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Chapter 1, page 42

alschroeder

on Feb. 20, 2011

Third page from RedDeath of BAD GUY HIGH in the Fusionverse. His comments:

"This page is kind of a fun culmination of my previous two because I get to draw Suki flailing about AND do another B.A. drawing of Energize with energy all around him. But the real notable point of this page is Fusion's dramatic entrance into Crossoverkill! With the exception of the flashforward at the start of the comic this is Fusion's first in-costume debut. "Essay Bee" explained to us that when Fusion uses her powers her hair should be lit up along with her eyes, but I cheated a little and kept her hair black just because it's her first proper appearance, and selfishly because it was the first time I git to draw her. As far as you know anyway….

Essay Bee draws in a very clean style based on Bruce Timm's DCAU cartoons, so when drawing Fusion I wanted to honor that. Especially since I'm no stranger to using Bruce Timm's style myself. But instead of just basing it off the model designs of the show, I dusted off my copy of Modern Masters and based it off of Bruce Timm's pin-up girl art. It's amazing how Bruce Timm's private art is both similar, and yet sometimes COMPLETELY different from the uniform style used for his shows. And that's exactly what I wanted for this comic, so that my drawing of Fusion was very similar to Essay Bee's but also different enough that it was something new too."