Socialfist

Here we are with another Q and A. If you would like to submit a question, leave it in the comments or contact me via another channel. Remus’s answers will be up when I get them.

What do you bring to a knife fight you can’t escape from?
Yuri – I have heat vision. They cannot escape from me!
Zendorsky – I don’t know? A gun.. I can’t really use guns though.
Adelichka – A gun with ammo.
Baboshko – Fuck weapons. I am the weapon!
The Capitalist – I would bring a knife. Honor is honor.
Bomb Atoms – Police? Probably police.
Bearman – The family of the person I’m fighting.
Bullman – Why would I be in a knife fight?
Libertyger – Knife-gun. All the killing power of the knife with the speed of a gun.
Democrosee – Police. Guns. I don’t care.
Luke – Running shoes? I don’t really know. I am not a fighter.
Remus – A bigger knife!

While in town the baker gives you a sweet roll. Delighted, you take it into an alley to enjoy only to be intercepted by a gang of three other kids your age. The leader demands the sweet roll, or else he and his friends will beat you and take it. What do you do?
Yuri – What is this sweet roll and why do I care? I can beat them I suppose.
Zendorsky – I’d give it to them. No need to fight.
Adelichka – I’d throw it away.
Baboshko – Kids? I can beat up kids.
The Capitalist – I don’t get my strange fascination with this sweet roll? Can’t I get more from the baker?
Bomb Atoms – Punch the kids and then eat the sweet roll.
Bearman – Give it to them, then pull out a gun.
Bullman – Give it to them. I don’t want to fight.
Libertyger – Well, if I gave it to them I’d be out like, 75 cents? I don’t care about it.
Democrosee – What the fuck is a sweet roll?
Luke – Eat it and then run where they can’t get me. I mean what kind of 20 year olds want a sweet roll?
Remus – I’ve been through similar situations – ok, no sweetroll included. The first time (6′th grade) I give the ‘stuff’ to one kid and while him grabbing it, I kicked his nose. The other kids run away. From then (highschool – university) I started talking big and tough, with full confidence, and they were the ones to leave the first. I don’t know why, but it always worked, even I’m not a big guy. But anyway, I don’t actually like sweetrools so they can have it if they want it so bad.

You find the company you work for is illegally wiring money out of the country to hide it from taxes. If you report it the company will close and you will be out of a job. If you keep it quiet but the government finds out you will be arrested. What do you do?
Yuri – Destroy the company and all other companies until we acquire a communist system.
Zendorsky – Report them I think. It is hard to answer.
Adelichka – Ignore it until things get worse and then work elsewhere.
Baboshko – Ignore it. They have reasons for wiring money.
The Capitalist – I would report them. We have rules for a reason.
Bomb Atoms – Punch them in the face. Assume leadership.
Bearman – Destroy them after selling your shares in the company.
Bullman – Hope it gets better? I think.
Libertyger – Bring up the illegal activities, confirm the facts and then proceed with the law.
Democrosee – Blackmail them if you can. There is money to pay it if there is money to hide.
Luke – I’d report it. I mean I have a moral code.
Remus – I’m too honest for this world.

If you were a type of donut, what type of donut would you be?
Yuri – Powdery with the ridges like a crawler I think it is called?
Zendorsky – I don’t really know. I’m not a donut. I think.
Adelichka – Cake donut, plain.
Baboshko – Pink frosting, sprinkles, reheated 5 minutes in the nuker.
The Capitalist – Oooh, I personally enjoy the jelly filled.
Bomb Atoms – Deep fried home made ones.
Bearman – Anything I can dip in coffee.
Bullman – I like the frosted ones pretty well.
Libertyger – Pumpkin donuts are an exceptional treat.
Democrosee – I’d not be a fucking donut and what the hell is a sweet roll?
Luke – I’d be a pumpkin donut. I just like those. Seasonally awesome, custom flavor of plain. Also orange on the inside.
Remus – Are there more types of donuts?

What flavor of chip does not make sense to you at all (but you can still like the flavor)?
Yuri – Salt and vinegar. It smells like urine to me.
Zendorsky – Cooler ranch. It does not taste like a cooler at a ranch.
Adelichka – Salt and vinegar.
Baboshko – Some of those Japanese ones are weird. I actually had my own flavor there, it was BBQ and I think Okra.
The Capitalist – Seaweed chips. I can’t get past the “expecting wet sea weed thing”.
Bomb Atoms – Pita chips. Get the hell out of the snack aisle.
Bearman – Salt and vinegar. I hate those things.
Bullman – Computer chips. Get it?
Libertyger – Sour cream and onion. I like onion but sour cream seems gross.
Democrosee – I enjoy salt and vinegar chips. The smell is interesting.
Luke – Salt and vinegar. Seriously. I don’t get it.
Remus – I’m eating healthy stuff only. Pass this one too.

What’s your favorite color?
Yuri – Red, the color of the revolution.
Zendorsky – I think blue.
Adelichka – Black.
Baboshko – Ochre. Rhymes with poker and I’ve yet to meet a stripper named Ochre. (Blue and Green were horrible by the way).
The Capitalist – Gold. The color of power.
Bomb Atoms – Black is a color right? Black.
Bearman – Green, the color of money.
Bullman – I like blue. It is a nice color.
Libertyger – Red. It is the color of power and fury.
Democrosee – Screw off. I’m blind.
Luke – I like silver.
Remus – Turquoise.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Yuri – Ruling the United States.
Zendorsky – I don’t really know. Alive?
Adelichka – Free and living in America.
Baboshko – Richer than I am now, right?
The Capitalist – I’ll be dead by then or at least retired.
Bomb Atoms – Drunker, worse liver, otherwise the same.
Bearman – I’ll be gone by then.
Bullman – College I think.
Libertyger – I hope to be leading the American Justice Squad by then.
Democrosee – Blind. Banging your mom. With a sweet roll.
Luke – Maybe getting paid to write comics.
Remus – The answer would be similar even if you would have asked me where I’m seeing myself in one year. I really don’t know, and right now I don’t find any reason why I should think about it.

Steps:

01 – I’m looking through my music playlist and choose an album that will match my mood at that point. I need music to keep me fully connected with my work.

02 – First I do the pencils, more like a sketch. I draw on A4 format recycled paper. Many times the back of the paper is full already with drawing studies or other sketches. I used to show to Luke how the page looks at this stage, but since for some time now I’m always behind the schedule I must skip that. I don’t remember him telling me to change something anyway

03 – I scan the pencil page and from now on it’s just digital. The first chapter of Socialfist has the inks done by hand though. I compose the panels in the page to fit the Letter format and mark the borders. Then I start to make the inks adding much more details and creating the backgrounds. If the backgrounds are more complex I draw them at the pencil stage first.

04 – Making the flats it’s the easiest part, but the most boring and time consuming of them all. I do the flats with the basic final color, each color on different layers.

05 – Adding a pinkish shadow on a multiply layer, gradients, textures and the bubble text. Ready!

06 – Sending the file to Luke, apologizing him for being late again and making the promise that for the next week I’ll finally make that extra buffer page for which I will not have the time.

Winston Torchkill, British super hero stood at the forefront of the European alliance against the American Justice Squad. Push then came to shove and Torchkill was killed by the Capitalist. With the death of Torchkill, the European alliance faultered and the Americans took over Europe.
The state of life in the United States (now including parts of Europe) began to rapidly decline. Super hero control was the standard for all aspects of life. Soon the news began solely producing pro hero propaganda out of fear and the average American standard of living declined.
Meanwhile in Eurasia, change was coming.

(apologies for the short article, got busy, ran a mile and I need a good night sleep)