Panel 2 is what’s known as
“cheating”: the posters and placards logically should have been facing AWAY
from camera, toward the Archon and his entourage as they emerged from the
hotel. I didn’t want to break up the action into 2 panels, hence the cheat. I’m
curious if anybody even noticed, or, if they did, cared.
This is an example of what I
was talking about in a previous post: in comics, a pose (or panel) often has to
impart several quanta of information simultaneously, often in a way that is
not, strictly speaking, realistic. It’s only a problem if readers notice, or,
if noticing, care.
I’m also posting the backside
of this page to demonstrate part of my process; I will frequently work back and
forth thusly in order to check my drawing, catch mistakes, etc. I learned this
technique in art school and have found it useful over the years.
This is page #15 from "The Mark" issue 1,
volume 2, otherwise known as "The Mark In America", published by Dark
Horse Comics in December 1993. Written by Mike Barr, Drawn by Brad Rader
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