a photographic novel of the post-apocalypse

And so the truth comes out… or does it?

It’s a challenge to pace out episodes that are both comic books and web comics, with some sequences working naturally more in one realm than the other and other sequences falling slightly flat by splitting the difference. Part of our growth as we move from the pilot episode to the grand conclusion is toying with these balances, and at this point in episode three we can begin to judge how we’re doing.

The first episode followed a highly linear structure, focusing entirely on a single plotline (with the exception of a few brief flashback sequences). The second episode pulled back a bit, following a primary plotline but peppered with a couple of bounces out to other scenes in other places. Here in episode three, we’re advancing that trend even further by having a “primary” plotline threaded throughout the episode. This “Claire” storyline occupies about half of the episode’s pagecount, and the other half is covered by the various stand-alone scenes. In episode four, the focus will shift again when we follow two different plotlines threaded back and forth between one another. Episodes five and six also have unique balances in the works, but I don’t want to give too much away.