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Description EDIT, 27.02.16: made church tower in last panel smaller, because it looked out of place.

New first page of Shadowless.

Not much to say about it.

The motorcycle is an 1894 "FΓ©lix Millet" with a five cylinder radial engine located in the back wheel. In real life it was the first ever to have pneumatic tyres and also the only motorcycle to ever use a rotary engine. Top speed is thought to have been 35 km/h (no functioning examples exist to prove this, and in RL production was very low).

Since the soldier is British, the motorbike must be a local requisition.

Also, the perspective in the last panel, with the church tower in the background, would be impossible - the spire is not visible form that far up the street, but I wanted to visually link this page with the next.

Also, the building on the left is the town hall for Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe, which in our world was constructed in 1913, so it wouldn't have existed in 1904. But hey, this is an alternate timeline anyway, amirite?

Cover is here: Cover

The next page is here: Pg2
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Comments: 11

cullyferg2010 [2017-12-18 01:11:10 +0000 UTC]

I've seen a picture of this motorbike and thought the idea of a rotary engine built into the rear wheel a great idea!

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Arianod [2016-02-27 18:57:14 +0000 UTC]

Ho ho ho It's starting!

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AoiWaffle0608 [2016-02-23 12:37:26 +0000 UTC]

Excellent intro!

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Willsormiston [2016-02-17 10:50:06 +0000 UTC]

It's great to see Shadowless up again!

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jailgurdnegative [2016-02-15 13:18:43 +0000 UTC]

wow, Good stuff. I can't wait to see more!! : >

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stevenoirproduction [2016-02-15 01:32:36 +0000 UTC]

This is very cool. I don't really know your tastes, but the sexy and exciting novel THE FLAME THROWERS might interest you. One of its inter-linked storiesΒ is about Italian 'futurists' joining the motorcycle corps in WWI.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flam…

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wingsofwrath In reply to stevenoirproduction [2016-02-15 09:05:04 +0000 UTC]

Interesting. I've heard of the book, but I didn't give it much thought, because the main story takes place in the 70s, which is not an era I have a particular interest in. Thanks! I'll put it on my ever expanding reading list...

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Ponentguy [2016-02-14 22:48:39 +0000 UTC]

Radial engine located on the back wheel... that is an interesting piece of tecnology!

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wingsofwrath In reply to Ponentguy [2016-02-15 09:06:33 +0000 UTC]

Which is exactly why I used in the comic. I like showing people new stuff, or, on this case, an old thing that very few ever knew about.

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sirrliv [2016-02-14 21:12:36 +0000 UTC]

Huzzah! Glad to see the return of this comic. I've thoroughly enjoyed the past few iterations.

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wingsofwrath In reply to sirrliv [2016-02-15 09:08:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'll hopefully be able to follow through on this.

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