I had written a bit where Todd walks in to the room catching Sai Fen still in the water bubble, but on thinking about it I decided it didn't make much sense that Sai Fen wouldn't quickly floop that water bubble back into the tank before calling the human in to chat about war crimes.
Thought about having Selkie speak to the image of her mother in tensei, but it would look weird to have her dialogue translated while the image's isn't. Plus it makes more sense to me that she would be excited and default to the language she's been primarily using for the past three years instead of switching gears on-the-fly.
Lineart on this one is complete crap because my scanner isn’t working, so I had to take a picture of the drawn page with my cell phone. It makes a compelling argument for going back to computer-inking, I tell you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An early draft of panel 4 was a dream sequence bit I cut out from a much earlier point in the comic. In that original draft, Plo Quar (her mother) shifted to a 1930s cartoon style complete with big white gloves and noodle-arms, gave Selkie a left-handed salute while saying, "So long, Screwy! See ya in Saint Louie!" before jet rocket flames erupted from her feet and she blasted off into the dreamscape's stratosphere. It's a really fun idea, but I think a simpler rendering distracts less from what the imagery suggests about Selkie's inner thoughts.
Oh man, yesterday was a blast! Saw U2 perform live. They put on an amazing show! – – – – – This is both the first official introduction of Todd’s siblings, and the last of the side comics! See you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My google searches are a bit conflicting on whether the building in panel 1 is part of General Mitchell International, or the Quadracci Pavilion of the Milwaukee Art Museum. I can only hope I gambled correctly.
