I was really suprised to find out just how much concept art there is just for Valant Gramarye versus the Troupe. I mean, Magnifi and Zak have one page each (and these pages are not exactly Overloaded with Pictures). Thalassa has no concept art of her Gramarye outfit, just some color-studies for her Lamiroir outfit. Meanwhile Valant has four-full pages of sketches!
I guess that probably means that Valant was designed first and then the rest of the Troupe was based on what would compliment his design?
Writer director Kevin Smith on the set of Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) with Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogan. Kevin was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, and has 30 director credits from a 1992 short, to a 2023 music video.
His other notable credits include Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks II, three episodes of The Goldbergs, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, and Clerks III.
This (almost everything, especially B being the biggest cutie pie puppy sweetheart ever) will forever have my heart.
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And the smooch they got on camera:
The meet & greet that day was really something special. A couple more photos from it (feel free to send me more if you have them!). And a gif I couldn't resist adding in of two of the hugs.
Over this period of time I read Vagrant Queen a Planet Called Doom by Magdalene Visaggio, art by Jason Smith, colors by Harry Saxon, and letters by Zack Saam & Andworld Design. Came out at the same time as the short lived television series. I can’t say that the tv series was firing on all cylinders, but I can say that I wish it was renewed. It was fun, kooky and I really want there to be non- Star Wars and Star Trek space opera shows on television.
But as for the comic, I enjoyed it. There was something of time jump between the first volume and this so it didn’t really matter that it’s been years since I read it and I barely remember it. If the first volume (and the television show) could at sometime feel pro-monarchy by being so revolution-skeptical, this is the antidote. I’d plot is kickstarted by someone kidnapping the title Vagrant Queen, Elida, trying to reinstate her for their own purposes. The cult that the kidnapper leads to empower a new monarchy is funny sad. I won’t reveal who the
In my post about the first volume I said something about the art reminding me of Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg! I would not say that bout this volume. The panels are exciting, but bigger and no where near as busy as it would take for me to make that comparison. Also it has a pretty warm color pallet, even in the cold of space. There is a wild cliffhanger and I hope that it is revisited sometime soon.