Electric Team

So, here we are; Electric Team page 9 has made the transition out of the prologue and into the present day of our story.

From the beginning I’ve known that I wanted young Leeta staring directly at the reader at the bottom of the page, and then older Leeta in the same position at the top of the next page. And I wanted her to look intense.

In the script for page 8, I referred Sam to a panel from Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s Batman Year One:

 
See? He’s an intense young man. I also referred to a panel from Dark Knight Returns later in the script, but don’t get the idea that I’m obsessed with Batman. I swear I’m not.

Anyway, Sam brought the transition to life thusly:

 
And it makes me very happy.

The other exciting thing about page 9 is that it’s the first appearance of the rest of our cast. You’ll find out their names and a little bit about each of them next week.

As of our latest installment, page 8, the context of the comic should be much clearer. It turns out that the professor from the first few pages is probably not the main character after all. Instead, everything you’ve read so far is prologue. Now we know how Leeta came to be raised by the unicorns, and what it was like for her growing up (she never won any races), and what her personality is (pretty intense).

If you wanted to, you could call the first 8 pages The Secret Origin of Leeta. But, with page 8, the prologue draws to a close.

Since the comic is called The Electric Team, you may have wondered, “Who IS the Electric Team?” Tune in on Thursday to find out. Also, Sam did her usual excellent work, and page 9 contains my favorite panel so far. Wait’ll ya see it! It’ll knock yer socks off!