I'm a little confused. Like, are they a couple or what? Isn't he way too young? From the previous comics it seemed like he wants to bone her or something like that but she just lives with him but from this one it seems they are a couple....
He's attracted to her (because what kid his age wouldn't be). Gogo's also attracted to him, because she's been through hell and Andy's innocence, straightforwardness, and genuine acceptance of her are all things she appreciates. However, Andy's holding back because of the feelings expressed above, and Gogo's holding back because of her own insecurities, and probably also because of the age gap between them.
Thanks for the info! Do we have a definitive age for the both of them? Also I think it's not yet been explained how she even ended up with him, has it? Or why he lives alone in the house?
No probs, that's what I'm here for! He doesn't live alone, actually. His mother's a single working mom, so we haven't seen her too much . . . yet. Gogo's 24, and though we don't know exactly how/when she arrived in Andy's town, she works as a janitor of sorts for Andy's uncle. She and Didi live in one of Andy's uncle's rental homes. Andy tends to hang out with them when his mom's busy with work, hence why it seems like he lives with them at times.
As far as Andy's age . . . tough to tell. I think the author purposefully keeps it ambiguous to avoid anyone getting upset if he turned out to be underage. He's definitely in high school though, as we'll see pretty soon here.
Oh right, yeah, I remember the "Janitor" thing!
24 huh? I thought she was some kind of demi-goddess or something like that lol. She definitely seems to have supernatural abilities.
Well he does look very young tbh. But would make sense with him not releasing his actual age
Annnnnd . . . boom, character development. Betcha didn't see that coming. I love how well thought out and realistic Andy's emotions are. You'd best better prepare yourself, because there's more where that came from in the not-too-distant future. Thanks for bearing with the rough sketchwork, I feel like VanHeist was a little insecure about opening up about his characters so he took the easy route on this one. He tends to do that from time to time.
Psh, how lame is that? Forming attachments to fictional characters? Ha, it's not like I'd ever do that, no way. The finale of The Flash, season 1 made me cry and it's certainly not the only fictional story I've cried over
Short answer: >>#1
Long answer: This is what VanHeist had to say about the first comic: this'll should might probably get remanded to scraps, but what the hell. Tonight we feast on crappy fast sketch comics!
this is how i write comics (and also eat up lots of sketchbooks). Dialogue and talking heads. The logic goes that it can only get more complex from here, art-wise, but this provides a decent starting point and lets me figure out angles and panel sizes/flow later on. Same goes for when i'm working from someone else's script and doing storyboards, but in those cases it's better to block in background and other "final" elements, whereas with my own crap it's mostly shorthand.
there was a bit of preamble and aftermath to this scene but i just picked the part i liked best. I'm not sure if Andy's just a huge nerd for getting back to his computer homework with a bored Gogo chewing up his bed, or if he's just made of sterner stuff than she's expected.
I don't know if they make jellyfish ropes but it sounds cool.
yes it's a crappily drawn piece of work. QUIET I'M BUSY!
darned kids.
And the second one: when i first drew/wrote this it seemed like more of an exercise, because when characters actually speak their feelings it seems a little cheap. But after reading it through a couple of times I guess it still feels like it's in a comfortable enough context. Gogo's a little more articulate than usual, but still vague as hell and all over the place, and having Andy speaking his mind (when pushed into it) doesn't seem really out of character.
There does come a point in some relationships where you have to square someone's past with how you feel about them. Here the bullet's been dodged at least temporarily, but it's an unsettled conflict, i think, as is often the case.
sorry if you were expecting the context in which said virginity was lost, but that's another story.
thanks for the positive feedback on these roughs. It feels like cheating to post these, but it's been good so far.