So…I can’t help but have noticed a considerable number of new names popping up in the comments section under Greg’s post about trade paperback options a few days back.
We appreciate the feedback that we get from our readers. We discuss the things you say about the comic in our weekly phone calls, and, speaking personally, it brings a smile to my face when I see that one of our regular commenters has checked in almost as soon as the latest strip has gone live.
But I’ve also been thinking about the silent majority, the vast number that I can see, via various analytics applications, read the comic weekly, but who don’t leave comments. I’ve often wondered who you all are, where you’re from, what you’re up to, how you found us, what draws you to the world of the Aether, etc.
Since some of you have been coaxed from the proverbial woodwork by the trade collection discussion, I thought I’d take the opportunity to ask you to share a little more about yourselves, either here, or on our Facebook page, where I’ve just posted a topic to which you can respond. Regular commenters: feel free to respond as well!
We look forward to (virtually) meeting all of you!
I’ve commented once or twice. Been a big fan of Greg’s from way back in the day when he wrote a Batman novel. And ever since that fateful day, I think I’ve read pretty much everything he’s written, give or take. So, y’know, here I am.
Last year at this time I was in Boston finishing up grad school, but I am currently living back home in Omaha because finding a decent job has proven to be quite difficult these days.
And while I continue my job search I write about comics at a tech/geek website called DontHateTheGeek.com. (I know, I know, but I didn’t name it.)
I am currently listening to Trent Reznor’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack.
I can definitely empathize on the job situation. I’m sort of on the market myself this year, but haven’t had any bites so far. That may just give me some extra time to finish my dissertation, though, so I’m not panicking quite yet. Good luck with it!
I’ve managed to avoid Facebook. Are you on twitter?
I think I got here from Lovecraft is Missing. I’m not sure what I’d do without webcomics & I’m glad to find another good one. I hope you keep it up as long as you enjoy it.
We are indeed. I’ve just sent a Tweet your way.
Found out about this web comic from the interview Newsarama did with you two. After catching up, I quickly logged into Second Life, and told the Steampunk community that I’m a member of, Steelhead, about this comic.
Someone commented about how Drake looked similar to my avatar, but my avatar has a goatee, slight point to his ears, and is a Lycan. But they both carry a badge.
Hey, I’m Ryan, a fairly recent fan of Greg’s stuff, started with Queen and Country, discovered on an RPG.net thread. Seeing him (and this Burchett dude is pretty cool too) writing a /webcomic/ is like Nirvana.
I’ve found this web comic via http://unlacethevictorians.blogspot.com/2011/08/bringing-sharp-edged-sabre-to-steampunk.html and stuck around because I like the story as well as the style of drawing. I’m not quite sure whether I like the comments describing the scenes. They tend to confuse me, as they don’t always seem to fit, so sometimes I read them and sometimes I don’t.
I’m from Germany, just finished my diploma in physics and am now looking for a PhD-position – which is what gave me the time to start reading new blogs and webcomics in the first place.
French reader here.
Enjoyed your run on Wonder Woman, following Lady Sabre through Netvibes.
Found the comic following a link from The Beat, or Bleeding Cool, can’t remember.
As for the comic so far, I’m still waiting for a better look at the world you built and the plot. The characters are still a mystery to me. Who are they, what do they want. I expected the book to go faster to the point, being a webcomic.
I may put it in the backburner for a few months and come back when the the story will be more advanced.
The fact that there is two different set of characters for now, without a clear link between the two, doesn’t help.
Long-term fan of Mr Rucka’s comic work, so jumped on this as soon as I heard about it. Maybe War Rocket Ajax mentioned it? That seems like a plausible route, at least.
Thirty-seven, British, Londoner, work in software QA.
Hi. The trade discussion was my first comment here, but I’ve been reading from the start. I found out about the comic from one of Greg’s discussions on Word Balloon.
I work in Server Support/Programming/Business Analysis for the last 6 years. Before that was college followed by living in Japan for a little under a year.
