Tue, 21 May 2013 20:45:34 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304390#Comment_304390 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304390#Comment_304390 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:22:30 -0700 Justin Jordan
It's a fun, funny ridiculously violent book that's sort of a superhero/horror hybrid. Here, have a look at the cover and preorder thinger:



story JUSTIN JORDAN
art & cover TRADD MOORE
OCTOBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99
Luther Strode is just your average nerd until he sends away for a bodybuilding course from an old comic book, one that works a whole lot better than he ever imagined. His newfound strength and strange talents make school a lot easier, but they’ve also caused some very, very bad people to take a very, very keen interest in him. Things will never be the same for Luther Strode…if he survives.

AUG110403




If you dig it, I would not object to spreading the preorder thinger around, or assaulting your favored comic book retailer with it. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304392#Comment_304392 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304392#Comment_304392 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:37:47 -0700 EvilPants http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304402#Comment_304402 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304402#Comment_304402 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:05:24 -0700 Justin Jordan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304404#Comment_304404 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304404#Comment_304404 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:27:44 -0700 Sobreiro here (in case you need to see those exposed organs in close-up). ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304407#Comment_304407 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304407#Comment_304407 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:35:56 -0700 NeilFord http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304409#Comment_304409 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304409#Comment_304409 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:44:39 -0700 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304462#Comment_304462 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304462#Comment_304462 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:40:25 -0700 Justin Jordan
Glad you guys like the looks of it. We're going to have some previews here pretty shortly. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304512#Comment_304512 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304512#Comment_304512 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:45:51 -0700 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304555#Comment_304555 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304555#Comment_304555 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:12:31 -0700 Darkest http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304558#Comment_304558 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304558#Comment_304558 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:12:29 -0700 Sobreiro AUG110403 ? It's the one I got. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304560#Comment_304560 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304560#Comment_304560 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:32:52 -0700 Justin Jordan AUG110403 ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304605#Comment_304605 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304605#Comment_304605 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:35:35 -0700 Jason A. Quest http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304610#Comment_304610 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304610#Comment_304610 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:34:35 -0700 gdwessel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304721#Comment_304721 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304721#Comment_304721 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:55:36 -0700 Justin Jordan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304794#Comment_304794 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=304794#Comment_304794 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:06:05 -0700 Sobreiro
]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=305429#Comment_305429 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=305429#Comment_305429 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:23:52 -0700 Justin Jordan Fairly long interview with Tradd, Felipe and I at AICN. If you want to know more about the book or my career as an Anti Stripper, this is the place to find out. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=305773#Comment_305773 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=305773#Comment_305773 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:22:02 -0700 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=305840#Comment_305840 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=305840#Comment_305840 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:14:37 -0700 Justin Jordan
It was sort of Luther Strode day at Multiversity Comics:

Me

If you interested in how Tradd works and his influences and inspirations, they did three pieces on him. Read them, they, like Tradd, are pretty awesome.

Tradd Interview

Tradd Art

Holy crap, is there any end to Tradd's stuff?

Non Spoilery Review ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306514#Comment_306514 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306514#Comment_306514 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:22:28 -0700 Sobreiro recently released, along with the rest of Image's November '11 solicitations. Here it is, sans-logo:

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306550#Comment_306550 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306550#Comment_306550 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:12:39 -0700 CurtPires http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306602#Comment_306602 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306602#Comment_306602 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:50:02 -0700 Ahlhelm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306606#Comment_306606 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306606#Comment_306606 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:58:58 -0700 werwolf http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306694#Comment_306694 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306694#Comment_306694 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:18:20 -0700 Justin Jordan
Basically, we just sent the pitch in via email, and they said yes. I have been around comics for a few years (I had three Zuda finalist comics, for instance) and I had met Eric Stephenson verrrrry briefly at a con a couple of years ago, but I think I was completely unknown to Image. This was not my first pitch to Image, actually. I think it may have been my fourth or fifth, one of which they asked to see a hard copy version of but ultimately passed on. That was when Larsen was publisher, so I don't think those pitches had any effect one way or another on Luther.

