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usedbooks on Jan. 30, 2008
This page contains one of my all-time favorite panels – the one with the hostages. In my original plans, the panel was to be a long horizontal one showing all the hostages lined up side-by-side, but I was feeling daring and decided to attempt a whole different angle. I figured I'd give it a shot and could throw the paper away and go the easy way if I couldn't pull it off. I've never had so many characters in a single panel before, and the perspective was scary… It took a long time, but I actually succeeded – and seriously surprised myself. I'm so happy for taking the more difficult road.
I blindfolded everyone, so I could show the robbers' faces. Now we can tell them apart. ;-) Oh, and keep in mind that Violet is not *just* a lawyer. She's a prosecutor, so criminals aren't very fond of her.
Peipei: Wise indeed. Yuki's name is very well-known (and feared) in criminal circles.
amanda: Poor Tristan has been responsible for preventing more criminal acts than committing them lately. He's in the wrong business. lol
LanceDanger: Thanks from my sister. :)
Tantz: It certainly is. XD
n_y_japlander: At least she won't be facing any of it alone. A woman from the program she's with picked her up at the airport, and she'll start training for her new job soon.
trevoramueller: She didn't expect to run into Tristan. They used to be partners. Other than that, no one would recognize them. ;-)
JNP: Technically, they aren't robbing the place but using hostages as leverage after robbing a bank. (I know it wasn't really obvious before.) Still, very poor planning and bad luck. ;-)
LanceDanger at 10:02PM, Jan. 31, 2008
Great second panel =D Lol, Jiro! =3
amanda at 9:17AM, Jan. 31, 2008
You did a *fantastic* job with the hostage panel. New perspectives are a scary, scary thing (I shy away from them, too). I hope you will experiment more often! Also, it's an interesting twist that the police are sort of relying on Yuki to take care of things, but she's not owning up to her identity.
JustNoPoint at 7:16AM, Jan. 31, 2008
Excellent job on the hostages panel! I generally try to choose the hard way over the easy way to draw. It improves the art and makes the comic so much more dynamic. Which is what this page is! Poor robbers...
trevoramueller at 6:44AM, Jan. 31, 2008
Yes, dude with a mohawk!
Peipei at 3:32AM, Jan. 31, 2008
Oh my gosh :x Hostage situations are never a good thing. This page is so well done, with everyone lined up and blindfolded in the top panel :)
Tantz_Aerine at 1:52AM, Jan. 31, 2008
Gotta love the fact that Jiro curled up on Tristan's lap regardless. XD Good hostage panel, indeed!
n_y_japlander at 10:58PM, Jan. 30, 2008
Nice!!!! Love how the cat is on Tristan!! (^O^)
dueeast at 10:33PM, Jan. 30, 2008
I really like all the details in the second frame. Nice tension-building page... :)