I decided to post this one with the manila color in the background opposed to the bright white. The paper that I'm drawing on isn't white and I think that it looks better without the harsh contrast. These two pages do not immediately follow the previous post. There will be two (or four) pages where the new characters (Kana (Cah-nu) and Emma) are introduced. Hopefully I'll be posting those later today.
Before I continue, I would like to warn you that I'm going start refering to my character 'Meg' in the third person. She's not REALLY me; we just happen to have the same name, personality and experiences. (ha, ha)
In these two pages I'm trying to play up Meg's paranoia about Kip's (sexual?) relationships with his other female friends. I showed this first panel to my mom. She didn't understand what was going on. What's going on is that Kip and Kana are making omlettes in the kitchen and Meg is sitting in the livingroom, not quite sure what to do with herself. Meg doesn't like playing the passive observer in social situations.
The song playing in the background is Tom Waits' 'Downtown Train'. This is supposed to reflect Meg's feelings of isolation. He's singing about the 'Brooklyn girls' being 'thorns without the rose'. Despite currently living in Brooklyn, Meg knows she's not a true 'Brooklyn girl' but she feels like one in this setting. There's also a lryic where Tom sings 'they try so hard to break out of their little worlds,' perhaps I should have tried to include that line too. Meg is constantly trying hard to break out of her little world. That's why she wants to make an adventure out of, what is essentially, walking around the corner to buy beer. I guess if you know the song, this line can be implied(?). The metaphor describing a person as being the 'thorns without the rose' will be a theme that will take on various incarnations throughout the narrative. Meg is preoccupied with thorns. It is possible that you may not like nor sympathize with her at this point in the narrative. (?)
The second page...? What do you think of the 'elephant in the room'? Is Meg the only one who sees it? Yeah, I think she is.
7 comments:
in terms of coherence, I think this is the best one so far.
I actually laughed out loud at "yes and yes."
rod stewart absolutely ruined downtown train.
rod stewart ruins everything. You should cover one of his songs...and ruin it.
i agree with meg. well, meg's previous comment.
Oh Hey,
Can't this "Meg" character just ask Kip...."What's the deal?"
I'm just kidding, I get it.
Kip character, what is the deal? -Meg character
your mom is a genius, but i guess if 'meg' asked 'kip' that then there'd be no comic book at all.
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