Ruby Nation 4-A: A Thistle By Any Other Name

Here Be Flowers

Now that Chapter 4's complete, here's another series of textual material to round it out as I get Chapter 5 together. This takes place between the INSOMNIA INTERLUDE and CHAPTER 4, presumably while Ruby wasn't getting any sleep.

The flower shown here is a milk thistle, also indigenous to the Santa Barbara Channel Islands (the general area where the fictional military base that shelters Ruby and her friends resides).

Ruby Nation 4-14: Sit, Boy

http://www.therubynation.com/comics/1700184/sit-boy/

New comic! Chapter 4 complete! Full Chapter notes soon.

So What Would Make You Read This Blog?

Since I'm starting a new blog, I'm also starting it with the intention of getting people to read it. Getting people to read my comics is, and always has been, a much harder prospect, given the cognitive investment the narrative requires. Though I'm always eager to hear suggestions on how to make the comic better, I realize that the kind of readers I want most are the devoted, thoughtful kind that are inherently rare, so if only a few people go from reading the blog to reading the comic, I'll be content.

That said, I still want people to read what I write, so any suggestions? The default, of course, is pictures of my cat Allie cuddling with my various action figures, such as Solid Snake (the young version from MGS1) above.

Ruby Nation 4-13: The Assimilation Plan

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After over one year of this comic (four years if you count Ruby's World ), the villains' plan is finally revealed. In part. Sort of.....

Welcome To The Ruby Nation

"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."--Isaac Newton

This marks the first of many posts on the Ruby Nation Manifesto, a daily blog from the strip's author; me, Neil Kapit. That's right, daily. I'm using this as a podium for anything and everything related to the "Ruby Gang", as well as my own interests and influences. The latter of which will be a particular focus, because there have been so many great works that influenced me, and discussing and analyzing what makes a comic/movie/book/game/etc. great is good for the creative process.