#Claudia Leonardi

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Preview: Life is Strange: Forget Me Not #3 (of 4)

Life is Strange: Forget Me Not #3 preview. When they arrive on her father's doorstep, after years of separation, will Lily discover a truth that was better left buried - or find the family she had suppressed? #comics #comicbooks

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Don’t miss out on the new Life is Strange series

It’s final order cut-off week for Life is Strange: Forget-Me-Not #1 from writer Zoe Thorogood and artists Claudia Leonardi and Andrea Izzo, on sale next month from Titan Comics

It’s final order cut-off week for Life is Strange: Forget-Me-Not #1 from writer Zoe Thorogood and artists Claudia Leonardi and Andrea Izzo, on sale next month from Titan Comics. Get your orders in with your local comic shop by 20th November to guarantee your favorite cover, including Tula Lotay‘s FOC virgin variant. After the events of Life is Strange: True Colours, Alex and Steph tour across…

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redraw of an old piece from 2021, inspired by the claudia leonardi art of max. ☀️

[thealexchen]

Life is Strange: Forget-Me-Not alternative cover and synopsis

Alex Chen returns in this graphic novel sequel to the award-winning videogame Life is Strange: True Colors, written by rising star Zoe Thorogood. It’s been a year since Alex and Steph Gingrich left Haven Springs, Colorado, at the end of Life is Strange: True Colors. Though Alex might have found control over her psychic powers, she struggles with knowing when to use her powers and when to let those around her battle their own demons, if they’ll be strong enough to do so. Touring across the states in their band Manic Pixie Nightmare Girls, and preparing to meet with an interested record label, Alex and Steph find another lost soul on the side of the road – Lily. A mysterious girl in the middle of nowhere, Alex and Steph take the teenager under their wing to uncover the truth of what she’s running from. But there’s more to Lily than meets the eye – who silently struggles under the weight of heartache and memories from lives she hasn’t lived, to protect those around her from the truth of pain. An all too familiar story to Alex, but is there time to save the Lily from a similar, lonely, fate? A graphic novel about found family, confronting demons, generational trauma, and living, loving, & losing the best you can. Life is Strange: Forget-Me-Not collects issues 1-4 of the comic series of the same name, written by Zoe Thorogood (It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott) and drawn by fan-favorite Life is Strange artists, Claudia Leonardi and Andrea Izzo. Featuring bonus behind-the-scenes content about the development of the series.

Link to pre-order on Amazon

[playstar]

So, you're a Pricefielder and your virtual girlfriend broke up with you…

I get it, breakups are painful. I lost my love of my life when my plane crashed in the artic and I was frozen for 70 years. Then I was awoken, witnessed my Peggy die of old age and I had a weird, short-lived fling with her great-niece. After that, not unlike Max Caulfield, I traveled back in time to be with my Peggy again. (Please, don't ask about Bucky. That's a sensitive topic for me.) So, yes, I get longing that transcends space and time.

But sometimes you have to move on.

I know you love Chloe Price very much. She's a great, fun character. The perfect, how do say, "Chaotic Lesbian"? And Max and Chloe are a wonderful couple. They are a big reason why I played through LiS 1 three times. I love to see them be happy and gay together!

But maybe that's not an interesting story?

In preparation for Double Exposure I caught up with the Life is Strange comics from Emma Vieceli, Claudia Leonardi and Andrea Izzo. You probably think "What! Not only did Captain America play the games, he read the comics, too?" Yes! We didn't had electronic games in the Forties, but I love videogames now. They are such an interesting medium to tell stories in. I especially love the games where you don't have to shoot anyone. And of course I love comics! Big fan since that Superman guy appeared in Action Comics #1.

Here's the thing: I like the LiS comics. All my favorite characters are back being happy, cute and are even doing a cool road trip after they finally got out of the uninteresting LA storyline. We get to see Chloe und Max together and at the end of the story they live a fulfilled life. Before that we get to see Rachel and Chloe together in a different dimension, being also super cute. I don't regret reading those comics. They're from fans for fans with a lot of interesting ideas and concepts that I already see reappearing in Double Exposure.

But those comics are so boring to read!

There's barely any conflict and barely any stakes. No bad guys, no villians, no really deep problems, nothing that makes them interesting. It's six issues of sweet fan service. A fan service that feels like nothing. Barely anything substantial happens in them. I would never recommend them to a non LiS fan. I just hope the True Colors comics from Zoe Thorogood are a better read.

