Level One.

Was reading this article on the cruel brilliance of the first level of Resident Evil 4 over the weekend. As someone who recently had to replace a lost copy of Resident Evil 4 last week and has been playing it again lately, I found this article rings very true.

I would never claim to be a gamer these days, as I neither have the time or the money for it, sadly. That said, I still have a massive soft spot for the Resident Evil franchise. Not that I’ve played any of the modern ones. The last one I played was when I bought a copy of Resident Evil 5 for this very laptop I’m typing on right now, and then soon discovered it wasn’t powerful enough to handle it. (Although I enjoyed the little I did play when I could get it to work.) The newer games seemed a bit too Matrix-y for me, from what I’ve seen. I also watched the fifth Resident Evil movie the other day, and just couldn’t get into it. I get the feeling the newer Resident Evil games\movies swapped survival horror for Matrix style leather outfits, high kicks and  unlimited ammo machine guns and explosions.

I’m also a massive fan of going onto youtube and checking out the mods people have done for Resident Evil games (Cammy White in Resident Evil 4? You’re crazy, internet... Actually, isn‘t Cammy also owned by Capcom? Plus she‘s a secret agent. Would it really be so weird to see her in a Resident Evil game...? probably.) I’ve also got a soft spot for Left 4 Dead mods too, even though I’ve never played it.

Babayka-Lives Message Board.

When I first started Babayka-Lives in very late 2013, the only comments I got were just bucket-loads of spam. To stop this ungodly wave of evil spam, and because I was also a little worried about spoilers from people who had read the graphic-novel getting posted under the web-comic, I turned the comments off. There wasn’t enough pages posted yet to really warrant any real comments anyway, so I didn’t feel like anyone was missing out. But that said, it’s not unreasonable that people might want somewhere online to leave their comments\thoughts. So with that in mind, I’ve started a Message Board for readers. After nine-months and 56-pages, it feels like the right time to open it up to the public again.

I’m just giving it a few months trial. I’ll try it throughout the remainder of 2014, and if it doesn’t get any action, or becomes unmanageable, no biggie, I’ll just delete it and we’ll reboot to how it was before. I’m gonna treat this new message board as an experiment. I am very aware that forums have been known to go bad (I.e. Spam, Trolls, etc) and have to be hacked off like a recently zombie bitten infected limb, but I’m giving it a try anyway. I’ve been thinking for a while it would be nice to have somewhere off-site where people can gather and intermingle. If it doesn’t get uses and it’s not something people want, I’ll just retire it in the new year.

So to sum up, if you’ve been wanting to comment on Babayka-Lives, or maybe interact with other readers of this web-series, here is your chance. Just head over to the web-comic and you’ll see there’s a brand new link in the header-bar. Follow it and click on the Babayka-Lives: Comments\Thoughts\Feedback thread and have your say.

Weekend Reads.

Here’s what I’ll be reading this weekend. Doing some homework, as it were.

Speaking of things to read over the weekend… tune into Babayka-Lives tomorrow when Julian’s bathroom attacker is revealed (I’m very aware that last sentence sounds a bit suspect…)

Low On Stock.

I was gonna title this week’s post ‘Bathroom Invader’ to reflect the nature of today’s Babayka-Lives page, but was a little worried as to what kind of online traffic I might pick up with a title like that, so I didn’t in the end. In this week’s instalment, is this the beginning of the end for Julian Webb?

I’m very pleased to say I’m almost sold out at the Del La Warr. A massive thank you to those people who bought a copy from there. Stocks are very low, so if anybody was planning on making the trip and picking up a copy, it may be a smart idea to go sooner, rather than later to avoid disappointment. Of course you can always get the Graphic-Novel online, too, if they have sold out by the time you read this post. You can still easily get a copy delivered straight to your door.

Back To The Dragon.

For anyone who’s wondering what I’m currently reading, I just had this massive Savage Dragon: Vol 1 omnibus come through the post today. I read some Savage Dragon back in the 90’s, and enjoyed what little I could get my hands on, as it wouldn’t come in regularly in my local comic book shop back then. He’s a character I’ve been meaning to come back to for a while now, so I’m very much looking forward to getting into this first book (which is a whooping 616-pages.)  This omnibus is actually black-and-white, and not colour like the actual comic, which suits me fine, as I’m more about the line-work anyway. If anything, I kind of wish more comics were in black-and-white.

No Answer.

For those of you who may have already read this week’s page from Babayka-Lives, you might have notices there’s a bit of a call back to page 29 in this instalment. Will Blake notices the underhanded games being played before it’s too late? Who will the Brides turn their attention to next? Keep reading to find out.  

Also, just a quick request to those people who may have been awesome enough to buy Brides Of Babayka the graphic-novel. If you have, and you enjoyed the book and feel like helping out, it would be amazing if people could leave reviews on the sites where they bought the book (I.E. Lulu, Amazon, etc, etc.) Any and all online shout outs and support is very welcome, and really does help greatly. A massive thank you to anyone who has, or does leave a favourable review. It’s very, very appreciated.

Show Some Love.

For anyone who missed this weekend’s page over on Babayka-Lives this Saturday, The party’s in full swing, and so is Julian’s bitchy streak. Are you Team Kevin or Team Julian? Or more likely are you Team Neither (that’s where the smart money would probably be.)

Please keep all votes as to who you would like to see be the star of my next Brides pin-up coming to this Email address. It’s also the address for anyone kind enough to wanna leave feedback, or ask any questions, etc, etc. I do promise to try and reply to all troll free correspondence, so don’t be shy and vote, leave feedback, or just say hello. Or if you have an deviantart account, you can simply ‘Note Me’ on there with your votes\feedback\questions. Also, if by some chance you’re a super fan and want to do something awesome like Fan-Art or maybe even Cosplay as one of my web-comic's characters, I would love to see them, so send any art copies or photos to my Email address, too, or via deviantart. Considering my web-comic is only nine months old, it’s probably way too soon to be getting any love from cosplayers, realistically, but after nine months and 53-pages, is Fan-Art really out of the question? Who wants the bragging rights of being the first person to ever do any Babayka-Lives related fan-art?    

I’m also thinking of colouring my Yana Selfie pin-up and sending out high-res, full US comic book size  copies to people kind enough to donate to the web-comic. I’ve been thinking for a while of doing something for the donators. Just a little something I can easily and quickly Email out to those kind people who support the web-comic, and I think this might be it. If you’ve been thinking of donating for a while now and like the idea of receiving an exclusive colour copy of Yana Selfie, drop me a line and let me know if that’s something you’d wanna have?