Trying to write a 1940s-based comic can be a pain in the arse. Although I'm not slavishly researching the time period I'm doing what I can to at least avoid any basic errors. Currently I'm trying to find out what a medium-scale building project might've looked like (What type of cranes would've been used? What type of perimeter fencing? What type of building materials? What type of trucks? Did the builders wear helmets...?). You'd have thought that, post-blitz, there'd have been a plethora of images online of London being rebuilt. But no. Maybe I need to try (gulp) a library. I think I still have a membership card somewhere...
Occasionally with this research lark you get lucky. Issue #2 briefly has the eight-year old Thomas playing with toy soldiers. Obviously, when I was a kid the things were made of plastic, but in the 1940s...? Well I found this lovely pic:
And here's the pencils for 2.8.1 (issue.page.panel)
Cover Reveal: DC Cinematic Universe by Nick Jones and Stephen "Win" Wiacek
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Just in time for London Book Fair – which I was doing the rounds at
yesterday – there's a cover up on Amazon for my next book:
*DC Cinematic Universe: A ...
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