yelena
Tickle Magnet

100 years into the future:
The Agencies
The Agencies: Frontiers

Several centuries into the future:
Undisclosed/unreleased title

 

[buttontickler05]

Not a problem. Now The Agencies #16 on the other hand...

🙂

Issue 16, huh? I'll be waiting for it.

 

[Oblesklk]

Issue 16, huh? I'll be waiting for it.

We'll releasing a preview for #15 here shortly. While that may not be exciting for you for lack of belly button content, it does mean a November release, with #16 being ready before you know it 🙂

 

[buttontickler05]

We'll releasing a preview for #15 here shortly. While that may not be exciting for you for lack of belly button content, it does mean a November release, with #16 being ready before you know it 🙂

Sounds good. I hope #15 does well for you.

 

[Oblesklk]

Sounds good. I hope #15 does well for you.

Thank you!

We will most likely be looking at a February release for The Agencies #16, just so you know.