2-1 - Chapter 2
Saturday, April 14th, 2007- 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
May 23rd, 2007 at 6:58 pm
You. Two. Rock.
(’Nuff said.)