#Comic Theory

[lemonspades]

Hey all turns out having pages thumbenailed doesn't mean "They're done" it actually means "You're body is going to betray you when you least expect it and you're not gonna have em done on your deadline ya nerd-also it's YARD WORK DAYYYYY"

So yall get Behind the scenes instead. next page is coming next week.

Also this is more for me to talk about Comic theory.

So since Goemon In Hyrule is set in a videogame, I'm usually pulling it up and referencing it for color pallet, mood lighting and general layout of everything. It's been a fun practice at grid laying and value layout, especially in talking scenes where not much happens.

Grids are important because even if you don't have any straight lines it's a great way to keep track of eveything and where it is

Generally I do this in my head, but laying everything our on a piece of paper you can reference easily has a lot of merit especially when it comes to keeping track of what we would actually see in the world and what the characters are actually doing. I like using grid paper and separating things in different layers to play around with the layout.

Then with the loop fill i quick lay out the general value of the scene on a separate layer. It's been an amazing boon to digital comic work, though you can do this with markers too. It helps with reading the scene, making sure the characters stand out and also it's just nicer to your seld.

And then after it's all done you line art it.

Usually I throw my black spotting here too.

And then I color!

[pansexual-chocolate]

Comic Theory: The Wilson family are descendants of the Shi'ar

Okay so here me out. There was a moment in comics where professor Xavier had a feeling Sam Wilson was a mutant (Thank god that was never confirmed. I still don't like that Kamala khan was confirmed mutant. I have my own issues with how BIPOC mutants are treated in comics.) and his contact with the stone just awakened latent gene's within him. Johnny Storm even asked Sam if he was sure he wasn't a mutant. But they never brought this train of thought back up. I always had a theory that either Darlene or Paul had pretended to be human to assimilate or have an ancestor that pretended to be human. That Sarah and Gideon as well as their kids also have dormant genes. Now that I watched episode six of X-Men 97 and seeing the Shi'ar race. A race of bird people that have a few people that have Psychic abilities. Who Xavier obviously has a lot of intimate knowledge about. Fun fact Shi'ar who breed with humans those hybrids are called Mutants. So what if those feelings Xavier was getting from Sam weren't a earth mutation but because he is a Shi'ar hybrid. It would answer why Sam always felt close connection to birds but couldn't explain why, the Psychic abilities, and why Sam has great feats of strength despite being "human". Also Newer Shi'ar tend to lose their bird features which is why lady deathbird has the metallic wings. So it would explain why we don't see the feathered hair and features. Everything points to the Wilsons being Shi'ar. We can even say high council Shi'ar since those with Psychic abilities we see in comics are on the council.

[optimistpax]

[ID: a panel from the transformers 2019 vol. 6: war’s end comic. In the foreground smokescreen and novastar stand with their backs to the viewer watching an explosion. The panel is in the shape of the word “BWAAM”. End ID]

YEEEAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!! This is what I’m talking about!!!!! Don’t get shit like this in any other medium!!!!!!!! I love comics!!!!!

[shayziekaiziereblogs]

Captain Amazing and Kid Lightning fighting their sworn enemies

Then again, I think Kid Lightning is doing more of the fighting than Captain Amazing.

You know, I wonder how strong Iggy is to be carrying Reggie with one arm. Then again, Pajamaman is literally clinging on Bug like a monkey (perhaps he is lightweight)

[colombinna]

heyyyy guysss could anybody here that goes to college help me access an article? they simply do not cover my country in their institution list ( it's this one )

[fesenmoon]

no fucking way

[chloesimaginationthings]

That was Michael’s room in FNAF 4,,

[greykolla-art]

Charlie: “I’m so glad my most villain-coded friend is at full power again! 🥰💕”

*throws this to you angst goblins like raw steak* ❤️

(No I will not do a part 2!❤️)

[xx-sketchy-xx]

I kept thinking about how Mabel said she thought he was dead while being possessed… and it doesn’t take long for blood flow to stop. So I had a thought that none of the injuries caused by bill would truly appear until dipper was back in control. So any fork stabs, bruises, scratches, would only appear when his blood was flowing again.

just a thought

[byghostface]

I don’t know why people always assumed that ghost Alfred said that simply implied the romance between Damian and Nika.

