Band On The Run

Or.

"If you're in a rock band and you're not getting banned from hotels, are you really on a rock band?"

Or the pool episode.

Well The story so far. The Worn Down Children got a gig at a small festival by the beach. Last time they did that they spent too much and this time they were running a bit low on cash so they stayed at a more or less cheap hotel that lets you camp in the garden for less and Take tagged along this time cause she had come up with a plan to swim at a pool for free. 

And in her defense, it had worked before.

Got to break the rules from time to time. These guys are rockstars after all. More rock that stars at the moment but still…

This comic was inspired by the fact that I also kept some of the bracelets from a nice hotel I went to once with my family thinking that if I ever came back I could stay somewhere else cheaper and swim for free.

I'm also sure that that could end up more or less like in this comic except worse because I don't run really fast. 

Also don't feel bad for the guard, he was corrupt. Feel bad for the band as had Zara waited a bit more, they would know bribing him was an option.

This one was really fun to work in. Though it took me a bit longer than usual. You can see I got to experiment a bit with the layout. At 7 pages is the longest comic I’ve done. It originally was 4 pages but I felt it was hard to follow so I expanded it and I'm glad I did. That way I got to add things like a Wally cameo or that little Tak/Tony moment. That one wasn't planned at all, even as I was drawing it it felt like it came up by accident. Just imagine it was improvised by the actors.

As usual with me there are 2 versions o a page, this time the last one, cause I couldn't decide which one I like best. One I think flows better, but I really like RJ’s reaction on the other one. Like, even while being the usual voice of reason or whatever he can't avoid to think it was cool. 

Or even better, with the context of Living Forever he may be a little worried as he's starting to suspect he may have a thing for trouble makers.

Not that Zara is one but she does have her moments like everyone. Another detail is her not really noticing she pushed a cop into the pool because I think she went rampage mode for a moment. 

And with this the beach trip arc is finally over!

Or is it? I already have another comic cooking as we speak. I have something similar to a script. And originally it was going to be set right after this one. But it could also be set later back at home. It really works both ways. I'm still deciding.

But for this one I think I'm going to experiment with a more minimalist style. As it stands right now, the “script” includes 10 pages and it's not yet finished and the setting is a grocery store (a lot of stuff to draw there). 

While working on this I saved a WIP that could work as an example of how that style could be.

But that's it, I'm not going to spoil more of it.