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Published: 2012-06-19 05:03:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 2312; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 10
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i probably should have stretched this into 3 pages for better pacing. but patience is not one of my virtues and i was close to not even finishing this version oTL

secretly dean really hates this particular scam. but he's already gotten too many earfuls of the "it's my body and you can't police what i do with it" speech



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Comments: 21

mizuki-nee-chan [2013-01-16 03:16:08 +0000 UTC]

I love the bro-fist at the end! This made me lol so hard!

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Dakt37 In reply to mizuki-nee-chan [2013-01-17 21:02:11 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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LockwoodE3 [2012-10-23 01:44:54 +0000 UTC]

lol troll

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SharysAogail [2012-06-27 20:58:00 +0000 UTC]

I really liked this! I love Sammy being all bashful, and Dean's expressions. Oh you gas thieves you!

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Dakt37 In reply to SharysAogail [2012-06-28 01:00:55 +0000 UTC]

oh, thank you!

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SharysAogail In reply to Dakt37 [2012-06-28 09:18:19 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome!

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mysticmoron72 [2012-06-20 22:08:38 +0000 UTC]

Oh my EXCELLENT! I especially love the fist bump at the end. Oh Katie you never disappoint.

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Dakt37 In reply to mysticmoron72 [2012-06-21 03:18:44 +0000 UTC]

thanks man

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The-G [2012-06-19 10:21:57 +0000 UTC]

But I think the pacing is awesome. The timing is spot-on. Everything unfolds very clearly and happens when you expect it too. Oh wait, I see how the panels get smaller and smaller towards the end. Perhaps that is what you mean. You were trying to cram panels in so you could finish it. But I still think it works. After Dean reveals himself then the story starts to wind down. The diminishing panels are kind of like a symbolic car driving off down the road. You've been hit with the twist and now it's time to ride off in the sunset, illustratively AND construcion wise.

I honestly didn't see that last panel coming. I was thinking Dean was going to punch the guy or shoot out his tires or something or yell at Sam...but I didn't see the scam. I guess I should've guessed. Where was Dean lurking before he showed up? Why would Sam act like that with a stranger? All the clues were there but I missed them.

I get the impression that you don't have a lot of confidence with your comic pages but these two pages have shown you have some mighty comic book mojo.

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Dakt37 In reply to The-G [2012-06-20 05:17:07 +0000 UTC]

man, i am so hiring you as a PR person you've actually made ME wonder if i did the paneling that way on purpose! and honestly, when i think about it, it's probably good that i didn't stretch it. because originally it was going to end with sam self-consciously putting her shirt back to normal while dean complained about having to use her as bait on skeevy guys just to siphon gas. but in shortening it, it ended up more confident and fun version one was more early season one, i guess where sam complains about the identity theft and pool hustling and stuff. but eventually he gets over it and it's like "wow look at these slick bonnie and clyde motherfuckers" i think making sam a girl would ratchet up their conning mojo by 150%. once sam was convinced it was all for the greater good, anyway XD actually, in another longer version of this, it was going to show them running out of gas, dean failing to get a passerby to stop, and sam ordering him to duck behind the car while she pops the hood and sexys up her shirt, claiming that her stanford friends used this trick to flag down help on a spring break misadventure. in yet another version, dean ends up holding the guy up with a gun when he figures it out and tries to stop them from leaving. just another reason why the time/space/adrenaline crunch was helpful. backstory is nice, but this was MUCH more slick (also i just really liked the idea of opening on that silhouette of her over the car). i tend to overthink all the details and want to cram in as much explanation as possible. still trying to grasp how to let my pictures speak for themselves

but like i said, i really love how this turned out. especially for the fact that at least you and xandi were surprised by the ending if you look back at page 1, you can actually see dean sneaking around the back of the cars. and i make sure the motorist leaves his door open to provide even more coverage for him XD

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The-G In reply to Dakt37 [2012-06-20 16:50:19 +0000 UTC]

