Origins & Mysteries Revealed!

by on July 25, 2018
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My friends, you may have noticed that, throughout the course of telling the epic tale of the Electric Team, we have periodically included flashbacks that give you a greater understanding of our lead characters.

Issue 1 opened with a flashback to Leeta’s childhood;

Issue 2 opened with a four-page flashback to Mr. Amazing’s childhood;

Issue 3 opened with a four-page flashback to Zarko’s past;

Issue 4 was an issue-long flashback that showed how Leeta, Mr. Amazing, and Zarko met;

Issue 5 included a 13 page Plant Man story, which described Plant Man’s past;

Issue 6 opened with a two-page recap of the events that led to civilization collapsing:

Issue 7 opened with a four-page flashback to Jaxula’s childhood.

As you may have noticed, we’ve seen the origin stories for five of our six lead characters. And as the weeks and months have gone by, you’ve probably been asking yourself, with increasing desperation, “What about Brianna?!?” We’ve been holding off on revealing Brianna’s past, though we have dropped clues and made vague references. We have been building the mystery . . . but now, all will be revealed!

Issue 9 is titled “Brianna’s Story.” It opens with a two-page framing sequence, which leads into an ISSUE-LONG FLASHBACK, telling the story of Brianna’s life from childhood to the present. Get ready! We’ve been planning this for a long time, and we’re excited to finally be bringing it to you!

 

Page 236: The Process

by on July 24, 2018
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Now that Page 236 is here, let’s take a look behind the scenes at the process that produced it.

Step 1 – Planning. Abi and I talked over the page, and I had an idea of how to lay it out–three panels in the top row, two in the second row, one in the third row. I sketched this out to show her, and she wrote her ideas for the dialogue.

Step 2 – (Not shown) Script. Now that we had a plan for the page, I typed it up into a script, describing each panel and fleshing out the dialogue.

Step 3 – Lettering and sketches. Sam roughed out each panel, copied the dialogue from the script, and pasted it into word balloons. It’s handy to do the lettering first, so you can make sure it all fits and doesn’t cover up any important parts of the artwork.

Step 4 – Finished B&W artwork.

Step 5 – Color.

Sam is Back, and Chapter 9 is Here!

by on July 17, 2018
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Huzzah, page 235 is here! Regular artist Sam Albert is back, and she’s launched us into Chapter 9.

We get right into the swing of things on this new page, with Verka the squirrel accusing Brianna. To get the full context of what our heroes are talking about, you’ll want to refer back to page 157.

Specifically, this part:

Verka has been silent for a long time, but  no longer! She must speak her truth!