Thief of Virtue

As I had promised to ; I created a picture commemorating his feat of finishing his 'Thief of Virtue' comic. This massive undertaking of his took quite a few years to complete.

As one who knows what time and dedication is needed to complete such a work; I am impressed he saw it through to the end. Of all my time here on Deviantart I only completed one comic story of my own; based off TUFF PUPPY not so much Sly. (That being 'The Most Dangerous Blame.')

Dangerous Blame was about seventy-eighty pages. Connor's was well over four hundred by the time it was completed.
So congratulations on seeing it through to the end.
And to anyone out there ambitious enough to create their own epic fan comic; if you see it through to the end you earn my upmost respect for it too. For something as long and ambitious as 'Thief of Virtue' I see it as something I can relate to in wanting to see my own epic yarns coming to their conclusion while gathering my own fans old and new to be inspired by it.

So this pic's for you . I do hope you enjoy it! Congratulations on reaching the end. Best of luck to your future endeavors. :3
The beginning of 'Thief of Virtue' can be found here. You'll notice quite an increase in art quality over time as you read through it; which I recommend you do.


Anyways; the structure of the characters are as follows:
In the top tier we have the main villains of the story: Drake being the most prominent holding three crystals in his hand; with what appears to be Clockwerk to his left in the BG and his own dark alter ego on the right.
From left to right in descending order are Drake's main villainous henchmen. His own 'Fiendish Five' is you will.
Colonel Zahn in the top left; Lady Venom right below. Then to her right is Cesar Deroque, Kevin Turbo and Master Kre. Kre kind of became an after thought so sorry he looks like crap. XD Sorry Kevin's hand flashing the piece sign looked weird too. But I'm actually quite pleased how Cesar turned out. Lookit him dead center though. You think he's the leader. XD

At the bottom is the Cooper gang itself. Murray, Bentley, Sly and Carmelita. I had to add the Sly logo above them; there was empty space between them and the villains and it looked terrible. Guess I needed better planning. Well....At least it's a nice fitting center piece to connect them together. (I guess )

To the Gang's left and right are other allies/enemies that the Cooper gang encountered throughout the story while trying to stop Drake and his minions. Ice the red haired ninja squirrel and below her Vick Dodger who is Drake's Number 2. (Heh heh...Number 2. ;3) To the right is Director Dominic Taurus and below him the insecure (yet strangely well built) Eddard Grey...More commonly known as Ned. (In that description alone it almost seems like I described Ned Flanders. Sorry Connor. XD)
Taurus I was particularly proud of with that huge profile of his looking deep into thought. I say he's among my favorite designs of the fan heroes/villains used in the story. He really looks like he fits into the Sly universe.

But there you have it. :3 It was fun doing this project.

Oh....And for those who might want me to do something with their OCs, it all depends. I did this because for one artist to complete something like this is impressive and I admire that. There are other ambitious artists and writers out there with their own ideas. Showing your enthusiasm and dedication just my inspire me to make something like this too; particularly if it's a fan comic.

Sly Cooper, Carmelita Montoya Fox, Bentley the turtle and Murray the hippo belong to Sony.
Drake, Colonel Zahn, Lady Venom, Cesar Deroque, Kevin Turbo, Master Kre, Ice the squirrel, Vick Dodger, Dominic Taurus and Eddard Grey belong to