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The year is 2022. The ice caps are long gone. The world is a watery grave for most coastal and low-lying cities, and the land left has been decimated by Warfare and stripped bare by the remnants of humanity. This was caused by a cataclysm in the year 2012, (called the “Event” by survivors), predicted by the Aztecs centuries earlier. The temperature of the planet is an average of +35 degrees Celsius, and the oxygen level in the air has been reduced drastically, with kelp and ocean-based plant life maintaining a barely breathable atmosphere. Over time, the survivors of mankind have fled to the only cool areas left on earth, and many have migrated beneath her oceans. Entire cities have been relocated to undersea environments, in order to escape the wrath of the sun and the creeping of the seas. Most of the struggling submerged communities have died. Survivor scientists tried in vain to replace the icecaps and to make their watery cities work, only to learn that man needs air and light. After eons of evolution moving away from the water, mankind is being forced back into her depths.
Precious commodities of 2022:
Technology that is self-reliant or solar powered.
Trees and plants of any shape or kind.
Fresh water; rain collectors and filters
Replenishing, energy-based weapons
someone mentioned popping this onto there 24 inch monitor. I was alittle ahead of the game and have been reading this on my 32 inch and man does it look good. There are loads of details that I was missing. Certainly worth the effort for those with larger monitor options.
Daniel, I could sit and stare at some of these pages for days.
One of these days I need to pop this open on the 24" monitor and just bask in Daniel's colors.
Great to see this being updated again. Outstanding art on the newest pages too. Can`t wait for more.
Things are starting to pick up in an awesome explosive way. The armor designs are really kick butt, but do they have auto targeting? Since the chick got a headshot without looking (which was cool by the way.)
AWTHUM!
Hell yeah! Now this is some hot action scenes! 65 was energized!
65!
SWEET HEADSHOT.
Excited to see what is coming up from the depths below. Lovely pages with great actions!
Thanks for a great story man, this is so much better than Waterworld and she's a much better sight than Kevin Costner.
Some great action scenes here. And I'm glad Jack Daniels survived the 'pocalypse... :)
Better and better. You are really doing some dynamic stuff man. I love it.
Awesome! Definitely cool to see that last page after watching it come to life on livestream.
Great interview guys.
Great stuff, Dan! And thanks for doing this interview with me.
Hey, Azure fans, make sure you check out this interview with Dan. He gives some great process tips for digital artists.
Check it out here:
http://www.tylerjamescomics.com/2010/01/comixstreet-recap-3
Re-evolve – Thanks so much man!
JFx – Thanks Juan! I really appreciate it :)
robberry237 – Indeed! It’s all mapped out and I think it has some pretty crazy twists and surprises along the way with some pretty pictures to match :) The world in this season will definitely be expanded upon, and this season will really explore the characters more. As to the gaming/animation slant – mmhmm – I always thought a story of this nature would do well in those arenas. We gotta get together soon, mate. Thanks for the nods Rob!
Zero-Optix – Thanks Z! On all fronts and for all the support man :)
zsabreuser – yup! This was one of the livestream panels I did a while back…and now you get to see where it fit in. :) The next update …I’m all giddy for it to go live…
icelander27 – He he – yeah McAllister and his Kings from the 30 characters 30 days challenge!
Bagelman – haha! I got a sweet spot for Sienna myself, these days.
I'm not sure who I'm in love with more... the bad guys, the good girls, the bad girl, or Artemis.
Ah yes....we finally get to meet the Burger Kings bandits.
I remember that page on livestream! Sweet work Sauldan
I sense some boatsplodin' next page!
I am so glad this is going on for another run. I really cant wait to see what happens. sorry for the late reply. I really enjoyed the paint techniques. The story is always what i like to read! I could see this being a cool animation..
keep up the great work Daniel!
Don't worry, Dan. You'll get to all those places.
I've spoken to (and drank with) Dan on many occasions people, and there's a lot of really intriguing density to this story as he's relayed to me. Not just the beers talking, mind you. AZURE came to Zuda with the goal of having deep story and world-view density that could spin easily into the gaming and animated feature world. Dan is a smart cookie who thinks about where comix these days can go.
Seriously. Watch the backgrounds and the clues in dialogue. There's allusions here to a big back-story with just enough beautifully rendered artwork to make you want to look deeper.
I miss NIGHT OWLS, but I'm happy to have a new regular favorite bringing me back to Zuda each week.
Isn't that what it's all about?
-Rob
Hey Daniel I love this man, amazing work :D
Love the new pages man!
Oysterboy, hankthemac – Thanks guys!
Ru – I appreciate it :) Next Tuesday…he he he – you’ll see. ;)
SamLittle – haha! Thanks Sam :)
BlaqueSaber – haha – yeah I wish I could do more faster, however, I’ve the day job :) Thanks for keeping up with it!
dmon – Awesome!
cloverfish – Thanks man! Things will be getting interesting soon…
Dwight L. MacPherson – Thanks Dwight!
