Happy Hanukkah, everyone, from these two jerks! Iām posting this a little early this year. Line art by the amazing Ro Stein & Ted Brandt, and colour art by @deecunniffe.Ā
I want to point out what a technical achievement this story is on the art side. Thereās a real joy to creating a whole story in eight panels, but this? This is some magic. We introduce four new characters. In panel 5, SIX PEOPLE are talking. SIX. In the world of comics, thatās almost un-doable.Ā
Yet Ro and Ted arranged everything so the conversations flow and are sensibly grouped, all theĀ āactingā is fantastic, and then Dee laid on top these beautiful, almost fairytale colours ā look at the subtle work, the blush in Henryās cheeks, Frankās five o-clock shadow, the shine of the wine bottleās glass surface, the light texturing in the backgroundsā¦ and of course the snow! This is some first-class illustration work on an incredibly hard script. (I fear Ro and Ted always get me at my worst ā my very formalist script for them in the 24 Panels anthology was no cakewalk either. (The problem is, theyāre just so damn good at itā¦ check out their work on the Image comic Crowded!)
As always, if you like what we do in Hells Kitchen Movie Club, consider donating a little to a veteranās charity.Ā
(I also have a thriller novel Iām crowdfunding, please check it out, we are more than halfway there. The book is all writtenā¦)
Previously in Hell: cover image // 01 // 02 // 03 // Xmas // 04 // 05 // 06 // 07Ā // Hanukkah // That time the Punisherās creator gave us a thumbs-up // twitter // insta
I AM CRYING THIS IS GORGEOUS
