I wasn't able to vote on this but I want to reward the effort spent with a proper commentary/critique;

FRED: I commend the experimentation while not being personally pleased with the results....although I do see some merit in it and think that with further use it might be better with some more kinks worked out....simplification as well as requiring greater contol of palette also requires much more attention to shape and layout(and more details or watercolour-ey texture would also help)
          I also agree with some of the comments in regards to the writing not being up to your usual calibre and think that in an effort to adopt or channel her characters manic energy you also adopted some of Hobbit's failings as a storyteller.

HOBBIT: overall you continue to improve artistically getting better and more experience in your rendering as you experiment(keep using and practicing those blacks) and make mistakes along the way(like coloured text or bubbles in an otherwise B+W comic....eeewwwww) but your greatest weakness continues to be your almost psychotic storytelling (although I compliment the inclusion of background and establishing a setting)

LeFred            -

Awwww yiss LEFRED! I love reading your comics!

         I think your colour choices weas nice, I thought they worked especially well during the sinking scenes later in the comic. However, the problem with lineless art is that you need to be incredibly aware of your colour's saturation, hue, and value. If you don't pay super close attention to that stuff, you lose the distinct shapes of stuff, and I think that happens here alot. Too many of your colours are at a similar value level, so important objects don't stick out as much as they should, and there's a lack of depth to scenes. Just desaturate your pages every so often when you're working to check them real quick, and you should be totes fine.

        Normally I think your writing is incredibly strong, so it feels useless for me to bring this up, but alot of the language in this comic is really weird and unnatural. I dunno why this comic is different, but you're a great writer so whatever.

       As always dude, you experiment and push yourself SO MUCH, it's inspiring how fresh you keep it and how hard you work. I love lineless styles, but I'm completely scared to ever try it. The most I can do is just do a line drawing and colour the lines away.



Hobbit              -

                  I feel like the coloured speech bubbles were kinda unnecessary, and took away from your great blacks. If you were worried about the free floating words being attributed to the right people, I think you could've just made the "speakers" of those panels a little clearer and it would've been totally fine.

                  I have to agree that the story is a little melodramatic and difficult to follow. It moves really fast, and Lucy's motivations for confronting Meredith aren't really developed well. Also, bringing up Meredith's lack of trust would feel more poignant and appropriate if there was some kinda set-up in the comic where we see it negatively impacting her life/relationships. Lucy's Truth Bomb shouldn't be for the reader, just for Meredith. Show us the problem first, so that we feel catharsis when Lucy calls it out.

                 I really love the blacks and lines and eveeerryyyythiiiiiing. This is definitely one of my fave comics of yours. There's alot of void, but I think you pull in the setting often enough, and it has such personality, that it still feels grounded. The way you move between void and setting works super well too, because it visually matches that they're half having this conversation in their heads, or about thoughts.

LEFRED- Ooh cool stylistic change! The blocky lineless style was definitely a great experiment in form over detail and I think it worked. I don't know if you used any textures for the backgrounds or anything, but your pages had a rough pulpy paper feel to them that I really enjoyed. Kinda like a classy version of southpark? IDK XD
I dig the re-purposed Titanic nod, though I was waiting to see what the deal was with Boom and her trashy mouth. I felt it was a gimmick that had little payoff once you realize that's simply how to portrayed the character. I'll fully admit I'm an old lady. Expletives just because always rub me the wrong way, so I found myself drawn more to Meredith and Lucy. It all ends on such a cliffhanger though. Does Lucy find Meredith? Will Boom durvuve? Do they all come back as old ass ladies and toss a priceless necklace back into the ocean??

HOBBITASTIC- I think you have such a knack for making the funny that this stab at taking the serious route was a good effort, but still fell a bit flat. I admit Meredith spelling out 'you don't know shi-it-' on page 5 made me laugh out loud, so I was a little thrown to see it get all serious, as well as Boom discarding her usually derpiness to channel her inner Inigo Montoya. I did like that your digital inks feel sharper this time around and not so loosey goosey. This is such a stupid thing to notice, but I really liked the detailing on Meredith's earring/ponytail baubles. Nice job tightening up your quality!

I dunno, between both comics, this felt like a push out of the norm for the both of you. I don't know how successful they were, but I applaud and encourage thinking outside your usual styles and boxes, so good on ya!

ok so

Fred: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh love this. But I think I love pretty much all your comics so not sure this is an achievement I have particular fondness of the page 8 and the panelling there... Wow, just wow!

Hobbit: whaaa your blacks rule!! Cute little story! I wish there was some more detail in the comic though, especially backgrounds. But totally nice one!

Everybody pretty much said what i want to say lol.
LeFred, how you do lineless oh man its amazing. The colours were gorgeous, especially towards the end, and the dialogue was hilarious. I loved the pizza bar, and Meredith and Lucy's magical evening. It does end a bit abruptly but I still think its an awesome comic.

Hobbit your ink and blacks of course are to die for and I love the looseness of your style, all curves and circles. I agree the flow was a little awkward, like you wanted to hurry and get to the good stuff, and it ended up impacting the drama a bit negatively.  I think a bit more often you should pull back the camera more often, you designed a nice restaurant but we only see that one booth ever, once in a while just a little more breathing space would be welcome. but your gestures and expressions are as great as always!

LeFred - While I can agree somewhat that the colors clashed a little in some places and moved the eye away from the action, overall, I really enjoyed the look of this comic. No lines is hard to pull off, I know I couldn't do it. I thought the Titanic riff was cool, and worked well with the story. I think I understand the mentality too, of thinking the all-you-can-eat pizza deck is WAY better than sunshine.... I'd be down there too haha! Good work overall, I especially liked the panel of the people in lifeboats looking at the half-sunk boat, and the past page as well. Very cool.

Hobbit - Very nice line work, everything is very smooth and there is no guessing who or what or where. I liked how clean it was. I will say that the pacing of the story made it a little hard to follow what was happening at times, I had to read it twice to really get what went on in the middle, but once I got it, I liked it too. I will say that I wish there had been a little more conflict, and/or something more happening overall, it seemed like a very brief interaction when all was said and done. But still a solid entry! Good job!

lefred, a lineless style is always interesting to see and not always easy to pull off so it's cool to see you try.  The color choices I don't think are the best though.  The colors aren't always helping us focus on the action here and things seem be too light altogether.  The best pages are 3-4 when the background is a brown color and provides much more contrast to the multiple colors of the main characters.  Also watch your words in your word balloons, they're always really close to the edges and should be a bit more spaced and centered.  Page 8 with the angled panels was really creative.

hobbit, your style is really nice and clean to look at.  I would suggest going with white gutters, you've already got so much black that having the background be black just causes everything to blend together a bit.  I'm not sure about the colored word balloons.  It does make it easier to tell who is speaking but it seems out of sorts because color is so sparse.  The only other instance we get is Lucy's eyes.  I would suggest to look at a comic like Frank Miller's Sin City.  Color is also very sparse but used to dramatic and often vibrant effect.  And by using this example, I mean you should do what you did with Lucy's eyes, have their representative color show up on the characters just so it isn't so weird to have the colored text.  The story itself is also lacking a bit in conflict.  The ending is definitely anticlimactic.  I think it's because you're lacking the emotional beats.  Lucy confronting your character about her thoughts and insecurities could have been drawn out more.  On page 5, those last three panels could use more emphasis.  Her utterance seems more sarcastic than angry.  Exaggerate the features more for your characters, use angles and perspective to play up the drama.  The threat at the end seems very vague.  All in all this is the story of an awkward moment without much resolution or followthrough.

tfw I'll never be able to go line-free like fred, or ink as well as hobbit

Smashing job to ya both; fred that's maybe my favorite instance of Boom on Void, and hobbit it's insane to me that you are able to get so much done in such a short amount of time, while making quality work.

lefred: I freakin' love these colors and I love how the panels come tumbling down in the second to last page. Not sure where you're going with that ending but it's beautifully illustrated.

hobbittastic: these lines and blacks are so cool and clean, I'm envious! There is an element of the writing however, I didn't get to bring this up in your last BB, but sometimes it feels like with your writing, you're rushing scenes to the point of completely skipping/missing panels that may have been necessary to keep the flow of the plot. Like, for the last page, I know she's talking to Lucy but it's only because of referring to her sister in the same sentence. If we had a panel of her actually facing Lucy, or a reaction shot of Lucy, it would better flow, at the moment it feels like a page could be missing. I would take more time setting up your conversations so that they don't jump cut like this.

Hobbit - I really love your style, your blacks are super solid. The last page is a little weird and I'm not sure if you ran out of time and slapped that in there? I feel like the backgrounds got more and more neglected as the comic went on, but I think you might have just needed more time? A good comic overall but a little abrupt with the storyline, in my opinion.

Fred - I loved everything about this. The style and colors are so cool, it was funny, and you left us on an exciting note. Honestly, I can't remember the last time I scored a comic this high. Amazing work.

Hobbit - I enjoy the way you draw characters, and I am a bit jealous of your blacks. That said, the flow was really. Off. I needed to read it a few times, because such a sudden switch of emotions was like, Hey wait, what, Did I miss something. And Lucy fell a bit overdramatic, or at least, maybe a little bit too stable (not drunk enough).

Fredness - "I will die with this pizza" is my favorite panel. I love Lucy's falling sequence in the second to last page. I am very sad that they didn't kiss on page 6.

Uploaded! Seriously can't wait to see your comic; good luck!

Okay. This comic is now a thing that is done.
Good luck Hobbit!

*screaming intensifies*

Good luck, you toad. <3

Oh, hello Hobbit >.>
I'm super excited to be facing you!

OOOOoooo!! Hey there Fred~

Good luck guys !

Good luck! Can't wait!!