Tavakai

New style looks interesting so far. Looks like CO2's been modified somewhat, at least the feet.Also, I don't actually remember if I posted in your old topic--I remember reading your comics, almost posting, and then BZP went down; I'm not sure if that was this downtime or some other downtime.

Cool, it's back up. Which reminds me, I've had that Dark709 interview saved on my computer for probably seven or eight months and I haven't gotten around to listening to it.

Happy birthday!

I only have Four Swords Anniversary Edition. I've gotten almost through the second part of Hero's Trial, but I died on literally the very last enemy before the exit. XP

(Topic--this is where the actual epic is located)

Frequently Asked QuestionsWhy does it say "The movie" if it's an epic?This was originally going to be a movie. But then I realized it was going to take too long to do the whole thing in Flash, so then I decided to make it as a series of comics. But then I realized that would take too long. So then I decided to make it an epic. "Tavakai: The Epic" does not have as much ring to it, and let's face it, just calling it "Tavakai" would get confusing. And anyway, I did release part of it in Flash, so that gives me the right to call it a movie. :PWell, actually, to tell you the truth I'd probably swap the "The Movie" part out for some other titley thing, but I've kind of got a poster and a banner and 23 title images (for each chapter) that say "The Movie," and I'm not in the mood to change them all.I haven't read your comics before. Do I need to?No, although it would probably help you. Since this is the BZP Library, I was aware that there would be a number of people who hadn't read my comics, so I've tried to make it as friendly to those people as possible, by including a prologue and character bios. There isn't much storyline that even happens before this epic, so it's not really much to summarize. If you want to read the comics, the very least you would have to read would be this, this, this, this, and especially this one.Additionally, I did release some of the movie as comics. The epic will still cover those areas.Also, one thing I'll have you know is that this gets much better as it goes on. This story is pretty much a transitional phase of my comics--going from the old, stereotypical Artwork III premise of making comics in a studio, to a newer and more original thing that's actually plot-based.Other things I'd like to note: If the term "cameras" ever comes up, it's probably referring to the type of sprite kit that's used in the comics. This is a thing the ICC made up to explain the canonical existence of different kits--the RZMIK camera displays things differently than the Chimoru Omega camera, for example.=====Character BiosVakamaTK: Once a maskmaker, VakamaTK decided he wanted to leave Metru Nui and pursue a career in comic making. Once reaching Hapori Nui (also known as the Comic Land), he had mixed results, though overall gaining somewhat in popularity if not being completely mainstream. He has worked on cameras somewhat, mainly Chimoru Omega. He is red and gray, with a red Great Huna.Jacku: A Matoran who is inexplicably obsessed with destroying Apple Jacks. One of the characters VakamaTK had hired as a character in his comics. He wears a red Noble Ruru, and has red and lime green armor.Yoobye: A salesman whom VakamaTK hired as a character. He loves to rip people off. He is a brown-and-tan Po-Matoran who wears a brown Pakari.Grav: A result of Nuparu's failed attempt to clone himself, Grav is extremely selfish, and takes joy in the misery of others. He is not an evil character--he merely makes mischief now and then, nothing particularly evil. He crashed near VakamaTK's studio after being ejected from Nuparu's laboratory. He looks exactly like Nuparu save his orange Hau.The Seeker: This mysterious being has numerous powers, their number perhaps beyond comprehension. Little is known about his true nature, though he seems to have resided on the Hapori Nui for quite some time. "The Seeker" is merely a nickname given to him after he started seeking out new comic makers to send to the Comic Land--his real name is unknown. VakamaTK was one of the Matoran he brought over. He is gold and silver all over, and wears a golden Noble Mahiki.Bladeran: The hero from Meta Nui who wielded the Meta Sword against the wielder of the Meta Edge. The records of his quest have not yet been released, however. Beforehand, he had been a simple comic maker on the island, and formed a friendship with VakamaTK, each of them becoming permanent guest stars in the other's comics. He also loves to eat muffins. His armor is two shades of red, and he wears a red Hau.Hero100: A friend of VakamaTK's, from his days on Metru Nui. He came over to the Comic Land to start comics himself, but soon went bankrupt (after spending all of his widgets on salt and vinegar chips), having to move in with VakamaTK. He used to be a Matoran of Pineapples, but later had an accident with the Element Experimentation Zone in Nuparu Labs, which resulted in his element being changed to Duct Tape. He is now gray and white, with a mask that is a fusion of the Kakama and the Avohkii.Coleanuva: The second guest star to appear in VakamaTK's Comics (behind Velika), Colea became friends with VTK after a while, and was hired as a permanent guest star. He is native to Wava Nui.Gavla: A rising star in Hapori Nui, Gavla is known for his perfect balance of red and blue armor, as well as his remarkable ability to produce comics in a rapid fashion. He had an early interest in VakamaTK's comics, and the two became friends. He is another permanent guest star, and is native to Sy-Nui. His armor's coloring alternates between red and blue, and even his Hau has different colored sections.Gerlicky: A resident of Scrui Nui, Gerlicky is one of the most interesting comic makers. He has done much work with cameras--he has a few private cameras of his own (including the much coveted "Toon Kit"), as well as some very popular modifications to the Chimoru Omega camera, greatly improving the picture quality. He's had a few different series, and is currently doing "SpoofQuest!" which is a satire on comic making stereotypes. He is a Matoran of Plasma with blue, black, and teal armor, and a bright teal Ruru.Philbert: He's a comic maker who has also done some work with cameras. He is from Zola Nui, and has brown and orange armor and a red Great Komau.Jack the Magic Pirate: The emotionally unstable villain finally broke after envying VakamaTK's maskmaking abilities to the point that he accidentally injured himself. Fleeing his own maskmaking job (rare for Le-Matoran to hold, especially in Metru Nui where Matoran generally do not have a choice in thier career), Jack became a pirate and vowed revenge. It is also interesting to note that he does not remember his original name. Eventually, he managed to follow VakamaTK to Hapori Nui, and stumbled upon an abandoned castle, perfect for use as his headquarters. He is green and teal, with a green Noble Huna. He also wears an eye patch (resulting from his injury), and a pirate hat.(All other characters are either newly introduced or have minor appearances)---------Comments on Latest UpdateSo, I'm finally getting to releasing this. Good. Much of the story came to mind in 2008/2009. So anyway, the picture is just a collage of panels from throughout the series--much like Kahinuva has done, and largely inspired by him. These are mostly from the early comics, because that's most of what the prologue covers. For some reason I also stuck in a panel from the Haku340 guest star comic; I have no idea why. :PPeople who have been fans of my comics won't really be seeing anything new until chapter two comes out, though. Chapter one is fairly long. That's the funny thing about the chapters of this--I mostly just broke the chapters whenever I had a good cliffhanger, or multiple cliffhangers. Towards the end, the chapters get smaller. Banner

