You know, I try and plan word balloons when I’m laying out pages, just so there’s enough space, but sometimes it’s frustrating that I go through the trouble of drawing details in a panel only to have them obscured by my wordy-ass dialog. Take, for example, the overhead shot in panel three. Now, in all fairness, this panel was originally not supposed to be an overhead. It was drawn with Praglin from the back, facing Anderson. But it was boring, especially with so much other conversation on the page. So in the midst of digitally “inking,” I switched around the whole panel to make the page more visually interesting. Of course, by the time I finished lettering the page, the computer monitor and mouse on Anderson’s desk were covered up. And they were so lovingly rendered. Ah well. Hope you enjoy it, either way.
