Ha HA! I knew mama dragon would tip the fight. Gorslash can’t focus on just one thing. He has to control everything. and it always bites him in the butt. Or in this case; blasts him in the chest and a fall to the ground…
At the quote at the bottom right, I’m actually reminded of a V:tM campaign book about a group of Iconuu searching for Golconda. One of the tale boxes had a fable about a Man walking beside a Dragon leashed with but a thin gold chain. When a passerby asked the man about it and not something stronger, the man responded along the lines of, “If the Dragon goes wild, how would a steel chain serve me any better?”
Very true, and it rarely ends well for the holder as well. Gorslash may very well be shaked-n-baked before he knows it. And as far as his “boss” goes, he won’t enjoy facing him again.
It’s a bad time in my country.
I’m generally okay, and a lot better than those who are not CIS-gendered straight white men, but I always consider myself an ally to those that ain’t. Been going through some minor health issues and other things. I also am in the middle of one of our local theatrical productions. It might not surprise Zona’s long-time fans that this is my adaptation of PG Wodehouse’s “Jeeves Takes Charge”, and that in this play, we have swapped the genders of Bertie and Jeeves to female. (Mostly, if I’m being honest, because my best actors are women, and we have more women in our little company than men. Eh. This is what often happens at our level.) Hoping it’s funny. Hoping people get the feminist message.
Thanks for caring.
Working on the new page, hope it’s up soon.
Good luck with the production, with your health, and with the political woes. The last will come to an end, gradually… we can very slowly see people wising up as 47’s approval ratings fall. Maybe with the midterms in two years there will be some actual brakes on his power to cause chaos and foul up the global economy etc.
My friends,
Many thanks for your concern.
I’m fine and our production was delayed a couple weeks due to insurmountable not-being-ready-ness. It should be over by the middle of May. Regular updates should begin by the 21st of May.
Important:
For over 20 years I have kept this space non-political, but this is the worst time I have ever lived to see in my 60-plus years. My country is in the midst of a fascist takeover that threatens American democracy itself. I can no longer stay silent or neutral, and neither can Zona. If you’ve been with us for awhile, you see that the characters and the story is unashamedly pro-feminist, pro gay rights and pro trans rights. (as imperfectly as an old fart who is none of those things himself can represent, anyway)
I also was raised to know our history and to learn from it. My first ancestor on these shores was an indentured servant who landed in New England in 1665. That means, of course, that when he got here there were already enslaved Africans and a continent full of First Nations people who’d made their homes and civilizations for millennia. There is a movement in the current administration to minimize that and rewrite history, creating a white Christian nationalist fantasy as the official narrative in government and education, making sure the coming generations can be indoctrinated in lies, ala “1984.”
The administration is also pushing to use the military against civilians exercising their Constitutional rights, intimidate the judicial branch and the legal profession and terrorize average citizens with illegal detainment and arrest and trafficking to third world concentration camps.
I remember vividly that on the wall of my father’s office, both at his store and at home, was a quote by Edmund Burke,
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”
Like many things my Dad taught me, he not only said this but modeled it in his behavior, being a local champion for the marginalized POC in San Bernardino. So, as one might imagine, I take these words and sentiment to heart when evil rears its face so blatantly and unashamedly in the USA. My wife and I regularly are marching in pro-democracy demonstrations, as we will tomorrow for May 1, and any other demonstration we can join.
So from time to time “Zona” may also be a platform for me to speak out. If this is too “woke” for you, if you find it distasteful and you disagree with what I am saying, I invite you to cancel your Patreon pledge, remove Zona from your bookmarks and don’t give me the clicks.
Don’t expect me to keep any disrespectful or insulting comments on these pages. Also, don’t expect me to dignify Russian propaganda by leaving it here.
Warmest regards,
JED
Well said, while I am 65 and the “woke” group in the USA come off with some pretty crazy behavure, I have nothing against LBGTQ+, in fact we were close friends with a lesbian married couple and I helped one reconcile with her father. Seems he was retired military and wasn’t having her choices. I strongly feel that everyone has the right to hold their opinions and to voice them when needed, however, there has been WAY too many that are trying to force their opinions onto those that disagree. To the point of legal and social actions. No one has the right to force anyone to agree to those, or force young children to accept them only because they are told to.
