The eagle-eyed among you will notice that the layout here is a bit weird. Well folks, let me part the curtain for a minute to cover some behind-the-scenes movies magic.
This and the following page were written and designed as a double-page spread. I'm always planning for print when writing and Kariss did a great job of adapting this in a really interesting way. Of course, landscape images don't translate well to the web. Or, at least, they would on most sites, but not mine(?) Honestly, webcomic etiquette has changed so much in the last five years that it's almost impossible to keep up.
When I started reading webcomics over 10 years ago, landscape comics (the classic "three-panel funny") were the norm, and most people viewed them on desktop computers. Portrait webcomics were definitely a rarity - I remember an old hand in the comics world telling me that they were flat out a "turn off", as they displayed terribly on his computer. Since then, however, user habits have changed and changed again. How many people consume media on their phones now versus a desktop? Suddenly, portrait comics don't seem so strange, but now maybe having a WordPress site such as this is old-fashioned. Why not publish your comic through Tumblr or Twitter? Why not go square and post panel by panel on Instagram?
All these thoughts and more race through your head when prepping a page for publication, and as much as I'd like to just focus on the story and call everything else noise these things do make a difference. As such, to aid your viewing experience, I did some creative rearranging to make these two pages a little more palatable for online. I had a bit of experience with this earlier this year when I tried converting some of the Afterlife Inc. back catalogue for Webtoon, but honestly all that accomplished was making me feel old.
Anyhow, here's the spread in its original format. Keep an eye out for the collected edition of Volume 6 when we eventually take this to print!
The eagle-eyed among you will notice that the layout here is a bit weird. Well folks, let me part the curtain for a minute to cover some behind-the-scenes movies magic.
This and the following page were written and designed as a double-page spread. I'm always planning for print when writing and Kariss did a great job of adapting this in a really interesting way. Of course, landscape images don't translate well to the web. Or, at least, they would on most sites, but not mine(?) Honestly, webcomic etiquette has changed so much in the last five years that it's almost impossible to keep up.
When I started reading webcomics over 10 years ago, landscape comics (the classic "three-panel funny") were the norm, and most people viewed them on desktop computers. Portrait webcomics were definitely a rarity - I remember an old hand in the comics world telling me that they were flat out a "turn off", as they displayed terribly on his computer. Since then, however, user habits have changed and changed again. How many people consume media on their phones now versus a desktop? Suddenly, portrait comics don't seem so strange, but now maybe having a WordPress site such as this is old-fashioned. Why not publish your comic through Tumblr or Twitter? Why not go square and post panel by panel on Instagram?
All these thoughts and more race through your head when prepping a page for publication, and as much as I'd like to just focus on the story and call everything else noise these things do make a difference. As such, to aid your viewing experience, I did some creative rearranging to make these two pages a little more palatable for online. I had a bit of experience with this earlier this year when I tried converting some of the Afterlife Inc. back catalogue for Webtoon, but honestly all that accomplished was making me feel old.
Anyhow, here's the spread in its original format. Keep an eye out for the collected edition of Volume 6 when we eventually take this to print!
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