Now imagine a similar Life is Strange game without any conflicts. That's boring! Stories need conflict! I watched multiple seasons of the time travel/history drama Outlander and even perfect couple Claire and Jaimie went through some conflicts and rough patches, too!

I think I know what it is: This fandom is obsessed with Chloe. Like I said, she's a great character, but also she's a huge, pardon my french, bitch. A super annoying and insecure girl constantly pissed about everything. Ugh, no. That's what you're into, really?

Life is Strange is more than Pricefield. We even had two great games with LiS 2 and True Colors that were not about Chloe and Max! And isn't Max allowed to kiss other girls? Is a developer not allowed to tell new stories with old characters? Are fictional characters and real-life developers not allowed to move on from the past?

Speaking of videogame developers: Did you know that in one ending of LiS 1 Chloe can die? And that this ending is a choice in not only Life is Strange 2 and Wavelenghts, but also in Double Exposure? And because of that the developers are being forced to write a story around a character that has the possibility of being dead. Gosh darn, that's quite a Schrödinger's cat, I'm telling you! Game development is already hard enough, but trying to do basically a whole seperate game with a living Chloe running around would have make things unnecessary hard for the devs. So, what's the solution? Find a way to have Chloe not in the game. I know what's in the game is not how you would have preferred it, but it is what it is. You don't have to like it...

But you don't have to be mean about it.

The LiS fan community is on the brink of turning into a toxic cesspool like it happened with other fandoms. Some of you have already harassed developers at Deck Nine who probably had nothing to do with Chloe not being in the game. You don't want to be like the Star Wars fans hating on cool and interesting stuff like The Last Jedi or The Acolyte. Neither do you want be like the Silent Hill fans hating the new Silent Hill 2 Remake, which seems to be a pretty good game. (Sadly, hating new Silent Hill stuff is not new for them. They we're neglected by Konami and for a long time only got bad HD re-releases and Silent Hill pachinko machines. They can't remember a time when they were not depressed. For them, it's always like this.)

But you can be better, dear Life is Strange fans.

Just look at Remedy fans! They were waiting thirteen years for a sequel to Alan Wake and finally got one last year! The Remedy fandom is one of the most uplifting and positive fandoms I experienced. They're always stoked about new games by Remedy and are okay with changes to lore and characters.

As Captain America I get trying to hold on to the past. The past is comfortable. Change is scary. It takes time to get used to new things.

But change doesn't have to be a bad thing. It brings new opportunities.

To quote Max herself from Double Exposure: "There's so much more to your life than just the past. It's hard, but try to move on."

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for the fanfic writer ask! 4, 9, 12 & 14? :D

4: How many WIPs do you have right now?

anon don’t do this to me 😭😭😭 uhhhh 10 of you count the ones that are outlines or just a few lines i intend to write fully

9: Do you write every day? If you wrote today, share a sentence of what you've written!

i try to, but some days it’s especially hard. surprisingly was the first day this week where i didn’t write :0 but i doodled a whole lot

12: Do you have a playlist for your current WIP(s) Share it!

see, i’m not usually a playlist type person 😅 but for my Paper Girls beach house AU, i put one together for fun to get the retro vibes !!

14: If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick?

ridiculous that this isn’t about my original story lmao that one needs to be an animated series. as for published fics, i think a comic rendition of Flickers (Life is Strange) would be excellent 😍 gimme Flickers in claudia leonardi’s style !!!

fanfic writer asks!

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Life is Strange Vol 4: Tracks by Emma Vieceli, Claudia Leonardi, and Andrea Izzo

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💕 Sapphic Graphic Novels 💕 Image Credits: Goodreads

HEAVY VINYL VOL. 1: RIOT ON THE RADIO by Carly Usdin & Nina Vakueva 🥊

When Chris lands her dream job at her local record store, she learns that her co-workers share a big secret: they’re all members of a secret fight club that take on the patriarchy and fight crime! A fun 90s romp that will have readers smiling from start to finish. 

LIFE IS STRANGE: DUST by Emma Vieceli, Claudia Leonardi & Andrea Izzo 📸

Picking up where the critically acclaimed video game Life is Strange left off, this is the first in a series of six volumes that explores what happens after Max chooses to save Chloe’s life, losing the girls’ hometown to a deadly storm in the process. Multiple universes, special powers, and girls kissing - this series has it all. 

