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Second Most Dangerous Bookstore picture in color.Here you can better see one of the robotic dalmatians, described in Fahrenheit 451. Granted, I think my design is slightly less intimidating than Ray Bradbury intended.
I wish I could make it an ongoing character, the idea of one of those horrifying, eight-legged monstrosities loping around like some dumb, happy family pet brings me no end of joy.
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I'm glad you thought to add those dalmatian spots. It's a detail that's hard to get across in a book without constantly reminding the reader about it, but the symbolism of turning traditionally-faithful firehouse dogs into something sinister just seems more powerful with the spots added. Good work!
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hey is that a high caliber machine gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
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Le gasp. The colors, so rich. The Lines so crisp and clear; the bookstore owners' professional clothes so suave (though the red eyes did make me scratch my chin contemplatively)... this is such a delight!
The hammerspace pockets, while never 'real', have a great sense of verisimilitude. The bookstore has a great mahogany feel that feels more like a gigantic public library - something I've always adored.
What's that device in the lower-left?
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"Le gasp."
Very cute.
Hammerspace.
Never heard that term before. I'm guessing it factors into some obscure British science fiction show, or fantasy novel series. One of the problems with having a vivid imagination is that so many things I think up have already been done. If I was less honest I would try and pass it off as an homage,
"Sure I meant it as a tip of the hat to that pretentious British science fiction show with the bad acting, turgid pacing, and amateurish production design that you apparently like for some reason." 
Molly (The owner) has pink eyes, being a little white mouse.
Cassandra (The clerk) believes it is her divine right as a cat to sun herself in the window of a bookstore and claims that Molly's store chose her as it's cat in some inexplicable celestial fashion.
Despite the fact that local males are quite enamored of the sight of Cassandra sunbathing in the store's picture window, Molly takes considerable issue with the idea of a cat lounging in her shop. Realizing over time she was unable to get rid of the feline, she put her on staff.
As it would happen, Cassandra is a former superspy, and adept at all forms of armed and unarmed combat. This fact becomes apparent during the first weekly ninja raid on the bookstore in which the wily cat dispatches the assassins who were seeking a forbidden tome.
Finding the ability to gun fight, knife fight, and kick box, an asset to a store constantly under siege by book thieves, ancient cultists, and rogue literary figures Molly decides to keep on Cassandra. Although she may have to invest in a spray water bottle to keep her from sunbathing in the window.
The robot on Cassy's bask is on of the killer robot dalmatians that served as firehouse dogs in Fahrenheit 451. It totally loves Cassandra, refusing to return to the copy it escaped from. I'm thinking about having it have puppies.
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You had never heard of Hammerspace before? As an animation and animanga afficionado, I figured you would have heard of it. [link]
Oh, as an avid reader, the very concept is both adorable and fascinating! It has many mysteries and many many intriguing concepts. I would -love- to stop by. I wonder if they sell graphic novels?
The anthropomorphized 'cat and mouse' is a very cute idea; much more true than a lot of other visualizations. After all, to a cat, what purpose do we serve other than to provide for our feline companions?
Heh, I envisions Cassandra happily snoozing on a warm computer monitor, soaking up the sun in the display, or trying to find a comfortable way to nap on top of a warm, floating space probe.
In short, it seems very cute. I do love the reference to the robotic dalmatians; it looks a lot more benign than my prior visualization when I had read it.
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Well... that's different. Perhaps I should read that book finally.
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Do it fast, before they try and make another movie. Could you imagine what Michael Bay would do with the concept?
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Exactly. She has a nigh-infinite arsenal hidden in the pockets. She hasn't figured out how to get a tank in there though.
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Haha! What an unusual character! Freaky and funny at the same time. You must have quite an imagination. For some reason instead of a library, this looked like a bakery to me, no idea why. Maybe it's time for me to get a snack eh? :/
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Oh man, the cast of Read Or Die (both the TV and the OAV) would have a field day in this library!
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