As always, your speed is impressive! I know your life has been busier as of late, so extra kudos for that. I will say however, your lack of line width variation has made for some very crowded and confusing panels in this comic. It becomes especially confusing when you're drawing characters in complicated wrestling poses. The middle of page 6 is an excellent example of that. Something I really respect about this comic is how you included so many characters who didn't make it into this battle royale. It was fun to see them even if they weren't in the main event. That said, in a comic with so many characters already, taking the time to focus on Milly O'Nare and other side characters must have made it even harder to give each of your opponents enough love and attention. Honestly, my overall impression of your comic is that more attention was given to side characters (mainly the announcers) than the fighters themselves. It kind of works because the commentary helps explain what's happening from shot to shot, but I would have rather seen more focus on the action itself, with dialogue reserved for wrestler banter. You could still have commentators, I just would have liked to see less of their text bubbles and more of the fight itself. I enjoyed the mysterious twist at the end. I feel a little let down that we didn't get to see what happened even just a little, but I get that you were intending it to be mysterious, so I'll just have to keep an eye out for what happens next!
As always, you deliver a spectacular story, based around interpersonal relationships and individual struggles. I love how you made this sort of a sequel to your collab with Skulls—Greece continuing to struggle with his past behavior that's keeping them apart, Xia still caring for him and wanting him to be okay. I love how you portrayed each character, how their fighting style reflected their personality and history, and all the relationships they formed together even in such a short time frame. Absolutely loved the Greece/JaJa stuff with Raven shipping it and Xia jealous of it. I'd say your anatomy seemed a bit inconsistent, but given the time frame and how much you did, I think you did great! Everything was clear and easy to follow, which is huge when everything is fighting. I can tell you really know your stuff here
I cackled at the end of page 1 XD. Already off to a great start. Ancelin demanding blood... so far the most in-character representation of her. It's a shame that you weren't able to finish this comic, because every page was absolute gold. Just incredibly entertaining with great character writing, hilarious gags and references, and very cute Dairyus. I approve. But also please get some rest I'm begging you 🙏
You delivered another fun, wacky comic. I absolutely love the colors you chose, it makes this feel like a major special event. And I think the way you did all the lights in the background was a top notch trick so that you could make everything feel cohesive without having to draw a bunch of crowd shots. There was just a lot of glitz and glam to this comic, which I'm so here for. My main criticism of this comic is just that I'm noticing a lot of inconsistency with how you draw these characters. It's most prominent in how big all of the characters are, which seems to change from panel to panel. It seems like some of that is for effect, which is super valid, but some of it just seems like you were rushing to draw everything and didn't bother paying attention to proportions. Obviously I'm a fan of your inclusion of Ancelin XD and I thought this undercover mission to capture Greece was a really fun idea. I love how you had Xia show up at the end to leave it ambiguous whether they succeeded or not. And I love how you used those old school characters to bring everything together with such a sweet message. As an old school VOIDer, that ending definitely hit home. It's cool to see people come and go on VOID, and see older VOIDers influence new generations of amazing artists. I loved that ending 😊
As always, your inks are 😩👌 delicious. The gritty vibe and all the old school VOID references were super nostalgic for me. I love how you draw all of the characters; they all have such unique vibes to them the way you've stylized everything. The lighthearted nature of the comic with Ponbiki's upbeat attitude made it super fun to read. I like that you focused your energy on giving your opponents roles that fit an interesting story rather than trying to give all of them equal attention; it's really easy to lose sight of that. I didn't totally get what happened with Smile in the ring, but I got enough of it to just enjoy the overall story. I swear, action is just like your natural genre, because you rock those action lines, exaggerated poses, sound effects—everything that goes into a good fight scene. I'm inspired by the way you really focused your efforts on the most important things, letting unimportant details go by the wayside when they weren't needed. That's something I want to incorporate into my own work if I can. Just really well done all-around, I have no complaints! So glad you came back to join this!
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Cab: Yours was the exact amount of pages I knew it was going to be. I liked Millie.
Shen: yours had great drama
footini: i liked the way you gave Greece just one page of drama and it was still enough to hook me, GIVEN i knew what comic he was flashing back to.
fluff: I liked where yours was going with the kidnapped SO rout
ponbiki: i liked your drawings and the cartoonish humor. I am new to the character so this was a nice introduction . i think you deserved the win
all yall: I feel like i could mix all these stories together and boil them down into some similar themes:
- greece's willingness to hit a child
- ponbiki and virtua's inherent chemistry, which was strange because i was in the wrestle discord and never saw this romance bloom there? hive mind next level?
- blowing up the moon to stop greece's werewolfism (lycanthropy )
and: I have mentioned this in the discord, but i'd like to advertise: I took Heathen's rejected art-of book and tried to par some of it down into a story. I've been told to only put it on the forums when its done. but yeah.
this whole event was fun and i think it fostered a lot of healthy community interaction in ways we don't get to see often. hope we have another v cup next year, so i can reuse the jokes i only sent to people in private.