UTC CLXXXVII - Off and Running

In these pages I needed to communicate a lot of information visually...a pleasant turn from having to do info dumps via word balloons. The entire page was a challenge. In the previous page we didn't get to see just how dangerously high up the bleachers are. In trying to figure out a way to show this, I realized that there had to be something that drew the attention of the students to Flint. When I realized Flint could drop the device, and that it would make sound as it fell, the main skeleton of the page came together. After that it was a matter of arranging the panels so that the reader's eye could follow all the simultaneous events vertically down the page without being confused about where to look next.

The only hang-ups I have are minor. I'm unhappy the panel showing Rameses' hands turning into paws doesn't show enough of the back paws to be obvious that those are his hands. Also, the angle of the border of the bottom left panel makes it look like it's the same panel as the center panel, with the apparent perspective shot of the racetrack and the fact that the students' heads don't get cut off enough to be immediately recognizable as a separate frame. I thickened the black line on the border more to compensate.

Regardless, I'm very excited to be showing off this page.

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