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A monthlymanualdevoledtoteachinjhow toIemntodraw lhe ROBOTECHTM animated caftoon characterw and fiqhtinq craftln anintellkenland easy to understand way. Each Irysue w' illcoverong ormora characters ordevlces from each ofrhe three majorslorylines lllat

m ake up th@ RO DOTECHTM saga. Each stofyline willix f/atufed in fotation. Issues 1 througb 4 willfocus on !he M ACRO SS characters,issues 5 thfough 9 willcover1h@ SO UTHERN C BO SS charactefs and i ssues 1o thfough 12 will coverthe N EW G EN ERAYIO N cbaractef%. Issues 13 through 24 willrepeatth@ rotation lxaminin: new materialfrom each storyline.

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N O VA

SA T O R I

B O W IE G R A N T

Rank:LIEUTEN AN T

R a n k : P R IV A T E

Age:19

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Nova isoneofthe highestrankingw om en in the elite G lobalM ilitary Police.She is attractiv e but m aintains a hard outer shell.She is a good soldierwho goes by the book.Herdevotion to ideals causes her to betray friendships in order to rebuild a society outofthe ashes ofthe RO BO TEC H W ARS.Nova is envious of Dana Sterling and considers herto be a

Younger brother of Claudia, Bow ie is sensitive and softspoken.He is a som ber

rival.Herjealousy stems in partfrom her

C orps and is generally a non-com balant. He is close friends w ith Dana Sterling. They face m any dangerstogetherand he Iooks atherIike the oldersister he never

stern dissapproval of D ana's care-free attitude and fun Ioving disposition.Nova

has the thankless job of trying to interrogate the captured RO BOTECH M ASTERS Bioroid, Zor Prim e. T his situation proves to be the greatest challenge ofherlife,

young m an w ho m eets M usica (a R O BO T EC H M AST ER cIone) and becom es infatuated w ith her and her m usic.He isconstantlytrying to com e to grips w ith his heri tage,com pared to his older sister w ho has less di fficulty

adjusting.He isa memberofthe Signal

knew (Claudia is with the original RO BO TEC H DEFEN DERS after their

climactic battle wi th the Zentraedi).He likes to com pose songs and because of his talent he w ins the favor of M usica.

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piece. This will give you a greqter ability at draw ing the characters,flrst from m em ory and eventually from im agination, in any pose or situation you choose.

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