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WORLD OF HURT - The Thrill-Seekers - Episode 5: “Confession Is Good For The Soul, Bad For The Jaw”
In this strip, I think I finally started to gain my footing. It’s a poor artist who blames his tools, but it’s an even poorer artist who keeps using cheap tools. I started using a real Red Sable Kolinsky #2 brush, instead of brushes with cheaper synthetic fibers, so I think the lines came out much smoother and more controlled. I wasn’t super happy with the car, but I was pleased with the flame effects. If I had the chance, I would re-draw that last panel. Pastor’s nose drives me crazy in that one.
As far as the writing and art goes, early on I realized I had to trust the audience to make the closure with what is occurring. As to the fate of Alicia Patterson, I believe what is implied is much more powerful than what is stated, or drawn, because I rely on the imagination, and dare I say, complicity of the reader to generate that closure of events.
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- JEP
