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Issue 1 Pg. 22

Abt_Nihil

on Oct. 21, 2009

Please click on the Topwebcomics button above to see a preview of one of the next issue's villains!

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And that, ladies (…?) and gentlemen, completes issue 1! Phew, I thought I'd never make it…

Thank you all very much for your support over the past two years! I hope this opening chapter has somewhat managed to grab your attention, and I'd love to hear your thoughts about it. Here are some of mine:

Way back in the late 90s I was faced with the prospect of getting a short Batman comic published… in my school's student magazine. (- Don't tell DC! :P) While I had been "working on" (meaning: starting and abandoning) a lot of Batman comics, I thought my first published comic should be about what's essential to Batman. So the comic that resulted didn't feature any of his villains, but rather just a stand-off between him and a thug in an alley. That's quint-essential Batman to me (- one of my favorite episodes is in fact "I Am The Night").

So this first issue of Bombshell is somewhat similar: It's about what Bombshell would usually do. In storytelling terms: You need to establish a status quo before changing it. And I can say that much about the next issues: They're going to be about changing the status quo.

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REPLIES:

plymayer: Thank you very much! That gun is actually a photo collage (because I couldn't find actual reference which looked like the gun I drew… and that's because I'm too lazy to look for reference BEFORE I start drawing :P) which I digitally painted over. And regarding Batman: It's only natural, considering his parents were killed by a thug in an alley, and I expect him never to get over it.

MrHades: Thanks a lot! The boxes are fairly easy. All you have to do is insert image links with the corresponding urls below the "user comments" section in the comic's html window and change your layout to "raw html" (if you need more specific info, just send me a note). The drawback is that by doing this you can only use standard templates, so you'll have to design everything that goes beyond the most basic layout yourself.

sux: Thanks a lot, and let's see…

Wes_Nero123 & AzuJOD: Thank you very much!

DAJB: Thanks, issue 2 shouldn't be too far…

SympleSymon: Gotta be the domino mask :P

Ozmandious: Haha! Yes, there's a reward (except for not getting shot right where he stands). More on that later… much, much later.

darrellsan, Hero, df_karnovski, fukujinzuke: Thanks!