And I just noticed… She’s got a really NASTY weapon in her other hand. Blunt surface to break things on one side, sharp, very concentrated impact point for punching through sturdy armor on the other. War hammers are VERY ugly in a real fight.
If that’s Gorehash, he has. but it should limit his ability to attack at least. I was hoping Mentl would show up, but he’s more of a last-minute savior at this point. Either way, Liri just removed the only real threat. Her war-hammer is very cruel looking, I wonder if it’s also like Keltan’s uber-mace. Thor’s hammer return…
So wielding their magic does the same thing to them then. Gorshash had the same sunken eye(s) and the pale, dried out “skin.” as this clown, pity. I’m sure it will take both Tula and Mentl to take him out by now. There’s too much going on for the story line to end too easily anyway 🙂 Besides, I’m sure at one point our hero’s will have to face off against that all-mighty fire stick anyway.
With a little Darth Mal thrown in too 🙂 Critical damage? That was more like a finishing move! I kinda doubt he’d be interested in trying to cast a spell much less being able to.
yeah. gotta say you’re on the nose with that one. he goed splat!!
Scarsdale
Darth Mal did survive Obe-Wan’s “cutting wit” so to speak, so it is possible. If he isn’t too racked in pain to think of a healing spell to keep him alive.
The last sound effect reminds me of 50 do-wop
“Sh-Goosh, Sh-Goosh
Wa wa wa wa wa wa Wah!
Sh-Goosh, Sh-Goosh
You’re breakin’ my heart.
Sh-Goosh, Sh-Goosh
I’ma fallin’ apart.”
Been hard to put this into writing, because if I do that, then it makes it more real. The fact is that Steve, my only brother and also a fan and friend of the comic for many years, is dead. He died a few weeks ago, very suddenly, and for weeks I’ve been in shock. We aren’t that old, but he’d had heart problems ever since he came back from his tour in Iraq. A 26-year vet and Lt Colonel in the USAF, he was retired and out pursuing his hobby of local archaeology near his home in Colorado, and simply didn’t come home that night. My niece called me and told me that they’d become concerned and went to the site and found him there alone, dead. So last month I went out there and did his eulogy, and we put him in the ground at the local military cemetery. They rang a bell, they shot the rifles in the air. They gave my sister-in-law a flag, and the brass from the salute. And we went home and I was left with a bundle of feelings I am still trying to sort out.
The measure of a man’s life isn’t what they say about you when you’re alive. It isn’t even what they say at your funeral. It’s not really about what we say at all. It’s about how your life is different now because they aren’t there, anymore. About the holes in who you are that get revealed by their sudden absence. The human-shaped voids that they used to occupy, both trivial and vitally important, even if you don’t think about them. And I’m still discovering holes in who I am that used to be filled with someone, someone I share a childhood with. Even when we were angry or distant or royally pissed-off at each other. But now there’s no one to be pissed at, to talk to, to be the focus of a brother’s love.
And so I am having a hard time getting back to work. I can do a few pieces of art, but telling the story, putting a page together is harder than it ought to be. I am very sorry and thank you all for your patience and indulgence.
Sorry to hear, you never know when it may happen. My baby sister, 62, just suddenly passed a few months ago as well. COPD was the cause, one minute she was talking to friends, and the next, she stopped breathing. My wife is in the final stages as well, I keep worrying the same will happen to her, the doctor only gave her a year. My father, 92, has Alzheimer’s, and is in the “spoiled 6 year old” stage of it, doesn’t know my name anymore. I’m caregiver for both, it’s exhausting.
jedraft
Scarsdale,
We grieve with you. Also, don’t forget to take care of yourself. Remember the airline rule.
Warm regards,
JED
Jed, I don’t have words that will help; but I need to say that I’m – that we’re all here for you. And we will still be here when at last you are able to come back to this comic. Or if you need to share something, or even if you never come back. We’re here for you.
I know that doesn’t actually help, but I just had to say it.
