Taking Cues from the Greats

Los Bros Hernandez, or the Brothers Hernandez(Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario) are legends in the comic book/sequential art world. I posted about them some years ago on this blog. 

Right now, as I draft this webcomic series, Summer to Winter, I have to hearken to my heroes and sheroes in comics.

[FROM MY TWITTER PAGE]Here is what I tweeted earlier today:

Taking cues from #LosBrosHernandez 'Playbook' by showing a character going thru physical time, changing emotions, in just a few panels. Will speak more on this soon on 'Pretty in Print' #blog - inprettyprint.blogspot.com "Summer to Winter" by C. K. F. Welsh Jr(1/2022). #FurryComic

"Peter's discontent"(Summer to Winter) P1

"Peter's discontent" (Summer to Winter)P2

What I mean is, if you're familiar with The Hernandez Brothers, and in my case, I mean Gilbert and Jaime, this pivotal scene involves my male love interest and how, even though he seems to have it all, he does not have it ALL. He has loving family and friends, good looks, he's from old money, and he doesn't lack in dates and casual hook-ups. But he knows he's lonely and there's something missing. 

I took a cue from how Gilbert and Jaime show the passages of time and corporeal space in just a few panels, but the emotional impact within the characters is enough to stun the reader. I'm no Hernandez, but, I hope by remembering how the Hernandez's brothers' techniques they use in their collected works, series, one-shots, crossovers, and universes, that I did this two-pager, in showing Peter's emotional state versus how glamorous his life seems to be, justice.