When I first read it, I was thinking how He is seemingly remarking on Nika's lines about Lord Death Man- "Lord Death Man can be weird and a frustrating instructor. But he's gotten better recently. Less crazed. Sometimes I think I'm really the one training him…"

My assumption is that listening to how she talks about the Mentor-apprentice relationship with Lord Death Man, reminded Alfred of Damian's relationship with Bruce, and how Damian's existence in Bruce's life had changed him. (Or how any Robins existence changed Batman for the better.) Hence the-"I like this one, master Damian."

It could imply that at the time, both Damian and Nika may have a chance to influence each other more in the future.

Robin #6 - “Fight!” (2021)

written by Joshua Williamson art by Gleb Melnikov & Luis Guerrero

[goosetooths]

he's connected the dots. he's connected them.

[bruciemilf]

Thinking about an AU where Clark landed on earth as an adult instead of a baby. Literally nothing changes except for Bruce having to hide this 6’4, 200 pound golden retriever who shoots lasers out of his eyes in his mansion.

Clark is VERY clingy and these soft whispers in his language send tremors down Bruce’s spine.

And, really, the moon rocks Clark keeps bringing are very beautiful, but it’s getting harder to explain where they come from.

[ridleymb]

Based on a theory seen recently

[optimistpax]

TRANSFORMERS AND SOUND EFFECTS

IN LAST BOT STANDING VS THE WORLD IN YOUR EYES

I am fresh out of comic book club and yelling about (idw2) tf sound effects to @autothotsrollout so y’all are getting an unedited, very limited essay on sound effects in (parts of) IDW2 before I pass out

TDLR: last bot standing has more dynamic sfx than world in your eyes and therefor looks more interesting. (I expected better from you Tom /j)

So first, Last Bot Standing. I pulled these from issues 3 and 4 if you’re looking for them.

As you can see, the lettering for sound effects in LBS uses a wide variety of typefaces and stroke effects to give the letters distinct personality. Sometimes they’re large and take up the whole panel, sometimes they’re relatively small. They can be found in the foreground or background or forced into perspective. Also, most notably, they often follow the action that’s happening in the page — following the dust clouds from speeding roddy, following the path roddy skids backwards, in an arc around a point of impact etc. I’m my opinion, the dynamic lettering absolutely makes these panels more exciting and interesting (I acknowledge I’m biased bc fun lettering makes me excited. Some people might just find the good lettering doesn’t detract anything, which is also fine. But imo it def is better with the sfx).

Meanwhile, here are some examples from the world in your eyes (idw2 vol. 1):

I can see what the GOAL is for how the lettering is set up here (only very clean typefaces to evoke mechanical rather than organic sound). But the problem here is that there’s not enough variation. They’re all relatively the same size and sit on top of the artwork rather than integrating WITH the artwork. The typefaces between different sound effects are very similar (if not the same). Otomatopia with the same spellings are not only the same, they’re copied and pasted! The letter variation is exactly the same! We’re lucky if there’s a slight colour variation! Something else that is noticeable is that because of this more rigid copy-paste structure, quite often the sound effects don’t emphasize the movement in the panel, which feels like a missed opportunity. This can be seen especially in the last panel of the page with Megatron and Orion with the “THOOMP” and image of a liquid splash on the panel. The sfx could be curved around the splash or follow the direction of the fall, but instead it’s just placed on top. All these combined make the sfx lettering feel too standardized, flat and inflexible, which is unfortunate because afaik the dialogue and caption lettering is pretty good in idw2, the art is gorgeous, and if the sfx were more dynamic it would really elevate the quality of the comic overall.

If you’d like to read more about how letterers make their sfx match the action on the page (among other lettering tips) you can read more about it here!

[screwpinecaprice]

He communicated through mental text.

[almadash]

What if…?