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I like doing the black-and-white panels! I don’t have a set method for doing them like the rest of the comic, so it’s a nice change of pace. If I ever do another comic project it’ll probably mostly be in black and white.
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↓ TranscriptClose-up of Annika, a blonde woman with a crooked nose and a scar below her right eye, is to the right in its own panel, composed in black, white and bluish-grey. To the left is white background, presumably the paper Annika was drawn on.
Colors of word balloons indicate who is speaking, matching clothing colors (brown – Wren, green – Maria, purple – Sam).
WREN: Ok, so, the last issue ended with the reveal about the side effects of Annika’s powers. In this one we should shift focus but keep that a B story.
MARIA: Was everyone in the room for that reveal?
WREN: What? No… it was, uh, on a mountaintop.
Wren and Maria sit in the library.
MARIA: What, the rest of the team stays in the dark on really important developments?
WREN: I meant it was a reveal for the reader. Why are you-
MARIA: It’s kind of messed up, Wren.
Drawing of Annika running across a dark, cloudy background, composed in black, white and bluish-gray.
SAM: Uh, from the art standpoint, the team will all find out eventually, but it might be a waste of panels to show every single person…
MARIA: So who did find out last issue, Sam?
SAM: Well, um, Javid was on the mountain with her…
MARIA: Oh, so we’re creating a hierarchy of importance based on – what – proximity?
Sam sits across from Maria and Palmer. Maria’s face is mostly obscured, but she looks annoyed. Palmer raises one hand and looks confused.
PALMER: I’m new, so I’m wondering, does there happen to be a… um… secondary character who feels really awkward? Because ey’d probably like to leave.
Oh, Palmer, it’s not been a very good day for you thus far, has it?
I dig the BxW panels!
Poor Maria. The distance must realy be getting to her… Does anyone else think she’s been looking heavier? Is that a new way of drawing or a sign of stress?
From a writing POV – Wren is in the right. Annika might be concerned about the side-effects (depending on what they are) and therefore not want the whole team to know, and perhaps asked Javid to not tell the others. Maria should know understand how someone would want something to be kept confidential until the individual concerned can come to grips with it.
From a reader’s POV – I lurve the B&W – it reminds me of the way John Higgins used a different set of colours for the Tales Of The Black Freighter comic within Watchmen. It works, keep using it!
I SEE SUBTEXT!
(Subtext aside, Wren is probably being perfectly reasonable with how the characters might react to stuff like this. I certainly don’t tell all my friends about every potential complication in my life. At least some of that is fear of victim blaming and stuff, but still)