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(Review topic--be sure to check this for other information. Also, that's where your posts go, not here.)Also, my comics.

It began with a maskmaker. Or at least, the story told so far began with that maskmaker. It really depends upon which beginning you're looking at.The maskmaker, VakamaTK, lived in Ta-Metru. He was quite good at making masks, so much that another maskmaker, a Le-Matoran as it happened, accidentally gave himself a horrible eye injury in a fit of jealousy. Henceforth, that other maskmaker met ridicule and received the nickname "Jack the Magic Pirate." The name stuck, even used by that maskmaker himself, since he did not remember his real name. Humiliated, he quit maskmaking, instead deciding to give in to the name-calling and become a pirate--but that turned out to be another thing he wasn't good at.Some time later, VakamaTK began to be bored with maskmaking, and planned to go to another island to make comics. After a failed attempt to raise money, a mysterious being known as The Seeker teleported him onto a ship heading to The Comic Land. Once he reached his studio on the island, he began making comics and was quite successful. He made many friends in the business, and met a fairly large amount of guest stars.But Jack the Magic Pirate followed him. Headquartering himself at a large abandoned castle, the former maskmaker made several plots to take VakamaTK's life, but all that were implemented failed. Behind these, he had a somewhat larger plot--not to say that the others were a distraction, just that the larger one would take time to complete.It began as a simple side interest. He had heard of Energized Protodermis before--he came from Metru Nui, and just about everyone had heard the tale of the Toa's transformation into the Toa Nuva. Having almost no idea what the substance did, he set out to research it.It wasn't easy. Books on the subject were few and far between. He eventually gathered enough books, and came to find out that Energized Protodermis had more destructive potential than transformative.So he converted this side interest into another plot. If he found a way to submerge VakamaTK in Energized Protodermis, surely he would die--the chances were against him.But it wouldn't be easy. Most likely, the only way he could succeed is if he fired the Energized Protodermis at VakamaTK. He would need to develop a mechanism to carry out this task. As if that weren't complicated enough, he would also have to make it out of a substance resistant to Energized Protodermis's effects--and there weren't many.Finally, two years later, his plan was complete. He just needed an opportunity. When he lost both of his two minions in the same day, he realized he had practically nothing to lose, and decided to just go for it.Jack the Magic Pirate managed to corner VakamaTK in a locked room, then fired a strange silver substance at him from his mechanism.The wave that submerged VTK also took down the wall behind him, breaking open an entrance for his friends, who were desperately trying to get into the room. Fortunately for them, they were with The Seeker, who was able to create a force field to shield them from the substance, and later told the group that said substance was Energized Protodermis.

