Pedo finally put out his end of July update that's mentioned in the comic.
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I'll tl;dr the uninteresting portions:
- Swears he actually was about to finish the full digital version
- Didn't release it because it'd take the excitement out of getting the physical comic
- Claims it's mostly lettering being adjusted at this point
- He knows the jokes suck, but some of them will be changed in the final version
- Includes new preview of the coloring:
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Pictured: Garbage.
- The primary colorist will be Valentina Pinto
- Decided to do both color and black-white copies after staring at the unspent crowdfunding funds
- Giving both to all backers because he wants people to giveaway the extra copy to friends and family
- The "contest" to be in the comic book is retarded and lazy:
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All of it was an uninteresting portion. My thoughts: The new colored preview looks impossibly bad.
Where do you start with this shit?
Give the people some abnormalities, break up the congruence, throw in some ticks, accessories, anything.
These character designs are so predictable, the features are so similar, the lived in feeling is not there in a believable way.
Meteor Man didn't have to be THAT generic. The Wonder Woman/Whataburger logo is not appealing.
I mean Miracleman exists. Even the Meteor Man that already existed had a most sensible design that picrel.
The gradients are garish. The color choices are terrible.
Vito, I know you lurk here for ideas.
SHADING AND HATCHING (IN INK,) ARE THERE FOR A REASON DUMB FUCK.
YOU TONED IT FOR A REASON, AND LOSE ALL THOSE STUPID WEEB ACTION LINES. Do anything a hundred times and it loses its effect whether it's that eyesore, those soi faces or limited profiles.
Would've been better with flats, and these bystanders look ridiculous. Just look at this lady, what kind of expression is this? Is it appropriate? What's with the fingers? Null was right about the mouths, but there's the eyes as well. Everything's off. It's not like this was intended to be some psychedelic mind fucker. Could've done better if you'd known better. No one in their right mind likes this. No one will ever be excited to share this with anyone they know.
Is Valentina Pinto a talented colorist outside of MLP? Absolutely not. No one needs post shine or lens flare.
Again, a real inker would've helped. There's just too much that needs to be helped.
I wrote before that SUPERKILLER looks like a Chik-fil-A book, and I was wrong.
Gristle Missile looks much more professional.