Spoilers for Regular Show, I guess. This month’s Near Hentai Monthly Lady is Natalia, a one-off minor character from what seems to me like a pretty important episode. This episode aired deeper in the series than I ever watched (I don’t think Thomas was even introduced by the time I stopped watching), but I’ll try and summarize what I’ve gathered. Thomas was introduced as an intern at the park, playing a supportive role for a couple seasons. He was then dramatically written out by revealing he was secretly a Russian spy named Nikolai who had infiltrated the park to steal American park-making secrets for Russia (which is still the old communist regime in this world, so they can parody 80’s action movies). Natalia is his partner and part of the reveal, being originally (briefly) introduced as a love interest for Benson. So that’s the story behind this pic. I have no idea if Thomas will appear again in my work, but if he does I’ll probably stick more to the Thomas persona he had for most of the series and not bother trying to write him with a Russian accent or tag him as Nikolai (although we already have a character from Pocahontas tagged as just Thomas, so he can have both names in his tag). Natalia can just be Natalia, though, since this is how most of her runtime in the series is.

With this post, NHML nominations for the month of July are now open. For those who don’t know, I’ll run down the rules real quick. Nominations are limited to one per person. You can nominate any female character you want, provided I have not drawn her within the past calendar year (though I prefer characters I’ve never drawn, period). Previous NHML winners are not eligible for a second time. Nominees must also not be from the same franchise as this month’s winner, Regular Show. If you violate any of those rules, I’ll let you know, and you can nominate someone else. I know it can be hard to keep track of these things. You may nominate by either commenting in the cBox, commenting on this post, or emailing me (Nearphotison2010@yahoo.com). I’ll compile a list of the nominees in the sidebar of this site, and then on July 1st I will use a randomizer to select the winning character who I will proceed to draw sometime that month. I look forward to seeing who you all nominate this time around!