J9Naimoli – Thanks so much :) I can say with certainty…the next screens are better…
icelander27 – he he he:) Thanks!
Celw – Thanks so much for the kind words! You’re asking all the right questions, and the answers are coming. :) Thanks again for all the support!
NeutronCrush – I wish! Every Tuesday mate :)
tonytrov – thanks man!
TheDood – he he he :)
SuperiorAssassin – Thanks for the nods! And yes, we shall get a taste of things that have changed over the last year...
coffeehousecomics – Ha ha :) Thanks! As to the two pages a day…I wish! As to Remmy – indeed! Can you figure out the other two?
ptimony – haha!
michaeljasper – Thanks muchly and I’m keeping an eye out for Maps as well :)
robberry237 – Thank mate! Yes big battle indeed…And yes, I’m hoping that Season 3 happens. Oh the places we could go…;)
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRAVO, Daniel! Chapter 2's new screens looks BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I look forward to what happens next. :-)
Beautiful new pages, my friend! Excited to see where it goes from here.
Lookin' good, Dan! Anxious to see where to story goes.
YEA ^_^ Outstanding! I had been waiting for this and I'm blown away. COOL BEANS.
AWESOME!
The only issue? I don't get 8 screens to kick it off this time :(
Woohoo! More Azure pleases me!
Beautiful Beautiful pages!!! So exciting story telling as well. Looking forward to read more pages.
AHHHHH....YES!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome back Dan! EXCELLENT pages!
Good to have you back, buddy. It seems we're pushing ahead to the big battle stuff this season, but with a little hole in the continuity for future (back-dated) stories. Excellent choice on making the narrative flow.
So "Sienna's" ship is named Callisto and "Viridian's" ship is named Artemis.
Good references that I'm sure you'll flesh out later. Hopefully, in Season Three, we'll find out what took Sienna so damn long to respond to the distress call. And why she's got Rembrandt paintings on her wall, of course.
Looking forward to more...
-Rob
Sweet! So nice to see some new pages of this comic, and I'm looking forward to the upcoming battle. Welcome back!
yay!
If you keep getting better you're going to explode. Is there a chance we can get two pages a day sir? ;) (Also, is that a port of Remmy I spy in the bg of page 61?)
Excellent Updates Dan, I can't Wait for more.
Is there going to be any reference to what happened during the year ahead jump? I am sure there is a lot missed that is tied to the plot line.
Yes, yes, yes!
Pretty amazing.
Awesome new pages Dan! When is the next, update? Tomorrow? ;)
Dan, you continue to rock.
Love the beginning: The details like artwork hanging in the ship really help make the world of Azure real, the bit of a chuckle in a tense moment gives the page depth, second page goodness with set-ups like "..claimed that easily" and "let's go turtle" get me turning the page, and where the hell IS Sienna, any way?!?
Nicely done, mate.
twotimingpete – Thanks Matt! Your latest sketches and pages are looking insanely good and I’m still holding out for another season of Gulch!
grizzlywilliam – Merci! Wait till you see what’s in store the rest of this month…
StrokerX – That was me last night when I was walking the dog…frigid. Lol!
Rodrigodraw – Thanks mate!
JohnnyZito – Thanks Z-face!
despaule – Thanks so much :) You’re too kind, and for your kindness, we at Zuda offer you only better pages - 2, every Tuesday!
zsabreuser – Thanks man! I’m in good company on Tuesday’s.
Elae – Thank you!
Foz – haha – Thanks! We gotta work on that jam piece man…
CausleyConcepts, TiMrozek – Thanks fellas! You warm my soul.
Bluescale – Awesome! I will do my best not to disappoint :)
Badger – haha – You nearly made me blow tea out my nose :) Right on!
TheFarLander – mhmmmm ;)
PaulMcKinneyart – Thanks Paul! I appreciate all the support man.
Michaeljasper – Thanks so much! I promise more of the same and the next 3 updates should drop some jaws :)…at least that's the goal.
TheProf – Thank you for the kind words :) I really appreciate it, and to put my lowly comic in the same realm as Dr. Strange…Wow!
CA3 – Happy holidays to you as well and glad you like things so far.
TheFarlander – That is awesome! Fav’d!
Reflex – he he, I’m working on the more part!
slowmoejoe – haha Awesome! I do a little jig whenever they go live myself. :)
zerocalcare, NeutronCrush – Right on ;)
oysterboy – thanks! The good Zuda graphics guys did a bang-up job!
Go Turtle!
epic.
glad to see this is back -- congrats on the success, dan, you deserve it. new pages look fantastic.
Wow, looks great! Azure rules man! Look forward to this installment of 60 new pages.