Melody and Macabre

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Ace of Spades, Page 6

Xiam

on Sept. 14, 2008

Heyyy, look who it is! And you thought I forgot about them.

Originally, there was no real joke beyond the fourth panel. Ace actually suggested in Panel 2 that Samael thought he was the Angel of Death, and in Panel 3 suggested that he may be hunting down the real thing. Which seem to be contradicting thoughts…

So this actually sets up for the punchline which was really just hanging there to begin with.

I don't know about Melody's new hairstyle… it's pretty, I guess, but it just doesn't scream "Melody!" to me. But, she has nothing else to go with on this day. Last moment idea for hair, and since Morty approves, I guess it'll have to do for now.

I had to do some fixing with the dialogue in the last one. I hate - HATE - when responses come higher than the statement to which they are responding. Western comics read left to right and top to bottom. I can't stand when others do voice bubbles in the another order. I mean, manga's fine, but even when the panels and voice bubbles go right-to-left, they STILL do it top to bottom. Bottom to top is childish and wrong. XP

(And that is your Comic Writing Tip for the day. End of rant.)