Gaia

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: I guess most readers expected that there's a traitor amid the Shadowdancers, with Chereck being the most obvious candidate due to his rough looks. But I deliberately decided against that, since traitors are ubiquitous [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Sometimes you have to spend some time to come up with dialog that conveys neither too much nor too little information. In this case, I struggled with Viviana's line in the last panel. It [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: If you do it too often, your story loses its focus, but once in a while it's a good idea to show a scene that doesn't have an immediate impact on the plot. Such [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Sandril clearly doesn't approve of his father's lifestyle.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: And Arty succeeded as we can see in The Way Back Home #184.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: In the third panel, Eldor is putting the logo of the Disciples of the Two Heavens on Elea's forehead to lead San on the right track. In the fourth panel, it would have been [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: I introduced Kali mainly to serve as Eldor's conversational partner in this scene. Without one, the reason for Eldor's attack would have been completely incomprehensible, and I couldn't have shown the scene this way.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Gaia doesn't have many fight scenes. First, it's very difficult to describe the course of action in a comic script. You often have to wait for the first sketch and then try to make [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Eldor wants to check Lilith's progress in person. He wears the mask mainly for the subsequent attack on Elea. The mask will hide his facial features should anyone notice the attack. The masks also [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: The names of the following members of the Shadowdancers are based on nicknames used by members of the computer game development group Feline Fuelled Games: Chereck, Colette, Edwyn, Eike, Federico, Gradus, Hilajon, Korahan, and [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: On this page, we get the first glimpse of Viviana's great skills as a speaker, which may even surpass those as a thief. The map was initially supposed to feature rivers as well, but [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Even though Xarlaxe looks very relaxed, he's still extremely intimidating. Nonetheless, Faye approaches him with confidence. It appears to be a meeting between equals, which makes you wonder about Faye's role in the story. [...]

My commentary for the comic pages from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est is now hidden by default. New readers no longer may inadvertently encounter story SPOILERs this way.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Showing a metropolis from far away is always tough in a comic since a realistic depiction would require countless hours of mind-numbing work. Working so long on a single page isn't an efficient use [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Faye is sending Lilith's parents the latest news about their daughter. The letter probably contains nothing that the readers don't know already.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: If Lilith hadn't left Oakdale on her own accord, Eldor would have intervened. It was time for her to leave Oakdale and get a proper education in magic. I've always believed that the two [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Dyson would be the perfect boyfriend for Larisa from Sandra and Woo. My characters seem to have a thing for fire, even though I personally feel rather indifferent towards it. Strange...

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My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: This was the first page that showed Viviana in a state of serious self-doubt. At this point, it was important to show that she's not some kind of prodigy who's always successful at first try. The difficult task of opening the safe was the [...]

My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Gaia isn't a comedy by any means, but it's good idea to add a bit of humor to a serious story once in a while so it doesn't become overly bleak and dire.

For those who haven't noticed yet: I have published a new Sandra and Woo comic about UFOs. Here's the whole article below the comic: - UFO footage feat. a Boeing 777, presumably from a General Atomics MQ-1C Grey Eagle drone (Video on Archive.org): UFO footage feat. a Boeing 777, presumably from a NROL-22 spy satellite [...]

My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Like the crazy prophet appearing in The Tower in the Sky #32, the enervating tailor was one of my favorite parts of the original story. So I just had to include him even though he doesn't really contribute anything to the overall plot. Like [...]