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Monday, 12th May, 2008
With text as dominant as this, the central layout question for me always boils down to: Should I simply illustrate the text? Should I complement it with visual information that's not in the text? Or should I draw something which doesn't have anything to do with the text at all (city scapes for example)? I took the illustrative approach here, since I feel it adds both clarity and empathy for our protagonists.

We get to see a younger Alex Selkirk here, and we'll probably see that version of his again in the future, when the time is right to reveal more about A.D's past. I imagine he was pretty handsome in his prime (or still is, depending on your preferences)... on this page he reminds me a bit of Keir Dullea, which is quite welcome, since his role in 2001, Dr Dave Bowman, was one of the two reasons why I gave Naomi her last name.

By the way, last week A.D 1997 received reviews on comicfencing.com: http://comicfencing.com/tag/ad1997