CHAPTER 6: INTO THE SUNSET Writer: John Lees Artists: Jonathan Rector & Will Robson Colorist: Mike Gagnon Letterer: Kel Nuttall Editor: Steven Forbes All good things must come to an end. And here we are, at the beginning of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Surely the greatest opening page I will ever write! The idea behind this was to do an homage to that classic Silver Age technique of opening your story with a dramatic full-page spread representing the height of the action, punctuated […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t know what the hell was going through my head when I wrote this issue’s flashback sequences, but as you’ll see as this chapter progresses, they were packed with some of the most demented imagery of the whole series. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
More bonkers imagery on display here. Zachary Zarthos has a hideout (a secret sky fortress, no less) that is built in the shape of his own head, because of course he does. It should also be pointed out that it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here we return to the present day, following up on the cliffhanger of the previous chapter and wasting no time in diving right into the action. There are two major action sequences in this final chapter. Each of them was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One little detail I find funny is that Jonathan Rector spent ages developing this insanely detailed battlesuit back in Chapter 4, which I knew Zena Zarthos would be wearing down the line. Jon didn’t read ahead – by his own […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The updates this week will likely be a little shorter, as it’s mostly a continuation of the big fight scene that began at the end of last week. Though it was fun to let Zena Zarthos leap into full-blown ranting […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The general dynamic I was going for with this fight was that Zena Zarthos is well-equipped, but outmatched. She continues to show her resourcefulness to prove a more challenging opponent than anyone else The Dawn has faced up until this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That little shoulder holster bit reminds me of PREDATOR 2, when the Predator fires his shoulder gun at Gary Busey. Only here the shoulder gun belongs to Zena, very much playing the Gary Busey role here. I still chuckle at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ouch! That arm-break looks nasty! Thus we wrap up Zena Zarthos VS The Dawn, the first of the two big climactic fight scenes of this issue. A big kudos to Will Robson for knocking it out the park. Tomorrow marks […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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