It sounds like the Mythlands spilled over into non-Mythlands, and they now have hitmen with instructions to kill Griffin.

Next chapter should have some answers... maybe even a conclusion, but that might be ambitious.

Loved the banter between the two of them.

And the conversation with Iris. She takes after her father obviously.

Can't think who Olie is though?

Or the mystery womam (though saw your reply to ks so know she is a new character).

Looking forward to the next chapter, and will be getting the art to go with it? I like how you described Agent Garrick in particular. A firey red-head with glasses - does she also have her hair in a bun? Does she wear the black skin-tight SPUD bodysuit? Should I stop wondering out loud now?

Al B.

Thanks, I've always enjoyed writing bickering pairs for dialog in stories.





I didn't want to define her personality too much, but I thought the gag was fun so I went with it. This is the Parodyverse though, so even if this turns out to be true to future continuity, as Griff says she might not always be like that. Perhaps she has been temporarily hyper-accelerated by an old Al B. Harper invention, for instance. Lord only knows what twists and turns are happening in Untold Tales at that point.

As for Ollie, that would be a reference to Oliver Hastings, Meg's toddler son and CSFB's little brother. Kirk has described him previously as taking after Stewie from Family Guy (during that character's world-domination phase).

I've started adding footnotes to help with the obscure references, especially if new or returning posters want to read it.





I figure Griffin has been around long enough at this point to have some recurring rogues in a gallery of his own.





Well, naturally, I have some sketches I've done while dreaming up the story... whether they'll progress enough to become illustrations is still up in the air.

As for the description of Gina Garrick, it sounds accurate although I don't think the Bureau of Land Management issues skintight black body-suits to their people in the field. That kind of thing is probably just for closed doors back in Washington...

Considering Fables is my favourite comic series, I am really, really enjoying this. When the dryad with a machine gun showed up, I then began picturing this story done in the Fables art-style, which is cool.

Absolutely loved the names Griffin dropped throughout the story, and it's nice to see other currently-children characters show up throughout the story.

I admit I don't really know who is chasing Griffin and Garrick. With the explosions I had a brief thought it was Kerry, but it would be pretty extreme circumstances that would set her against her brother, so I don't think it's her.

This is a great series, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of the young Legion kids showing up; it's like Next Avengers!

~Hat~

If only I could get James Jean to do a cover for it...

Any Fables connection is welcome though unintentional. Still, it's pretty much the only comic I keep up with through trade paperbacks these days, so it's undoubtedly an influence.





This one has been a challenge to write, because obviously a big part of the appeal is finding out what the status of all the current characters is in this future. However, the more I define the future, the more obvious it is that its an "alternate" future since characters will die or change in ways I can't predict, and I'll likely be way off in how other writers would imagine their characters years from now.

So I tried to sprinkle enough of a glimpse into the larger Parodyverse to be fun, but keep it all contained to a handful of characters in order to let the readers feel that this could plausibly be in continuity down the line.





With the last chapter posted, you can find out who it is... but as I mentioned in other replies to this one, she's a new character.





If other people want to dip into future continuity and add more kids, I'm all for it. They know what Griffin is like now.