J,
I’m sorry for your loss. Losing those we have a connection to is never an easy thing. Take your time, process it however you need to. There is no “right” or “correct” way except that it is “your” way. We all handle it differently. May you find peace in his memory.
Oh, so sorry to hear that, Jed, but glad for the update. I was wondering what might be the case.
Hugs. It does get easier with time, but take the time you need. Better to proces the sorrow now than push it away and ahead of you.
JED, I am so sorry to hear. Those parts of you that you speak of as empty now, though…. they aren’t. Your brother is still there, filling those spaces, he always will be. The measure of a life is in how we are forever changed, agree – and he didn’t take those changes with him. Those are yours, his gifts to you, forever. Yes, it hurts, and is awful. The awfulest thing. I hope that, as the raw edges of the open wounds heal, you find honor and solace and gratitude and beauty emerge through the grief as you carry your brother’s legacy, your memories, forward through time.
My deepest sympathies to you both.
JED, please follow your own advice and take care of yourself. Zona can wait, we all can wait.
But thanks for checking in and letting us know what is going on.
JED, you’re going to be okay. We’re willing to give you the time you need to grieve. Don’t worry about how long that is. You could recover and move on by the end of this month, or it might take you years. We, your fans, will genuinely understand.
Aneeka, the creator of the webcomic Not A Villain, lost her grandmother, her sister, I don’t know who all else, but it was all just within a few weeks of each other, and her sister was a major source of inspiration & cheerleading for her writing & drawing. It took her 3 years to get back to NAV…and her fans still waited patiently for her to recover & return.
How could we, your dear fans, do any less for you?
Your brother sounds like he was in many ways a near-perfect brother. Someone for you to fight with, both against and beside. May his cha be well-balanced, and may he rest in peace.
Thanks Jed, and I follow that comic as well, she is slowly coming back from it all, and it’s fine. Normally we readers that follow a comic that just suddenly ends with no explanation, which is their call, but those that tell the readers why and keep us in the loop are welcomed and thanked. We’ll be here, give yourself time to recover.
Deepest condolences to you and your family. I’m a retired USAF Master Sgt and salute your brother’s service. Take all the time you need. We’ll all wait as long as it takes.
Navy vet here. We give our rival services hell, but we’ve always got each other’s back – To your (our) brother, rest well, we’ve got the watch. To you, JED – I lost my older brother in 2016, unexpectedly and suddenly. Even now, after 10 years, I still speak with him, fight with him, argue with him, yell at him, love him. It keeps him here, with me, and I hope I never stop.
Take the time you need, JED. We’ll be here when you come back to us. You, Zona, Mentl, Tula, Ipola and the entire cast of miscreants are way too important to us.
And to your brother, from a fellow veteran… “Thank you for your service to all of us. You are appreciated.”
Lots a people said it! Take the time you need! My Sister passed about 6 mos ago at 77. She had a full life and while we didn’t talk often, she was always there and now there is a hole that I didn’t even realize was filled and I sure feel the emptyness! Again, “Take the time you need!”
Bugger.
I am sorry to hear of your brother’s passing. Any age to loose a brother is too young. Any age to loose anyone is too young.
We lost out dad late last year, and it still hurts. But we keep telling stories about him, and he will still be there while we do.
You people are wonderful, and today we crossed a bit of a threshold and have now more than fifty patrons who are helping us get to the ever-nearer goal of ten thousand bucks for the Zona animated demo and then beyond to a series!
Thanks so very much. All of you are important, and as an artist I feel everyone’s support, whether you can afford to be a patron on Patreon or not. But because I’m feeling jaunty I thought I’d share something from the past that had not been posted before.  Going through my archives I came across a render of the luckless Ginsha I’m pretty sure I haven’t shared before. Half-urtt woman, now masterless and mostly insane, I promise that there is a resolution in her future.
Thanks to all my patrons!
Warmest regards,
JED
Those ancient Erogenians had all kinds of slaves. See a couple of the more objectionable types over at JED’s Patreon page !
