EEK! It’s Friday 13th!
It’s still a few weeks away from the end of the Crush Depth story arc, but I’ve got to say I’m thoroughly enjoying writing the Mei Wu story and am looking forward to drawing it immensely! I’ve expanded the page count to 15 pages, so it should run for around two months, before the next arc of Elf Blood starts up again! Look forward to that one; it’s mostly action, with a smattering of emotion, and plenty of ass-kicking.
Mei Wu itself is shaping up nicely. I’m almost done with the first draft, and the second draft should weed out some inconsistencies in character motivations. I really like the Ash-Gwen dynamic; it’s actually quite similar to how I originally envisioned Fliss-Mara interactions. Because it’s the first issue, I’m having fun planting little seeds of future character development here and there, too!
I’ve also been thinking about what would be good to add into the print edition of Mei Wu to reward people who buy it. Extra artwork is the obvious go-to, and will definitely be present, but I think something more interesting or innovative would really just hit the spot, so stay tuned for some suggestions, once I’ve done a bit of thinking!
Right, I’d best be off for now, enjoy today’s page and I’ll catch you again on Monday!
Cheerio!
M.
Pretty cool so far
Cheers 😀 I’m glad you enjoyed catching up with the Crush Depth storyline, it was fun to peel off into some Lovecraftian territory, it was a nice creative adventure!
Are we going to find out what this device is? why it seams to like people sitting in it? and why it has decided to destroy everything after sitting happily at the bottom of the sea for a while?
Oh, I thought the destruction thing was fairly obvious. The temple’s been gradually falling apart; The wash of water from earlier was a symptom, as were the doors failing. The chair’s purpose is something I know, but I wanted people to start guessing about what it was.
Guesses!!! It is a command hub for a missile silo hidden on the moon!
OR… a very uncomfy chair that bad persons were sentenced to sit in for a long time until they learned their lesson… (this later evolved into what is known today as the ‘naughty step’). Anyway this chair is cunning and has a mind of it’s own to torment/rehabilitate it’s captive; if the captive tries to escape the immediate vicinity of the chair then they are struck by lightning type energy to their detriment until they sit back down… it will also sustain them with low form of energy to keep them alive over a very long time, without the pleasures of consuming food etc… in effect it is a high security prison / solitary confinement room. It has become a little rusty , hence the delayed reaction of the lightning storm… and the previous captive who was kept alive too long was eager to get a replacement to substitute him so that he might at last pass away… It is a classic Over-punishment-just-wanna-die scenario with an Atlantean twist…
Either that or the secret-moonbase-control room….
This would be the kind of Naughty Step RoÃsin would have constructed for you, after you kicked her in the shin 😛