We had a couple of players out, so we postponed our Land of Azurth 5e game until next week. So instead of gaming, I got a chance to work on the Land of Azurth comic story starring Waylon the Frogling called "The Runaway Shadow." This was originally planned for Underground Comics #2, but that hasn't happened unfortunately. Also, Jeff Call, the original artist, got a new job in animation in California and moved before being able to complete the story back in 2018. I did get this page out of it, and it was great. Lettering here, by me:
The project was shelved for a few years, but then I picked it back up in in 2021, at least enough to commission comics artist Mike Kazaleh to draw the whole thing. I told Mike I was looking for a bit of Harvey Comics vibe, without being a pastiche, and he did a great job. Here's the the first page, again lettered by me:
I started coloring it last night, using digital halftone brushes to mimic old school comic's coloring, but I'm not done with that yet.
4 comments:
How did I not hear of this back in 18? How did I miss this? This is absolutely awesome!! Any chance of a POD softcover when you're all done? I am in awe, this is the ultimate love letter to the campaign and your friends. So cool.
It will definitely be made available in some form.
The first one gives me a bit of a Pogo vibe, as well as more of a comix feel. Second one, yeah, that's got some Harvey in its DNA.
It was very much intended to have Pogo vibes.
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