For most of the cast I had a pretty clear visual in mind to serve as a starting point for Sean in designing each character’s appearance. But Tuesday was by far the hardest nut to crack and we went in a whole bunch of different directions in trying to figure out the right look for her. The ensemble we eventually settled on owes it’s biggest debt to Candyman’s fur-coated look, although there’s probably also a little bit of Cruella de Vil mixed in or good measure.
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Panel 1
We’re back in Joey’s apartment as he starts up awake in bed. His teeth are gritted, pain written across his face and he claws at his chest with one hand.
Joey: Hnnnn!
Panel 2
Joey flops back on the bed, dead from a heart attack, his eyes staring lifeless up at the ceiling. On the other side of the bed his wife is just starting to stir, woken by his death throes but still unaware of his ultimate fate.
Mrs Basso: Geez Joey, what’s up with you tonight?
Mrs Basso: Joey?
Panel 3
And we’re back in the dream alleyway as Tuesday whispers once again into the ear of Joey’s now lifeless corpse.
Tuesday: Goodbye, Joe.
Panel 4
Tuesday pulls her arm free from Joe’s corpse, which drops to the floor.
SFX: Splkch.
Panel 5
She holds his heart up in her blood-drenched hand, tilting her head slightly to one side as if examining the detail of it.
Panel 6
And then closing her eyes in satisfaction she brings the heart up to her mouth and bites deeply into it.
SFX: Shlurch.
We’re back in Joey’s apartment as he starts up awake in bed. His teeth are gritted, pain written across his face and he claws at his chest with one hand.
Joey: Hnnnn!
Panel 2
Joey flops back on the bed, dead from a heart attack, his eyes staring lifeless up at the ceiling. On the other side of the bed his wife is just starting to stir, woken by his death throes but still unaware of his ultimate fate.
Mrs Basso: Geez Joey, what’s up with you tonight?
Mrs Basso: Joey?
Panel 3
And we’re back in the dream alleyway as Tuesday whispers once again into the ear of Joey’s now lifeless corpse.
Tuesday: Goodbye, Joe.
Panel 4
Tuesday pulls her arm free from Joe’s corpse, which drops to the floor.
SFX: Splkch.
Panel 5
She holds his heart up in her blood-drenched hand, tilting her head slightly to one side as if examining the detail of it.
Panel 6
And then closing her eyes in satisfaction she brings the heart up to her mouth and bites deeply into it.
SFX: Shlurch.