All the cool kids are doing it! Just a few bucks a month reaps fun rewards and helps us get that much closer to an animated Zona!
Warm regards,
JED
Thanks to all you guys out there who have helped us make a great start on our goal! And as promised, I’m starting a 12-page one off story for my more generous patrons.  It’s funny how the One Possible Future daughter of Zona and Mentl has come up again in the comments, because she’s the central character in this little tale. It’s not a great epic adventure, but you get to see Rachel deal with some of the problems of adolescence in a strange world – Earth. If you want to see this and other extras, (including all the sexy stuff) come put a few sheckels into the kitty to help make Zona come to life in an animated series!  Warm regards – JED
Thanks to all of you for your continued support of Zona! We’re getting more patrons every week, and they get desktops, artwork, sketches and updates before everyone else. Today we put up the second NSFW calendar desktop, starring my favorite Killer Queen, Yanora in a scene that’s quite a bit more explicit than any of you have heretofore seen!
So help us to reach our goals and get all the rewards that Challenges of Zona can bestow!
Warmest Regards,
JED
Hi Kids.
I told you all a bit ago that there was an announcement, and indeed there is.
See, here’s my idea. I have been doing a web comic for over 11 years now, and I have accumulated a story and characters and a whole world – as well as you, my friends and readers. It’s very rewarding and I will not be giving it up at all.
In fact, we’re gonna take it to the next level. I will be using my Patreon account with a fundraising goal of ten thousand dollars to hire animators to translate Zona, Mentl and all of Erogenia into an animated short. This will be the launching point for getting backers and making a regular ongoing series of sexy, fun, entertaining fantasy all based on the Challenges Of Zona.
So I am putting this out – please help. Give as little as a dollar a month. Skip the coke machine once or twice – water’s better for you anyway. If you give more, you get more. More stuff, more rewards! It’s all on the page which is now LIVE!
https://www.patreon.com/JEDraft
And when we get to the goal, you my patrons will share in the glory that is a fully realized Zona and her adventures!
Check out my video:
So give a dollar, give as much as you can! You will not be sorry!
Warmest regards,
JED
Basically I have had to Trash the entire site – though I naturally have all the content saved in numerous backups, never fear.
Still, it has not turned out to be an easy fix, and so will take extra time.
The up side is that this will allow me to make fixes and upgrades to the site which I had been putting off, and should allow a much more enjoyable experience!
Warmest regards,
JED
34 thoughts on “Such Awful People – Page 1334”
Tiff Hudson
“Holy vibranium, Batman!”
SanBernInATL
Aaand let’s see him recover from THAT one….
SanBernInATL
And I just noticed… She’s got a really NASTY weapon in her other hand. Blunt surface to break things on one side, sharp, very concentrated impact point for punching through sturdy armor on the other. War hammers are VERY ugly in a real fight.
Reservist
The rank-and-file Urrts did the right thing to dive out of the shield’s trajectory. Smart.
Scarsdale
If that’s Gorehash, he has. but it should limit his ability to attack at least. I was hoping Mentl would show up, but he’s more of a last-minute savior at this point. Either way, Liri just removed the only real threat. Her war-hammer is very cruel looking, I wonder if it’s also like Keltan’s uber-mace. Thor’s hammer return…
RBZ
It’s not Gorshash. It’s “Urrt High Priest.”
Scarsdale
So wielding their magic does the same thing to them then. Gorshash had the same sunken eye(s) and the pale, dried out “skin.” as this clown, pity. I’m sure it will take both Tula and Mentl to take him out by now. There’s too much going on for the story line to end too easily anyway 🙂 Besides, I’m sure at one point our hero’s will have to face off against that all-mighty fire stick anyway.
Joe Fonebone
Is there some sort of Voting Incentive pic? If so, I can’t see it. Love Liri’s armor.
DaAmron
this is s why you spec into Avenger’s shield, for the awesome crit damage.
Scarsdale
With a little Darth Mal thrown in too 🙂 Critical damage? That was more like a finishing move! I kinda doubt he’d be interested in trying to cast a spell much less being able to.
