| d21lewis said: All cops are bastards!? I was heavily into it at one time but I slowly drifted away from it. Looks like you've really gotten better at your craft, though. Almost like an entirely new artist has come aboard (not criticizing your earlier work--just praising your improvement). I haven't been reading any comics, lately. Sometimes, I go back and read something like Maus but that's rare. DC's New 52 really turned me against comics. |
By the way, just to be clear, this story arc takes place in Athens, Greece.
A place where the police deserve to be called bastards as often as possible. We think we have a screwed up police system here in the states but it doesn't compare to some of the other institutions I've read about while researching Variables. In most cases, our cops are as warm and fuzzy as the Easter Bunny compared to some of the pricks out there.
I only touch on it (sans words) in the story but the first black and white scene takes place in 91, where a faux police force that was santioned by the government stormed several schools and tear gassed the shit out of a bunch of students across Athens. It was pretty horrific.
In Variables, I'm trying really hard to avoid the cliche character. Karter is honor-bound and thinks he's a bit of a Peoples' Champion. But in reality, he's kind of a vengeful dick. A little anti-heroish to start off (ugh, cliche there) but I had to establish the character as such so that he can progress and grow as the series follows him. Honestly, he's kind of dumb. Not like retarded stupid but just kind of blind to the big picture and how he fits into it.
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