The pitch was pretty basic - I mentioned who I was and very briefly what the comic was about in the email body, then attached a cover letter that had more about Tradd, Felipe and I and an expanded summary of what the book is about (a paragraph or so), a synopsis of the series on issue by issue basis, and six pages of art plus the cover (the cover we pitched was slightly different than the final version - Felipe came up with a cooler logo). I think this is pretty much what they ask for in the submission guidelines.

I think peopl sweat the submissions process too much. What matters (this is my opinion) is the art and the story. I'm not saying you should send one pin up and an eightypage story bible, but as long as the story is good and the art is good, you shouldn't sweat the submission too much. It'd be a rare company that would shit can a good series because your pitch wasn't perfect.

(Having said that, I do sweat the pitch. Not so much making sure it's only one page long or whatever, but making sure I really have the essence of what the story is about down. This is pretty helpful later on when you're trying to talk to journalists.)

Now, this is going a little far afield, but writers should (and this the opinion of somebody on their first real success, so grain of salt may be necessary) focus on two things: the craft of writing, and working with the right people. The craft part is something I can't help with, other than that you should write a lot, but the artist thing I can talk about. The trick to getting good artists to work with you is having artists work with you.

Or less paradoxically, the more artists you work with, the easier it will be to get other artists to work with you. When I pitched Tradd, I was able to point him to half a dozen things I'd done, which allowed him to see how I write, and that I'm at the very least not so much of an asshole that I can't be worked with. So if you're wanting to bust in as a writer, get in the habit of looking for artists and approaching them, even if it's just for a five page story.

@Ahlhelm - THanks! I hope you like it as much as we do. We may be slightly biased.

@ werwolf - Sweet! I've got people buying in Germany, Austria, Spain, the UK and Australia. That I know of. International! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306716#Comment_306716 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306716#Comment_306716 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:16:46 -0700 Akiramich http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306779#Comment_306779 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=306779#Comment_306779 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:59:03 -0700 Justin Jordan
(There really needs to be something that shows more enthusiasm than a period and yet doesn't make me seem like a cheerleader on meth like the exclamation point.) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=307005#Comment_307005 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=307005#Comment_307005 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:49:47 -0700 Jason A. Quest http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=308117#Comment_308117 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=308117#Comment_308117 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:14:02 -0700 Sobreiro USAToday interview with Justin and Tradd about Luther Strode... Plus some previously unseen pages hidden somewhere in the middle! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=308179#Comment_308179 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=308179#Comment_308179 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 06:31:46 -0700 fmiller http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=309534#Comment_309534 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=309534#Comment_309534 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:50:35 -0700 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=309535#Comment_309535 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=309535#Comment_309535 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:54:06 -0700 Sobreiro http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=309806#Comment_309806 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=309806#Comment_309806 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:00:20 -0700 Sobreiro

Here's a trailer we did. Editing and music by Luther Strode artist extraordinaire Tradd Moore! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311353#Comment_311353 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311353#Comment_311353 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:37:20 -0700 Justin Jordan
In addition to your local comic shop, Luther wil also be available digitally from the usual suspects.

Some reviews:


http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/131775145543737.htm

http://www.dailyblam.com/news/2011/10/04/cassie%E2%80%99s-image-comics-review-the-strange-talent-of-luther-strode-1

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/best-shots-advance-reviews-111004.html ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311412#Comment_311412 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311412#Comment_311412 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:35:58 -0700 Sobreiro
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Hope you dig it Jason!

