– Commentary –

J.D.: I originally determined this look for the outside of the tavern a looooong time ago, like before we stopped doing the original color series.

Craig: How was it that you decided what it would look like?

J.D.: I’m not sure.  I just knew that I wanted some cool ironwork above the sign.

Craig: I like how the iron sign has a flower at its zenith.  It gives a little insight into the personality of the bartender.

J.D.: Yep.

Craig: Why did you choose the quote you did for Chapter 2?

J.D.: Well firstly because it dealt with the subject of chains, but in addition I really felt like it was appropriate for what had happened to Leon, that he was put into a situation where he would have to deal with his own failings and shortcomings in a very real sense.

Craig: Kind of like Scrooge?  🙂

J.D.: Yeah.  I love a later quote from the book, where the Ghost of  Christmas Past speaks of Scrooge’s reclamation.

Craig: Chains, both physical and metaphorical, feature largely in this chapter.  I like the chains you drew coming out of the entrance to the dungeon.

J.D.: I did the rough sketch for this one — I think while we were still doing the prologue.

Craig: I remember that.  We went to GenCon looking for manacles so that you could sketch them.  As I recall, we did find some that you could draw.

J.D.: Not at GenCon.  I had to use the good old Internet for pictures of manacles of the type that I wanted for this picture.  They’re actually a lot harder to find than you might think.

Craig: Oh, that doesn’t surprise me.  I can just imagine what must have come up when you typed “manacles” into Google Image Search.  0.0

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