I recently read a thoughtful oped that pointed out that the current administration is using tactics very similar to facist regime takeovers of the early 20th century: overwhelm the population until they give up … there’s no way to fight everything they’re doing. And that’s absolutely correct. This oped then made the point: stop trying to fight it all – pick one thing dearest to you and fight for that. Having four queer kids I am concentrating on LGBTQ+ rights. My wife is very active in opposing library closures and book bans. If we fight this way, together we can successfully oppose the tyranny threatening our nation.
JED,
Thank you for the update.
I have very much appreciated reading your work.
I look forward to seeing what will happen in Zona in the future, in whatever form your choose to take.
From what I have seen as an Australian looking on from the other side of the world the US is not in a good way at the moment. I hope that sanity can prevail and that the current situation will become only a short term set back.
Keep fighting the good fight and continue to be honest to your beliefs.
I suggest you google it. Specifically, the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If even one person has no due process, then none of us do.
And Trump has made no secret of his intention to use the Insurrection Act to deploy US military to put down legal protests. There are, fortunately, many lawsuits pending regarding this and many other illegal acts, but given that this administration literally laughs off and ignores a 9-0 SCOTUS decision to return Abrego Garcia from a Salvadoreno max prison where he was illegally deported, I am not really all that hopeful that he won’t be encouraged to continue his lawless behavior, and we are just weeks or months away from our own tiananmen square massacre. Are you not paying attention at all? This is a guy who, this week in a high profile interview, would not confirm that it is his job to uphold the Constitution. “I don’t know …” he said in response to the question.
If your handle indicates that there is military service in your CV, then you also took that oath. I assume that, if you did take the oath, then it means something to you. It means nothing to the criminal who is squatting in the White House.
This is a guy whose word is worthless, who is an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon. He is a threat to everything I hold sacred. I would like to remind you that all the good people who looked the other way and didn’t get involved paved the way for authoritarians throughout history.
I’ll assume that you do not live in the USA, so allow me to explain.
Trump claimed that Venezuela had declared war on us by sending members of one of their gangs (by the name MS13) to infiltrate and attack us. In doing so, he used a wartime power to corral and export any person he deems as a member of said gang, using the most flimsiest of “evidence” (example: You have a tattoo? You’re a member. Away you go!). He would then then send these people to El Salvador into… well. concentration camps would be to put it lightly. And these people are being sent there with zero due process, which means even if you’re an innocent caught up in the dragnet, you’re still getting shipped off.
Having spent 28 of the best years of my life serving in the U.S. military, I am rather hopeful that there will be stiff push back should the Commander in Chief give some of the illegal and unethical orders being discussed here. Keep in mind, the men and women holding flag rank joined the service during the 1990s and did indeed take a serious oath to defend the Constitution and to stand firm in opposition to any illegal or unethical order. This is the reason Hegseth is trying to purge many general and flag officers. From what I hear, he’s having a hard time finding the type of senior rank officers he wants. The Trump administration is clumsily – almost randomly – trying to upend traditional American institutions. But the military seems to vex them. “And that is an encouraging thought.”
Although my political views don’t align with yours (to put it mildly), I certainly respect your right to express them.
I also look forward to enjoying new pages soon! I have enjoyed your storytelling, character development and artwork since the beginning. Thanks for the status update.
Glad to hear you’re speaking out and marching. As a European what is happening in the USA right now is scary; we do remember the history of the early 20th century.
Any military personel commander with sense? Fired. The lady in charge of Pituffik Space Base was removed right after she wrote an email to all personel (US and other) and assured them they were dedicated to the partnership they’ve had for years.
Doubt this makes it to post but here goes. Once upon a time we as a people, knew the meaning of “a time and place”, and didn’t feel the need to air our views randomly to strangers without being asked. I’m not dismissing your concerns even though I don’t agree with many of them, but I am saying there is a time and place. I come here for some entertainment and in a sense to escape reality and the troubles of this world, not to be reminded of them. Perhaps a separate forum would have been more appropriate but as I said these days people just feel the need to sometimes over share. It is like when someone walks up to me and introduces themselves and makes an unnecessary point to mention their sexual orientation or political views as part of their introduction. It happens, trust me. To me it is not something I needed to know unless I asked. I don’t walk up to folks and introduce myself and my political affiliation, sexual orientation, or religious denomination. All those are things that have a time and place to be discussed. Anyway thanks for all the entertainment. I think I will step away. Don’t feel bad you aren’t the first person to go off in your comments section about all this and I stopped going to those other pages as well. I truly do wish you all the best.
