This scene digs through a fair bit of continuity. Noah mentions Cass’ second transformation, which happened on page LI. The transformations Katsuko references happened on page CCLXI and page CCXXVI. Whereas Cass and Flint felt no pain during their first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The title is a callback to page XLI, where Demetrius first revealed that Cass’ DNA was locked. The first visual metaphor I tried out in the script was a roll-up window shade. That functions a little closer to Cass’ strategy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jen could star in her own spinoff series and it would probably still involve too much plot for one comic. I normally resist dropping so much exposition all at once. A lot of things happen off-panel and between chapters that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The idea of how a major transformation affects someone’s mind has been discussed more outside the comic than inside of it, in the comments sections wherever UTC has been posted. Jen’s explanation about Keris on this page is very close[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cass finally feels “complete” to me. The character has evolved through a wild journey and tough situations both life-threatening and banal, none of it by her own agency. She didn’t want this form and she certainly didn’t want to go[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…