I tend to gravitate towards Mystery/Horror/Western/Crime comics. But really any comics with something new to say and a good story to tell get me excited.
Found out through Warren Ellis’ site and through the Whitechapel community. I added it to my GReader right from the start.
I’m an engineering student form across the big pound called Atlantic Ocean and I write comics whenever I have the time and opportunity for it.
I had not heard of Lady Sabre until a couple of weeks ago and this is exactly how I got here. I found the Far West RPG through Kickstarter; one of the writers on the upcoming FW short story collection is Eddy Webb; he mentioned Battlepug on Google+; I checked out Battlepug, enjoyed it, and followed a link on that page to Lady Sabre, which had me from the first sword fight on an airship flying through the aether.
I read a lot of webcomics. Well, I should probably be careful how I say that, as there are lots of people that make me look like a piker. I keep up with three or four dozen comics.
I honestly have no idea how I heard about Lady Sabre. Probably a sidebar ad or a comment somewhere that caught my eye. I like getting into a comic early. I like airship pirates. I like redheads. Subscribing to the RSS seemed like a no-brainer.
Howdy! I currently call Ann Arbor, MI my home and it is from this place that I self-publish my own comic strip online called “Tales of a Checkered Man” at http://www.thecheckeredman.com — currently I am toiling away on next week’s strip.
I read about the launch of this comic from some comics site (Newsarama I think) and checked it out because I was a fan of Rick’s work.
What draws me to the strip is it’s nostalgia factor. When I read LS&PIE it stirs up warm, fuzzy feelings of Alex Raymond, Milton Caniff, and Hal Foster adventure strips. More so, the comic is just plain fun and a pleasure to read which is a combination I don’t find much in many of the comics I see in print nowadays. I must also add that I really love the care and attention put into the beautiful website and the fun extras which help develop a distinctive atmosphere for the comic. Bravo!
Good morning, lovely!
I don’t remember how I found about the strip–probably through one of the many steampunk communities I’m involved with–but I’ve been been reading since near the beginning and have even pimped it to many of friend. I’ve even suggested one friend should do a hall costume of the captain for a convention.
My background lies in the performing arts as I am a burlesque performer and producer out of the Seattle area. My interests are far more diverse than just taking my clothes off. I also enjoy photography (from both sides of the lens), art, movies, dancing, acting, and programming modern analytical engines.
Yes, the Timeless Trollop of the Gaslight District is also a geek, or, as I like to say, a burly nerd.
xoxox
Miss Violet DeVille
I’m Michael May. I write for Robot 6 and love steampunk almost as much as I love stories about ass-kicking women.
I can’t recall how I found out about this, but I’ve been reading since page one….Anyway.
I’m from México, and like others here I have my own webcomic about a P.I. in Guadalajara.
I enjoy Greg Rucka’s work before, and I really like your art.
I’m suscribe to the RSS and it makes me happy to read a new page
Hi!
I’m from Italy, a big fan of Greg’s brain. And fine arts, too, so I’m in the right place.
I came early, thanks to a link on Twitter, subscribed to rss and had better mondays/thursdays (plus extra dispatches) since.
Hello! I’m in Baltimore and am currently trying to decide if I should wipe my work computer’s hard drive or not. I’m thinking not.
Also, I found your wonderful comic through The Mary Sue (http://www.themarysue.com/greg-rucka-webcomic/). I was impressed have just kept coming back.
Hello all,
I’m Katrina (you can call me Kat) and I’ve been following Greg’s work for… a long time now. (I realized a bit ago that he’s the one who got me back into Batman after a few years…) I’ve been reading this since the beginning.
I’ve been working for 11 (!) years at the World Largest Online Retailer, which is every day frustrating and exciting. I’m reading American Sniper. I’m not listening to anything in particular right now but am appreciating the The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack as well
I cannot wait for March so I can start watching the Sounders again.
Once upon a time a friend put a copy of Gotham Central in my hands, and I’ve been a huge fan of Greg’s ever since. I’ve just bought Private Wars for my Nook and I’m bouncing at the opportunity to read it. I’ve been following the comic since day 1, when Greg first mentioned it on Twitter.
