Page 12 Ready! The Third Story is Done!!!

The third story is done! The last page is a post-episode "commercial" with the Rangers that combines Public Service Announcements with charitable commercials that were common back in the 1990s. Most of it is Stickboy and Psychoboy looking at the and reader talking like this...

Since their bodies repeat in every panel, I inked and colored the first panel and duplicated it to the rest of the panels, changing the expressions and adding some hand  gestures in various panels. It worked well and sped up things. I can't show you the rest of the panels of them talking without giving away the gag, but I can show the panel that turned it from a quick sprint into a long run to get this sucker finished...

Yeah, I couldn't resist. I just kept putting monsters in there. It's homages to some of the more prominant or memorable monsters-of-the-day in the first couple seasons of Power Rangers. None are meant to be exact duplicates of the show, just monsters that have the same feel as Pudgy Pig, Eye Guy, etc.

The page honestly could've been left out, but the gag was simply too good not to do. You'll know what I'm talking about when you get the comic.

So that's it for the story. So now all that's left is doing an editorial and a teaser for issue four on the letter column and proofing the story before I send it off to Comixology and upload it on other sites.

I'm about to pull out Ultra Mode and finish this bad boy off!

Coloring Page 12...Can Someone Get Eye Guy Some Visine?

I'm almost done with inking and coloring the last page of issue three. Other than the panel below it's basically Stickboy and Psychoboy looking at the reader while talking, so I'm doing this weird combination thing where I color and ink at the same time so I can duplicate colored bodies between panels. Just a few hands and facial expressions left on the page before I letter it. Anyway, I'll be wrapping it up by week's end...

 

 

Inking Page 12...I Know Why The Crying Cyclops Weeps

Currently working on page twelve, the final page for issue three! The following panel took a looong time to ink. I know why Crying Cyclops weeps now.

 

Page Eleven Ready!!! It's Talking Time!

Page eleven is done. It's the post-battle talking scene at the end of the episode!

 

 

Our heroes discuss the traumatic psychological and emotional effects of killing a monster every day to protect humanity. It's Power Ranger PTSD!

 

Just kidding. But the page is a really good gag and that's about all I can show you without giving it away.

 

It's a page of Stickboy and Psychoboy talking in their usual civilian outfits, which is familiar territory for the series and an especially appropriate way to end the story as that's where we're going next issue.

 

So all that's left for the issue is a one page gag to wrap up the story and the letter column. I expect to have both done next week. Get the fireworks ready and que up the Van Halen music, I'm almost done!

 

Coloring Page 11...Talking In Color!

I've got page 11 mostly colored. I'll be wrapping it up later in the week before I move on to the final page of issue three!

 

Inking Page 11...Talking In Black And White!

I just inked page 11, the next to last page of issue three!

 

Page 10 Ready! That's a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Win!

Page ten is done! And this is literally all I can show without spoiling the ending of issue three...

 

 

Hey, it's not a spoiler that the good guys win, it's getting there that's the fun. Only two more pages left in the issue!

Coloring Page 10...Lavender With a Vengence!

I've been coloring page 10 this week. Work is making it difficult to get a lot done but I'm hoping to still get it wrapped up tonight.

Inking page 10...Final Battle Go!

So I'm currently inking page ten of issue three between a bunch of stuff I'm trying to square away for the release of issue one (currently on sale now). I'm running behind, but it should be no problem coloring it Wednesday and finishing the page Thursday so I can get back on schedule.

It's the climatic final page of the battle...so there's not much I can show you but whatever happens certainly seems to make Psychoboy happy...

Page Nine...Ready! Killamari cannot be harmed by the weapons of man!

Page nine is done! Only three pages to go in issue three!

 

I can't show you much without spoiling the ending but here's one panel that I think won't give away too much...

 

Hm. Yeah, it always turns out well for the monster after they say something like that...

Tonight, I'll be submitting issue one for early release  on DriveThruComics and Amusedom within  the week and then... on to page ten!

Coloring Page Nine...Kilimari in Red

Page nine is inked and I'm coloring it tonight. It's been a busy weekend with work and some shopping at a toy fair, but I should be able to finish up the page later in the week right on schedule.

Inking Page Five! Killamari Says "Hi"

I started inking page nine last night and will hopefully finish the inks tonight.

 

Page Eight...Ready! Robot Fish Beatdown!

So page eight is done. So as not to spoil the ending of the comic before it's released, I'll only be posting exerts from the last five pages. Here's a couple of cool panels that shouldn't give the whole thing away...

 

Next up, page nine, as the action continues!

Page Eight Colors Ready! Can I Interest You In a Gaint Blue Fish Robot?

Page eight is colored. I'll be lettering it later in the week...

Inking Page Eight...A fish in the hand

I'm working on page eight's inks tonight. I'll hopefully get the page colored by weekend's end.

 

Page Seven....Ready! Robot Fish Go!

Page seven with commentary below...

So this page continues the action from the hair missiles and Lavender Ranger's theme song from last page.

And then...it's the Aqua Blue Fishbot to the rescue! The idea is that Stickboy here gets the most useless zords imaginable. A fish was the most useless one I could think of. I later found out the show actually topped me one season, giving Blue Ranger a Dolphin Zord...a freaking dolphin! I can't compete with that.

It was fun designing the Fishbot. With Psychobot, figuring out where to put his joints so he could bend was easy. With a fish I had to be a little more creative, using a segmented body and ball joined fins to allow movement. I sort of had in mind how it would look and function as a toy and I'd totally love to see one made.

I'm more than half way through issue three! Next up, page eight!

Page Seven Colors Ready! Red vs. Aqua Blue!

Page seven is colored. You can now see Fishbot in all it's aqua blue glory! I should be lettering the page on Wednesday.

 

Page Seven Inks Ready! Fishbot In Black And White!

 

Page is inked. Fishbot looks pretty cool inked. I'll be doing the colors this weekend. 

 

Inking Page Seven! Let the Sparks Fly!

Inks on page seven have begun. I'm over halfway done with issue three! And I can now mark off "Monster hits hero in chest and sparks fly" off my Power Ranger cliché checklist.

 

Page Six...Ready!!! Trash Talk, Theme Songs and Hair Missiles!

So page six is done...

Pretty traditional Power Rangers monster battle stuff here. The Rangers and monster exchange smack talk in the form of even more bad puns. The monster charges at the Rangers while yelling. And then the Rangers attack, here with hair missiles, which are awesome.

One gag that was added in the dialog was the bit about the Lavender Ranger theme song. The original sixth ranger, Tommy (played by Jason David Frank) had theme songs as both the Green and White Ranger. Arguments on online groups about who would win between two rangers usually have Tommy beating his opponent. In one such debate, between the original Green Ranger and a later White Ranger named Trent, someone posted something to the effect of "Talk to me when Trent has his own theme song."

Best thing ever. This gag just popped in my head, where Psycho's comeback against in the monster would that argument and I could add his theme song (sung to the tune of the original Green Ranger theme) over the action. I think it was the perfect touch. Life is more awesome when you have your own theme song.

So next up...Stickboy's zord!