Time for the Valley to live up to its reputation. And to answer any questions off the cuff, no you're not supposed to know what's going on right away in this story - but everything will be explained before the end.
I'm trying to debate with myself whether or not I want this story to just be black and white or if I want to include sparse color like I did in the original storyline. Your thoughts?
usedbooks: Since I'm not doing the artwork, I want to make sure that I give Olivia enough direction when it comes to the blood or electricity. Because both will make appearances in this story, but the question becomes "Do I want to color it?"
And I'm thinking the answer is "yes."
DAJB: B&W certainly is less expensive to print, but does it look better? I like the blood and electricity to have those colors on them. If I were to print a book, do you think that people would be willing to chip in that little bit extra for the color splashes?
Doctor Shadow: I'm also digging the black and white look, especially when I look back at some great black and white comics that I have. But then I look at Sin City, which has splash color here and there, and it also looks great. So I'm a bit torn, but certainly leaning a certain direction....
Peipei: Thanks! I added a few "effects" to help increase the impact of the image. But Olivia once again delivers a powerful page!
Darwin: It certainly would help this story stand out from the others before it, but I also like the idea of keeping the blood red (at the very least) just to keep this story feeling like it's a part of the world that has come before. But we shall see. A few more pages before the blood starts to flow.
amanda: I like it that way too, to be sure. But I also agree with the arguments against it if I ever decide to print this in a book - and I'd like to do that. The original Temple story isn't formatted for print, but everything that has followed had the intention to be printed.
mattchee: Yeah, pretty neat way to start a story - with a bang!
patrickdevine: Oh, we'll find out what happened during the course of the story. It's one of the mysteries that has a nice reveal at the end.
armandoB: Thanks for reading!
patoborracho: Yeah, I like the color as well, and I'm leaning in that direction. But straight black and white also has it's benefits - as I'm sure you know, from your comic. So I'm leaning a certain direction, but am just a little torn....
kyupol: Thanks dude, glad you dig it!
Warpendwenger: Thanks for reading!
OfftheGrid: Thanks man. Olivia had never illustrated an explosion before, so this will be a great lead in for the rest of the story. Since there will be plenty of things blowing up throughout. :P
ghostrunner: Agreed. The impact that the select colors held did wonders for the first story. Which is certainly a argument for using it again here. And I'm leaning in that direction.
Jabali: Well, the issue with color here is that it would only be appearing on certain pages - but you pay for it throughout when you print. However, putting color on every page would certainly take away from the impact that using color gives the pages where it appears. While black and white is more cost effective, using color has more impact.
The red blood was a nice effect. Gonna be much blood here? (Don't answer that.) You could color something significant for impact -- like Schindler's List.
