[blog] Year 2, Comic 14 - Last Game
★ Notes on Year 2, Comic 14 – Post III: Last Game ★
Another [vague amount of time], another update!
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✓ First of all, and most importantly–what are sad things? Jack’s camera is in his stall. Dex threw his helmet. Chowder does not take off his mask until he’s in the locker room. The place where they’re piling up confetti is this place. Jack did not want to wear his jersey. There is confetti on Jack’s jersey. (Only his?) There’s no dialogue because other than the coaches, no one really says much. Also, there’s a layer called:
✓ Second, what’s up with Zimmermann and loading docks? Ya know, Jack knows hockey rinks better than I do, so maybe he has learned that loading docks are great quiet places to go before or after games. But I’m shaking my head because it’s supposed to be TD Garden? How could no one be down at the loading dock in April at TD Garden. Didn’t think that through, did you, me???
✓ Why the split, squareish panels? Why no dialogue? This comic tends to do a lot more telling than showing. There aren’t that many frames per panel, so there’s not a ton of room to illustrate action sequences in a scene. So I’ll admit that these characters stand around talk quite a bit. Like, stand, sit, and jump on each other—that’s all they do. #SometimesTheyPlayHockey
Their season is over. There isn’t much to say. Therefore this comic needed every single beat I could shake out of this 10-photos-per-post-limit to show characters being sad and looking around and running to find totally distraught college hockey captains. So 14-ish panels! @_@
☆ ☆ ☆ NEWS ☆ ☆ ☆
☆ Look at all this social media. Wow there’s so much social media:
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☆ I’M GOING TO THE TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL!!! That’s TCAF for you comic affecionados. Listen, if you live on earth you should try to make it to this comic convention because it is renown for being a slew of fun. Also, I’m going to try to have a mini-comic called Madison done by then. (But, it’ll probably just be a very rough preview.) *grabs you* MADISON IS ABOUT OMGCP SUMMER 2015, YOU FOOL. Also, my bud Gale is going? She’s in Huddle! Start being a fan of her too.
☆ Merch! PreOrders are closed but you can still buy #books and #PDFs.
☆ You made it all the way down to the end of the blog! Lowkey? My patreon is under construction [x]. (Read: no hay nada.) BUT that is where I’ll be posting livestream links and great behind-the-scenes progress on p. much errthang. The behind-the-scenes blog is live and you can tune into private livestreams whenever they go down. (The Patreon phone app sends you push notifications? WHAAAAAT!) I listen to #podcasts #music #sports.
☆ Up Next: Oh man, “A” can stand for anything. The next episode follows a year-long discussion between two bros who can’t decide on a lot of things.
☆ Thank you for reading this comic! ☆