Hi Hi! Love to see a Joey fan honestly! Not trying to be a dick but I do actually know why Joey didn't get thoughts in NTT and surprisingly it wasn't Wolfman
It was Perez who was the only force behind Joey's design and creation, and it was good idea to forgo thought bubbles for him so that all the nuances of his character were visual and came through the art. At least according to his foreword in the NTT annual #4 hardback?
Not trying to defend the choice because you're right it's a Fucking Yikes. Or Wolfman because he's already got so many Choices(tm)(c)(r). Just having an autism moment about it, sorry
I hope you have a great day!
FASCINATING thank you for ur service o7 i normally skip forewords and afterwords and what not so im not surprised i missed it id be lost without you
its an interesting idea i guess, and something that couldve been possible with more thought put into it. i know bart allen of the 90s for example doesnt use thought bubbles most of the time, and when he does theyre filled with art:
so that kind of approach IS possible! in joeys case unfortunately, because the comic refuses to translate his signing OR give us insight into his thoughts (and because he's part of an ensemble cast, so by necessity he's given less screen time), it mostly leads to other people telling us how Joey is feeling.
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if the goal was to have him wholly expressed through the art, they dropped the ball on that big time
