The Magician’s Choice ~ Page 4
I thought drawing in the entire crowd scene would detract from the focus here, but also I am lazy.
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These pages are so damn beautiful. Setting this in the 1920s was such an inspired choice, it’s perfect.
It took a solid half an hour to find this again (as all the internet wants you to know about art nouveau is Munch, Beardsley and geeky crossovers) but the art was inspired by Ronald Balfour who does stuff like this
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This is so sad
:(
It sort of gets happier towards to end I promise!
This is brilliant. The metaphors work on all three levels and touch something particular spot on all three layers.
Where did you get your inspiration concerning the magican from? It does remind me of this masterpiece The Prestige.
By the way, the self concept of the main character is quiet interesting. I’d like to know, if this story is something the character believes necessary to tell oneself or if it is really a split in the male and the female aspect of the personality.
This was a script that I wrote for an anthology which I sadly didn’t get into but I liked the narrative so much that I just drew it anyway- and I’m very glad I did! I think the prestige is a fantastic movie and I’ve always been interested in magic, just not had the dedication to be a performer. A lot of the inspiration comes from my own experience of having a public and professional persona which isn’t a lie per say, but an exaggeration of my good bits, a glossing over of my faults and a standard look which I feel a strange pressure to maintain.
On the plus side, this also has a lot less rape than The Prestige. (I do like the movie, just yeeesh.)
The prose is as good as the images in this story, which is rare for a comic.
I have the impression that the MC/POV in this didn’t really suspect they were trans (was suppressing it mightily) until they conceived of the idea of becoming a magician themself, and realized how *right* it felt to take on that gender.
This is so beautiful. I love him, I love the clothes and the color scheme and this narrative he’s made for himself. Lovely work, as always.
Drawing the crowd as shadows in which the magician can disappear makes it another magic trick – and it wouldn’t feel as gloomy if there were happy faces around them. I love it, it’s so beautiful.