Monumental Maneuver

Monumental Maneuver

Posted by Brian • March 10, 2017

Original Release Date: October 4, 2011

I'm sure there has been some confusion as to the reading order of the word balloons in panel one. You're supposed to read the one on the far right first. Since it's the highest, I think the layout is technically correct, but it's not very intuitive. That balloon should have been placed on the left, and the others on the right. The reasoning behind placing them the way I did was because Mike speaks first, but he's the passenger, so I wanted the tail of his balloon to come from the right side of the vehicle. I should have used an entirely different panel layout, but I was obsessed with getting Monument Valley in there.

On the other hand, I'm really proud of the bit about the turret-mounted flamethrowers.

I changed Renee's hair a little bit starting with this page. Now, it looks like her hair is actually pulled back. Previously, it was pulled back, but there was still this odd pile of hair on top of her head that I don't think really made sense.