#the nice house on the lake comic

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Read the comic weeks ago and I had to draw something about. Details after the read more

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I think it's safe to say I'm officially a James Tynion IV fan now, I already enjoyed his run on Justice League Dark, but his authorial work is even better. His books basically revitalized me these past few days, can't recommend it enough

From The Nice House on the Lake Vol. 1 (2022) by James Tynion IV, Álvaro Martínez Bueno & Jordie Bellaire

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Preview pages from The Nice House by the Sea #1 (DC, July 2024) by Álvaro Martínez Bueno and Jordie Bellaire

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The Nice House on the Lake 7-12.

An excellent ending to this crazy story.

[jigsawtapes]

The Nice House on the Lake (Issue #8) | 2022 | James Tynion IV & Álvaro Martínez Bueno

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America won't last forever because nothing does or ever will. And we'll think that's the end of the world. Like while it's happening, that's what we'll call it. But then, thousands of years later . . . there will still be people. They'll just be . . . you know . . . different.

― The Nice House on the Lake, James Tynion IV

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Was reading "The Nice House on the Lake" (read it, and don't spoil yourself -- go in blind!) and this treat was waiting for me.

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Now Reading

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at one point I read the first volume of nice house on the lake way too many times in one week that my friend was worried I was going to become a prepper

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The Nice House on the Lake (2021) #7

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The Nice House on the Lake Vol 1 #5 (Cover art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno)

[liam-zor-el]

just finished the nice house on the lake it was sooooo good guys you should read it rn

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From The Nice House on the Lake Vol. 2 (2023) by James Tynion IV, Álvaro Martínez Bueno & Jordie Bellaire

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Out this week: The Nice House By The Sea #1 (DC Black Label, $4.99): 

The award-winning team behind The Nice House on the Lake returns with another house, another cast and more end-of-the-world drama. James Tynion IV, Álvaro Martínez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire and Andworld Design reunite for the story of Max, a woman who invites several “titans of industry” to her house by the ocean as the human race is being eradicated.

See what else is coming to a comic shop near you this week.

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The Nice House on the Lake 1-6.

This is fantastic. A really cool twist on the end of the world trope.

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Color in The Nice House on the Lake

My last formal art education was Art 1 in high school so I'm sure other people have the language to make this point better than me. But even as a relative art novice I could tell the colors in The Nice House on the Lake were doing something really amazing. (Spoilers for all 12 issues below)

The best way I can put it is the more emotional weight a scene or panel has, the fewer colors it has.

Flashback scenes to college or high school tend to be fully colored. There's no overarching theme, and very contrasting colors can end up right next to one another (like Molly's red hair and blue shirt). This would look the most "normal", but because it's not the norm for the majority of the comic, it actually ended up feeling very sharp and distinct whenever this kind of scene came up.

The actual "norm" for the comic (regular day-to-day scenes at the house) tends to emphasize a handful of colors. Everything looks a bit more painted, and like there's a color wash or filter over it. There's still enough variance for there to be multiple colors (skin, clothes, hair) but there's an overarching theme. Everything is just a little bit purple-and-gold or a little pink or a little blue.

The more the intensity heightens (characters arguing, or solving the mystery of the house) the more that filter ramps up until everything is monochromatic. The apocalyptic scenes are all red, and the most variance you get is a lighter orange. The gun scene alternates between pure blue and pure pink. When Sarah confronts Walter the panels are only yellow. A lot of Walter and Norah scenes are either blue or outright pitch black.

I especially like how this is used for character emphasis. There's a scene in volume 2 where we get a birds-eye view of the party. The colors are in this radiant/halo shape- red on Ryan, fading to blue out toward the edges of the panel, where everyone else is, highlighting her isolation. There's a panel where Walter cries, and his tear is the same shade of the blue as the background, looking like a tear but also looking like his face is splitting, reminding the viewer of his (currently subdued) flesh-tornado visage. When Walter is with the others he gets the benefit of "normal" varied coloration. But as soon as the group wanders off or he's left alone, he becomes monochromatic blue.

And it's not just for scenes/pages it can be for just one panel. Walter arguing with Norah is all blues and greens until he snaps red for just one panel. The goofing-around-with-the-gun scene is primarily blue until the shot itself happens in red. And then the same happens later when the group makes their decision at the end and Ryan fires.

I'm sure this is not the only comic ever to do this it was just really clear to me and I found it very effective.