Writing for Cass and Flint’s parents has always been hard. I never exactly decided what their feelings are about their kids’ transformations. I flip-flopped on whether Billie was okay with it and Leon didn’t like it, and vice versa, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In keeping with my efforts to inject more atmosphere into the backgrounds, I tried to give the kitchen a specific morning cast light. I spent as much time on the colors for panel 3 as I did for everything else[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Flint is 13 in UTC, and UTC takes place in 2020, by which time the comic will also be 13. After realizing that, I thought it would be cool if they shared the same birthday. So that not only makes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The last time Leon and Noah had a chance to talk about Noah’s guilt was back on page CCVII. With all the ups and downs I’ve faced putting this chapter together, I couldn’t resist adding a parting shot at how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was a tough scene to write. I could have done 10 pages on this topic and still felt like I left out good arguments and vital questions on ethical standards, the power of temptation, the responsibility of those who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…