Bonus
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What Are They Saying? (The Quarrel)
There is some Russian dialogue in this story. We won’t translate it all—we have to maintain the story’s magic after all—but here is an essential segment.
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Drawing inspiration from the characters
We were, after the fact, disappointed with the ending of the story “Virus” (Part III). We didn’t like how the team seemed totally indifferent to Marion’s death. So, “Freaks” gave us a unique opportunity to rectify the situation and, especially, to create more dramatic dynamics within the intervention team.
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Drawing inspiration from reality: the origins of our story “The kidnapping”
Our story “The kidnapping” was inspired by real events that took place in Alabama in February 2013, when a boy was kidnapped by a survivalist and held captive in a bunker. We went so far as to mimic the appearance of the real-life kidnapper. From these actual events, we developed a fiction that fit nicely into the story line we were developing.
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What Are They Saying? (The Trigger)
There is some Russian dialogue in this story. We won’t translate it all—we have to maintain the story’s magic after all—but here is an essential segment.
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Touch-ups (The Auction) – Part II
Comics are a team enterprise. The writer may ask for changes to an illustration to maintain consistency.
