Elliwiny: Sin and I call this 11-12 panel setup ‘the watchmen’ and sometimes it’s just the thing. Sincerely: It usually goes something like, we’re looking at the beats and we’re realizing it’s gonna be a bunch of panels and then[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sincerely: Jack knows immediately what happened. The smart thing to do would be to let it go to voicemail and shoot off a text to your co-conspirators. But dang it, antagonizing the wannabe detective is just more fun
Elliwiny: The real lucky break is that jack was one punch away from a free sandwich, which now belongs to Vigi! Sincerely: (Don’t look at Jack’s left forearm in panel 3)
Sincerely: I love Elli very much. She’s a wonderful artist and storyteller but I’m gonna put her on blast She cannot, to this very day, handle asymmetrical accessories. For the rest of the book, whenever Jack is in short sleeves,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Vigi…….. hanging out in the planters makes you MORE suspicious……
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…
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: Come on Jack, you’re going to be murder-voguing at some poor guy’s cell phone at the end of the week. Baron’s selfie habits are harmless! Baron kicking Atticus out of the selfie will never not be funny to me,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Sin and I agree that front loading all this exposition adds some friction to readers who are just starting out, but my real regret is all that empty floor space. We could have had more room for some more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…