Red Monica Sketch (Patreon)

This month's sketch for Kaldonis (is it obvious by now I was trying to knock all the sketches out this weekend?) features the pirate Red Monica from the classic yet short-lived comic, Battle Chasers. I followed the comic at the time and was absolutely blown away. The artwork was amazing, and the fantasy setting and characters really set it apart from the other superhero-driven comics out there. 

So you can imagine my dismay when the seemingly incredibly popular comic started releasing new issues less and less until it simply disappeared. Word was that the creator, Joe Madureira, simply lost interest and ditched comics for a career in game design. Naturally I was crestfallen, and swore revenge. 

But Battle Chasers fans were recently thrown a bone in the form of a video game called Battle Chasers: Nightwar. Mr. Madureira is involved, and I hear it upholds the legacy of the comic well.  Of course, if the game truly wanted to follow in the footsteps of the comic, it would let you play it just long enough to get invested and then simply stop working and crash your PC. And you'd later find out that Madureira quit before it was finished so he could learn to play the drums or some shit. THAT would be quite familiar.