Hi everyone!
Perhaps unsurprisingly, I’m still talking about Cascade #2, which is about halfway through its Kickstarter run now. We’re a small distance off “Funded”, so if you didn’t check it out yet, please do so! I’m confident you won’t regret it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/cascade-part-2?ref=1e10wr
When you do, you might think “This is one of a long line of comics! Will I know what’s going on? I don’t want to grab just one comic and not understand it…”
I understand. I’ve had the same thoughts, believe me!
Stan Lee once said that every comic is someone’s first comic. I try to keep that in mind when writing, especially now that I’ve started a lot of characters and I’m doing a lot of second or third comics!
So I make them all potentially standalone – something I’ve perfected from running Tabletop RPG sessions. Each one either has a recap of the important points or doesn’t rely on information from the previous comics. I’ve been able to find a fun way of doing that in the Cascade comics, each of which is a different approach:
- In the first, it was a literal summary page.
- In the second, it is told through the news and you can watch the reactions of the characters’ loved ones.
- In the third… well, you’ll have to wait and see for now!
In summary, it’s not going to be a problem if you have not read Cascade #1 and you want to pick up Cascade #2. It was written with that problem in mind!
Thank you for reading and I hope you have a wonderful day!
– Ed