THE GREATEST THING by Sarah Winifred Searle ⭐️

In this semi-autobiographical graphic novel, Winifred’s two best friends have transferred to a private school, leaving her completely alone - that is until she meets Oscar and April in her art class. The three teens form a deep friendship, but Winifred is keeping a big secret. A beautiful exploration of various queer identities and mental illness. 

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25 de Abril

É preciso festejar todos dias...

Abril [entre tantas coisas] é o mês do B.E.B.A e lá vamos nós…e eu terei companhia nessa aventura diária  Alê Helga – Brenda – Claudia Leonardi – Lucas – Mariana GouveiaObdulio Nuñes Ortega – Roseli Pedroso – Suzana Martins

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Life is Strange: Settling Dust #1 by Emma Vieceli, Claudia Leonardi and Andrea Izzo. Cover by Gabriel Picolo. Variant covers by (2) Leonardi, (3) Rob Cham and (4) Caspar Wijngaard. Out in September.

“THE HEART-WRENCHING CONCLUSION TO THE BEST-SELLING LIFE IS STRANGE COMIC SERIES. Max finally believes that she has found a way to cross the timelines and return to the woman she loves, Chloe Price. Features the comic debut of fan favorite characters Steph Gingrich and Victoria Chase from the original game.”

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Titan Comics Reveal Cover And Synopsis For Its 'Life Is Strange' FCBD Comic Book

Titan Comics Reveal Cover And Synopsis For Its ‘Life Is Strange’ FCBD Comic Book

You’ll have seen part of the cover in the thumbnail accompanying this reveal, but you haven’t read what the Life is Strange Free Comic Book Day issue will be all about, have you? The lead FCBD story will reintroduce fans to Steph Gingrich and sets her on a collision course with the ongoing Life is Strange comic story, which unfolds the new adventures of Max and Chloe after one ending of the…

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Preview: Life is Strange: Forget Me Not #2 (of 4)

Life is Strange: Forget Me Not #2 preview. Lily has somehow taken on the painful memories of dozens of other people. Tensions rise as the three trace the origins of each memory #comics #comicbooks

[girlwithlandscape]

This cover art <3

[booksandwords]

Life Is Strange: Dust by Emma Vieceli. Illustrated by Claudia Leonardi and Andrea Izzo

Series: Life is Strange #1 Read time: 1 Day Rating: 4/5

The quote: You couldn't have won, Max. There was no right or wrong choice. And I'm through feeling like I wasn't worthy of your decision. — Chloe Price

This is absolutely for the fans. I'm not even sure it's for all fans if I'm honest. It depends what people consider the canonical ending of the game, given that Life is Strange is a consequence driven game.

For those who need some background, the ending of Life is Strange is essentially built on the trolley problem. Best summarised in a graphic... visual representation of the trolley problem

This graphic novel makes the assumption that chose Bae (ie Chole, the single person track) over Bay. According to the Life is Strange Wiki 52% of people chose to save Chloe. But I don't know how many people have replayed to get both plays or the possibility of that. I do know people that consider Bae over Bay the only valid option.

Full disclosure, I've not played the game. I want to but I haven't. I know of it and know some details because I spend an inordinate amount of time watching people play video games. In all fairness, I have no idea why I read this. I know just enough that I wasn't completely lost but not enough that I understood all the significance of what was going on. Which is fair and a mark of decent writing. Any time a graphic novel is this pretty and can include string theory and chaos theory work it deserves all the acclaim it gets.

I enjoyed Dust as much as I think I could. The art is pretty, the use of butterflies is clever and I quite enjoyed the plot. Given what I know about the decisions in the game I am glad the chosen quote exists.

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My own take on the colouring in page from the @LifeIsStrange team on Facebook & Twitter recently. I decided to, however, do it digitally in GIMP & I think it turned out okay. <3

Original artwork by Claudia Leonardi.

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Thought I’d share this collage I made, I removed most of the texts from the bubbles just in case some of you haven’t read the comic so you don’t get “spoilers” and also because this is an AmberPrice collage so yeah :)

If you haven’t read the comics yet, you probably should:

https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Life-is-Strange

Writer: Emma Vieceli

Artist: Claudia Leonardi

Have a good day/night!