We’re going to make another scene jump to check in on the Henchmen. I haven’t forgotten about the name of our villainess, but obviously it’s not coming for another week or so. If you haven’t submitted your suggestion, you still have some time.
I always enjoy drawing the full-page splash page drawings. I can’t do them too often, or the story would take three times longer to finish, but it’s fun to slip them in occasionally.
This one is a special tribute to the classic scene from James Cameron’s Aliens. I still remember the cheers that rose up from the full-house audience when Ripley emerged from behind the door to confront the alien queen and uttered the famous line. I actually worried about using ‘bitch’ but I decided that it was an essential part of the scene that I was paying tribute to.
Thanks to everyone who has been submitting names for our sword-wielding villainess. If you haven’t submitted your suggestion yet, you have another week or two before I’ll reveal her new name.
Stay tuned!
We’ll probably be jumping back to check on the Henchmen (remember them?) in the next page after this one. It’s always a challenge to keep a balance while following parallel storylines, and we still have to find out what’s happening with Tek Support and his son as well.
In all honesty, I occasionally get sidetracked when I’m drawing a big battle scene, and they probably run on for a page or two more than they ought to, but that’s what happens when you’re the writer, artist AND editor. The artist probably gets a little out of control on occasion….
