The Young Protectors: Double-Cross Chapter Two—Page 17

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The Case of the Missing Brother!

We are now just $40 away from unlocking a special, fully nude pin-up for all Patrons!

Some time ago, I commissioned a special, fully nude pin-up of Kyle and Anaado by artist superstar, Travis Moore . And I’ve been dying to share it with you.

As you know, this comic is my full-time job and I need to bring in $7,000/month pre-tax to pay for our professional artists and keep this comic going, as well as pay for those taxes and my basic living expenses. If I’m not at that level of support, I’m burning through savings, which I’ve been doing for a while now.

I originally set this reward at $6,500/month, but it’s become clear that until I’m able to bring in more readers, we’re not going to hit that number anytime soon, and I don’t want to keep Travis’ awesome work from you any longer. It’s just too gorgeous. I want you to have it.

We’re now at $5,460 in support, and with the last update, I moved this Milestone Goal to $5,500 , only $40 away. If we hit that amount, I will make this pin-up available for download by all Patrons during the following month. After that, it will continue to be available for $5+ Patrons to download anytime, along with the 62 safe-for-work and five other fully nude Milestone pin-ups they can currently download right now. ($10+ Patrons get to download an additional 17 NSFW pin-ups and they’ll get to download a high-res version of this one as well when it’s posted!)

I am deeply committed to continuing The Young Protectors story, and I wouldn’t be able to do that without the continuous support of our awesome Patrons, the Woolfpack. I’ve already released a beautiful (and safe for work) pin-up of Flyboy and Cory created by Travis. Hopefully, y’all will love this gorgeous new (and fully nude!) pin-up of Kyle and Anaado as much as I do!

Please let me know if you have any questions! And thank you as always for your interest and support in my work! :smiley:

ANNIVERSARY PATRON THANK YOUS

It’s my great pleasure to send out another, very special Woolfpack anniversary “thank you!” to the superheroes of this comic who have been supporting our work month after month!

First let me thank a pack member who has been supporting our work for the last 12 months as of this week (Jan 19-25):

Fernando R.

(You totally rock, Fernando!)

I’d like to send out a big thank you to members of the Woolfpack who have been supporting our work for 24 months of this week (Jan 19-25):

Mike and Tom G.

(Two years of support! Thank you so much, Mike and Tom!)

And a heroic thank you as well as for Woolfpack members who have been supporting our work for 48 months of this week (Jan 19-25):

divad, Two Gargoyles Comics, Jessica C., Ben H. and Hans N.

(Three years of support! Thank you so much, divad, Two Gargoyles Comics, Jessica, Ben and Hans!)

And let me also send out my biggest howl to those members of the Woolfpack who have been supporting this comic and our work from the very beginning!

These are the awesome readers who have been supporting me and this comic for 60 months (5 years!) as of this week (Jan 19-25):

Feverfew Mole, Fred, Gary, Kari, Sargantas, stickfigurefairytales, Brian B., K.r. B., Susan B., Mary C., Brian D., Frank H., Becky K., Lorelei K., Nick N., William O., Eli P., Chuck S., Darieck S., George S., Sean S., Skip S. and Julian W.

Thank you so much, Feverfew Mole, Fred, Gary, Kari, Sargantas, stickfigurefairytales, Brian, K.r., Susan, Mary, Brian, Frank, Becky, Lorelei, Nick, William, Eli, Chuck, Darieck, George, Sean, Skip and Julian! Y’all are so awesome!

Thank you all so much for your amazing, ongoing support! It’s the consistent support that is what really allows me to continue making this comic. You all truly are superheroes!

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So!

So! Ambrosia is a damsel in distress, just trying to find her brother who’s gotten mixed up in the wrong crowd! Has she come to the right place? Will Spooky (and Flyboy!) be able to find her missing baby brother?

Tune in this Saturday to find out! Hope to see you there! :grinning:

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Ambrosia! What a name. Just perfect. :slight_smile:

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Maybe it’s the cynic in me, but I don’t trust that dame. Her story is just too obvious.

“Guys in robes chanting! Moving drawings about human sacrifices ! Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!”

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That last one cracked me up :joy:

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Sounds like it’s rather serious… Though I admit I’m a little with Nate and it might be too early to simply believe her. Then again if she’s telling the truth, it’s been a while already since Ted disappeared and he might not even be alive still… With what we saw just a few pages ago I wonder if it’s gain them anything to simply ask the Police and/or Exsec if the girl really tried to get help there first? But I doubt our boys would even bother with that :sweat_smile: They’re both more driving on the Direct Help Boulevard than the Make Sure First Lane :joy:

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Glad you like that. :slight_smile:

But look at her face! So vulnerable! So innocent!

You understand them well. :slight_smile:

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Exactly!

This “Post must be at least 20 characters!” is very annoying.

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I think it’s meant to encourage folks to use the heart/like button if they only want to cheer a comment.

But if it really bugs folks I can try to see if I can change it, Klaus.

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First of all, was anyone else annoyed that she just lit up a cigarette without even asking if it was okay?

Second, I suppose I should shelve my speculation that her brother was the victim of a lewdness curse, forcing him to disrobe and display himself in the presence of anyone else.

Third, it’s going to be a bit awkward if dear Teddy has become a new crazy, but as we saw from the first story arc, there seems to be an acolyte stage before full craziness potential is reached. Unless Teddy is very adept, he should still be a lesser magic user when Spooky finds him.

Fourth, we haven’t heard of anyone giving up magic in this universe once they have it, have we? They fall into strange Pits or die or get knocked out and taken into custody, but never de-powered so far. It’ll be interesting to see how that’s done.

Fifth, I kinda wonder what Teddy hoped to achieve with magic that he couldn’t accomplish with money. I do hope the reason isn’t just he was bored silly and summoning demons just seemed much more fun than getting a pilot’s license or learning another language or helping the less fortunate.

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It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.
Raymond Chandler

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And as for her crying, those tears, the weepy doe-like eyes, the pouty quivering lips, the soon to be waterworks that won’t smear her makeup…

She lowered her lashes until they almost cuddled her cheeks and slowly raised them again, like a theatre curtain. I was to get to know that trick. That was supposed to make me roll over on my back with all four paws in the air.
Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

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This would be more laughable if it weren’t for the fact that guys in robes and also sacrificing were THE EXACT PROBLEM Mitch and Future Spooks were dealing with not long ago. However… it could be that Ambrosia has more info about… stuff… than she’s letting on and cooked up such a story to gain Mitch and Past Spooks’ interest. But I’m not willing to be that cynical yet, and she seems genuine enough to clear the “faking it” bar. The main thing is either way the boys better be careful.

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Movie Nerd #3
Ronson Repair has replicas of the Touch-Tip table-top cigarette lighter seen on Sam Spade’s (Humphrey Bogart) desk in The Maltese Falcon.
(I’m not linking to it)

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Ambrosia is not accustomed to asking permission for anything.

Let’s hope so. :slight_smile:

There might have been some discussion of this in the short stories, but I can’t remember right now…

From Ambrosia’s account of him, what do you think?

(And thank you for all the good speculation, David! Fun for me to read!)

I am enjoying these quotes, Dave. :slight_smile:

Very nice speculation all around, Julia. Also fun for me to read! :smiley: