i'd like to thanks everyone for the useful critic on this comic that took Rhim and I MONTHS to decides to do, lol !!
Be assured peeps, this is not the last time you will see the domain of Lord Astaroth, and the walls of twisted skulls might just appears sooner than later !
So I'm not really gonna say anything about the story in this comic, but I just wanna say, I absolutely love how this comic turned out, in the art department! The characters are so expressive, and the angles look pretty spot on to me, the comic seems very strong! The pacing was great, you could clearly tell what was going on throughout the entire of it...
But like may I just say the colors in this are so freaking pretty, I love the purples and blues, and blacks, and I just can't help but find it incredibly enjoyable to look at in general! I understand why the comic has an 80%, this was pretty amazing, in terms of pretty much everything.
This was a pretty neat comic. I agree with COrn though, that hell felt a bit lackluster on the imagery. Where was the twisted walls of skulls, the hellish landscape that you generally associate with the domain of torment and punishment. In general, I feel you could try and really stretch your muscles on this one, both of you played it a bit to safe.
So it was a nice comic indeed, I do find it a little funny, that hell is considered another realm of reality, and brings a lot of questions up for me that I must admit are rather humorous, I think my hang up on that is more a hold over of american hero comic books and a lot of the ancient alien subtext jack Kirby put into his characters, just the visual of Shizana sending someone to hell if she wanted to is a bit funny to me. My only criticism of the actual artwork is the same for the babysitting comic, in that there is little establishment to this otherworldly universe honestly besides the palette this could be Louise's cave and there are so many gradients, I guess I just feel like the adventure of a comic comes from the world and I didnt get much of an impression of hell from this comic. I did like how this carried the plot line from the previous comics with it and the removal of Cues curse that was a fun nod connecting the arc in a nice way.
This was super great! I didn't expect there to be as nice a dynamic between this two, but you guys pulled it off really well. The little update about the curse was neat, demonstrating that force of will isn't enough to break Cue's spell, just mitigate its effects, damage it a bit. The resolution being based off of "oh, devils just love to make contracts" is PERFECT, although I guess I'm a fan of paperwork too, giving me some bias. Saying "The energy must've reacted with the magic" put me off, though. It's such a dismissal explanation of a mechanic that is pivotal to the comic's plot and seems utterly incomprehensible to me. The nebulous idea of "energy" just so happens to "react" with the equally nebulous idea of "magic." I'm tempted to do like, an entire battle devoted to explaining how that's physically possible, or it'll seriously bug me, so please fight me, both of you.
Gotta agree that this was one hella tight blend of styles. Each page was beautifully done and I enjoyed the interactions both characters had with one another.
I don't know what to say! This comic was an incredibly fun read and I found myself continuously awed as I kept reading.
I love Shizana's outfit btw. ;D Lookin' FRESH.
Excellent collaboration. Beautiful colors. 10/10. Will aspire to be like this again and again.
A really pretty palette for this comic. I sure do love me some purples~.
I like how this balanced seriousness and humor a lot. I also enjoyed that technology isn't completely unable to touch the supernatural, and that there was merit to multiple approaches. I think that's a great message, especially with the way the ending came about. This was just stellar writing and I'm honestly jealous.
it was really fun to do that one, and i will now use this collab as a excuse to fight Shizana again later ^^
I thanks Rhim to have agreed to this adventure
Submitted \o/
Pages 1,2, and 5-10: pencilled by Radji, inked by me
Pages 3,4, and 11-13: pencilled by me, inked by Radji
Colors and Text by me
Reading Radji's "Stroll in the Woods" and "Welcome in Hell" comics will help with understanding this comic, but hopefully it's also comprehensible as a standalone.
Enjoy~
(also apologies if my Finnish expletives are incorrect or awkwardly placed lol)
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