Hey! We’re back, mostly.  This is the first ever Clockworks guest strip, supplied by Syhd.  I drew panel 1 and added a bit of photoshoppery at the end, but he wrote and drew everything else and really brought a touch of humor and absurdity to the world of Clockworks.

Sir Wilhom Bloodbourne is a long standing part of the setting, he made a brief but memorable cameo in New Dawn and has been a background element ever since.  Last year, I wrote this about him:

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Sir Bloodbourne

Sir Whilom Bloodbourne was the world’s most famous monster hunter, once.  He was the star of 27 novels, 16 audio plays, and was portrayed on film 5 times.    In his day he was a larger than life hero, travelling the world in search of great beasts to slay and crowds of adoring fans to share his tales with.

Following the Accordance War, public opinion turned against Bloodbourne.  It was revealed that his earlier adventures contained not only the exaggerations and tall tales that many had believed them to hold; but outright lies, fabrications, and entire adventures that never happened.  As public support waned, his old friends and business partners turned against him; culminating in Bloodbourne’s former bodyguard Benicio Tactence’s scathing tell all autobiography.

In his later years, Bloodbourne fell to alcoholism and bitterness.  He was known to show up at small town public appearances surly, violent, and drunken.  He died in a hotel in Vano in 235 NDE.

Following his death Bloodbourne’s legend has seen a bit of a resurgence; not as a master monster hunter, but as a legendary showman, charlatan, and brilliant businessman.  His daughters, Violet and Marianne, inherited the remains of his estate and have worked tirelessly to restore their father’s good name and fame.  His books are still widely available in second hand shops, and Violet’s biography of her father is to be released next year.
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Syhd’s Bloodbourne comics will run occasionally, whenever I need a day or week off.  He’s already at work on the next Bloodbourne comic, a two parter that I find hilarious and awesome.

My plan with guest comics is that anything that runs in the main section here will be canon.  The Bloodbourne comics get a bit of leeway, since he’s not exactly the most reliable of narrators.  But the idea is that anything that shows up in a Bloodbourne comic actually showed up in one of his books.  The Bloodbourne strips will also give you a peak at places and events that may be important to the story later on.  I think you can already tell a bit about Paravo from this page.

If I ever have anyone else do a guest comic, it will work in the exact same way.  I’ll act as Executive Producer, and make sure that whatever they create fits in to the Clockworks story and world.  I could theoretically see a guest comic centering around Agent Thorn or the Friends of H or any number of our villains.

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Anyway, hope you enjoyed the first of Bloodbourne’s adventures.  We’ll be back to our heroes on Tuesday.