#if you saw me post these uncropped no you didnt

[teamnick]

Pierre & Yuki arriving to the paddock - Singapore GP 2024, media day. Photos by Zak Mauger

[misguidedlavender]

did you know gone fission and joining forces almost didnt exist?

its so endearing to see people have shots from the gone fission and joining forces comics as their profile pictures, even now some years after they came out. those two comics were one of the few bigger projects i got to do while working on ttr.

the wild thing about those comics is that they almost didnt exist. they were going to be rendered in the brand art style a la Team LHAAFBBHQ, but because the art team was swamped with work, no one could really make time to take on such a massive thing on top all the other massive things they do on a daily basis. when the time came to put together the ARG for the silly meter, the PR and art leadership at the time saw an opportunity for me as a young budding graphic designer trained to create blog posts: what if we expanded those blog posts into a full blown comic?

frankly, its a miracle that comics ever came to be. i hadnt been on the team for more than a year yet at the point when our writers began writing the script for gone fission. i had NO idea what i was getting into. gone fission part 1 came out relatively on time, but part 2 came out WAY later because i underestimated how much time and effort i needed to put into the graphics. but at the end of it all, seeing the communitys reaction to it, it was clear we did good.

and so we did it again with joining forces, obviously.

when time came to do the ARG for field offices, leadership at the time was a little bit apprehensive to do another comic. on the graphics side of things, i had done the bulk of the work for gone fission, and it was evident that it had taken some toll on me. they werent about to throw me into yet another project if i wasnt sure about it. but even if it was a huge undertaking, i wanted to do again. the payoff was well worth it. and seeing people with those profile pictures still makes it worth it.

joey did a brief backstage toontown thread on twitter talking about his side of things, in case you missed it.

a lot of people were involved with both, people like joey, brie, and jake for the script, parts of the art team to help refine the appearance, and a lot of other team members from multiple departments to reaffirm that im doing at least a half decent job, haha.

i posted this on twitter (as per usual) some time ago but here it is again. my favorite panel from joining forces, uncropped and without text:

thats my ramble. thank you for continuing to love gone fission and joining forces :)