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can my oc rungus fortnite billiam IV appear in issue 32 please

it will amaze me if i can get to an issue 32 in my life

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When can I read it

I can’t really say when yet. I’m currently back in college and create interior art for the comic whenever I have the free time available to. If it’s any consolation, I wanna say I’m about halfway through TB #1.

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When is Thomas Beyond coming out? Can my OC be in it?

Beyond’s being worked on in my spare time, so I can’t really say when Issue 1 will be out. I’m illustrating all pages simultaneously, so that’s why it’s been so long. After TB1, I’ll probably just go page-by-page instead.

Beyond uses the Thomas & Friends TV series as the base for its world. Any unique or original characters introduced into it will be my own creations, sorry!

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Nevermind. They got him.

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Rest in Peace, Britt Allcroft (1943 - 2024)

Hearing about Britt Allcroft’s passing definitely stings and I offer my deepest condolences to her family and loved ones. Her work on Thomas shaped my childhood and remains as one of my biggest influences for my own artwork. Rest easy, ma’am. You’ve brought smiles to so many children’s lives.

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HE’LL LIVE

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i’m hoping some of you can maybe understand where i’m coming from

yeah making an oc is cool but have you ever fleshed out an obscure, disposable background character from a piece of media so much to the point that it’s effectively your own creation, say for their design or maybe even a name if you’re lucky

Is there a term for this phenomenon? I gotta know.

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This week has been going along rather SWIMMINGLY! (ba-dum tsh)

I’m all seriousness, things are alright. Since my last update post I parted ways from my job and I’m now in college again. Progress is very slow as the majority of my free time has been absorbed for my studies and artwork outside of the comic. I will keep you all posted. I never stop thinking about Beyond and I so desperately want to share my ideas and stories to the fandom. It lives in my head rent-free 24/7. I’m trying to get it out of my noggin, I swear. More to come!

-Maymay

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building up steammmm

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left my mark at work

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NEW TABLET.

I love it.

(He doesn’t)

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whipped up a james from memory

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touched-up an old low-res doodle of james i had lying around

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I have been presented with the opportunity to do the EVILEST thing.

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Thomas: Beyond! Lost Test Archive (2022)

So, I might as well share this. Back in 2022, I wrote a script for a hypothetical first issue of Thomas Beyond, and illustrated a couple of pages to get a feel for the art style I wanted. Sketches were done in Toon Boon Harmony and Inked/colored in Photoshop. Unfortunately, I wasn’t very satisfied with what I had made, and decided to rework the script and delete the pages I had already done. Looking back I really regret doing that, but I have a couple of archived screenshots (albeit VERY cropped) that I sent to some friends for their advice.

The Issue was titled “Mystery of the Mail”.

One night, Percy is tasked with his usual run with the mail train, retrieving Sodor’s outward-going mail for an express post train bound for the mainland. However, after dropping his mail vans off in their designated siding at the big station, he is shocked to find out they had vanished in the middle of the night, and the train had to depart the Island of Sodor without collecting them. While most initially assume it was yet another instance of Percy’s clumsiness, tensions grow even higher after Sir Topham Hatt reveals one of the mail vans contained a special delivery of stock meant for a bank. With the police beginning to thoroughly investigate the North Western Railway, and all of staff questioned, it becomes evident to all that the NWR fell victim to a train robbery. Percy is shunned by most of the other engines for being so careless, with some even suspecting he and his crew were somehow involved in the heist despite pleading their innocence. Percy is utterly distraught, and becomes a disgrace. Not one for wanting to see his best friend’s reputation sink further down, Thomas (with the help of his driver, Bob) vows to solve the mystery of the mail and clear Percy’s name.

Thomas and Bob’s mishaps and hijinks in detective work end up distracting them from their usual jobs on Thomas’ branch line. Sir Topham Hatt reprimands Thomas for his immaturity, and Bob for knowing better than to give into Thomas’ shenanigans. The next day, the two are tasked with assisting the Sodor Ironworks in dumping their molten slag (this is where the conversation in the first image occurs). During their stay there, Thomas and Bob discover that the Ironworks orchestrated the heist, having sent Iron Bert out to retrieve the cars. Bert’s crew stuck off the main line as much as possible to avoid drawing any attention from the signal boxes. Upon retrieving the vans, Bert flew the express headlamps to disguise himself as the post train in the dark. Edward comes forward and swears he heard 2 trains pass by his yard at night, adding an extra layer of truth to the story. The police grow suspicious and obtain a warrant to search the Ironworks’ premises. Sure enough, tucked away in a shed, the vans are recovered, with several crowbars pathetically still pried upon the completely-locked doors.

Percy’s name is finally cleared-up, and he is welcomed back by everyone. As for the Ironworks? Well, the manager was VERY conveniently not present the day the mail vans were found… or the day after… and the next one after that. Many suspect that he ether successfully fled the country, or those whom he had “connections” with caught-on that his mission had failed, and were the ones to “hold him accountable” rather than the law. Just one more layer to this mystery that may NEVER be solved.

I have issues with this plot. Everyone is so quick to dogpile on Percy, including Sir Topham Hatt. Also, while I do remember that Bob does butt-heads with Thomas a lot of the time in small dialogue bits, I feel like he DOES give into Thomas’ whole detective bit wayyy too easily. I characterize him as being a lot more level-headed and dry in order to bounce off of Thomas’ impulsivity and eccentricity. Also, bleh. Of COURSE the Ironworks are the bad guys! Who could’ve guessed that it WASN'T them after the moment they became apart of this? Also, I pulled the whole “The Ironworks may or may not have ties to the criminal underworld” way too early. I like that idea, it’s funny and provides a genuinely good force for our heroes to combat against, but idk. It came and went wayyy too quickly. I’m much prouder of the narrative I have going on now for Sudric Storm, I feel it’s a better introduction to the Thomas series in the form of a comic, and provides a much more enriching story for these characters to play around in.

Welp, that was a blast from the past. Hope you enjoyed! (Also, 14 hours? Thomas… that’s… literally nothing. That’s a pretty average amount of time for being awake on a given day, what??? Amateur.)

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You had tumblr maymay?

Not exactly sure what this is supposed to mean, but my personal Tumblr account (removed from Thomas Beyond) is @tidalskii. If you want to see what I’m up to when I’m not working on this, feel free to follow me!