I've seen so many ponies since BZP went down, I just don't even care anymore. :PI love the saga folder. Back when I first read your comics, I saved them all so I could read them later (on a computer that doesn't have the Internet) and I had to save a copy of the first page of the topic too so I could figure out what order they go in. Thanks for changing the filenames to be in order!

I got mine about two weeks ago. I love it; the 3D works just fine for me and doesn't seem to give me headaches. Which is weird, because I do get a lot of headaches.Anyway, I got the DS Lite when it was about as old as the 3DS is now, so I thought it's about time I get a 3DS. Especially since my DS Lite has recently been not recognizing my game card and/or freezing at the "push any button" screen. I just wish I hadn't lost all my DS Pokemon games prior to White, or I'd be able to trade with myself now.

Tahu Stars. Would have been the Rahkshi (I have five Stars), but I never got a chance to get him.

Time Slip doesn't work for me; SPIRIT brought that up as a name for the Dataclysm (which was six months as well) and that's stuck in my brain ever since. The Awesome Vacation would be better.

I just voted that both were decreased by the downtime, but on second thought it was probably Bionicle's ending; it just didn't affect me for a while.

Kongu, over at McDonald's. My second was Tahu Mata.

Finished off my Pokemon obsession, got out of school, went on five ten-mile hikes and a twenty-mile hike (the latter of which left me sunburned all over the place), made about 20 comics, started school, and got a 3DS. And there's probably tons of stuff that I can't really think of right now. In short, life has been very very good without BZP, and I don't really expect to stay too long.

EDIT2: Sorry I basically disregarded those replies. Here we go:@Miy: Thanks!@Cal: That's okay. :)Okay guys, details of what's going to happen is over in my blog. I probably could have put it in this post, but then I can't conveniently edit this into more comic space if I need to without having a big speech stuffed in there too.So yeah, basically you'll get almost daily new content from me for about a month or a month and a half or something. Then, I have no idea what's going to happen; presumably I'll lock the topic and hopefully by then I'll be moved on to totally original comics elsewhere on the Internet. I really don't know if I'm going to make any Bionicle comics at all after the Norik Head one I'm making for two weeks from today. I'd probably be able to keep this up if there wasn't a revival rule, but since there is I'm probably going to have to get this locked or let it die or something after a while. But if I go out, it's definitely with a bang. And I'll do my best to provide the scripts/outlines for the stuff I had planned.EDIT: Also guys, just for clarity--This here comic is new.EDIT3: Okay, okay. So, I realized that the reason I was doing the back-to-back release plan was because I was so excited to get to what was coming later. Now that there might not be anything coming later, I could switch to two chapters and two comics a week or something; stretch it out some more.

I'm assuming he's retired; he'd been here a while.Also, it does say 20 days in Ziko's post.

