I always liked how this page turned out. I always wanted to do a project in ink wash because of it.

My idea was that J’Corah would tell her story in chapter 3 and she would be rendered in this ink wash. I knew it would take me a while to do it, so I started on those pages at the same time i was finishing the first story to give me time to finish them. I only got through the first 2 when the site went down.

When the site shut down, I had the script for another issue written out besides this one and another 3 beyond that blocked out. I lost my NonPersons hard paper notes to a flood a few years ago and the digital files weren’t as complete as the paper file. If I ever pick this project back up again, I think the ending will be completely different from what I planned originally.

I always kind of liked the drawing in panel 6.

This is the first break we’ve had from the 9-panel-grid the entire story so far. I wanted people to “feel” the impact of the fire, even if the art was so quickly drawn.

I didn’t get very far into chapter 2 before Joey closed down GraphicSmash.com and we all had to leave.

This was the detective’s style, more like Sin City, stark black and white.

This was supposed to feel super climatic but I think ended up feeling stunted.

I tried to draw her really intense here.

I do like the blackness of her hair in the last panels. I need to do that more.

I guess I was channeling a Frank Miller here or something because of the roughness of the art.