Comic: "Synth" by yhlee and astridv (AtS/Fray xover; COMPLETE)

[astridv]

Well, it took a little while, but it's finally done. :o)

"Synth" is a crossover between AtS and Fray. ('Fray', for those who haven't read it yet, is a well-crafted tale, written by Joss Whedon himself, with gorgeous artwork by Karl Moline. In my opinion it's hands down the best of the Whedonverse comics out there, not to be missed

Comments

[selenak]

She does, she does. This is so good! *is awed*

[astridv]

Ah, das geht runter wie Butter. :)

[astridv]

Thanks! So glad you like it. It took ages, but I think it was worth it.

[wychwood]

This is *gorgeous*. I adore your visuals, and the layout, and the panels, and *all* of it; the flying cars and everything are awesome *g*, and the sort of watercolour style works really well for me. Plus you do a better job than most *official* tie-in comics of making the characters recognisable! *g* A beautiful piece of work.

[astridv]

Thank you kindly! I'm happy you like it.

Plus you do a better job than most *official* tie-in comics of making the characters recognisable! *g*

*looks modest* I try. ;) The lack of likeness in some of the official tie-ins confuses me... after all, a tie-in is all about reading about familiar characters. And it's not like it's hard to find picture references in times of computers and screen caps.

Some of the Buffy and Angel comics are very good though, with satisfying likeness, too.

[minim_calibre]

Oh, WOW.

[astridv]

Hehe. ^_^

[wisemack]

Fantastic! So much talent... you should be proud. ;)

[astridv]

Thanks so much. :) I'm quite happy with how it turned out. *pets comic*

[deepad]

this is startlingly beautiful - both the visuals and the script. The tricksy overlapping dialogues, the non-linear panels, its so layered. And I haven't read either the fic or Fray, and it still made perfect sense.
(and the little B/A shoutout didn't hurt either ;))

[astridv]

Thanks, I'm really glad you like it. Some of the unconventional dialog placement was born out of necessity, because space was so limited and the baloons were handy to direct the reader's eye in certain ways.

I can highly recommend Fray. I only read it when Yoon suggested this project to me - 'Fray' being sans Angel, I hadn't been interested before (yeah, so I'm a bit single-minded in my fannishness) - and once I read it I was thrilled. It's like discovering a whole new part of the Buffyverse, new canon. The writing is pure Joss.