I totally agree with you JED. As an elder transwoman let me say thank you. Being in the trenches so to speak here in a deeply MAGA state it get very tiring having to constantly fight to help protect the safety and rights of all the LGBT folk here. Your support help to give me a little bit more hope in our country.
It is such a privilege for anyone to think they can live their life as if politics does not affect them. Politics is personal when they are using it to personally hurt as many people as they can. People are dying. People’s lives are being destroyed. Important parts of our society that we agreed on that we put in place, are now being dismantled with no oversight, no due process. And only because – actually, I’m not sure why anymore. The cruelty is the point. Anyone who says “stay in your Lane” when you express dismay or fear or action against any of it, I think has made lack of compassion and fear such a part of their personality They don’t dare step back and look at anything, much less how it’s affecting them. Thank you for your gift to us of this work, thank you for using your platform to speak up. You don’t owe anybody anything and I just appreciate you.
This is the final version of Zona in Unreal Engine before we begin full production on the trailer. Long time coming. Brian’s outdone himself, IMHO.
She breathes, she moves, she inhabits the space. Next update will have her in full-on sword-slinging action. Brian wanted to show her being something other than angry and hulked out, so he imagined her swooning at the sight of Mentl. I said that’s not really how the story goes, but it could be her first sight of Mentl naked, which is, well … long-time Zonaphiles know about Mentl’s Pride.
This is the realization of a dream I’ve had for a very long time, to bring Zona and Mentl fully to life in an animated series telling their story. Romance, violence, adventure and sexy stuff! Thanks to all of you for your support, and especially to all the Patreon Patrons for the generosity that they have shown and continue to show.
We have been at this for a long time now, and using Daz Studio for animation is adequate, but we needed much much more than it could deliver in order to do justice to Zona’s world. So we have ported all the Daz character assets into Unreal Engine, and Brian is finding that this is not only more realistic than we could have realized before in Daz, but also so much faster that he has accomplished more in six weeks than he did in six months before – maybe more. For myself I could not possibly be more pleased. This is a huge game changer!
This little teaser is a taste of what we will be making the series look like. It’s just the prelude to the opening scene where Mentl comes upon the Urtts. In 2021 the real stuff begins.
Until then, judge and compare the previous efforts to what Brian’s doing now.
Enjoy, and don’t forget, the patrons on Patreon.com/jedraft are going to see more sooner and enjoy additional benefits and rewards as well!
NOTE ALL: We recommend that the video be watched in at least 1440 at 60fps for full effect. Auto video quality in Youtube is set to much lower than that due to a decision on behalf of Youtube to decrease playback quality as a response to the increased use of broadband during the current crisis.
There are however, some ways to defeat this, as detailed in the video here:
One of my favorite webcomics is “Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic” (https://www.yafgc.net/). Its creator, Rich Morris is a telented professional who has been creating these delightful fun, engaging and funny long form fantasy comics for years. At long last he’s got himself a Patreon site so that we can give back a little for all the free stuff he’s put out there. My Zonaphiles will recall when he did the portrait of Zona and Mentl, and now as part of my Patreon-age, he’s doing a finished portrait of my choice. And I chose Ipola. The prelim sketches see below.
I cannot urge you strongly enough to support art, and support artists, and support this artist and his art.
Frigging finally, after hours and hours of solitary toil to make a visual novel/game of Zona (including an abortive attempt to export it which meant I had to practically recreate it from scratch) I have a 0.01 beta version as a demo. It is short and a bit rough around the edges, but I hope you all have fun with it.
Set in the master bedroom of the Hollywood mansion right after their engagement party, it’s where Zona confesses to her new silver-bonded Mentl the one thing that she has been keeping to herself forever.
In a way, this returns Zona to her origins in the adult find-your-path books she was created for, as the visual novel medium is just a higher tech version of that. Also, it’s very dirty. Definitely NOT safe for work.
I think of this as a “proof of concept” for one more product and direction we can take the characters and reward my wonderful Zonaphiles. Frankly, I think she lends herself to this medium pretty handily.
A one dollar patronage at patreon.com/JEDraft gets you access to this and much more!
This year we are once again participating in a sexy web comics promotion. We have a nice little pinup most of you would enjoy, and links there for a lot of other folks’ comics and sexy art:
My people, this is a global ecological emergency. *All* of us need to pitch in as best we can.
