THE OMEGA MEN 32 PAGE 11 BY DAN SPIEGLE

The next page in the story is a doozy. First, let’s take notice of that gorgeous central figure of Felicity that subtly overlaps all panels to guide the reader’s eye from left to right, top to bottom while using an interesting layout doing so.

The first panel sees Felicity questioning the motive of her host. Her facial expression is spot on as you can tell she is wondering about what is in it for him. Her body language seems slightly more aggressive in that she leans forwards towards him while he is on the defensive, justifying himself.

His face half covered in shadows in the second panel adds a sense of dangerosity to him and hanger to his dialogue. The absence of pupil in that left eye just adds to that monster-ish impression.

Then we get to the third panel and the money shot of Felicity. She us beautiful, young and sexy but I absolutely love how Spiegle drew the outline of her arms and legs with tiny broken lines to imply that she is covered by fur. The carelessness of the cute kitten looking up at the insect contradicts the seriousness of her soul searching.

Lastly, we cut to another scene where the local police is investigating a grisly murder possibly tying it with the spring cat mother we saw earlier in the story, furthering that plot element. That last panel is pretty cinematic a device as the police chief is quite foreboding in his statement while looking to the right (to entice the reader to turn that page).