I've been working away for Jason for the last month or two, and I thought I should post what we've put together. Jason seems to be shying away from these pencil+ink pages, so I figured I would show them here, above the straight B/W images (those are in the post previous to this one). If and when I get lettered versions of these pages I'll make sure to post them so that you can really see what the story is all about.
Which gets me thinking... Comics without text: I've read/heard numerous times that a comic page needs to be able to stand without the text. That as an artist, you're not doing your job if the reader can't understand what's going on without reading the text. It's something I've believed for a long time, assuming that those who said it knew what they were talking about. Now though, my opinion is starting to shift. Comics are, by definition, the marriage of words and images. And often, the use of words falls as much into the territory of "image" as it does "word". Text boxes direct the eye, while the length of each batch of text helps define the amount of time passing in the panel. These things are important, and, I would say, should be accounted for when designing the page. What do you think? Does a reliance on text weaken comics work, or does it strengthen it?