DaAmron
yeah. gotta say you’re on the nose with that one. he goed splat!!
Scarsdale
Darth Mal did survive Obe-Wan’s “cutting wit” so to speak, so it is possible. If he isn’t too racked in pain to think of a healing spell to keep him alive.
Lora
Ooh, great throw, Liri! 😀 I like her style.
Xerxes Aragon
Yay!
Clay
That’s gonna leave a mark ….
Tiff Hudson
The last sound effect reminds me of 50 do-wop
“Sh-Goosh, Sh-Goosh
Wa wa wa wa wa wa Wah!
Sh-Goosh, Sh-Goosh
You’re breakin’ my heart.
Sh-Goosh, Sh-Goosh
I’ma fallin’ apart.”
Tiff Hudson
Ugh *50’s do-wop*
Scarsdale
That “Priest” is a juicy one, just makes it more fun! Quick Keltan, throw the mace! {SPLAT!}
Descartes
Been 7 weeks since this page. Getting worried about you, JED. Let us know you’re doing well.
jedraft
Okay.
Been hard to put this into writing, because if I do that, then it makes it more real. The fact is that Steve, my only brother and also a fan and friend of the comic for many years, is dead. He died a few weeks ago, very suddenly, and for weeks I’ve been in shock. We aren’t that old, but he’d had heart problems ever since he came back from his tour in Iraq. A 26-year vet and Lt Colonel in the USAF, he was retired and out pursuing his hobby of local archaeology near his home in Colorado, and simply didn’t come home that night. My niece called me and told me that they’d become concerned and went to the site and found him there alone, dead. So last month I went out there and did his eulogy, and we put him in the ground at the local military cemetery. They rang a bell, they shot the rifles in the air. They gave my sister-in-law a flag, and the brass from the salute. And we went home and I was left with a bundle of feelings I am still trying to sort out.
The measure of a man’s life isn’t what they say about you when you’re alive. It isn’t even what they say at your funeral. It’s not really about what we say at all. It’s about how your life is different now because they aren’t there, anymore. About the holes in who you are that get revealed by their sudden absence. The human-shaped voids that they used to occupy, both trivial and vitally important, even if you don’t think about them. And I’m still discovering holes in who I am that used to be filled with someone, someone I share a childhood with. Even when we were angry or distant or royally pissed-off at each other. But now there’s no one to be pissed at, to talk to, to be the focus of a brother’s love.
And so I am having a hard time getting back to work. I can do a few pieces of art, but telling the story, putting a page together is harder than it ought to be. I am very sorry and thank you all for your patience and indulgence.
Warm regards,
JED
Scarsdale
Sorry to hear, you never know when it may happen. My baby sister, 62, just suddenly passed a few months ago as well. COPD was the cause, one minute she was talking to friends, and the next, she stopped breathing. My wife is in the final stages as well, I keep worrying the same will happen to her, the doctor only gave her a year. My father, 92, has Alzheimer’s, and is in the “spoiled 6 year old” stage of it, doesn’t know my name anymore. I’m caregiver for both, it’s exhausting.
jedraft
Scarsdale,
We grieve with you. Also, don’t forget to take care of yourself. Remember the airline rule.
Warm regards,
JED
Adge
Jed, I don’t have words that will help; but I need to say that I’m – that we’re all here for you. And we will still be here when at last you are able to come back to this comic. Or if you need to share something, or even if you never come back. We’re here for you.
I know that doesn’t actually help, but I just had to say it.
SanBernInATL
J,
I’m sorry for your loss. Losing those we have a connection to is never an easy thing. Take your time, process it however you need to. There is no “right” or “correct” way except that it is “your” way. We all handle it differently. May you find peace in his memory.
Lurker314
Wow. I should have checked comments sooner. Give yourself time to grieve.
Lora
Oh, so sorry to hear that, Jed, but glad for the update. I was wondering what might be the case.
