Sincerely: Die Hard reference count: 1 If you know me, you know that Die Hard is a huge influence for me. I could give an hour long lecture on Die Hard with no prep time. It is also canonically Jack’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Ch.1 - Monday
23 comics.
Elliwiny: I really like how Sin totally nails this really specific writing… thing. I don’t know how to describe it. It’s the ‘I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel or what I’m supposed to glean from this in this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Sin really carried me on this spread, I’ll tell you what. So this transition page is the first of it’s kind, in that it’s an emotional transition instead of a literal passing-in-real-life style of transition. Sin came up with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Wow, I should give Atticus more hats. He’s adorable! Sincerely: It was a wig the whole time! Also he colored his beard. Nobody appreciates Atticus but he’s really the MVP of this whole comic. Too bad we never got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sincerely: We call this panel layout “the watchmen”. Elliwiny: I love ‘the watchmen’ panel layout for stuff like this. Before Opps, I did these flash cartoons where you’d hit the directional arrows to turn virtual pages like a slideshow. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Book 1 – Ch.1 – Pg.21
Sincerely: Like Elli said a bunch of pages back, there are a lot of transition pages like this to maintain the sense of space. I didn’t know how to write jokes yet but I think this bit is pretty good,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Machines seem to be one of those things that artists either love or hate drawing. I’m pretty ambivalent to them now, but I used to get really frustrated trying to render cars and guns – Luckily, this page is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: I would think that the smart thing to do would be to assemble the gun in the stall, but Sara thrives on danger. Public bathrooms definitely are one of those things that I didn’t think I needed a reference[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Hey, we’re introducing one of the most important characters in the book! I’m talking of course about the briefcase and the briefcase’s stunt double. I’m kidding, I love Vigi. Every time she interacts with Jack is a fun time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sincerely: Let’s talk carpets. Originally, the floor of the DuPré was just a deep red throughout but with Elli’s early compositions so open there was so much empty floor and wall space I decided pretty quickly to go back and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…