I wish I could find the original thumbnail. It was something I scribbled on the back of an envelope while talking on the phone. Alas, I think it is lost and gone forever. Here is the pencil sketch that followed that original thumbnail along with the subsequent file saves as I worked on the image in Photoshop. The process has changed. This is the last frame of page 74.
A fun page to work on.
The fourth frame on page 73. This is a comparison of the scanned pencil sketch and the colored frame. I ended up changing the color of both character's tops in the finished page. The design of the hooker is based upon a British pop-singer.
Best Films of the Decade 2000-2009In the original draft of Dual’s first season, Carina’s pregnancy was discovered by the amalgamated Bill and Yasu, the character I refer to as “X", directly following the dismantling of Carina’s car on screen 46. In the first draft, right after X blows a hole through Two-masks, X senses Carina is expecting.
The events and dialogue now being presented on screens 68-72 were originally scripted as screens 55-59 with Two-masks popping up with a giant hole in his chest as cliffhanger twist on screen 60.
I wasn’t satisfied with the idea of leaving a cliff-hanger ending to the season. The second draft of Dual’s season one script wrapped up the story arc with Two-masks.
I believe those edits made for a much more exciting and satisfying conclusion for Dual's first chapter.
Usually, a caption box will display the location of a new scene. The script doesn’t mention a specific location for the beach depicted on screens 68-72. I thought logistically, Santa Monica would be the most likely destination for Carina and Bill, traveling from Pasadena. The actual art appears more like Torrance Beach, a five minute walk from my childhood home. It really isn’t a specific beach, but rather the suggestion of a beach.
These screens are heavy with conversation and void of traditional comic book action. I made attempts to file down the dialogue and quicken the pace of the screens. Not giving these arguments the time they deserve felt like a disservice to the characters and the overall fabric of the story. Despite concerns about a slow pace for a project that only updates once per week, I couldn't bring myself to short change the story or the reader.
So, yes, Bill and Yasu will still be arguing at the beach through screen 72. But I promise, the story begins to ramp up toward much more exciting action and satisfying payoffs.
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I’ve been attending the San Diego Comic-con on and off since 1990. It has changed a lot in that time. Mostly in the past five or six years as more A-List celebs have begun to make the promotional rounds down there. The event has outgrown the current convention site. I have to assume Comic-Con cannot sustain itself in its current incarnation. I suspect it is only a matter of time before SDCC, as we know it, will no longer exist.
That's one man's uninformed opinion.
If you are planning to attend, better get your tickets before they are gone.
