I love that first panel, because it really captures the art style I wanted here. High-contrast black & white, like Matt Wagner’s original first Mage series; enough detail to the clothing and environment to indicate the setting; and hey, narrow and vertical and wordless.
As for the LAST panel, well, it’s a little bit of a pity-fest. I’m not saying this is the best story I’ve ever told, the most profound or most meaningful. Getting released from an institution only to sit out on the steps and pout, hrm, um…. yeah whatever.
All I can say is, save your final judgement for later in the run. As I may have mentioned before, this first issue of Tales Of October is built out of four six-page stories, and I intend to post them all before returning to Salvager Kain. The first story, which this page concludes, is “Welcome To The City”. On Saturday, I’ll post the start of the next story “Summer Jobs” (and I look forward to providing you the commentary on that one!). The third short story is “Fun & Games”, and the last story (which won’t have a title page but you’ll be able to figure it out) is “Welcome To The City (Reprise)”. I say hold off until then before you judge me a talentless hack, k?
I’m still enjoying showing you this story, and I hope you’ll enjoy it being told. Welcome to Quitoclam! See you in five days –
Paul
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