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…
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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…
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…
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: You know, I think back then I was really nervous about giving speech bubbles room so that they wouldn’t overlap the art and overcompensated, which is why you see these panels that are maybe not zoomed in enough for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: I remember the purse X-ray taking FOREVER. I actually did a little research into what those machines see, and put the disassembled gun in there, mixed with makeup tubes, but also not being fully satisfied with how the effect[…]↓ 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…
Elliwiny: I’m still happy with how the tall panel turned out, actually. Sin killed it with the foreground plants. I’d also like to point out that there was a script note that told me to focus on Sara’s ass at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Sara’s face is the biggest reason I went back and revisited these early pages in chapters 1 and 2. I just sort of settled into a design I liked better as I drew her more and more! And her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Ah, the infamous blonde baron. I have a complicated relationship with his hair. I have a perfectly acceptable shorthand for what it looks like in these early pages, but as my style evolved it got harder and harder to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…