A description of the writing process for Hedge and Guineas.
Setting[]
Cast Appearing[]
- Hedge
- Guineas
- Jeremy
- Ellen Dunkel
- Woman soldier
- Elliot Dunkel
- Susan Pompoms
- Justin Tolkiberry
- Nanase Kitsune (small)
Other characters mentioned[]
First appearances or mentions[]
Art[]
- Greyscale
Layout[]
- Landscape
- Two rows: two panels in row 1, two panels in row 2, all divided in several subpanels (total: four panels)
Transcript[]
| (accompanying visuals described below) Deciding upon a hedgehog and a guinea pig for Hedge and Guineas, respectively, was not a decision based on plot necessity. I decided on a hedgehog because I think they're cool animals, which should be evident from Jeremy's design, as Jeremy is essentially a cat with hedgehog spines. | |
| Left: Hedge and Guineas from panel 7 of Painted Black Part 3 - Interviewed By The Devil: Comic for Wednesday, Dec 17, 2003, with panel 5 of the same page as inset in the upper right corner; center: Hedge from panel 4 of Painted Black Part 3 - Interviewed By The Devil: Comic for Monday, Jan 12, 2004; upper right: Guineas and Elliot from the last panel of Painted Black Part 3 - Interviewed By The Devil: Comic for Monday, Jan 12, 2004; lower right: Jeremy, Susan and Justin from panel 1 of Painted Black Part 3 - Interviewed By The Devil: Comic for Wednesday, Dec 24, 2003. | |
| (accompanying visuals described below) The idea to make Guineas a guinea pig was not my own. I wanted at least one more brother for Grace, and a friend of mine with a pet guinea pig requested I make Grace's third brother one. I had no reason plot-wise to make him a guinea pig, but what kind of heterosexual teenage boy would I have been to say no to the random request from a teenage girl? Thus, Grac'e third brother became a piggy. | |
| Left: Guineas scratching his ear from panel 6 of Painted Black Part 5 - The Truth About Grace: Comic for Monday, Mar 8, 2004; center top: Guineas running from panel 5 of Painted Black Part 5 - The Truth About Grace: Comic for Saturday, Mar 20, 2004; center bottom: Guineas from panel 5 of Painted Black Part 8 - Humanity: Comic for Monday, Jun 14, 2004; right: Guineas laughing from the last panel of the same page. | |
| (accompanying visuals described below) What would the personality traits of thes two characters be? Darned if I knew! I don't remember when I made it so Guineas never spoke words, but it was a good decision. It also explains how he could be deemed slow-witted when he is actually of decent intelligence. Hedge's personality grew from his search for Grace, and my need for him to capture Elliot instead. | |
| Left: Guineas from panel 1 of Painted Black Part 3 - Interviewed By The Devil: Comic for Tuesday, Dec 9, 2003; center: Hedge from panel 4 of Night Out Part 2 - Elliot's Crew: Comic for Wednesday, Jun 4, 2003; right: Hedge from panel 1 of Painted Black Part 1 - Walk In The Park: Comic for Thursday, Oct 23, 2003. | |
| (accompanying visuals described below) I don't know what the deal is with Hedge, owls, and anti-climactic moments beyond the fact that it amuses me. The decision to make Guineas's human form attractive was simply due to it being "an obvious but funny joke". I have yet to decide if we'll ever get to see Guineas speak as a human... I can't picturing him saying much beyond "squee", even if that's not actually a sound guinea pigs make. | |
| Left to right: Hedge with an owl sitting on his head from panel 4 of Painted Black Part 1 - Walk In The Park: Comic for Wednesday, Oct 22, 2003; Hedge surrounded by owls on the movie theater roof from the last panel of Night Out Part 2 - Elliot's Crew: Comic for Wednesday, Jun 4, 2003; Guineas in his human form from panel 6 of Painted Black Part 8 - Humanity: Comic for Monday, Jun 21, 2004; Ellen and a woman soldier high-fiving from the last panel of the same page. |