If anyone is interested in buying the digital version, it's available here. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311609#Comment_311609 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311609#Comment_311609 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:11:01 -0700 James Cunningham
Actually, one local comic store sold out and the other got left high & dry by Diamond. I've got a few other places to search, though, but am too busy with work to do it before Sunday. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311622#Comment_311622 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311622#Comment_311622 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:46:31 -0700 Beamish this. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311649#Comment_311649 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311649#Comment_311649 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:47:01 -0700 Justin Jordan
It's interesting - stores are selling out all over, but the price for the issues seems to not be rising yet, and I wonder if that's a function of digital comics being available or not enough time or what. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311654#Comment_311654 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311654#Comment_311654 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:23:07 -0700 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311657#Comment_311657 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311657#Comment_311657 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:26:46 -0700 Justin Jordan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311677#Comment_311677 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311677#Comment_311677 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:47:48 -0700 vickvega http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311787#Comment_311787 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311787#Comment_311787 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:22:35 -0700 NickDonald
I think special mention should go to Felipe Sobreiro's colours: very clean, nice use of differing yet complimentary palettes for the two story threads. I'm colour blind and when the colouring is too busy or from a too limited part of the spectrum, it makes the action harder to follow and detracts from the book as a whole. Absolutely not the case here. The art is clean and crisp, even when it's violent and dirty. [Although completely different stylistically, the first comparison that springs to mind is McNiven and Ponsor's current work on Captain America].

As for the story: The Hercules Method is great. (Won't talk any more about the story. Don't want to ruin it for anyone, loved that page, though)

The only negative is the fact that that wanker Mark Millar had the nerve to release Superior while you were still working on this. But the similarities are amazingly superficial it's just... I read them both today... On the plus side: you've been lumped in with Captain America and Millarworld first time out. That has to be worth something.

I'm along for the ride. Let's go!

Hey, look at that: your first proper Whitechapel review! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311804#Comment_311804 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311804#Comment_311804 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:06:37 -0700 Justin Jordan
@Nick - Thanks, man! Finding the right colorist for a project is the hardest part, even moreso than finding the right artist. Felipe is just knocking it out of the park with his colors, which is an aspect of comics that I don't think gets enough credit. Colors can really make or break the mood of the book, so getting Felipe, who gets what we're doing, was a hige boon to the book. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311918#Comment_311918 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311918#Comment_311918 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:23:12 -0700 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311920#Comment_311920 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311920#Comment_311920 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:41:28 -0700 D.J.
But really I enjoyed it a whole bunch. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311933#Comment_311933 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=311933#Comment_311933 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:17:12 -0700 Justin Jordan
@DJ Stawes - Don't worry, the rest are much less violent*. Sensibilities restored.



*This may be a lie. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312027#Comment_312027 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312027#Comment_312027 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:19:27 -0700 Justin Jordan
]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312109#Comment_312109 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312109#Comment_312109 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:20:48 -0700 Sobreiro (By the way, check out Adam's DeviantArt page, the man is amazing) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312200#Comment_312200 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312200#Comment_312200 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:05:45 -0700 vickvega http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312436#Comment_312436 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312436#Comment_312436 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:06:08 -0700 Tim Simmons Sorta funny-ish story: I missed picking it up the first week out, but after hearing some pretty stellar reviews, decided to make sure to nab it on week 2-- I swing by the Image section and can't find a copy. So I go to the guy at the counter and ask-- dude flips out! Turns out HE'D just read it the night before and popped all his remaining copies up by the register. It was noon, and he'd already sold 8 copies. I was the 9th...glad I got there when I did, because I'm sure he sold out by the end of the day.

Anyhow-- great book. I'm on board. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312442#Comment_312442 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312442#Comment_312442 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:31:35 -0700 fmiller http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312530#Comment_312530 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=312530#Comment_312530 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:44:40 -0700 Sobreiro
Justin and Tradd are at NYCC, if you're up there, look them up... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314275#Comment_314275 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314275#Comment_314275 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:37:38 -0700 Justin Jordan


I actually think this one is better than the first one, but I don't want to set expectations too high.

