Well, you probably knew it was coming. Karter finally shoots somebody. Two police officers were impolite and got in the way of his mission. It’s unlikely that the kill count stops at two, though…

Which brings up violence in Variables. You’ll notice that you don’t see the police actually get shot. I won’t use this “turn the camera away” trick every time but I’m not crazy about drawing super-violent scenes. I’m not totally against it when it’s necessary but I’ve always been of the opinion that the imagination is far more vivid than anything a creator can draw, film, or photograph. When it comes to this sort of thing, I’ll often leave it up to the reader to decide how things played out. Violent things happen in Variables but I never want it to be thought of as a violent comic. I feel that only distracts from the real story I’m trying to tell here.

This week is going to be a hectic one and I may even have the next page’s art preview ready tomorrow morning with the full page going live on Thursday. Expect to see a second page late this week, anyway. As always, click on the image below to jump to the first issue of Variables 2002.

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