GI Joe 26 page 13

....Snake Eyes sneaks up and CUTS A DUDE! ha, I love ninjas.

In panel 1 there are times that you can omit a background in your story telling. Its not done out of laziness, but to give emphasis to the action. Ive clearly established the environment they are fighting in (hopefully) over the last few pages. This Cobra Viper in particular in the last panel on the last page. So there isnt any need to draw more in for consistency sake.

Again I like the "realistic" idea that Helix would be wore out and even injured escaping all the 'splosions. So in panel 2 we get her attitude that she doesnt need help. And of course in panel 3 SnakeEyes is there give her a silent hand of support. I wanted her to look ragged in the last panel as she calls in their postition and status to HQ.

Fun sequence to draw, challenging in the story telling to make it exciting. If I had more time I would have done more or tried to make everything just right. But thats the name of the game. I was only able to take about 6 hours a page and I was doing roughly 2 pages a day through this issue.