Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 55

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Nobody panic! We have two protagonists actually having a conversation!

I may have forgotten Ichiro’s scars in the last panel. My policy is that once I hit “export” (to turn the Photoshop document into a JPG), I don’t go back and make changes. All those edits are for when the first draft is done.

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 54

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Hi, I’m back.

Sorry for the schedule disruption! I got my antibiotics and feel much better.

Ichiro is awake and still very depressed, as the thumbnail above would suggest, so be ready for that when you find the page below:

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 53

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Time for Ichiro to wake up and get the plot moving.

I liked this page up until Panel 4, which utterly defeated me. I know it looks bad. His arms don’t make any sense. His head is simultaneously too big and too small. Unfortunately, what it would take to fix it will take more time than I have, so here it is. Please don’t make fun of me too badly.

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 52

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We’re letting Ichiro convalesce for one more page.

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 51

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Hey, it’s been like two pages without any blood!

Physically, our boy has been patched up as much as he’s going to be, but emotionally…not so much.

Also, don’t forget about the Spooky Frog Horror Book Fair at the Sheraton Brookfield tomorrow, 11-4!

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 50

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Things I’ve learned about comics, fifty pages in:

  • Block shadows cover a multitude of sins.
  • If you make the figures bigger, you don’t have to draw as much background.
  • The panel will never be perfect, and with one to one and a half hours to dedicate to each one, it’s more important to get it done.

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 49

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Patching-up time.

I am very proud of myself for finishing this page today, because today was also for cleaning, grocery shopping, and cooking in preparation for my baby’s FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY. Where did this year go? Anyway, she’s the best and tomorrow she gets to try chocolate cake.

The full page is below, and it does contain some blood, as expected, and some medical stuff (stitches, evidence of long-term hunger), if that bothers you.

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 48

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Resunotek has found something in the woods.

A little blood on this page, but honestly not too bad, considering what we’ve already dealt with.

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 47

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Just this page for this week, because Friday is May Day and there are a number of strikes occurring, so this is my small way of showing solidarity. I’ll have a new one up for you next Tuesday.

Also, I’ll be at What the Hex on Sunday! 11-5 at Dresden Castle on Underwood, Cudahy, WI. Come say hi!

Some blood and violence on this page. I seem to introduce groups of men only to kill them all off shortly after.

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Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 46

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Our heroine is in Peril again.

I managed to cut two entire panels out of this page, mostly because my outline has the bandit leader drawing his sword like three or four times? He doesn’t even have a scabbard. I don’t know what I was thinking. (Probably not much, because I’m pretty sure I was working on this bit either shortly before or after giving birth.)

Also, don’t forget about the Kenosha Book Festival this weekend! 10-3 at 5031 7th Ave, Kenosha, WI. See you there!

Warning for said peril, though it is short-lived, and some more blood.

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