Also out today is the second printing of the first issue, so if you missed it the first go round or want the shiny new cover:



I'd love to hear what you all thought of this one, good or bad. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314426#Comment_314426 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314426#Comment_314426 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:46:38 -0700 NickDonald
Good job. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314548#Comment_314548 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314548#Comment_314548 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:53:03 -0700 D.J.
That is all. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314549#Comment_314549 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314549#Comment_314549 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:15:55 -0700 joe.distort the page turn dropping back to reality AND THEN YOU FUCKED HER!

is the funniest moment of the past few weeks worth of comics! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314566#Comment_314566 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314566#Comment_314566 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:50:47 -0700 James Cunningham
Let me know if you want a break-down of the two things that slightly bugged me and I'll go into excruciating detail. :) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314644#Comment_314644 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314644#Comment_314644 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:11:25 -0700 Justin Jordan Let me know if you want a break-down of the two things that slightly bugged me and I'll go into excruciating detail. :)

Have at it. Got me curious. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314661#Comment_314661 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314661#Comment_314661 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:50:08 -0700 ErikCJones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314932#Comment_314932 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314932#Comment_314932 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:54:53 -0800 Justin Jordan Sold out again!



Also, you're killing me James! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314946#Comment_314946 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314946#Comment_314946 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:49:34 -0800 James Cunningham
So, things-

1) Petra has thrown out a few hints she's not as perfect as all that (going over to her place "not gonna happen" is a giant red flag that she's got problems going on) but she's still a bit wish-fulfillment. All Luther has had to do is let Petra throw herself at him. Also, if she like the shy, skinny Luther, I'm curious as to her take on his transformation into Mr Muscles.

2) The choreography at Paul's place. Paul is downstairs lifing weights, goes upstairs to dining room, sees parents murdered, and then it gets a bit odd. Baldmuscles McBeard hops to the door, punches through it, and Paul falls down the stairs.

I didn't really concern myself with anything but the action of this scene until I noticed that the angle on the door seems off by 90 degrees in the hopping panel where McBeard (did I miss his name?) says "Manners." The problem is that pulling one thread leads to others. Now, the reading of the panels shows hop-land-punch through door, but the angle of the door means he'd need to pivot 90 degrees. Maybe he did, that'd be no big deal at all, but way the two panels work together says land-punch. Then Paul falls down the stairs (and I don't mind at all that a fall like that with the brace would do terrible damage, in the real world, because that's not what this comic is for) but now that I've seen one thing I'm wondering why there's a door at the top of the stairs leading to a dining room on the second floor. The splinters all over the place and down the stairs make it pretty clear that breaking the door sent them there.

Bonus 3!) Paul throws a punch, it flies to Pete, Luther has a fantasy/nightmare. Then the punch is hanging stopped in midair, and I don't know why.

Honestly, nit-picking stuff. The only one that really had me scratching my head was #3. I've been having a total blast with the book and having friends read it, so please don't think this is all I took away from the book. I just have a thing for fight choreography, and may have seen one too many anime/manga where the guy has a (few dozen) girl(s) throw themselves at him for no reason I can see.

Ooh, one more thing- I'm kind of hoping Paul hates McBeard more than Strode. The difference between "that asshole at school" and "the guy who killed my parents", kind of thing. :) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314971#Comment_314971 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314971#Comment_314971 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:51:30 -0800 Justin Jordan
"1) Petra has thrown out a few hints she's not as perfect as all that (going over to her place "not gonna happen" is a giant red flag that she's got problems going on) but she's still a bit wish-fulfillment. All Luther has had to do is let Petra throw herself at him. Also, if she like the shy, skinny Luther, I'm curious as to her take on his transformation into Mr Muscles."

Some of this actually gets addressed in the rest of the series, but there are a couple of things going on: Petra was always interested in Luther, but her two modes are basically aloof and really aggressive. But her forwardness is at least in part because Luther turns into an inarticulate dweeb when she does it, and she thinks it's funny.

"The choreography at Paul's place. Paul is downstairs lifing weights, goes upstairs to dining room, sees parents murdered, and then it gets a bit odd. Baldmuscles McBeard hops to the door, punches through it, and Paul falls down the stairs.

I didn't really concern myself with anything but the action of this scene until I noticed that the angle on the door seems off by 90 degrees in the hopping panel where McBeard (did I miss his name?) says "Manners." The problem is that pulling one thread leads to others. Now, the reading of the panels shows hop-land-punch through door, but the angle of the door means he'd need to pivot 90 degrees. Maybe he did, that'd be no big deal at all, but way the two panels work together says land-punch. Then Paul falls down the stairs (and I don't mind at all that a fall like that with the brace would do terrible damage, in the real world, because that's not what this comic is for) but now that I've seen one thing I'm wondering why there's a door at the top of the stairs leading to a dining room on the second floor. The splinters all over the place and down the stairs make it pretty clear that breaking the door sent them there."

