Blue Blood Heroes - Expecting Blue, Page 1

Comic 1127 - Expecting Blue, Page 1

21st Dec 2021, 11:00 PM in Expecting Blue

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Adam C. 21st Dec 2021, 11:00 PM edit delete

OKAY! Got bad news, folks. Due to really maddening changes in scheduling on my move to another state, we might have to re-prioritize things. We're doing a Christmas filler on Saturday but... after that we're going to be doing the comic updates just once a week. WaR will update on Mondays and Blues on Saturdays. I really, REALLY hate having to put the comics on the back-burner, especially since I'm so proud of the advancements we've been making on the art lately (seriously, flip back a few chapters, we've come far), but there's no way around it.

Nnn. Man, leading with that kills the whole vibe. Especially this whole "We're all so happy, things are back to normal" feel to the page. It's such cruel irony.

Either way, yeah, we're back at the school. ^^ There's a few shake-ups in returning which we'll learn about as we go, but this is going to be our setting again. Everybody excited?

Having Vespi work as a sort of audience proxy is funny to me. She's a Pixie Queen from another dimension, and yet she's the one who's getting the update that's actually geared toward the audience. Simple page but really want it to sink in that we're back at the school and things are starting to seem more steady and calm again.

Ooo, also that crest.... I asked Martin if he could fill the empty space on the school in that first panel and that's what he came up with. All him, just such a great touch. Absolutely love the octopus being used as a school symbol. Everybody loves Octopi.

Martin F. 21st Dec 2021, 11:14 PM edit delete

Yeah, crest was kind of figured out as it went along, figured the school should have one when the subject initially came up but only actually did it once the rest of the page had been wrapped up and kind of just threw things together. Octopus came out of figuring the school should have a blue-blooded animal as a mascot and I decided I liked that option more than snails or spiders, though did consider the latter briefly.

So yeah, kind of just a page sort of easing us back into things settling into a more familiar state. Jake's at the school which is open again (readers of Wright as Rayne got an early nod to that happening, due to how it shook out we already saw Xandy mention she was going back), Jake's shaved, things seem to have settled into more standard territory. We're not just completely retreating back to the previous status quo like the previous arc didn't happen, no worries, but it'll take a bit before we kind of make it clear what all actually is different right now.

Comic 1127 - Expecting Blue, Page 1

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