COMICS CONTEST ENTRY:A Dark Deed1 | 2 | 3 | 4Full comic(>9MB, >15Kpx long)---EVERYTHING ELSE:Part of the International Comic ContinuityWelcome to TavKorp!We're not entirely sure what we've been bringing you, but we can assure you we've been bringing this kind of stuff to you since 2008!(I say "we" because that sounds like something a company would say, and if you couldn't tell from the title, this is kind of a pretense company I've got going here. I'll go ahead and use "I" from now on.)If you're someone who likes to read things in chronological order, you might want to start way back with my first series, VakamaTK's Comics, which can be found in the archive._{"Sweet! Seeing a new series from the first comic maker I ever read is definitely quite nostalgic. I'm definitely liking this."-Shadonix"Room with a Mahi is probably your most original work to date. It's thoroughly entertaining, and it has an interesting blend of reality and fantasy that keeps things interesting."-Nuparurocks"Tav, that was the best comic. Of all time."-Gavla"Now, this... this is the very definition of 'boss'. http://www.bzpower.com/board/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.png"-Dlakii"Words fail me to describe that level of epicness..."-Kahinuva"Nice job with the PowerPoint drawings. http://www.bzpower.com/board/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.png Looks very pro."-Darcsyde"I'm starting to like this series.Guess this is more proof I need to start lurking around the comics forum more often. XP"-Venom"Nice closeups, and the suspense has been built up very well. I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes."-Gerlicky"Tav, you impress me yet again with this. KUTGW."-Nuzar"Never stop being amazing at comics. Ever. They are most lulz-inducing indeed. I would high-five you but this is the internet"-Tapika"Great as always, of course, Tav."-Coleanuva"This series sucks and I hate you. http://www.bzpower.com/board/public/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif"-Tavakai"Genius. Absolute Genius."-Biocryptid21"Wow, nice job with the special effects!"-Miraka"I never read your stuff before, I'm terribly sorry that I missed out. "-Calvirick"And now, I am at a loss of words. Even after my sudden boost in Gimp effects, you're still far superior than me."-Bladeran}Miscellaneous Comics (Non-series)Christmas 2010: "Hazardous Season"_(Mirror) (Featured in The 2010 Comic Advent Calendar hosted by Lavaside Rahi!)Third Anniversary Special: Courtroom Chaos_(Mirror)Christmas 2011: The Ghost of Comics Past_(Mirror) (Featured in The 2011 Christmas Advent Calendar hosted by Kahinuva!)Multi-Author series--IN THE ARCHIVE--Noob War (currently on hold; these comics were made since then):An Aura of OminosityShark AttackTeaming up for AvdenchurzMini-series: Disregard Forums/Acquire Pokemans:1. Obsession_(Mirror)2. Philbert Saves the Day?_(Mirror)3. Escape Plan_(Mirror)4. The Plan is Foiled_(Mirror)5. The Mysterious Salesman_(Mirror)6. How to Catch a Pokemon_(Mirror)7. Everybody Loves Surfing_(Mirror)8. The Secret of the Closet_(Mirror)9. The Hazards of the 3DS_(Mirror)There are currently two running operations: A Room With a Mahi and Tavakai: The Movie (which is actually an epic). They are located below in that order.This was originally intended to come after my movie, but then I changed my mind because Liveswif was getting annoying and then my computer crashed. So I adapted the intro storyline a bit to sort of reflect my situation, and now here we are.BZP Comics Wiki ArticleChapter I: Procrastination and Crashes1. The First Comic_(Mirror)2. Murphey Enforces his Law_(Mirror)3. A Tale of Two Viruses_(Mirror)4. Procrastination is an Understatement_(Mirror)5. Three-Year Huna_(Mirror)6. The Interdimensional Nonagonal Prism_(Mirror)Chapter II: The Interdimensional Journey Begins7. Sprite Kit Alterations_(Mirror)8. Chimoru Omega III_(Mirror)9. The Gavla Your Man Could Make Comics Like_(Mirror)Chapter III: Role Reversal10. Emergency Stop_(Mirror)11. Gnue Yoark Citi_(Mirror)Chapter IV: The Conclusion (Abridged remainder of storyline)12. Bow to Your King_(Mirror)13. Operation: ContinuityKill_(Mirror)14. ROBOT ROCK_(Mirror)15. Reversal_(Mirror)--------Notes on the Usage of Other PeopleI will not take guest stars, at least not at this point. I may decide to accept guest roles at certain points, but I won't entirely open the floodgates (key word in this sentence is may--you might not even get that).PGSs may appear, but they will be decided by me. Mainly it's only going to be people I can pull into the storyline, and I'll forewarn you that that probably means ICC since that was its main purpose.Additionally, the only character that's going to appear consistently in this series is me, since that's how I've set the plot up.-----------------------You may also want to view the C3 2010 exhibit.For .SWF files (italicized), I suggest downloading Flash Player here.Part 1:Scene 1: An Unfamiliar Face (High quality version, but with music out of sync. If you want to see it with the music in sync but with bad quality, see here.)Scene 2: Watch Where You Step_(Mirror)Scene 3: Sunset of an Era_(Mirror)Part 2:Scene 1: A Few Calls_(Mirror)Scene 2: Nearing Departure_(Mirror)The remainder of the story can only be viewed as an epic. The epic is here; please post your posts over here though or I will be forced to report you to the authorities.Previews/banners/stuffs(Images here are only to be used as banners if a codebox is provided, meaning they have been checked to make sure they follow the Signature Guidelines and are intended by me for that kind of use)There is also a smaller size available for some of these banners. Just replace "bzpready.jpg" in the file URL with "downsized.png"--This may not work depending on the banner.

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AwardsMerely based on opinions of the posters, not based on any claims of my own. If you post an award, I will most likely put it up.(Era; Series within era)Sept. 2010 - Present; A Room With a MahiB 'n' BB Nui Comics Award (Byylan and BB246)Hand of Nova Award (Mayeur Donz)Exon(Reflum)'s Duel Awards (Exon)Feb. 2008 - Sept. 2010; VakamaTK's ComicsThe Bohrok Award (The Bohrok Lord)Coleanuva Award (Coleanuva)The Mercenary Award (Merc with a mouth-VV)Haku340 Comic Maker Award (Haku340)Arioski Comic Award (Arioski Master of Air)The I-Don't-Have-An-Award-But-I'd-Give-You-One-If-I-Did Award (VakamaTK)Chath's 1st Golden Award (Chath)Best Slowest Comic Maker Award Blade Titan974)The Argaraffe Cube of Awesomeness Award (Argaraffe)--Link expiredAmazing Caterpillar Award (Toaoflight01)The Official Forest-Town Commentaries Comic Award (E-123 Omega)Hope you like my stuff!

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