Hmm. I guess the comic takes a dark turn here. Eh. I want this to be about a tight loving family, but I also need to introduce this important plot point. not sure how to do it in a more “wholesome” way.
I think my nervous-nous about the subject matter is why I’m suddenly getting all inky black. Also perhaps, my deep adoration of my pal Jonason’s dark Judge Frazer Comic!!! WoohoO! goo read it! … I need to think up a sidebar advertisement or something. hmm. or maybe ask him if he has one.
hmmz.
ANywho. Technically. I feel like the first frame of this comic kinda fails, artistically. I’ve just never had a great grasp for shadows. the idea is merely to show she is backlit, looking into a dark room. Then i keep the idea that backgrounds will be a certain shade of blurry, for the second panel, which I think works really well. The mom is very subtle there in the background. Then the final panel… I probably *$^@!ed up again. I wanted to let them have a moment in the background. Like if this were a movie, i’d let the mom walk out of the focus range, but you could still make out her hand touching the daughter.
Here in comic strip land, it’s probably just weird to have the focus be on these two doors, instead of the two characters. I tried to add some action lines, as if the doors were sweeping shut. Or maybe those are just scratches. It occurs to me that if the doors close, the rest of the action in this room would be pitch black. HMMM. hmm.
Nothing much really happens here I GUESSSS. Really, this is the introduction of Veronica. The final member of this family (for now). I want her to be kind of a gothic little teen, maybe a little j-horror. maybe a little wynona ryder in Heathers. sooo, i guess we are establishing her relationship to her mom.
and really, it’s still pretty wholesome. it’s the NEXT strip i’m worried about…
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