Well they didn't get this far in school on brute strength alone.

Hey it's an elite private school, mere thuggery won't get you very far.

it'd be hilarious if they had British accents too

Spice: Bloody hell, what the blooming hell are you talking about being hilarious with british accent.

<Nigel> Eh, Trust me on this, English accents are overrated.

Oh Rene! Why do you always get yourself in these kind of situations? More importantly how have you not died of heart attack by now?!

So good seeing the quad finally get some visual representation.

It's made an appearance before, but this is probably the best representation thus far. Someday I need to take the loose and rough sketches I have of the layout and actually draw it out, but I've been saying that for a while. (Hate drafting)

Is a quad a popular design for dormitories? The University of Houston also has a set of dormitories called the Quadrangle.

I think it depends on the school. My University has a place called the quad, they usually use it for events and such. Basically its a field thats between some buildings XD But in other places it might be the hang out place between the dorms and such...

The quad actually isn't in the dorms- its a part of the main school campus, an open, roughly square around surrounded by classrooms.

I was thinking the same thing, its kinda neat seeing the usual hangout visually.

"It's like a jungle sometimes makes me how I keep from going under."-Curtis Blow

It's tough.

Ah. Finalley something new from Tenebra.

Poor Rene. ;D

So true....
It's hard to be mean.

Nice.

Is Boris' quote taken from Tankor?

Tenebra is smart? Who knew that there was an intellecteual underneath all that pain...and fur.

She learned to read from college textbooks and she didn't survive as long as she did by being stupid. She's actually taking only the minimal number of battle classes at the school, the rest is made of up literature and philopsophy classes.

Her grades aren't exactly the top percentage of the class, but yeah, she's pretty bright.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle. G.I. JOE!

LOL ;D

I think you've been planning this one for quite a while, am I right? Anyway, everyone looks fantastic. Nice to see that not everyone quakes with fear when faced with Tenebra, or Boris for that matter.

Though you've got to admit, interrupting a Koffer mid-thought is rather low brow tactic for this level of intellectualism. ;>

Yeah I want to say this has been festering for about a year or so. Yeesh. It may be uncouth, but sometimes, you just don't want to waste the time explaining things... And proper decorum and protocol has never been tall, dark, and scary's strong suit ;)

reminds me of a scene in Conkers bad fur day where he comes across two evil teddiz doin the exact same thing, the result is the same too lol.

You know I never actually played that game, though I'll admit, this joke isn't exactly original.

Briliantly done. I love how Boris' smoke goes outside the panels.

Rene: WHAT DID *I* DO?! *Faints*

Haha! AWESOME! This is so great! Nice seeing Tenebra speak more than a line and get to show off her brain. And debating with Boris is so cool!

The cameos are cool. I also like Tenebra's pose in the second panel. And of course Rene just HAS to stick his snoz in....did they just not want an interruption in their philosophical debate or is it just too much fun to scare the pants off Rene?

Well when you get going on a discussion like that, you just don't want to have to interrupt things. Or maybe it's a little of both :P

Is Rene the PCA's favorite punching bag or what?

Rene: ....I need a new pair of pants.

Hehe sorry, but he just made the perfect straight 'mon for this :P

...Such an ironic term to describe him, all things considering. But yes, I can see that. Thanks again for using him! Feel free to use him anytime!

Rene: HEY!

<Fui> Kinky!
<Krissy> Does that mean that you're playing rent-a-vulpix now?
<Crys> Yay! I get him next!

Well, he's been Es's punching bag, so I'd say yes. XD

OMG! It's the Incredible Boris!

Excellent job, I love the switch from a debate to growls and snarls and back again! XD

HAHA! Tenebra is awesome, strong and smart, and poor Rene, always in the wrong place at wrong time

Ok, that was random yet awesome as well.

Poor René, he always seems to be on the recieving end of these things... Oh well.

Hehehe, perfect in so many ways XD
Tenebra proves her interest in philosophy, though I guess it requires the right audience to let it out. The two seem to compliment each other rather well, too.

