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From:
Daniel Murphy
Hello there! OUR RESPONSE...
Hi Daniel!
Sorry it took so long to get back to you. Hopefully, my shout out on [last] week's commentary was able to tide you over until I could reply to you properly. First of all, thanks for the compliments! We do our best when it comes to the craziness we put into each weekly dose of The Draconia Chronicles, so it's always great to hear that the work we're doing is paying off. So, how exactly did you hear about us at Katsu? Were you able to swing by the table in the Alley and say hullo to our artist extraordinaire, Danny Valentini? We've found that we have quite a large following of folks who are into anthropomorphic roleplaying, so I think you'll find yourself in a nice fold. Now, on to your questions! The origins behind female vs. male population in The Draconia Chronicles is a bit fuzzy. The original concept was Danny's, as his original direction was to just do pin-up calendars with female tiger and dragon warriors in different poses. Over time, the calendar series acquired an ongoing storyline by another writer to accompany each year's release. The original stories didn't really address males on either the dragon or tiger side, as at the time there wasn't a real need. Enter me. I took over for the calendar storylines and wanted to address the concepts of males in the Draconia Universe. What Danny and I thought would be cool would be to try to show two developed societies that differed greatly from they way our world developed. We're used to males and females developing and going through life in a certain way. I wanted to do it differently in the comic. So, the idea was to make male dragons more like regular dragons as opposed to the humanoid females. Male dragons are intelligent and wise, but serve only like a council of overseers. The female dragons do all of the regular living, fighting, loving, and dying in their lands. In contrast, the females of the tiger race are definitely the dominant gender. There are male tigers, and they do possess intelligence, but they serve more as companions and mating partners. Plus, they are shown in the more traditional form of tigers that you see every day (you can see evidence of this several pages back in the current story arc). One of my reasons for doing this was to show a contrast between how males exist in the tiger race and how they exist in the dragon race. I'm all about comparisons and contrasts when I write. Our other goal with this direction was to accentuate and put emphasis on the idea of strong women in comics. As for the not-hitting-girls policy... that's an admirable point of view. I can assure you though, these girls are tough. Their way of life is very different from ours. They're warriors. The "no-girl-hitting" policy just isn't a consideration for them. No worries, though. All our women can hold their own pretty well. That's all I have for now. Thanks again for your e-mail. It's always great to hear from a reader, whether it be an old fan, or even someone who has just started reading our stuff for the first time. In the meantime, keep rooting for the tigers, and we'll do our best to keep giving you reasons to come back each week. Thanks again! -Donnie
Sturges
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