Beautiful artwork as usual. Thanks for the update! (And I am going to have to confess that I don’t quite get this one…yet. I’m sure it will be obvious as soon as some of the smarter comment posters chip in but right now I am bumfuzzled.)
I’m pretty sure the condolences are because the mister is getting married, or because he is getting married to this specific woman (note how offended she gets). It’s a classic joke for impenitent bachelors, which Mr Hunter isn’t, but pretends to be.
I am not quite sure if Hunter’s face in panel 2 conveys satisfaction, disgust, or a mix of both.
A fair amount of empty seats in the flashback… Hunter wasn’t that succesful as a magician, it seems.
Eagerly awaiting the next development of the demonstration 😛
Great body language and facial expressions throughout, but I’m the most impressed with all those feminine hands. The precise positioning of the fingers are like a body language of their own. The different ways they hold their thumbs, or group the fingers. The way Vane’s smallest fingers curl in the flashback. The straining eagerness you see in some, and the more relaxed grace or caution of others. The gloves are just like gowns chosen to either conceal or accentuate. Two hands have no gloves – I wonder what that means. And John Henry’s hands (as usual) are part of the showmanship, as he plays the role out to his very fingertips.
I think Hunter’s look in the second cell (I love the way his head is framed by the star behind him) is concentration as he tries to find the largest (and hopefully purest) stone for the demonstration.
The light and colors in this page continue to dazzle. The background is so complex (and beautiful) yet you always manage to work it around the subjects in a believable and non-distracting way. It actually augments the foreground in a number of cells (particularly the large star).
LOL!
Beautiful artwork as usual.
Thanks for the update! (And I am going to have to confess that I don’t quite get this one…yet. I’m sure it will be obvious as soon as some of the smarter comment posters chip in but right now I am bumfuzzled.)
Its a very expensive looking engagement or wedding ring; probably engagement. The condolences are for the hit to the mister’s pocket book.
I’m pretty sure the condolences are because the mister is getting married, or because he is getting married to this specific woman (note how offended she gets). It’s a classic joke for impenitent bachelors, which Mr Hunter isn’t, but pretends to be.
I am not quite sure if Hunter’s face in panel 2 conveys satisfaction, disgust, or a mix of both.
A fair amount of empty seats in the flashback… Hunter wasn’t that succesful as a magician, it seems.
Eagerly awaiting the next development of the demonstration 😛
Is that the minister from page 1 a few seats back?
Awesome expressions in that last panel.
Great body language and facial expressions throughout, but I’m the most impressed with all those feminine hands. The precise positioning of the fingers are like a body language of their own. The different ways they hold their thumbs, or group the fingers. The way Vane’s smallest fingers curl in the flashback. The straining eagerness you see in some, and the more relaxed grace or caution of others. The gloves are just like gowns chosen to either conceal or accentuate. Two hands have no gloves – I wonder what that means. And John Henry’s hands (as usual) are part of the showmanship, as he plays the role out to his very fingertips.
I think Hunter’s look in the second cell (I love the way his head is framed by the star behind him) is concentration as he tries to find the largest (and hopefully purest) stone for the demonstration.
The light and colors in this page continue to dazzle. The background is so complex (and beautiful) yet you always manage to work it around the subjects in a believable and non-distracting way. It actually augments the foreground in a number of cells (particularly the large star).
I still can’t get over all those hands…