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Issue 2 - Party Like It's 198X - Page 2 - Lunch with Carmen

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Adam Dravian:


This was the first page Jessica drew with Manga Studio instead of Adobe Photoshop. Our friend Dave recommended Manga Studio to her, and, despite being a little put off by the name, Jessica gave it a shot. She ended up really liking the program and will probably use it to illustrate the rest of the comic.

Satan Ninja trivia for the day: just about every article of clothing that our characters wear is inspired by outfits worn in actual '80s movies.

666threesixes666:
LOL @ "corey's a boner connoisseur."   ;D

Rijst:
Were the outfits 'inspired by' 80s movie clothing in general or do we have to guess which outfit came from which movie?

Adam Dravian:
Most outfits are taken directly from something a character is wearing in an '80s movie (or maybe a music video or TV show or something, but mostly movies). Sometimes Jessica will modify the outfit a bit or do some mixing and matching. However, I doubt anyone would be able to guess all the sources, as we sometimes draw inspiration from extras and not just main characters.

In fact, the comic is full of stupidly obscure little references that I doubt anyone will ever notice. We don't really put them there to be jokes in and of themselves, but more as little easter eggs for anyone who does happen to catch them. And just because we enjoy that sort of thing. I'll give one little example: on page 11 (https://satanninja.com/comic/satan-ninja-198x/issue-1-video-dreamer/page-11) Trance's panel has a whole bunch of pretty obvious references. But I'd be surprised if anyone would notice that in Joe's panel, his lamp is based off of "Lampy" from the '87 animated film The Brave Little Toaster.

Rijst:
I'm going to miss most of these references, I was born in '83 so was a bit too young to have seen all those movies. I like the references though, if you're going to put a lamp there you might as well model it on an 80's lamp and avoid anachronisms..

That mech-type model in Trance's background, is that modeled on Robocop 2?

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