So if it helps you get motivated, then Zona, Mentl and all their friends are willing to bare it all for you to get the resources where they’re needed. Send me an email with a forwarded receipt or screen grab of an Australian 10 dollar (or above) donation and we’ll send you a nice sexy pic of the “Challenges of Zona” character of your choice.
I chose these two organizations as being the ones that will help the wildlife and the people, but I am willing to accept any proof of (recent) donation to any accredited relief organization dedicated to assisting with the fight against these horrific bush fires Down Under.
I’m a Californian, and I have seen my share of nasty wildfires, even more and worse in recent years. The Australian fires make anything I had to be evacuated from seem like a grease fire in my kitchen. If you think you are safe from the effects of this disaster because you live on the other side of the world, think again. This is worse than any fantasy world-beater my imagination could come up with. I have given and will give again.
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I’ve given and will give again next paycheck. How about you?
Just at the moment, we’re temporarily stalled on the animation project. So we’ve taken advantage of the lull to revisit the Gen 8 model of Zona, and I think this time, even more than last, we’ve hit it on the head. So Brian came up with a couple of pinups of her of which this is a closeup. If you want to see more (much more) become a Patreon patron at https://www.patreon.com/JEDraft
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33 thoughts on “SMACK! – Page 1318”
E Hines
Unchain my heart, unchain my dragon, it’s all the same in the end.
Eric Hines
Kiddeagle
Cry ‘Havoc and Let Slip The Dragons of War!
Scarsdale
Ha HA! I knew mama dragon would tip the fight. Gorslash can’t focus on just one thing. He has to control everything. and it always bites him in the butt. Or in this case; blasts him in the chest and a fall to the ground…
Lora
I have no doubt Gorshash will use his magick to make sure he survives the fall, but the dragons won’t be on his side anymore … 8)
Also, did Liri’s two guides get left behind or did they also get a ride on the dragon?
Freelance
At the quote at the bottom right, I’m actually reminded of a V:tM campaign book about a group of Iconuu searching for Golconda. One of the tale boxes had a fable about a Man walking beside a Dragon leashed with but a thin gold chain. When a passerby asked the man about it and not something stronger, the man responded along the lines of, “If the Dragon goes wild, how would a steel chain serve me any better?”
DMC_Run
Re: the tag at bottom-right…
A stupid dragon fights the CHAIN…
A smart dragon fights the HOLDER of the chain.
Scarsdale
Very true, and it rarely ends well for the holder as well. Gorslash may very well be shaked-n-baked before he knows it. And as far as his “boss” goes, he won’t enjoy facing him again.
George Phillies
A smarter Tula finishes off Gorshash rather than talking about it. Unless momma dragon has a little snack on the way down.
Kiddeagle
You OK JED? Haven’t heard from you in awhile. you usually reply to comments.
jedraft
It’s a bad time in my country.
I’m generally okay, and a lot better than those who are not CIS-gendered straight white men, but I always consider myself an ally to those that ain’t. Been going through some minor health issues and other things. I also am in the middle of one of our local theatrical productions. It might not surprise Zona’s long-time fans that this is my adaptation of PG Wodehouse’s “Jeeves Takes Charge”, and that in this play, we have swapped the genders of Bertie and Jeeves to female. (Mostly, if I’m being honest, because my best actors are women, and we have more women in our little company than men. Eh. This is what often happens at our level.) Hoping it’s funny. Hoping people get the feminist message.
Thanks for caring.
Working on the new page, hope it’s up soon.
Love and light to you all.
JED
Lora
Good to hear from you and best of luck with the production. 🙂
Paddy
Good luck with the production, with your health, and with the political woes. The last will come to an end, gradually… we can very slowly see people wising up as 47’s approval ratings fall. Maybe with the midterms in two years there will be some actual brakes on his power to cause chaos and foul up the global economy etc.
Da Amron
Break a leg or five man! hope its one hell of a production! (i havent done stage work regularly since early 90’s)
Kiddeagle
You still hanging in there? How’s the production going? Your allies in your country? all well I hope? Need us to slap the Cha straight on someone?
JE Draft
My friends,
Many thanks for your concern.
I’m fine and our production was delayed a couple weeks due to insurmountable not-being-ready-ness. It should be over by the middle of May. Regular updates should begin by the 21st of May.