Hugs. It does get easier with time, but take the time you need. Better to proces the sorrow now than push it away and ahead of you.
Terx
JED, I am so sorry to hear. Those parts of you that you speak of as empty now, though…. they aren’t. Your brother is still there, filling those spaces, he always will be. The measure of a life is in how we are forever changed, agree – and he didn’t take those changes with him. Those are yours, his gifts to you, forever. Yes, it hurts, and is awful. The awfulest thing. I hope that, as the raw edges of the open wounds heal, you find honor and solace and gratitude and beauty emerge through the grief as you carry your brother’s legacy, your memories, forward through time.
Descartes
My deepest sympathies to you both.
JED, please follow your own advice and take care of yourself. Zona can wait, we all can wait.
But thanks for checking in and letting us know what is going on.
Jean
JED, you’re going to be okay. We’re willing to give you the time you need to grieve. Don’t worry about how long that is. You could recover and move on by the end of this month, or it might take you years. We, your fans, will genuinely understand.
Aneeka, the creator of the webcomic Not A Villain, lost her grandmother, her sister, I don’t know who all else, but it was all just within a few weeks of each other, and her sister was a major source of inspiration & cheerleading for her writing & drawing. It took her 3 years to get back to NAV…and her fans still waited patiently for her to recover & return.
How could we, your dear fans, do any less for you?
Your brother sounds like he was in many ways a near-perfect brother. Someone for you to fight with, both against and beside. May his cha be well-balanced, and may he rest in peace.
Scarsdale
Thanks Jed, and I follow that comic as well, she is slowly coming back from it all, and it’s fine. Normally we readers that follow a comic that just suddenly ends with no explanation, which is their call, but those that tell the readers why and keep us in the loop are welcomed and thanked. We’ll be here, give yourself time to recover.
Ed Brault
Deepest condolences to you and your family. I’m a retired USAF Master Sgt and salute your brother’s service. Take all the time you need. We’ll all wait as long as it takes.
Thorny
Navy vet here. We give our rival services hell, but we’ve always got each other’s back – To your (our) brother, rest well, we’ve got the watch. To you, JED – I lost my older brother in 2016, unexpectedly and suddenly. Even now, after 10 years, I still speak with him, fight with him, argue with him, yell at him, love him. It keeps him here, with me, and I hope I never stop.
Take the time you need, JED. We’ll be here when you come back to us. You, Zona, Mentl, Tula, Ipola and the entire cast of miscreants are way too important to us.
And to your brother, from a fellow veteran… “Thank you for your service to all of us. You are appreciated.”
huehueteot
Lots a people said it! Take the time you need! My Sister passed about 6 mos ago at 77. She had a full life and while we didn’t talk often, she was always there and now there is a hole that I didn’t even realize was filled and I sure feel the emptyness! Again, “Take the time you need!”
Speedy
Bugger.
I am sorry to hear of your brother’s passing. Any age to loose a brother is too young. Any age to loose anyone is too young.
We lost out dad late last year, and it still hurts. But we keep telling stories about him, and he will still be there while we do.
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Thanks to all you guys out there who have helped us make a great start on our goal! And as promised, I’m starting a 12-page one off story for my more generous patrons.  It’s funny how the One Possible Future daughter of Zona and Mentl has come up again in the comments, because she’s the central character in this little tale. It’s not a great epic adventure, but you get to see Rachel deal with some of the problems of adolescence in a strange world – Earth. If you want to see this and other extras, (including all the sexy stuff) come put a few sheckels into the kitty to help make Zona come to life in an animated series!  Warm regards – JED
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Thanks to all of you for your continued support of Zona! We’re getting more patrons every week, and they get desktops, artwork, sketches and updates before everyone else. Today we put up the second NSFW calendar desktop, star
ring my favorite Killer Queen, Yanora in a scene that’s quite a bit more explicit than any of you have heretofore seen!
So help us to reach our goals and get all the rewards that Challenges of Zona can bestow!
Warmest Regards,
JED
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