I am two (three depending on the time zone) days late, but I just finished the script for issue #32 of Rapid City.
I am quite proud of the brutal twist that this one took.
That is one of the great things about writing for villains, they’ve all got it coming.

Maxwell Murder’s apt bldg:

Pages 14 and 15.
-Kav

Panels over panels, crazy angles, great page!

Now the panel angles settle down as the scene stabilizes. I really like the way that last panel is slightly off-set, it makes it appear to be its own thing. Nice.
-Josh

That off-set panel just came to me.  You definitely got me thinking outside the box again.  got me thinking-but i’m still tweaking things.  the next page is crazy.  PS when do we see the KINETIC video?  music? ‘make a circuit with me’ by the polecats.  Or the ENERGY song  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uLSFigtLKg

-kav

The Rapid City character called Maxwell Murder clearly takes his inspiration from the Rancid song of the same name. To give some props back to the source, I put together this video of Kav’s art over the original song.

You can also watch this video in MONOLITH TV.

In honor of Mother’s Day, a salute to Rapid City’s baddest mother, Maxwell Murder.

Happy Mother’s Day Everyone!

Hey, Kav. I have been super busy with school and my latest script (#32) and I haven’t had a chance to take any pictures. I believe that you are still busy with other projects so you aren’t specifically waiting on. Right?
I would hope that if you were waiting on me you would have gotten on me about this already.
I really will try to get to those photos tonight or tomorrow.
-Josh

yeah I’m good.  Just put p 13 in dropbox and am finishing pages 14-15
I want to finish rc 4 before i do crimson mask #3-thats the last issue.

-Kav

I like this page a lot. I really like how that shot of the Corner Bar is starting to become familiar. Panel 2, with the dudes getting some drinks is great. I love that this is not some mysterious villain bar, but just a regular place where folks get wing baskets. Nice. One day, you and Tony and I will get some burgers and fries at the real life Corner Bar in Kalamazoo.

I like all of the acting that is going on on here. It doesn’t look static or posed. It looks like people talking.

That is some VERY noir shading across Max’s face. Very nice. He is a very noir kind of guy.

I think that his neck tat should be bigger, though. Like, almost ear to ear. It is ok if it is only really readable when he raises his head and shows it off. Lots of tattoos are like that.

And speaking of which, I have a good friend who has done both comic book art and tattoo art. How would you feel about having him come in over your drawings of Max and fill in some tattoo flair?

Also, watch out that you don’t slip back into those 90 degree panel layouts.  This page looks just fine with them, but be aware.

I know these pages can get a little text heavy, so be sure to do your best to leave room for those word balloons.

-Josh

yes these pages were penciled before i started playing with the camera angles.  Feel free to have your friend up the ante on the tats.  I do like having b-ground people active-another thing i learned from Sean Phillips.  Glad ya like the shading-watch for more.  And us three chillin one day would be epic, dude.  weird if we saw a dude that looked like Max in there though.

-kav

I think that any Superman poses would be TOO hopeful, too confident. Kinetic will be doing the kind of leap where you expect to land hard enough that you will use your hands to stop.
If he is looking coming in like this and looking either right or left, he will seem to be looking up. In fact, if we are at a low angle, anything but down will seem to be up.

-Josh

I think it’s time for the action figures dude-I’m stumped.

-kav

I will try to do something for you tonight.
Josh

Almost done with crimson Mask #2 dude-then I can start hitting RC again

here’s an excerpt from recent CM page.  I keep a sean phillips page open while I’m inking to inspire me.

what about something like this with Kinetic in city just chillin on the street?
-Kav

Again, a great cover. But too noir. Notice the character is, again, looking down and back. Atthis point in the story, Kinetic needs to be looking up and forward. Believe me, there will be plenty of time for Kinetic and other characters to look back in regret.
I still really like the idea of the low angle shot looking up at Kinetic coming to rest. Do you want me top see if I can pose something like that with toys?
-Josh

If you come across something send it my way I’m pretty sure superman returns will have a pose I can use though-there are lots of scenes of him slowly descending to earth.  But how can it be a below shot of him showing him looking up and forward?  all we will see is his chin.

-kav

what about a simple cover like attached-with kinetic and below him in
the black area a cityscape
-Kav

No doubt a cool cover, but it is too noir for Rapid City. The turned back and looking over the shoulder looks too much like regret and secrets. This sort of thing would be much better for issue 9 or 10. For issue 1, we need something brighter. It needs to show hope and aspiration, with only a hint of the possible darkness.
At this point, the darkness is not a constant presence to be dealt with, rather it is a potential pit-fall to be avoided.
-Josh

Yeah that makes sense dude. 
-kav
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