Sleight of Hand is now mirrored on ComicFury at http://sleightofhand.cfw.me/.
Sleight of Hand is a Fallout: New Vegas fancomic about a package courier and his bodyguard. It can also be read on Tumblr at https://sleights-of-hand.tumblr.com and DeviantArt. Happy reading!
Content warnings for gore, swearing, and big, BIG bugs.
little thing about Sun, advice he's had from other people in his life about other things, and his conflict about Lanius
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Christine, herself another victim of Dean Domino, felt guilt for further desecrating Vera Keyes' memory by stealing her voice. While Sun, remembering the legends of the Khans haunted by ghosts' past, was wary of Vera's holographic visage. Together they decided there was only one thing they could do.
Two-hundred years after her death, shrouded in silk linen and wrapped with trinkets and symbols of her life, Vera Keyes was finally laid to rest.
don't spread yer gills like that boy
Please tell me more about the wattled donkeys I love them
OF COURSE! ! I have been waiting for this moment FOR MONTHS.
Wattled donkeys in my Fallout Fan lore are beasts of burden common in the NCR, often used to transport supplies to the war front. They’re also exported into the Mojave through the Crimson Caravan, making them an increasingly common sight among Nevadan farms and pack routes.
These donkeys differ from the feral burros endemic to the Mojave in a few ways; first and foremost, they’re domesticated. Their demeanor towards people is much more clearly that of a companion or work animal; they’re not shy, and they’re not too spicy. They like apples, to be pet, and to pull on people’s pants legs and drool on them.
Second of all, they have funnied faces.
Wattled donkeys have flexible, inflatible, trunklike noses that attach loosely to their upper lips. Inside are complex organs that help them filter out particulates like sand, dust, and hair before they can get to their lungs. This is an adaptation that helps them respire normally during high-effort hauls through sandy, stormy desert terrain. Their trunks can squash and stretch to help them grab onto things, and when it’s cold or they’re guarding something in their mouth, they often ‘scrunch’ up tightly to their face.
Wattled donkeys also obviously have... wattles. Their wattles are large, fleshy flaps that run from under their chins to just above their chest. These wattles are full of fatty tissue that accumulates toxins and radiation. Wattled donkeys are not born with their wattles, but rather develop them over time specifically to ‘capture’ contaminants that enter their bodies. Mojave predators unwise to this rarely strike farms again after taking a wattled donkey, because this organ is pure, concentrated poison.
Lastly: Wattled donkeys have PIPES.
They are capable of truly extraordinary volume. This, mixed with their fearlessness and general tendency to act as if they are beyond the reach of death, makes them very desirable as livestock guardians. The bellow-bray of a wattled donkey is so ferocious and surprising to Mojave predators (and cattle-thieves) that most turn tail then and there.
They truly are just sturdy, brave, loud, poisonous little horses.
Straight up forgot to post this somehow! Pardon me!!
Here are two Artfight attacks on @thedumbasscourier of his oc's Rattler and Zac doing a little trick training with their funny dogs, Babydog and Cooper.
WANG DANG ATOMIC TANGO
What’s your dog comic and can I read it I am so curious
It’s called Cry Havoc! It’s about a livestock guardian dog in conflict with wild canids that share the prairie with his flock. It’s public, but still early in the story.
I’ve kept it separate from my Fallout stuff because the themes and genre are sufficiently different, and because it’s obviously not fandom related work.
I have a launch post I’ll link below including content warnings. It’s a talking animal story, but some of the themes are a little much and in particular themes of scarcity, persecution and death are important to the story. So if you check it out, please be aware of that, and read the content warnings of the launch post.
Timidly leaving this sketchy concepting art of my Dog comic guys as Fallout comic guys here and frolicking away.
hey! I wanted to say that I absolutely adore your work. I've been enjoying your comics for years now and will continue to do so for a long time.
your art is so emotive and conveys the world through image so well, even the really tricky stuff like sounds and dizziness etc. it's super cool and every time I reread them I always notice some other little trick and it blows my mind how effective it is every time.
thanks for sharing your art somewhere I could find it, it's made me a better artist myself and had given me comfort and excitement when I needed it.
also the characters and story are super well written.
anyway hope you have a good day! thanks :)
- Newcomer (but not really anymore, for awhile now)
Thank you, I really appreciate it! And I'm glad you've enjoyed the read so far. 🥺
It's kind of whacky to think that I've been working on this comic for almost half a decade, I've grown a lot as an author and an artist and I appreciate what this project has taught me.
Without it, I don't think I'd have the confidence or ability to tackle some of my newer projects.
Thank you guy reblogging my comic page by page because it is making me want to post again. It’s working. I can feel it working.
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i could make you care
Outside help
Yes/no
A bit late, but I'll be busting out some yeehawgust drawins so im all caught up =]
Day 1-on the road again
Day 2- greener pastures
I hope you like em =] reblogs r appreciated
this year's fallout themed attacks for artfight !
1 & 2: Mohave, and then Nick and Lucky for @sleights-of-hand 3: Jacko and Dani for redstickman5 4: Rosaurio for @khanartist 5: Cecelia for @newvegascowboy 6: Sun for @papakhan
