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The Immortal Dragons
I mentioned Yato (artist: Thermojam) before in round two, and Venus LaMadonna (artist: Drakkel) also made a short cameo in that comic as well. A lot of interesting character dynamics emerged despite them not being matched up with one another,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Liberation
This is the first of a few pages the two of us referred to as “anchor pages” while planning the comic. The dialogue in the last panel will sync up with a future page from my half of the comic.
COLA DRINKERS
One of the things I really enjoyed about our round three comic was that we decided early on to make a conscious effort to include past contestants to fill out the heist crew and really just draw connections to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Team Aesma’s Mistake
One of the things that has been consistent across every contestant as they moved on is truly inspiring improvement on all levels in storytelling, art, layout, etc. If there’s one singular thing that I took away from the OCT format[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Disguises
Also, I cannot stress this enough: Sloof is a comedy god. All of his comics, especially his round two comic, are masterclasses in comedic timing.
The Plan
Now, the team we were up against was the pair of M3thyl, the artist for Kasha (a one-armed martial arts master of the school of the invisible palm) and the incredible SIR (which is not me being hyperbolic, that’s his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Willing Recruits
I cannot stress this enough: Sloof is an absolute powerhouse of a writer, and we worked together incredibly well. Our collaborative document and our discord PMs were overflowing with ideas and additions, and what might be my most ambitious submission[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our partnership did lead to a very different storytelling format, in that we both released individual comics that were designed to be opened at the same time, and the reader would tab back and forth when directed. That’s a little less[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Battle Royale
This matchup, naturally, filled me with an insane, primordial panic. Not only was I up against one of the most ridiculously talented artists in round one, the round two gimmick was now “battle royale,” in which all hell has broken[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…