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R.P.M. Rapid Performance Machines: Intro Page 2

Published May 17, 2011 | By Brent E. Erwin

We’d already started developing the RPM mythology and main story when the Free Comic Book Day opportunity came up, which posed an interesting problem — with the main story focusing on a new RPM recruit, how could we feature him in an RPM short without either forecasting the main series or sidelining our hero? The answer: focus on the other team members, before our hero joins up, and give new readers a taste of RPM action and the RPM/Scorpion rivalry without giving away anything from the main story. This story is a kind of prequel, using HR is a pivot character to move from the Mega-Mini Islands Race to recruiting a very special new RPM member when the main story begins… Continue reading →

R.P.M. Rapid Performance Machines: Intro Page 1

Published May 17, 2011 | By Brent E. Erwin

Buckle up, Buttercup! We’re off to the raucous races, jumping right into the middle of RPM continuity with this special six-page adventure that first appeared in Ape’s Free Comic Book Day 2009 offering, Cartoonapalooza. After we rock through this RPM Primer story, we’ll be starting the comic proper with all-new material in a few short weeks! In the meantime, meet Prop (our stalwart speedboat pilot, RPM’s undisputed queen of water racing) and Junker (the slovenly brute of RPM’s rival organization Scorpion) — in the middle of the Mega-Mini Islands Race, and locked in mortal combat! In the desperate race for alien artifacts scattered around the earth’s surface, Junker has beaten Prop to the punch — will he blow her to the bottom of the ocean as well? Continue reading →