Important:
For over 20 years I have kept this space non-political, but this is the worst time I have ever lived to see in my 60-plus years. My country is in the midst of a fascist takeover that threatens American democracy itself. I can no longer stay silent or neutral, and neither can Zona. If you’ve been with us for awhile, you see that the characters and the story is unashamedly pro-feminist, pro gay rights and pro trans rights. (as imperfectly as an old fart who is none of those things himself can represent, anyway)
I also was raised to know our history and to learn from it. My first ancestor on these shores was an indentured servant who landed in New England in 1665. That means, of course, that when he got here there were already enslaved Africans and a continent full of First Nations people who’d made their homes and civilizations for millennia. There is a movement in the current administration to minimize that and rewrite history, creating a white Christian nationalist fantasy as the official narrative in government and education, making sure the coming generations can be indoctrinated in lies, ala “1984.”
The administration is also pushing to use the military against civilians exercising their Constitutional rights, intimidate the judicial branch and the legal profession and terrorize average citizens with illegal detainment and arrest and trafficking to third world concentration camps.
I remember vividly that on the wall of my father’s office, both at his store and at home, was a quote by Edmund Burke,
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”
Like many things my Dad taught me, he not only said this but modeled it in his behavior, being a local champion for the marginalized POC in San Bernardino. So, as one might imagine, I take these words and sentiment to heart when evil rears its face so blatantly and unashamedly in the USA. My wife and I regularly are marching in pro-democracy demonstrations, as we will tomorrow for May 1, and any other demonstration we can join.
So from time to time “Zona” may also be a platform for me to speak out. If this is too “woke” for you, if you find it distasteful and you disagree with what I am saying, I invite you to cancel your Patreon pledge, remove Zona from your bookmarks and don’t give me the clicks.
Don’t expect me to keep any disrespectful or insulting comments on these pages. Also, don’t expect me to dignify Russian propaganda by leaving it here.
Warmest regards,
JED
Scarsdale
Well said, while I am 65 and the “woke” group in the USA come off with some pretty crazy behavure, I have nothing against LBGTQ+, in fact we were close friends with a lesbian married couple and I helped one reconcile with her father. Seems he was retired military and wasn’t having her choices. I strongly feel that everyone has the right to hold their opinions and to voice them when needed, however, there has been WAY too many that are trying to force their opinions onto those that disagree. To the point of legal and social actions. No one has the right to force anyone to agree to those, or force young children to accept them only because they are told to.
Reservist
“to third world concentration camps”
What??? How?? Where??
ladyofthemasque
Well said, JED.
Honestly, if anyone did try to binch about your statements, your beliefs, & your stance…WTF webcomic have they been reading all this long while??
tony
Thanks, JED! Appreciate it.
Steve
I recently read a thoughtful oped that pointed out that the current administration is using tactics very similar to facist regime takeovers of the early 20th century: overwhelm the population until they give up … there’s no way to fight everything they’re doing. And that’s absolutely correct. This oped then made the point: stop trying to fight it all – pick one thing dearest to you and fight for that. Having four queer kids I am concentrating on LGBTQ+ rights. My wife is very active in opposing library closures and book bans. If we fight this way, together we can successfully oppose the tyranny threatening our nation.
Harold Hardy
Bravo.
Josh Edwards
JED,
Thank you for the update.
I have very much appreciated reading your work.
I look forward to seeing what will happen in Zona in the future, in whatever form your choose to take.
From what I have seen as an Australian looking on from the other side of the world the US is not in a good way at the moment. I hope that sanity can prevail and that the current situation will become only a short term set back.
Keep fighting the good fight and continue to be honest to your beliefs.
Reservist
“The administration is also pushing to use the military against civilians exercising their Constitutional rights”
What? There hasn’t been a American version of Tien An Men, so what did happen to make you so wary of how the US forces are deployed on US soil?
jedraft
I suggest you google it. Specifically, the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If even one person has no due process, then none of us do.
And Trump has made no secret of his intention to use the Insurrection Act to deploy US military to put down legal protests. There are, fortunately, many lawsuits pending regarding this and many other illegal acts, but given that this administration literally laughs off and ignores a 9-0 SCOTUS decision to return Abrego Garcia from a Salvadoreno max prison where he was illegally deported, I am not really all that hopeful that he won’t be encouraged to continue his lawless behavior, and we are just weeks or months away from our own tiananmen square massacre. Are you not paying attention at all? This is a guy who, this week in a high profile interview, would not confirm that it is his job to uphold the Constitution. “I don’t know …” he said in response to the question.
