I mentioned this gem of a webcomic in one of my earlier posts. But I feel like it needs to be mentioned again. Dirk Manning has put together a 52 part story, that is made up of 8 page stories per part. While there is a common thread rolling through the stories (some more obvious than others) each story stands with it's own merits.
He has found a way to match artists strengths with the story he is telling at the time and I have yet to be disappointed with the result. There are some stories that have a straight comic book style, some that have a water color feel to them, there is one so far in a video game style. But it all flows together to make it quite an enjoyable read. Once I check with Dirk to make sure it's ok to put the "cover" pages up I plan on talking a little bit about each story that's out so far. But until then make sure you go over catch up with the comic: http://www.shadowlinecomics.com/webcomics/
And if you want to chat with Dirk, you can find him at www.kris-korner.com in the Nightmare World forum.
Until next time (and hopefully it won't be so long), keep digging comics.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Proof #19
I was finally able to buy mine today and sit down and read it. And read it again. And once more. Now I'm just looking through it again. But wanted to get some stuff down about the issue.
Red! Man the coloring on this issue is fantastic!! The dark, earthen tones of the first few pages where the action isn't going on, followed with the red heavy pages really bring out the energy of the scenes with Jack and Julia. And the brief fight in Julia's (what do you call those?) trailer were amazing. I hope Dave did that on purpose, because it really meshed well with what Riley was drawing for those pages. Even in the aftermath of Jack being there, it carried through. Red highlighting the main points of the story in each panel. That's good stuff right there.
"One of mine....not a man." That statement has had me pouring over every instance that we have seen Jack so far. Not a man? If not for the hair do I would say maybe some type of ape. But the hair is throwing me off. Of course that could be part of his mask. I have faith that if we get to see Jack it'll be something we aren't expecting. Albert Einstein? That's what Jack's "Father" made me think of. And the name on the boat? Any significance there? The ona that we can see made me think of Fiona Staples that colored some issues.
Then the color shift at about the midway point. Going back to "normal" coloring for the parts of the book not involving Jack. I liked the shift, definitely the night and day feel, and it worked great. Gave me a chance to catch my breath and ingest what was going on. Then the page with Proof smacking Lent the red comes out again. You can feel the anger in Proof action. Really looking forward to part 3 of this arc. I know I talked about the coloring alot this time, but it was so good with Riley's art, and Alex's story pacing.
I enjoyed the first back up, and seeing the little demon. Avoid Tibet? Hmmm...was that the snippet we saw in the Foreshadowing back-up? Or is that a seperate event?
And Kelly again bringing the goods with Archie Snow. I like his stories, and they are getting better each little bit we get to see. Plus seeing (oh man I forgot her name, it's late and I'm tired) the medusa again after what happened in the Archie Snow mini comic (yeah you can all be jealous) from a couple years ago was really cool, and it really made me more excited for the next installment. Keep it up Kelly.
And as soon as I learn how I'll start throwing some pics in my blog.
Red! Man the coloring on this issue is fantastic!! The dark, earthen tones of the first few pages where the action isn't going on, followed with the red heavy pages really bring out the energy of the scenes with Jack and Julia. And the brief fight in Julia's (what do you call those?) trailer were amazing. I hope Dave did that on purpose, because it really meshed well with what Riley was drawing for those pages. Even in the aftermath of Jack being there, it carried through. Red highlighting the main points of the story in each panel. That's good stuff right there.
"One of mine....not a man." That statement has had me pouring over every instance that we have seen Jack so far. Not a man? If not for the hair do I would say maybe some type of ape. But the hair is throwing me off. Of course that could be part of his mask. I have faith that if we get to see Jack it'll be something we aren't expecting. Albert Einstein? That's what Jack's "Father" made me think of. And the name on the boat? Any significance there? The ona that we can see made me think of Fiona Staples that colored some issues.
Then the color shift at about the midway point. Going back to "normal" coloring for the parts of the book not involving Jack. I liked the shift, definitely the night and day feel, and it worked great. Gave me a chance to catch my breath and ingest what was going on. Then the page with Proof smacking Lent the red comes out again. You can feel the anger in Proof action. Really looking forward to part 3 of this arc. I know I talked about the coloring alot this time, but it was so good with Riley's art, and Alex's story pacing.
I enjoyed the first back up, and seeing the little demon. Avoid Tibet? Hmmm...was that the snippet we saw in the Foreshadowing back-up? Or is that a seperate event?
And Kelly again bringing the goods with Archie Snow. I like his stories, and they are getting better each little bit we get to see. Plus seeing (oh man I forgot her name, it's late and I'm tired) the medusa again after what happened in the Archie Snow mini comic (yeah you can all be jealous) from a couple years ago was really cool, and it really made me more excited for the next installment. Keep it up Kelly.
And as soon as I learn how I'll start throwing some pics in my blog.
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