Having missed out on contributing to the first two issues, I was eager to submit something. I was soon inspired by this article about children and teenagers playing on railway lines.
It struck a chord with me; don’t ask me how but I have seen the results of trains hitting people and it’s very disturbing. I recalled a rhyme I was taught as a child to keep me off the tracks. There are variations to the rhyme, but I decided to use this one, and put it into comic form.
The comic-style was largely inspired by Russian Communist Propaganda posters; bold with high contrast, minimal colour. But I was also influenced by Charles Burns’ Black Hole comic, which I've mentioned in a previous post, but have only just gotten round to reading.
The most astounding thing about this comic is that I managed to finish it at all, and first in the group wouldn’t you know. Sadly, a lack of extra contributors means that DAWNS 3 probably wont be at Comica.
No matter, the comic has given me further ideas for future work…