If your handle indicates that there is military service in your CV, then you also took that oath. I assume that, if you did take the oath, then it means something to you. It means nothing to the criminal who is squatting in the White House.
This is a guy whose word is worthless, who is an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon. He is a threat to everything I hold sacred. I would like to remind you that all the good people who looked the other way and didn’t get involved paved the way for authoritarians throughout history.
Freelance
I’ll assume that you do not live in the USA, so allow me to explain.
Trump claimed that Venezuela had declared war on us by sending members of one of their gangs (by the name MS13) to infiltrate and attack us. In doing so, he used a wartime power to corral and export any person he deems as a member of said gang, using the most flimsiest of “evidence” (example: You have a tattoo? You’re a member. Away you go!). He would then then send these people to El Salvador into… well. concentration camps would be to put it lightly. And these people are being sent there with zero due process, which means even if you’re an innocent caught up in the dragnet, you’re still getting shipped off.
Steve
Having spent 28 of the best years of my life serving in the U.S. military, I am rather hopeful that there will be stiff push back should the Commander in Chief give some of the illegal and unethical orders being discussed here. Keep in mind, the men and women holding flag rank joined the service during the 1990s and did indeed take a serious oath to defend the Constitution and to stand firm in opposition to any illegal or unethical order. This is the reason Hegseth is trying to purge many general and flag officers. From what I hear, he’s having a hard time finding the type of senior rank officers he wants. The Trump administration is clumsily – almost randomly – trying to upend traditional American institutions. But the military seems to vex them. “And that is an encouraging thought.”
Ravenwald
Although my political views don’t align with yours (to put it mildly), I certainly respect your right to express them.
I also look forward to enjoying new pages soon! I have enjoyed your storytelling, character development and artwork since the beginning. Thanks for the status update.
Lora
Glad to hear you’re speaking out and marching. As a European what is happening in the USA right now is scary; we do remember the history of the early 20th century.
Any military personel commander with sense? Fired. The lady in charge of Pituffik Space Base was removed right after she wrote an email to all personel (US and other) and assured them they were dedicated to the partnership they’ve had for years.
Don’t let them wear you down. Hugs.
Evervigilant
Doubt this makes it to post but here goes. Once upon a time we as a people, knew the meaning of “a time and place”, and didn’t feel the need to air our views randomly to strangers without being asked. I’m not dismissing your concerns even though I don’t agree with many of them, but I am saying there is a time and place. I come here for some entertainment and in a sense to escape reality and the troubles of this world, not to be reminded of them. Perhaps a separate forum would have been more appropriate but as I said these days people just feel the need to sometimes over share. It is like when someone walks up to me and introduces themselves and makes an unnecessary point to mention their sexual orientation or political views as part of their introduction. It happens, trust me. To me it is not something I needed to know unless I asked. I don’t walk up to folks and introduce myself and my political affiliation, sexual orientation, or religious denomination. All those are things that have a time and place to be discussed. Anyway thanks for all the entertainment. I think I will step away. Don’t feel bad you aren’t the first person to go off in your comments section about all this and I stopped going to those other pages as well. I truly do wish you all the best.
Rockin4Robin
I totally agree with you JED. As an elder transwoman let me say thank you. Being in the trenches so to speak here in a deeply MAGA state it get very tiring having to constantly fight to help protect the safety and rights of all the LGBT folk here. Your support help to give me a little bit more hope in our country.
Mary Lynne
It is such a privilege for anyone to think they can live their life as if politics does not affect them. Politics is personal when they are using it to personally hurt as many people as they can. People are dying. People’s lives are being destroyed. Important parts of our society that we agreed on that we put in place, are now being dismantled with no oversight, no due process. And only because – actually, I’m not sure why anymore. The cruelty is the point. Anyone who says “stay in your Lane” when you express dismay or fear or action against any of it, I think has made lack of compassion and fear such a part of their personality They don’t dare step back and look at anything, much less how it’s affecting them. Thank you for your gift to us of this work, thank you for using your platform to speak up. You don’t owe anybody anything and I just appreciate you.
Pam
Whooo hooo! Thank you JED! All the comments are awesome and bye-bye Evervigilant! Let’s all keep up the resistance!
Inquisitive Raven
El Salvador for sure. Libya, maybe. The Cheeto has definitely been talking about it.