I’m a paleontologist and a teacher, British by nationality but currently living in New York.
This is tremendous! Thank you all for commenting so far, for just saying hello. I’ve kind of made it a point to avoid looking at the site metrics, so the comments mean everything. Sincerely, thank you for saying hello, for introducing yourselves!
G’day all,
This is really cool, being able to read about fellow Lady Sabre fans!
My name is James Carter, I’m a Kiwi currently living back and forth between Canada and New Zealand.
I discovered Lady Sabre through Chris Sims’ article on Comicsalliance.com and have been reading since day one. I have become a regular commentator, fan and supporter. My dream for Lady Sabre action figures gets larger with each new page.
As I hop between countries myself and a very talented artist have been working on a new crime comic. I had originally intended on selling it digitally but am now leaning more towards producing it as a webcomic. Hoping from land to land means I’m not able to collect comics weekly so in the last year or so I’ve begun reading, and appreciating, quite a few online comics.
Creator owned comics is where it’s at!
Fan of Greg’s since about 2000. I read Whiteout #1 on Oni’s site and have read everything his name has been on every since. Soft spot especially for Whiteout, Q&C, GC The Question (Vic and Renee) and Stumptown. Following his website and twitter lead me here. I don’t sleep so well so every Sunday night and Wednesday night after midnight I refresh my RSS feed to see if LS has been updated. I’m only getting to Greg’s AK novels now and they are fantastic. I don’t do the forum thing too much so I hadn’t thought of commenting until the Trade talks. I love LS and I love Greg and Rick finally working together again.
First introduced to Greg’s work through a friend of mine (who goes by @D_Ops on twitter, so you know what sorts of stories he likes) some years back. Been following his stuff then. Heard about Lady Sabre through, I think, Greg’s twitter. I live in Madison, WI. Enjoying the webcomic, thank you to everyone involved.
I’m not exactly sure how I started reading Lady Sabre. A dim memory says it was mentioned in the TOR newsletter or something like that. Or maybe Twitter. I’m enjoying the comic, but I don’t usually comment when I don’t have anything to add.
I think I have commented before. I’m in Melbourne. I only read about 10 web comics (and only 4 or so paper comics), and I wandered over hear from The Abominable Charles Christopher in time for the very first page. I decided to RSS it. I like it so far. Swash, swash, buckle, buckle! The Pegasus is really beautiful.
I’m from Nova Scotia, Canada. A few years ago now I happened to pick up the first Queen and Country definitive edition at my local bookstore. The next day I went back and bought Vol. 2 and 3. Since then I’ve read anything by Greg Rucka I can get my hands. SPOILER *** I’m still pissed you killed Natalie! *** Anyway, I found my way to Lady Sabre after reading about it on Newsarama and have been hooked every since. Monday’s and Thursdays can’t come fast enough!
Hey there, I’ve commented once or twice but am mostly silent. I’m Brian and I live mostly in Philadelphia right now (with some time spent back at home in Elizabeth, NJ). I’m a librarian who is looking for steady work and I write about music for a website (for free, its fun as heck). I first heard about the webcomic because someone mentioned that Greg was writing a new webcomic, I’m a fan of some his floppy comic work and the plot drew my interest as well. What keeps me reading is the way everything combines; there is clearly a complicated world/mythology and Greg does a great job with the subtle worldbuilding. There is great dialogue and though its still early on I feel like the characters are on their way to being developed awesomely. The other thing that keeps me reading is the art, it is truly beautiful and I look forward to it each Monday and Thursday. I only read about 6 webcomics regularly so my tastes are pretty picky in that regard; this one might be my favorite!
Read some of the creators’ work in the past, but linked over from an early glowing review at ComicsAlliance, back when there were only a couple of panels of comic, and a lot of background pages, released thus far. I trusted the ComicsAlliance writer’s enthusiastic judgment, agreed with his assessment of earlier work, and happily came over to read those first couple of pages. Been reading ever since.