Well in my humble opinion I think it works well the way it is. If it had've gone on longer and gone into Sam and Dean discussing their positions on scamming motorists then it might've taken some of the spotlight off the whole set-up. Like, you would've started thinking the two pages were just an opening to a larger story. But because it ends where it does you get the scam and the revelation and then you're out. I think the little fist bump at the end is the perfect way to end it. I think any Supernatural fan would know that Sam and Dean would argue over the morality of scamming people in that way. I think where you want to set it in the timeline really does make a lot of difference. When I go back and watch it from the start again I always go "Oh. I forgot Sam and Dean used to be like that." They change so gradually over the seasons that you don't even think they're changing! Well...except for the big things. But generally you think they're kinda the same. Even when Sam becomes all badass hunter...you still think of him as being the same as first season Sammy. That's why whenever I go to draw anything Supernatural I have to try and figure out when it's set. Because, like the whole scam thing, they would act differently. At first Sam was disgusted at the hustles Dean would pull...then he started doing them himself. I've actually started thinking of every season and trying to visualise what would've happened if Sam had been a girl. Those longer versions you came up with would've been cool because the nerd in me would've loved all those little continuity references. But I think what you went with still gets the idea across. I'm not saying that extending it would've ruined it, but sometimes keeping things simple can make them better. A simple thought or emotion can make more impact than a bunch of different ideas all going on at once.

I went back and looked at the first page and I saw little sneaky Dean. I can't believe I missed that the first time. I think I raced through it too quickly. I was a little overexcited that you'd made a Supernatural comic that I wanted to devour it as quickly as possible. So...yeah...I missed some of the subtleties.

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youngerthanthesoul [2012-06-19 05:45:25 +0000 UTC]

Totally thought the guy in the shades was Crowley from Good Omens.

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Dakt37 In reply to youngerthanthesoul [2012-06-19 05:49:56 +0000 UTC]

WHAT.

NO.

WHY WOULD YOU EVER THINK THAT.

WHO WOULD DO SOMETHING STUPIDLY INDULGENT LIKE THAT.

CERTAINLY NOT ME.

IT'S NOT LIKE I'M RECENTLY 100 PAGES INTO THAT BOOK OR ANYTHING.

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CattBon [2012-06-19 05:39:55 +0000 UTC]

LOL I always actually thought about Sam and Dean having a sis and what it would be like.

I always thought about what would happen if Castiel ended up taking her virginity and Dean finding out. XD I can hear a funny conversation/argument in my head in which Castiel probably doesn't know most of what he's talking about.

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Dakt37 In reply to CattBon [2012-06-19 05:52:08 +0000 UTC]

ooh man, adding a third would make for one crowded car, not to mention hotel rooms! as for cas, i actually haven't made it that far in the series yet, so i can't say if that's something i can see happening fandom sort of makes me think no, though. unless it was more like her taking HIS virginity maybe...

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CattBon In reply to Dakt37 [2012-06-19 05:56:31 +0000 UTC]

LOL

Omg you need to get to Cas. He's amazing.

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Dakt37 In reply to CattBon [2012-06-19 05:58:22 +0000 UTC]

so everyone keeps telling me

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CattBon In reply to Dakt37 [2012-06-19 06:05:51 +0000 UTC]

Believe. Everyone.

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Xandi5anders [2012-06-19 05:23:03 +0000 UTC]

Nice ending. Totally didn't see it coming. I would've liked to see her yell out the window "it's okay, he's my brother! Thanks though!" Just so there could be a pissed-off, blue-balls face on (what I'm guessing is) Castiel.

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Dakt37 In reply to Xandi5anders [2012-06-19 05:44:49 +0000 UTC]

lol well in a more extensive and stupid version, i had this universe crossed over with the canon universe so girl!sam ends the conversation by mentioning her overprotective brothers and then two deans and a 6'4" man!sam pop up not that samantha couldn't kick the shit out of anyone anyway. it's just funny to see them piss themselves when faced with the clearly superior bulk of a winchester man

definitely not castiel, just some random sleezy motorist

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Xandi5anders In reply to Dakt37 [2012-06-19 05:59:24 +0000 UTC]

Haha. Yeah, 3 clues into brothers (or a 5-some he does NOT want to get involved in. ) But I'm still amused at the idea.

Haha I think it was the hair that fooled me. Although, I'm glad that he's not quite THAT slimy.

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