Day 11: Page 15 in the can

Well, who'd'a thought?!? Page 15 done bang on schedule!! I promised yesterday I'd show the last three panels and as I said on day 5, Gus MacDugal would get some screen time. 

And just for a bonus, here is one of my favourite Gus scenes from Jon Pay, PI: Bullets, Babes & By-Lines. 

If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more about Jon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)

(Jon Pay, PI and Gus MacDugal ™ & ©, C. A. Aabø, 2017.)

Day 10: double digits

Sorry I'm a little. Busy Sunday. But it is still today, so I'm still on time. 

One panel off finishing this page. I'll show the last three panels tougher, just cause I like them. So today, here's are some details of panel 11. (Yes, you read that right: 12 panels in this page. I just can't help myself...)

Let me know what you think or if you have any questions. 

And, as always, if you want to learn more about Jon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)

(Jon Pay, PI and Gus MacDugal ™ & ©, C. A. Aabø, 2017.)

Day 9: Just sitting on a bench

Told you this was one of Gus MacDugal's "moments" and a sequence I've been looking forward to. Granted, as I discovered, I was not looking forward to the background. One of those background that is a LOT of work to get right, because if you have one line wrong, it ruins the whole effect. And in this case it was three times as important to get it right (you see why over the next few days...). I do think I pulled it off. What do you think?

And speaking of Gus moments, here's one of my favorites ones from Jon Pay, PI: The Comedy is Over. It was written by my partner-in-crime, Rob X Román and this scene is pure Gus. TCiO was a first in so many ways: the first JP that was produced fully digitally, the shortest production time, the most noir-ish to date, and the first one where I did not write the script. Up on till this story, I would write the script and Rob would iron out some kinks (or tell me everything I'd done wrong...). This time around, Rob wrote the script and I tried desperately to find something, ANYTHING, he'd done wrong. It was one of the must fun and educational comic-productions I've had. Look forward to doing it again, either with another Jon Pay adventure or we may go Steampunk Western. When Rob's involved, you don't always know where you'll end up. I had never thought Jon would be investigating muder under the Big Top.

And, as always, if you want to learn more about Jon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)

(Jon Pay, PI and Gus MacDugal ™ & ©, C. A. Aabø, 2017.)

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Day 8: Time for action!!

Time for some running around. Jon Pay and Jack Knightley rush to the rescue, but someone might be slowing them down. I wonder who...

Hope everyone has a great weekend. 

And, as always, if you want to learn more about Jon Pay, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)

(Jon Pay, PI and Jack Knightley ™ & ©, C. A. Aabø, 2017.)

 

Day 7: face to face

Another panel done. Sharing some close ups so I hope that is confirmation that the panel is actually done. This is Jack "the good guy" Knightley. He is at the center of the entire series of events in Prizefighters & Knickerbockers. 

I don't know who is more shocked, Jack or Jon?

And, as always, if you want to learn more about Jon Pay, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)

(Jon Pay, PI and Jack Knightley ™ & ©, C. A. Aabø, 2017.)

Day 6: "oh! Oh! Pick me!!"

I was doing so well last night, I thought I was gonna be able to finish two panels. Then I had a major technical issue with FlickNex and before I knew it, two hours had gone by and the technical issue was still there... ain't technology swell?!?

At any rate, here's my panel. I told you Gus MacDugal was only biting his time. The rest of the page is pretty much all him. 

I love having Gus in a scene. He is just such a fun character to work with. More than once he'll pretty much write himself and I am forced to cut jokes that I find hilarious but have nothing to do with the story and actually slows things down. At least he has several chances to shine in Prizefighters & Knickerbockers as he also did in Bullets, Babes & Bylines. 

And, as always, if you want to learn more about Jon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)

(Jon Pay, PI and Gus MacDugal ™ & ©, C. A. Aabø, 2017.)

Day 5: half a page done

Ok, I will honestly say I wasn't sure I was gonna make this one;a bit of background, tiny bit of foreground and three characters on different levels. Granted compared with some of my other backgrounds, this is nothing, but still.

Can't show everything this time around, so here's the background WIP and a young man patiently waiting his turn. 

I also accidentally did a close to a full time lapse of the inking of the characters. However, I don't think anyone would sit through seven min, so I will see if I can't edit in to a vlog-episode (of which I have made a whole ONE of...so far...). If you feel otherwise, let me know and I'll post it later.  

And, as always, if you want to learn more about Jon Pay, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)

(Jon Pay, PI ™ & ©, C. A. Aabø, 2017.)