In related news, my gaming group has been doing a Space Pirates kick for a few years now. The game is much more variant-real-world historical and variant-real-world astronomy, with Georgian England and Versailles France expanding into the Asteroid Belt “isles” and meeting John Carter of Mars-esque Martians and Venerians and Jovians. More space-military-fantasy than this series, but it’s fun to compare and contrast how the game and this comic handle pirate ship operations, the nature of the Aether, occultism, and politics.
Well, I’m a lurker, not a regular poster, but I really like this project and I sure hope you can publish it as a HC or TPB with the additional world information you have on the site.
I think I found you through some add in The Beat, but not sure anymore. Glad I did click that banner
And now I must start getting all your previous works, of course!
I’ve been following Lady Sabre from the beginning, when Greg first twitted about it. not sure if i’ve commented before.
I started following Greg because of his Batman novelization of No Man’s Land. I think I’ve read something or other else by you but don’t recall it off the top of my head. In any case, been a fan for a while.
I live near Philadelphia.
I’m a lurker as well. I’ve been letting the archives build up and read the series in chunks as that is how I like to read my web comics.
I’m lurking from Ottawa, ON where I’m a mobile application software developer which is just a fantastic job. I learned about the comic from Greg’s twitter stream and I’ve been a fan of his comic and fiction work for quite some time.
I’m yet another lurker. I’m Alan, I’m Irish and I’ve been a fan of Greg’s stuff for a few years now. I started reading after Greg talked about the comic on War Rocket Ajax.
I was watching a CBR TV segment with Mr Rucka talking about the new Punisher series (great series by the way) and I heard him mention this web comic with the cumbersome title. I got into Rucka initially with Detective Comics, then Batwoman. These led me to Stumptown (I really hope he revisits Dex some day) which I loved.
So now I’m a fan and thought I’d check this out.
I live in Australia and my LCS has an awesome collection of creator owned books so I’m gonna jump on Queen & Country when my pocket tells me I can afford it! Something tells me it’s gonna be good.
There’s more Stumptown coming, I promise! “The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case” should be out later this year!
Thanks for checking us out, Adam!
Hello! I am also one of the many that migrated here from Whitechapel. I am 37 and currently living in Dubai. My wife recently got a great job here and it affords me the rare opportunity to not have a job for a while so I am thinking of going back to art school and possibly start an online comic in the future. Within the past year or so, I have rekindled my love for comics and especially online comics. What makes this comic so special is the fact that you actually show the script to every page at the bottom. I for one love to see and understand the creative process and I especially appreciate the art lessons Rick provides.
I’m an Alaskan grad student in Canada and I have always heard great things about Mr. Rucka’s work. I got here by following a link, though I can’t remember from where. Either Comics Alliance or another webcomic. I’ve always loved the idea of space pirates ans steampunk-inspired settings, so I had to check this out.
Hey, been a fan of Rucka since I discovered the second run of Checkmate (confidential to Rucka: NEED MORE SASHA). I don’t actually recall how I found out about LS&tPotIE. It’s possible that the act of Rucka writing something simply summoned me across space and time.
What attracts me to the project is the fact that Rucka is writing it. I’m really enjoying the art as well, especially getting to peek behind the curtain and see how the artist interprets and even improves on the verbal descriptions.
What I like about Rucka’s writing is his handling of characters. In a perfect world, that would be all there is to it; in this world, I especially appreciate his handling of female characters. He treats them as characters, full stop. That that is remarkable is sad, but a credit to Rucka nonetheless.
Alas, I suspect that Sasha will not be seen again, certainly not in the DCU as it exists now. She’s been somewhat retconned out of existence, I think.
And yet if I ran everybody at DC over with a zamboni, somehow [i]I’d[/i] be the bad guy.
In all fairness, there are many, many people who would leap to that zamboni’s defense….
Found this website through an interview Greg did with CBR. I’ve been a fan of Greg’s work since Gotham Central. Renee Montoya is my all-time favorite character.
