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Skin deep comic6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Blessed with Suck: Debated within the comic itself.Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: The Momo (Missouri Monster) makes an early appearance.Axe-Crazy: Myra's first appearance is as a Jason lookalike in a haunted corn maze.Abandoned theaters, roadside attractions, and themeparks.Lorne hypothesizes that it's because music is something a Mythical can make/perform regardless of what they are, and without drawing any attention to themselves. A large amount of Mythicals are musicians of some sort. Compare the First and Last page of the orientations arc. Art Evolution: The author started the comic using traditional sketches, digitally colored by now, it is entirely digital.Ambiguous Gender: This angel is giving Eustace and Myra a hell of a time.Alt Text: Starting with the second chapter of Exchanges.It just has to be "long-lasting" and "hardy"). Subverted in "Illumination." Not only do we learn that the Sphinxes invented (and made) the medallions, we also find out how they were made - the Sphinxes cast a spell that binds to the hard object (it doesn't have to be metal. ![]() Strong Magic" when Tony asks about medallions. And in any event one doesn't need to know how the medallions work to use them, any more than one needs to know how a cell phone works to make a call. Jim implies that there is an explanation for how the medallions work, but it's been lost to history, and is over the heads of most of the people who use them in modern times.Invoked almost verbatim when Michelle asks Jim about some pointed questions about the Fridge Logic involved with the way medallions supposedly work, particularly the Magic Pants, though Magic Pants significantly understates the effect when you consider that Jim's true form is something like 14 feet long and Michelle's true form is a quadruped without hands-two points Michelle raises when she questions Jim's off-handed assertion that the medallions just provide illusions.A Wizard Did It: the medallions that allow mythical creatures to appear human:.Jon Lyon likewise appears to be trying to play it the straightest but his anger management issues won't let him get away with it either.Paulie Finn appears to be aiming for aloofness (at least as far as Jim and family tradition are concerned) but neither Jim nor Colin lets him get away with it for long.Ike Sanford is a solid subversion: His mum may drive him to distraction but he clearly loves his little (half) brothers. ![]() Not to be confused with the hilarious Blake Edwards comedy movie of the same name starring John Ritter. In between the main chapters, there are multiple "side-comics" and spin-offs: Fiddler's Cave, The One-Eyed Bear, Ridiculous Creatures, Nixie Spit, The Bugbear Talisman and Kill Them With Kindness. and to search for clues to the mystery of The Sphinx. Illumination takes the Missouri Crew (Michelle, Greg, and Merial) to England to meet Jim's family. Taking place at the same time as Orientations, Reunion returns us to Anthony, and how he's faring in his new reality. Greetings From Dogpatch takes us on a slightly off-road trip with the angel Gabe as he (or she) investigates the events of past chapters. Homecoming returns to Michelle as she returns home with Greg to try and explain to her mother what's happened. The first chapter, Orientations covers newcomer Michelle's discovery that her new college roommate and friends are all mythological creatures, and how she deals with it when she learns that she's not only one herself, she's a rare, powerful, and some people seem to believe, dangerous one.Įxchanges, a prequel to Orientations, circles around Anthony and Blanche, best friends from Liverpool, UK, as well as Jim, one of the characters in Orientations, as he prepares to go to school in the States, and various other characters in the Liverpool Avalon. They often live in or near "Avalons", hidden places for them to act as themselves. (New readers, start here) Mythological creatures are real, and disguise themselves as human using magical medallions. Skin Deep is a webcomic created by Kory Bing. Unknown to most of humanity, mythical creatures have lived under the radar for centuries disguised by magic, developing their own culture, and generally just trying to live a normal life. ![]()
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