This is amazing. :D And the cameos are great, too!

Wow, what did Rene do?

Heh nothing, but given his reputation for hugging, excitedness, and general spazziness, call it a pre-emptive strike on their part :P

Rene: HEY! It's those traits that make me lovable!

Also irritating for the more serious 'mon. ;)

oh I just have to ask, what "exactly" are they talking about?

Pokeslavian literature and philosophy, they have a class together =)

woah, they must be quite smart if they can debate over philosophy and literature.

At the very least, capable of reading, then comprehending and forming opinions on what they've read.

Really, Philosophy and Literature aren't that hard, most people just don't bother.

Of course anyone in the right mind would know Dystopia when seeing her :P After all that Char seems to be getting a lot more popular <_<;;;;;; HAH!

And homg I laughed so hard. Yes, do not be in the wrong place, at the wrong time and overhear something XD I've done it a couple times and had to slowly back away for fear of my own life because of the death glares :P

<Aziz sighs and goes to drag Rene off> Crazy fox...

Heh. Never saw this coming

I love how you did this comic. In this world, dark pasts are (almost ) left completely behind, making the fact that she's a shadow pokemon completely irrelevant.

Out of all the sides I've seen from Tenebra, I like her bookish side the most, but I'm still hoping she has an artist side buried somewhere deep inside her as well.

Oh, and one other thing I'd like to ask:
With all the characters and backgrounds, about how long did it take you to draw and color this page? What program(s) did you use?

I'm trying to see if I can match your coloring style and timing myself using GIMP to see if I can produce similar color jobs in a reasonable time frame, for future PCA work.

It took a while, the little cameos were rather meticulous to draw and color. I use Photoshop to do the coloring, the lineart is done by hand.

What tools in Photoshop do you use to do the shading after filling in the basic colors? Airbrush, Burn/Dodge, or something else entirely?

Little of both, depending.

...I honestly wish I could think of a better comment than "great work". Perhaps it's because I'm trying to focus on the big words and not on Rene.

Scratch that. My mind must be slow in starting up today. I gotta admit, the swap in moods and situations is pretty funny.

This was seriously funny - And I especially loved the cameos from other people's characters!

Yeah, I noticed them too.

It just adds to the funnyness of it ^v^

Stormy: Don't break the vulpix guy he's fragile!

Love it.

Heh, awesome. I have NO idea why Addison is sitting next to Dystopia of all people, but hey, it works.

Heh heh; don't mess with the philosophical ones! Especially in deep thought.

And gee, is that who I think it is sitting under the tree? :P

Indeed, too wrapped up in his DS to notice what's going on in front of his face :)

What's more dangerous than a thug?

An intelligent thug.


Not saying that these two are thugs, because they're not. This pic just reminded me of that. I have no idea where I heard it from sadly.

It is nice to see more sides to their personalities than breaking things and scaring people. XD

Guess it goes back to that whole not judging a book by its cover thing.

Bwhahahahaaa! This is too funny! Also <3 the cameos! Love the dress you put Krissy in! X3

Junko: Poor Rene.

<Riou> Who knew Tenebra was into philosophy? And it seems that Boris-sama's sense of humor is coming along as well.

Will miracles never cease?

XD Clever

A clash of Titans

Besides lovin the expressions, Its great to see more sides to Tenebra and Boris's personalities.

I see sum Raichu hotness in the background. ;D

Yes, yes you do =)

Very awesome!

Heh... when it comes to hidden intellectuals, it'd be amusing to seeing Lina walking by and adding to this conversation...

<Lina> Tenebra, you're seriously overlooking Dustovsky's impact- he was far more widely read than his contemporaries at the time, and while your argument that his thesis wasn't terribly original or well-written might be valid, he has a more significant on the culture at the time, hardly classifying him as "Trivial". Why do you think Stantlovich bothered to summarize him in the first place?

Funny, very funny. Why do they have to pick on the poor vulpix?

Oh well, either way good work, glad to see some PCA stuff, again.