dichotomy :: Deadly Class #47

Deadly Class #47, pg. 14

Artists: Lee Loughridge (Colorist) , Wes Craig (All) , Rus Wooton (Letterer) , Rick Remender (Writer)

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Title:	Deadly Class #47, pg. 14
Artist:	Lee Loughridge (Colorist)
Artist:	Wes Craig (All)
Artist:	Rus Wooton (Letterer)
Artist:	Rick Remender (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	143
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	5/21/2022
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Religion is no match for a hungry ronin.

An interesting process page here, and one of the very few that were digitally altered for print.

I read an interesting thread on twitter recently in which a gentleman was quite angry at the use of digitally replicating a panel in its entirety for the sake of a 'hanging beat gag'. I believe he said of any artist that does this, 'laziness is their master'.

Seemed a bit harsh to me, but his solution was not too ridiculous. He said it's fine to print the pencils, but that each panel should be inked afresh, to give the sequence movement and life.

I only bring this up because Wes seems to have done something similar here, lifting the pawn shop interior from an earlier page, and re-inking the part he needed, and then digitally added on the static part on the right of that panel. (One can see the bluelines faintly on the original scan)

He also chose to reuse a panel that is a close up of powder on a scrap of tin foil. Talk about a rendering nightmare - I don't blame him.

It didn't make sense to add the missing panel to the top of the page in the overlay, where there was space, so I made a compromise.

The dialogue really starts to ramp up here. This whole damn issue is double entendre. Remender's partner must hate arguing with him. Nice use of the word 'brand' here to set up the next panel.

Finally, the eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that the artist has labelled this page 15. I don't know what happened on the process side about that, but let me tell you, there was a hot minute wherein the Lotia household was scoured looking for a missing page.

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Derek Crabbe
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 5/21/2022

The repetition seems to be a crucial element of the story being told here. I haven't even read the book, but when I saw the repeat panel, my gut reaction was, "oh no." So, now I care about a young lady I know virtually nothing about. It's not lazy if it's effective and it works.

I would hazzard a guess that the criticism comes from a place where the repetition happens so often and so much, the original panel becomes meaningless (which is the complete opposite of the case here).

M L
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 5/21/2022

Derek Crabbe wrote:

The repition comment wouldn't apply here - it's more about panels that repeat 3-5 times sequentially on the same page, resulting in a mostly static gag where, for example, Dr Strange leaves Iron Man hanging on a high five.

Derek Crabbe
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 5/21/2022

Ah, I guess I was speaking of the panel on p.4 echoed in this page. That one isn't identical, but felt like a leitmotif used for emphasis. Strong vibes.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/21/2022

Where have all the mean girls gone
And where are powdered drugs?
Why's stuff cut with antifreeze
To fight the rising costs?

Isn't there a white junk upon the Saya's need
Craig at night, I toss and I turn
And I dream of art repeat

I need black eagle
I'm holding out for a crypto 'til Remender the night
For forty it's strong, and she's got her own brand
And she's Deadly all Class for the fight

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