Yes indeed, Halfdan really is that thick-headed when it comes to women. Searsha's thought balloon is supposed to show the jumble of thoughts she has on the subject. And maybe her thoughts are overwhelming her? (That's why they seem to be crowding her out of the panel)
Halfdan is that big lug of a guy that she got sweet despite her better judgement. She isn't mad at Aleeka as much as she is at herself. And she's taking it out on Aleeka.
It helps understand Halfdan's character if you imagine him as Arnold Schwarzenegger. The figure is in fact an Arnold figure with blonde hair and a beard.
I should apologize for this comic being so talky and slow rather than fast paced and full of action. But I got into the characters and they wanted their stories told as opposed to just another epic fantasy. I wanted to do something more about the people than the events.
And remember Halfdan saying Aleeka was more mild because she was from the East? Wrong. She does have a bite. But taking it to Searsha? Searsha may just a little intimidating.
— The figures were all photographed sitting around the fire. I really hadn't gotten the hang of compositing when I did this scene. In fact the photos here weren't even taken against a neutral background and had to painstakingly edited using the pen tool in Photoshop.
Halfdan is supposed to be shrugging in that last panel. It was something that the figure could do with his shoulder joints and I wanted to try it out.
This scene would be the last one done this way and in fact was the last one before I picked up a copy of Comic Book creator. However, my version no longer works as I've gone through too many computers since then and the serial number is no longer valid. Without a valid serial number you can't convert the images to jpegs. But I am more than capable of redoing all the CB creator pages in Photoshop. It was a learning tool to help me understand paneling and page layout. I really liked the balloon and the text layout features but I'm way past investing in a new version.
And I hated having to set up new folders for the images to show up in the pages, and not being able to edit any of the folders or images without screwing up the whole page. Now I can just drop in new layers as needed. In fact this page had two versions of the bottom two panels. The framing of the characters wasn't quite right so I went back and resized the elements and moved them around until I got a panel that matched the page layout.
Maybe spiders aren't that bad. Well, as many of them are very nutritious XD You're doing an excellent work on the narrative side, so don't worry about the lack of intense action scenes :D Good luck with the new software!
Don't apologize for the 'talkiness' - dialogue (and inner monologue) is one of the many strong points in this story!! And Spider Soup... I've always wanted to try some of those 'delicacies' in other countries, where they eat grasshoppers, worms, and other 'creepy crawlies'... Just to say I did!! :)
Avart at 8:01PM, Aug. 23, 2017
Maybe spiders aren't that bad. Well, as many of them are very nutritious XD You're doing an excellent work on the narrative side, so don't worry about the lack of intense action scenes :D Good luck with the new software!
Jason Moon at 7:50AM, Aug. 23, 2017
If they wanted some spider they should have joined Ragnar and Searsha in their hike to get wood. The big one they killed could feed an army
bravo1102 at 8:28AM, Aug. 23, 2017
Sadly lightning bolts way overcook the meat and Ragnar was chopping them to bits. Aleeka killed them more cleanly.
KimLuster at 6:11AM, Aug. 23, 2017
Don't apologize for the 'talkiness' - dialogue (and inner monologue) is one of the many strong points in this story!! And Spider Soup... I've always wanted to try some of those 'delicacies' in other countries, where they eat grasshoppers, worms, and other 'creepy crawlies'... Just to say I did!! :)
plymayer at 1:50AM, Aug. 23, 2017
Sorceresses! Some times their spells come back at them!
bravo1102 at 2:07AM, Aug. 23, 2017
Lonely is the life of the necromancer.
jerrie at 12:46AM, Aug. 23, 2017
SPIDER SOUP??? SPIDER???? AUGH!
bravo1102 at 12:50AM, Aug. 23, 2017
Lobsters, shrimp and crabs are in the same animal group and you probably eat them. What's the difference?
El Cid at 12:39AM, Aug. 23, 2017
And mmm, spider soup sounds tasty. I'll bet giant spider meat would taste like king crab.
bravo1102 at 12:48AM, Aug. 23, 2017
Ever have Carolina she-crab soup? It's like that.
El Cid at 12:38AM, Aug. 23, 2017
Across millennia and light years, human relationships remain as messy as ever! The praying mantis has this whole "love" thing figured out!