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Animated Zona – Final version for Unreal Engine
This is the final version of Zona in Unreal Engine before we begin full production on the trailer. Long time coming. Brian’s outdone himself, IMHO.
She breathes, she moves, she inhabits the space. Next update will have her in full-on sword-slinging action. Brian wanted to show her being something other than angry and hulked out, so he imagined her swooning at the sight of Mentl. I said that’s not really how the story goes, but it could be her first sight of Mentl naked, which is, well … long-time Zonaphiles know about Mentl’s Pride.
This is the realization of a dream I’ve had for a very long time, to bring Zona and Mentl fully to life in an animated series telling their story. Romance, violence, adventure and sexy stuff! Thanks to all of you for your support, and especially to all the Patreon Patrons for the generosity that they have shown and continue to show.
patreon.com/JEDraft
Warm regards!
-JED
GAME CHANGER: UNREAL ENGINE
Zonaphiles:
We have been at this for a long time now, and using Daz Studio for animation is adequate, but we needed much much more than it could deliver in order to do justice to Zona’s world. So we have ported all the Daz character assets into Unreal Engine, and Brian is finding that this is not only more realistic than we could have realized before in Daz, but also so much faster that he has accomplished more in six weeks than he did in six months before – maybe more. For myself I could not possibly be more pleased. This is a huge game changer!
This little teaser is a taste of what we will be making the series look like. It’s just the prelude to the opening scene where Mentl comes upon the Urtts. In 2021 the real stuff begins.
Until then, judge and compare the previous efforts to what Brian’s doing now.
Enjoy, and don’t forget, the patrons on Patreon.com/jedraft are going to see more sooner and enjoy additional benefits and rewards as well!
NOTE ALL:
We recommend that the video be watched in at least 1440 at 60fps for full effect.
Auto video quality in Youtube is set to much lower than that due to a decision on behalf of Youtube to decrease playback quality as a response to the increased use of broadband during the current crisis.
There are however, some ways to defeat this, as detailed in the video here:
Warmest regards,
JED
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Happy Holidays – 2020
Best wishes to all of you! Be safe!
We will soon have really exciting news for you, so watch this space!
Warmest regards,
-JED
Rich Morris – YAFGC Patreon
One of my favorite webcomics is “Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic” (https://www.yafgc.net/). Its creator, Rich Morris is a telented professional who has been creating these delightful fun, engaging and funny long form fantasy comics for years. At long last he’s got himself a Patreon site so that we can give back a little for all the free stuff he’s put out there.
My Zonaphiles will recall when he did the portrait of Zona and Mentl, and now as part of my Patreon-age, he’s doing a finished portrait of my choice. And I chose Ipola. The prelim sketches see below.
I cannot urge you strongly enough to support art, and support artists, and support this artist and his art.
https://www.patreon.com/YAFGCRIch/posts
Warmest regards,
JED
At Last! “Challenges Of Zona – Confessions” Visual Novel
Frigging finally, after hours and hours of solitary toil to make a visual novel/game of Zona (including an abortive attempt to export it which meant I had to practically recreate it from scratch) I have a 0.01 beta version as a demo. It is short and a bit rough around the edges, but I hope you all have fun with it.
Set in the master bedroom of the Hollywood mansion right after their engagement party, it’s where Zona confesses to her new silver-bonded Mentl the one thing that she has been keeping to herself forever.
In a way, this returns Zona to her origins in the adult find-your-path books she was created for, as the visual novel medium is just a higher tech version of that. Also, it’s very dirty. Definitely NOT safe for work.
I think of this as a “proof of concept” for one more product and direction we can take the characters and reward my wonderful Zonaphiles. Frankly, I think she lends herself to this medium pretty handily.
A one dollar patronage at patreon.com/JEDraft gets you access to this and much more!
Warm regards,
JED
Public Service Announcement
Stay safe, my friends – be smart!
Warm regards,
JED
Valentine’s Day Sex Drive 2020!