That's meant to be him lifting in a furnished basement, which he's basically turned into a exercise room and party den, which, admittedly isn't obvious (the door and windows don't help). Specifically, the window behind the Librarian is the back of the house, and the stairs lead in that direction. The Librarian does have to pivot 90 degrees to punch the door, and that is my fault, because with how I wrote the scene there wasn't a better way for Tradd to depict what was going on.

"Bonus 3!) Paul throws a punch, it flies to Pete, Luther has a fantasy/nightmare. Then the punch is hanging stopped in midair, and I don't know why."

Luther DID intercept the punch, but that was the only bit that actually happened. The hanging fist panel is actually Luther throwing Paul's hand down, and he's rubbing his fist in the next scene because Luther did give it a pretty good squeeze - this is why Paul decides not to kick Luther's ass, because the speed and strength frightens him, ot that he'd admit it. What I should have done was have the hand intercepted, then Luther's eye when that sequence starts, because the eye focus is the story signifier for Luthervision. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314975#Comment_314975 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=314975#Comment_314975 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:26:42 -0800 James Cunningham
Re-reading the scene with the punch, I can see how it works now. Plus I didn't notice the trail of yellow sparkle-things from Paul's hand to Luther's until about a second ago. My initial reading of Luther's pose was of him moving to get between them without any actual contact having happened yet, with everything on the preceding two pages being one of those bits where Luther looks slightly into the future to forecast his actions.

Not quite sure why I led with Petra, because of all of them that was my least important question. Especially seeing as I basically half-answered it while asking. Thanks for the answers, though. :)

Congrats on the sell-out on issue #2, by the way. It's always great to see something fun and original get some good attention. I don't know what's in the water over at Image this year but stuff like Luther Strode and Witch Doctor has been making me a very happy comic reader. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=315128#Comment_315128 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=315128#Comment_315128 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:17:50 -0800 werwolf ... and i'm hooked! actually i've decided to review it for the magazine (the gap - www.thegap.at) i'm writing for in my spare time.
will post scan of review page as soon as it's done.

justin, digging your unagitated writing style. goes splendidly with thr action.
and tradd moore's art is stunning! (why have i never noticed the man before?!) and please congratulate sobreiro for a coloring job that actually means something (instead of "oh yeah, i'll just whip this through the computer so it's colored as opposed to black and white. done!" botch jobs). ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=317395#Comment_317395 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=317395#Comment_317395 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:09:10 -0800 Sobreiro this is his very first pro work out!

(and MTV Geek considered him one of the 10 best comic artists of 2011!) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=318819#Comment_318819 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=318819#Comment_318819 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:14:49 -0800 werwolf
and here's the (slightly shoddy) scan of my review ('the gap' has a print run of about 40k, austria only, free; if any of your publicists are taking notes).
it's in german, but you can deduct from the size and the 10 out of 10 rating that it's a positive review, i assume. :)

(let me know if you want it translated.) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=330413#Comment_330413 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=330413#Comment_330413 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:26:58 -0700 Sobreiro
Well, and since I resurrected the conversation, here's two promo images we recently did.





The TPB has been out since the 17th, did someone read it? Opinions, criticisms, etc., are welcome. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=330499#Comment_330499 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=330499#Comment_330499 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:36:36 -0700 struthersneil http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=330617#Comment_330617 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=330617#Comment_330617 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:06:03 -0700 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=331156#Comment_331156 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=331156#Comment_331156 Sat, 05 May 2012 15:46:12 -0700 kperkins http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=331273#Comment_331273 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10103&Focus=331273#Comment_331273 Mon, 07 May 2012 05:05:40 -0700 werwolf sure, i'll send you the scan - need to rescan it, but that's no prob. ]]>