HEART-SHAPED SKULL

SR 1 PAGE ONE-HUNDRED AND NINE WHOOF this is a weird one to re-read two weeks before the apocalypse (potentially). It’s hard to read this page without connecting it to all the right wing horrors that have descended upon us since I wrote it. Back in 2004, 4chan was in its infancy, “incel” had barely…

SR 1 PAGE ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVEN “Brendan Li” here isn’t based on anyone in particular, just vibes.  Specifically the vibes I’d get scanning the new release wall of any given comic shop in the early aughts. Man, the intense waves of heterosexual male lust coming off that vast sea of boobs was palpable. Sweaty, even.To…

SR 1 PAGE ONE-HUNDRED AND FIVE Wow, seems like there wouldn’t be much to say about this page, huh? Just two icons associated with the two characters we’ll be spending pretty much the entire issue with. This is the last appearance of the black “intro page” because it’s the last part of Serenity Rose released…

SR 1 PAGE ONE-HUNDRED AND THREE And so issue four ends in VIOLENT BLOODSHED. There hasn’t been much in the way of bloodshed in this ostensibly horror-related series, has there? Which is odd, given my splatter-loving tendencies. We’ll fix that oversight in book two for sure. As a kid I was deathly afraid of gore.…

SR 1 PAGE ONE-HUNDRED AND ONE This page is maybe 99% Sharpie, with a little bit of mechanical pencil texture, a white gel pen for the stars, and some white pencil for the “moon” glow. It all works pretty well, I think. Nice “lonely country road” vibe. It feels like those bright headlights could fall…

SR 1 PAGE NINETY-NINE This page and the next are probably the two sweariest pages in the entire book, so my apologies to any grandmas and grandpas feeling scandalized right now. Although… most grandparents these days are baby boomers, right? We all know what those people got up to. Stop clutching your pearls, Moonbeam, we’ve…

SR 1 PAGE NINETY-SEVEN FORSOOTH! Very much enjoy the Disconnect leader talking in that florid, vaguely Shakespearean dialect. If only these characters had stuck around long enough to play with that more, but alas.  Why do you think the leader talks like that? I assume all of The Disconnect were – like Humbly – once…

SR 1 PAGE NINETY-FIVE I Why does it say “needle. drop.”? Seems like more of a “record. scratch.” moment than a needle drop. But that wouldn’t fit with the image of an actual needle there. I dunno. Just fun words, I guess! It’s probably blindingly obvious, but I’ve never actually seen anyone doing needle drugs…

SR 1 PAGE NINETY-THREE SR 1 PAGE NINETY-THREE (106) I really enjoyed drawing Skarsdayle’s horrifying nightcrawler lips on these pages. She doesn’t have any eyes to work with, so all her acting is in those lips, and those lips are playing to the cheap seats. I’m wondering if that design was partially inspired by a…

SR 1 PAGE NINETY-ONE Pages like these two are a lot of fun, because I get to dive back into pure “character designer” mode. It reminds me a bit of the times on Invader ZIM when I’d get tasks like “draw ten revolting monsters” or “design twenty alien species to fill this food court.” The…