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It was hard to find a teaser image that would not be considered a “spoiler.” This one kind of still is, but that’s okay. Chapter 5 is screaming to a close with just three more pages left, folks. In the meantime, I present to you an exciting bit of excrement I like to call…

The Making of Page 72
Here’s an intimate peek inside the process of creating a Gas Baby page. First, I start off with this extremely detailed script page:

Then I try to make sense of it with my Pilot Precise V5 pen. I should probably pencil this stuff out beforehand, but I haven’t penciled a single page of Gas Baby so I think starting now would be a mistake. Since I’ve been coloring with Prismacolor markers for this chapter, I have to keep the pre-color details scant. Then I add more lines after the markers have dried.

Here is page 72 before I started coloring:

The pages are mostly done by the time I scan them, but I add more details and fix problems/levels with Photoshop. I have to say, this is probably the only chapter I’ll fully color with actual markers. It’s not that it’s too time-consuming, it’s just expensive and I have to be a lot more careful while working on them. I’ll still be coloring them digitally, and I might actually have to do that with the very next page, so stay tuned!

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Finally, the saga continues! I bet you completely forgot about that savage beast, didn’t you? What in the world does Were-Baby have up his sleeve? FIND OUT SOON!

Even though I’ve been pretty busy in the last few weeks, there’s no excuse for not continuing to update Gas Baby more regularly! I’m debating whether I should wait until I close out the chapter to post the rest (there are just five pages left) or keep up with the page-by-page action. It’s really tough to sit on finished pages, but I know the trickle can wear on both Reader #1 AND Reader #2 (you know who you are). Anyway, working on page 71 now, so until then…

Rainbow… BLAST!

Heavens, it’s the 2nd anniversary issue of Otaku USA, available in stores wherever cool magazines are sold! Per usual, I shall regale you with what I contributed to this one, it being Thee Joseph Luster Report and all. Of course, there are many other kool kontents within, perhaps most notably a big honking feature on Harlock and Galaxy Express 999. If you’re a thorough person, you might check out the full table of contents here.

But like myself, you are here… for me! In this issue you may enjoy the Games section I edit, which includes two of my reviews: Afro Samurai and Prinny. There are also some game news bits, a brief write-up on Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger, some Street Fighter and Afro Samurai sidebars, and a feature on the D. Gray-man anime.

So go support the fiery, burning passion of the American magazine industry! It is only, like, $5.99!