Oct 11, 2011

HK '11

WARNING! The following short story contains scenes of explicit gore and obscene language!

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Art: J. Piira, story: P. Piira, screenplay P. & J. Piira

A follow-up to HK '97. I drew this a couple of few weeks ago and lettered it originally in Finnish. Here's the English translation with my less than stellar handwriting...

Sep 6, 2011

Taipei '11

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Art: J. Piira, screenplay: J. & P. Piira

A little sequel to the middle part of an unofficial assassination trilogy, Taipei '02, seen in last February.

Aug 14, 2011

The Cage

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Art by J. Piira, screenplay by J. & P. Piira, based on a poem by P.P. Piira

This short story was a winning entry for July's challenge in a Finnish comic book forum. The challenge's theme was "bars" (as in prison) but for this English translation I thought "the cage" worked better. The story was done when I was completely run out of A3-sized art papers I usually draw on and almost all my felt tips had dried out. Still I wanted to enter the challenge so I took an A5-sized sketch book and drew the comic with half-dried pens. I think that served the story which is based on a poem my mother wrote in 1980's. I wanted to keep the comic completely hand-drawn so I even lettered it by hand. Sorry for my poor handwriting!

Jun 12, 2011

269:7

Art: J. Piira, story: J. & P. Piira

After a long "season break", WenWen and 269 are back at the scene! Indeed, which one messaged WenWen?

Feb 18, 2011

Bangkok '10

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Art: J. Piira, story & screenplay: P. Piira & J. Piira
 
This little tale of revenge finishes the assassination trilogy. As you can see from the layouts, this was more structured and scripted than the previous parts so little was changed from the storyboards. Only some of the panels were mirrored for a better flow of the action. Speaking of it, certain part of the action scene pays homage to Indiana Jones comic story I enjoyed as a kid, and later appreciate it for its art and pacing. Instead of A3-sized papers I usually draw my art, this time I drew each panel to A5-sized paper, which is four times smaller. Also I chose a different art style; I didn't ink the panels but colored straight onto pencils using a very limited color palette of 10 or so Promarker 'manga pens'.