This year we are once again participating in a sexy web comics promotion. We have a nice little pinup most of you would enjoy, and links there for a lot of other folks’ comics and sexy art:
Valentine’s Day Sex Drive 2020
MST3KFan – POW! Right in the Nostalgia | Lou Graziani – Cy-Boar | Bumblebee – Drive On | Darksh1ne – Monstroniverse Adventures | The Letter M – The Restless Dead | Jay042 – Kaza’s Mate Gwenna | The D-Wrek – Twenty Four Seven | Blue Dragon – Dark Horse | Montis Echo Boeher – Glitch | Gojiramon – CKarrus | Lightfoot – Pulse | Team Lady Valiant – Lady Valiant | Midnight – Danger Zone One | utzsar – Rocks | Ebenezer Splooge – Hentai Poster Company | Ebenezer Splooge – Portcall Uranus | Ebenezer Splooge – PronQuest | Ebenezer Splooge – SFW Hentai | Ebenezer Splooge – Hentai High School | Ebenezer Splooge – Mammazon | Stilldown – Ariane Eldar’s Personal Place | Stilldown – Theater Of The Bloody Tongue | Barry Linck – Phineus: Magician for Hire | Barry Linck – Phineus | Amy Letts – Epic Fail | Sheryl Schopfer – Sharpclaw | Sheryl Schopfer – Deer Me | Julie Devin – Monster Soup | J.E. Draft – The Challenges of Zona | Jaycee Knight – Bloomin’ Faeries | Peter Anckorn – By The Book | The Blood Teller – Alvery Nerveaux’s Secret Case Files | Microraptor – Cryptida | rulerbrain – Selling Smiles | Caley Tibbittz Collopy – SwordCat Knights | Andrew Hunter – Delve | Mark Egan – Bata Neart | Mark Egan – Back Office | Alli Perry – My Hero! | Marshall Reeves – Yesterday Bound | Dizzaster Juice – WhiteOut | Dizzaster Juice – Offworld: The Crease | Zach Vanzile – West Tree Academy of Heroes | Ben Bourbon – Devilbear: The Grimoires of Bearalzebub | MonicaNG – MoonSlayer | John Harrington – Super Rivals | Lirvilas – Grinder$ | Lirvilas – Flyover Country | Arne Cooper – The Androssian Prophecy | Sean Harrington – Spying With Lana | yellowgerbil – Zoe the Vampire | Nick Greaves – The Great Isle of Prentil | Jacob Jones – Ayuri | Scott T. Hicken – Dark Reflections – Zen | Scott T. Hicken – Dark Reflections – Chaos | Scott T. Hicken – Exiern: Dark Reflections | Scott T. Hicken – Exiern | Stef Marcinkowski – Sarah Zerohttps://barbarianprincess.com/VDSD2020/
HELP AUSTRALIA NOW
My people, this is a global ecological emergency. *All* of us need to pitch in as best we can.
So if it helps you get motivated, then Zona, Mentl and all their friends are willing to bare it all for you to get the resources where they’re needed. Send me an email with a forwarded receipt or screen grab of an Australian 10 dollar (or above) donation and we’ll send you a nice sexy pic of the “Challenges of Zona” character of your choice.
I chose these two organizations as being the ones that will help the wildlife and the people, but I am willing to accept any proof of (recent) donation to any accredited relief organization dedicated to assisting with the fight against these horrific bush fires Down Under.
I’m a Californian, and I have seen my share of nasty wildfires, even more and worse in recent years. The Australian fires make anything I had to be evacuated from seem like a grease fire in my kitchen. If you think you are safe from the effects of this disaster because you live on the other side of the world, think again. This is worse than any fantasy world-beater my imagination could come up with. I have given and will give again.
For those of you who just like to click:
WWF:
Red Cross:
I’ve given and will give again next paycheck. How about you?
Warmest regards,
JED
Zona G8 Mk2
Just at the moment, we’re temporarily stalled on the animation project. So we’ve taken advantage of the lull to revisit the Gen 8 model of Zona, and I think this time, even more than last, we’ve hit it on the head. So Brian came up with a couple of pinups of her of which this is a closeup. If you want to see more (much more) become a Patreon patron at https://www.patreon.com/JEDraft
Warm regards, all!
JED
JULY PATREON PROMOTION! $1 UNLOCKS EVERYTHING!
That’s right – from now through August 14th, all new rewards will be unlocked for all Patreon patrons of The Challenges Of Zona! This will give our one dollar Erogenians a taste of what they’ve been missing, and hopefully encourage others to become patrons and sample our best stuff!
And as for you others who have already given above and beyond, have no fear. August and September we will have a Double Rewards promotion with biweekly Sexy Stuff, Throwbacks and other goodies to reward you for your patience and generosity.
Just sign up for one thin US Dollar at:
https://www.patreon.com/JEDraft
Warmest Regards,
JED
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