And with that ridiculous roundhouse kick, we come to the end of our combat portion. Story’s not quite done yet, though, folks. Stay tuned.
Speaking of that kick, it is a shoutout/love letter to one of my biggest inspirations, the Appleseed manga series, by Masamune Shirow. A lot of you have noticed the similarities my character Howard shares with the cyborg Briareos. Once I read this (over 2 years ago), I knew I had to have a roundhouse kick finisher! Space-Mullet is a story that I want and need to tell people, but there’s no reason I can’t have a ton of fun while I’m doing it.
I did a little podcast interview with the guys over at the Death of Comics Podcast. We mostly talk about Space-Mullet, my process, with some newborn baby strategy talk and reflections on high school experiences thrown in. Thanks for the great conversation, guys!
As always, thanks for reading, and see you Monday.
Well that’s just the definition of badass! Howard’s the ultimate decapitator!
Thanks man! And you said it!
Appleseed… it really doesn’t get better than that… the story, the art, and the observations Shirow makes are all what makes that series one of my ultimate favorites.
Now… Space Mullet is Appleseed-esq in its addictive powers… 8) another great page… and the decapitating round house is a wonderful panel, love the expression on the Big Guy’s face… heh
Agreed! The Appleseed story is sometimes a lot for me to handle, but the art and design of the entire thing more than make up for it. I read thru it twice a year at least! Thanks for the kind words!
Oh, wait! Slope’s still alive! I only just saw the “ungh” speech bubble in the lower right panel. Hope Howard beats the hell out of him some more
Yeah, I kinda hid it in there…
love it.
Im so glad!
Awesome. its always good to see fellow artists inspiration. Great work man
Thanks bro!
WOW at the power kicks! Who knew playing Mortal Kombat would pay off like this! Fantastic page, Daniel :O) I love your use of black in the last panel.
Thanks Joseph! Yeah, filling in with a bunch of blacks help slow the reader down a little bit, letting them take things in a bit more!
Slope Better bleed to death, he better NOT have some advanced technology keeping him alive after getting his arm ripped off… He needs to die… Grr…
Howard is the coolest!!!! 8D
Wish granted!
THANK YOU!!!!! D8
>> Story’s not quite done yet
How could it be? Does anybody remember Al?
Such a good movie! Ahhh!
Cool, soccer!
I thought I noticed a resemblance…
Yeah, Shirow is awesome.
It’s a shame that THIS level of violence is necessary to maintain interest in the strip, when obviously the violence could go MUCH HIGHER! 😀
lol, touche!