VIDHERO WEB STRIPS

* “nymph” is what you call a baby cockroach.

uh. heh. this one is pretty pivotal. as things are being explained. oh hell i guess the next couple will be as well.

uh. anywho. struggled a lot with the wording here. Asked Carrie for advice. initially i had something written for panel two like “The very air we breathe is not the simple oxygen it once was”. (it struck me that there has never been simple oxygen air. maybe it would imply a super retro story that formed the modern world. meh. noooo.)

I also waffled a bit on how to describe the changes in the molecules of the earth itself. I think of it as a genetic plague caused by radiation. but. i think i’m misusing several words there.

uh. anywho. i like it. i’d also initially ended with him just saying he found three survivors and was inspired to get creative. that’s a little too “i’m evil”. … ok, maybe it’s still too evil actually. but. hmm. the idea is that, as a man of science, he is eager to learn how they survive in this new fucked up world.
also, i hoped to kind of imply they were gentle savage natives in a new planet. but. anywhooo.