Page two finished...

I'm getting pretty good at meeting this one page a week thing. Here's to hoping that I can continue it through all 20 pages of this initial installment of Variables. I busted my ass yesterday and nearly finished page three, which means I have a one page buffer worked out. By the end of this week I'd love to increase that but after how much I had to cram to build up extra content this week, I think it's unlikely that I will be able to do it. 
 
The great thing is that now, I get to switch scenes and draw two new characters. Which also means new establishing shots... ugh. 
 
One thing I know about next issue is that I'm going to try to fit in a few 2-3 panel pages, that's for sure. Page three is an eight paneler and it took me forever to color and draw. Anyway, here's the page. If you want to check the page in all its glory with words and everything, you can see it here:  
 

I already started trimming panels. I penciled page four today and saw I laid about another 8 paneler for myself and trimmed it to seven. The first issue is just full of 6-9 panel pages... I've worked myself into a bit of a corner. It will all work out but it adds to the drawing time quite a bit. 
 
Thanks, glad you like the layouts. Pages three and four are less interesting visually because there's a lot of dialogue. I haven't looked at the script for pages 5-8 lately but I have the feeling that they'll be the same way. Honestly, just not a lot happens in the first issue of the book until page 12 or so. Too much exposition to kick-start two simultaneous storylines to do it any other way. 
 
Thanks for following the book. I've been really immersing myself into the webcomics world over the past several months and there just isn't anything like this around that I've found. There are loads of gag-a-day, manga-style, fantasy, and alternative comics (meaning they don't fit into a traditional print category) but nothing that really tackles the American superhero genre and style. It's kind of bewildering but I guess a lot of artists think print is the only option for "success", which is pretty stupid in 2011 when webcomics are total DIY projects and the print industry is either struggling or dying, depending on your point of view.

Are you posting the pages to a webcomic, Tonis? Or are you compiling them all for a book run or eBook? Any place I can take a look?

" Are you posting the pages to a webcomic, Tonis? Or are you compiling them all for a book run or eBook? Any place I can take a look? "

Very cool. What is your schedule? A page a week or are you managing to do more than that? 
 
I'm a little stressed right now. Next week is pro registration for SDCC but I fear that my site may be too new to gain entrance. I'm hoping that the complete lack of superhero-ish webcomics will work to my advantage (plus, I feel my site is more polished and looks more professional than most other webcomics you see around). When registration opens, I'll have 8 short story pages and 4 main comic pages finished. It's hard to believe that I've been actually drawing a page a week for nearly three months already.
 
Plus, my site is not getting much in the way of traffic right now. I knew it would be slow going for six months or so but it's still kind of frustrating. Next month, I start an advertising schedule through Adwords, Facebook, Project Wonderful, and a webcomic site that should help quite a bit. The entire advertising plan runs through the beginning of summer and will only run me about $100 overall thanks to coupons and other benefits. 
 
Puttin' those five years of marketing experience to use for my comic. :D

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