I considered taking out the dialogue in the last panel, with the notion that Scavina’s expression probably says it all. I won’t change the page online, but I may change it for print. Any opinions?
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Happy Birthday! Ice Cream & cookies – Yum! That’s what I had for dessert today, but probably not as good as Fusella’s…
As for the last panel – my opinion is: keep the verbiage. Silent panels can speak volumes at times, and would be great as soon as she has time to contemplate things, but just now verbalized frustration seems very fitting.
Oh, I am so headed to the Deck Two Rec Room! Happy Birthday!
Last panel: I say leave it; it fits perfectly with Scavina’s current mood…
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I also think you should leave the text. (And I _do_ understand her feelings …)
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On the dialog, I’d keep it. But why does she say “me” rather than “us”?
I think she said “me” because she has a more personal stake in knowing what happened than the others (and to one of them in particular…)
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Regarding the General’s last words, between her Command Demeanor and her long experience dealing with technicians and engineers, she would indeed speak up, knowing that if she doesn’t actually give the order or and the question, she will not obtain the desired response or reaction.
The cake, of course, is chocolate with dark chocolate icing.
At last- the Orehu find them, but its not over is it? But at least she seems to be getting the hang of debriefing Carl….
In the long run (printed version) I think the wordless panel would look much better- even several wordless panels as she struggles with complex emotions and duty. Of course, for the internet version brevity is more functional.
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Don’t change the wording in the last panel. They reflect my thoughts, rather exactly. Pick up the pace already!
Happy birthday Tara! All the best!
As for the last panel, I’d leave the text – to me, the smaller sized font shows Scavina’s sad frustration beautifully
Go enjoy some cake
– Kev
First of all, Happy Birthday!
As for the panel – if Scavina is more or less thinking aloud you should omit the bubble. However, if she is more or less interrupting Carl, expecting him to go on a tangent again, then you should keep it. That’s my two cents, anyway.
As always, it’s a great comic!
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Dark chocolate? I think I’ll pass. :-/
If you have the last frame with her giving the “look of death”, then you’ll need Carl’s reaction to it. Admittedly, you could go for a couple of panels slowly zooming in on each as Carl looks more nervous and Scavina looks more angry. Could be a funny bit.
That being said, it would also take up more time to find out what’s going on, so I’m inclined to say “keep the words”. That way, you can either have Carl’s reaction in a single panel, up in the upper left corner of the panel, or not even draw his reaction (just have his words in a text box as we go back to the crash scene).
No dark chocolate for you? Well, then, more for me! You can have an extra cookie instead
Happy birthday! I really like the contrast between the looks of Carl and Scavina…
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Happy birthday! Love the comic!
Happy Birthday! Although if I were the sort, I might graffiti Deck Two’s walls with the words “The cake is a lie!”
Happy, happy! Joy, joy!
I think the word balloon does lend something to the narrative. The smaller font communicates to me that Scavina is muttering the words quietly, but forcefully, as though she’s just barely containing her impatience (i.e. the tone as much as the content is meant as a warning to Carl).
Happy Birthday, Tara!
It’s fine as it is. Happy birthday!
Heh, I think all those shots to the head had a cumulative effect on Carl. In her place, by this point, I would have picked Carl up by the neck and been shaking him like a maraca. CARL! GET! TO! THE! %$#@#$@! POINT!
Happy birthday! (belated from my part, since I had no net access yesterday)
I was wondering: in the first panel, with the funeral, I see an officer on the lower left saluting with the left instead of the right hand – is that due to an injury to the latter? (you can see it’s flexed at the elbow, so it can be in a sling).
Also, about the word balloon, I think it’s fine as it is, even though a wordless panel would work just as good.
Happy Birthday!
I like the first panel–very nice.
Happy birthday! I think you should keep the word balloon in the last panel. I think without the word bubble, the panel might look a little empty.