An update from Michael Grant + shameless self promotion.

[lisacharly.livejournal.com]

OKAY SO. A little bit more from Michael Grant, who twittered to me.

MG: Plz pass along to all that we share blame for Marco issue. We did receive pix. We r never quite sure whether art is
MG: in final form when we see it. But honestly on this we just spaced out. Glanced, focused on the morph and missed it.
MG: We share blame. Should have clicked and didn't. Thanks to Anifans for catching our screwup. Love u guys for keeping us in line

Also, put up another page of my Animorphs #5 comic! And it's a Peter and Marco page, so I had a blast drawing it. I feel like I do better with the talky, melancholy scenes than I do with action sequences, probably because my handle on human anatomy is tenuous on a good day. Comments appreciated!

Comments

[jaemani.livejournal.com]

... Man I love Grapplegate.

And I really like the scene with Marco and his dad, it's very well done. Favourite panel is the fourth one- lots of emotion there. One thing I'm curious about though, is there a reason some pages are toned and some aren't?

[lisacharly.livejournal.com]

Night scenes are cardboard, day scenes are on white. No real reason besides that I like how it looks. Thanks!

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

What a fantastic response.

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

You cannot believe how excited I was when I was sitting there on Google reader and the comic feed suddenly went bold right before my eyes. I don't comment a lot but I DO love the comic and am always excited to see new pages!

[lisacharly.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks! Glad I can make someone happy every Saturday. <3

[1111-am.livejournal.com]

It makes my heart break a little to see them saying that they "share the blame." Even though the Marco model had serious issues idk I can't help but feel a little bad/guilty :( I love them, seriously they are the best ♥


Now about your comic:
#1. I LOVE baby!Marco in the picture :D
#2. Idk I really love the shadows on Peter standing in the doorway in that middle scene
#3. I love how the scene with Rachel talking is like a close up of the image of the scene above. Same positioning and facial expressions and stuff.
#4. Jw, who is that a close-up of in that bottom left scene?
#5. Have you read/checked out the book Making Comics by Scott McCloud? I had to get that book for one of my classes and it was awesome!

[lisacharly.livejournal.com]

They really are. Way to take accountability and be professional and gracious, MG!

Thanks so much! Baby Marco is a blast to draw. XD
4. Jake. Sorry it's unclear.
5. I've read it before, but I don't own a copy. It's a great book, though!

[elektra30.livejournal.com]

It's really heartwarming when authors are upfront with their fans (:

Re: your comic, it's amazing, I wish I were half as talented as you! (: I love how the emotions on Peter's face in particular was so palpable. Great use of cardboard/paper for the background - the cardboard bit somehow accentuates the emotions as well :D

[lisacharly.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm glad the cardboard works, it's my favorite medium. :)