Anyway, Greg writes great strong women whether they’re in law enforcement, super-heroes, or spies, so of course I had to pick up his foray in steam/aether punk.
Rick’s art is pretty kick butt too and was an added perk of following Lady Sabre.
Looking forward to a Lady Sabre trade and more Stumptown in the future!
I’m from the Baltimore, MD area and am the co-author of a very popular set of Stemapunk miniatures gaming rules called, “G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.”
http://www.bucksurdu.com/Buck_Surdu/G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T..html
I found Lady Sabre through a sidebar mention on the Battlepug webcomic.
I’ve really been enjoying what you’ve done so far and look forward to where you’ll take us in the future.
I heard about this at the launch on Gail Simone’s board. Since Batwoman : Elegy is one of my favourite trades ever, I had to come and read. Never commented before though.
I’ve been a fan of Rucka’s since Gotham Central and Queen & Country. I was strangely a latecomer to his Wonder Woman run, for all my love of that character. I discovered Lady Sabre when he announced it on twitter and jumped aboard at the first opportunity. I’ve commented once or twice here (and interacted a bit on twitter). I’m based in Northern Virginia and always loved airships and pulp adventures.
Sorry for the late post, but I only check in here when there is a “chunk” of story for me to read all at once. I’m a librarian who likes to read both books & comics, and I live in Miami. Lady Sabre is one of the nearly thirty webcomics that I subscribe to through Google Reader.
I’ve been a big fan of Mr. Rucka’s work since No Man’s Land, which led me to his novels. One of my wife and I’s most memorable convention moments was the 2002 MegaCon (Orlando), when he talked with us about Wonder Woman for a full fifteen minutes and told us how much he would love to one day write her.
Sadly, I have yet to meet Mr. Burchett at a con, but I was a huge fan of his run on Detective. To my shame, back then I was the silent majority that did not write in and voice my support for the two-toned art process that caused uneducated and (I suspect) poor smelling fanboys to crab and whine. I humbly apologize.
The idea behind Lady Sabre is certainly one that I would normally be intrigued by, but any webcomic by Messrs. Rucka & Burchett is a must-read for me.
EM
I tripped across this webcomic because my husband bookmarked it under his favorites, and I’m very much a sucker for steampunk and strong female characters so I was hooked from the start! So far I’m enjoying the story greatly, and I’m smitten with the artwork for this series. I love a good detailed background, since it adds a lot to the atmosphere of the world, and this webcomic definitely nails it.
As for me, I hail from Ohio, work in theatre for a living (!) and my interest in steampunk manifests itself in the jewelry I make as a side hobby. (I <3 old wind-up watches!)
Thanks for telling and illustrating this great story, I look forward to reading it to its conclusion (or forever… whichever comes first)!
Welcome!
Been a fan of Greg since Detective comics. Have since read and own pretty much everything he’s published.
Met Greg virtually on his old message board and then later at Comicbloc. Met IRL at Wizard World Boston and several NY Comic Con’s and been in regular communication since then.
I like to say I’m his biggest fan but I’m sure that would not go undisputed.
Anyway, love the site and will continue to support it for as long as Greg and Rick feel like doing it.
Hello again. I’ve commented a couple of times, but haven’t seen the need in recent weeks since you clearly have your vision under control.
I do wonder at the clear direction of gravity in the aether, but that must be one of the mysteries that exist. It causes the scientist in me to wonder “what is down there?”
To add to my comment, I am a retired staff scientist at U.C. Berkeley and have been a “world-builder” for thirty years or more.
Rick and I have an ongoing argument about this, actually, which is another way to say we don’t have consensus yet. Unfortunately (or not…), a lot of the visual elements were decided upon before creating a justification for why it looks the way it does (ie, “that looks neat! Let’s do it!” “Ok… which way is down?” “LATER!”). We’ve bounced about different theories, and there have been quite a few times while writing where I’ve had to ‘put a pin in it’ on one idea or another, because I’ve yet to justify it enough for myself.