Hawkguy fancomic: Afternoon Stroll [complete]

[astridv]

Finished :)

Author: neveralarch
Artist: astridv
Preview:


(x-posted to tumblr)
I don’t own the rights to these characters. This comic is drawn entirely for entertainment; no profit is made. Many thanks to neveralarch for kindly giving permission to use her fic.

Comments

[sholio]

I'm not at all familiar with Hawkguy canon, but this is really cute and fun. :) Your art, as always, is absolutely gorgeous.

[astridv]

Thanks. :)
I totally recommend the new Hawkeye series, btw. It's really fun and well written, and their main artist is amazing. (I think the first TPB has come out by now.)

[ratcreature]

This is awesome. I think my favorite bit is Clint's besotted expression on page four in that reaction panel.

[astridv]

Thanks!
That's one of my favorites too.

[bluflamingo]

Kate is awesome :) You're making me actually want to brave the comic book store where I live so I can read this stuff - mainly for Kate who I only really know through what you say about her, but love completely.

[astridv]

You can order them online, too. Afaik the first five issues have been put together in a trade paperback already.

The series is really good. It has a very distinctive style and flair and does really interesting things. Like, one issue is consequently told from the POV of Clint's dog.

[schneefink]

Druids on motorbikes and "glad you're not dead" cards *g*
The art is great, especially the autumn colours.

[astridv]

Thank you! Glad you liked the colors. I deviated a bit from the color scheme of the series, but it was just too tempting, with the watercolors and the fall setting.

[jae]

I don't know the canon, but I am in utter slackjawed awe at your work here. What a collaboration!

-J

[astridv]

Thanks so much. The whole thing felt downright effortless... I love it when that happens.

[runpunkrun]

This is great. I especially like the panel of the dog right before the biker gang attacks. He looks like he's smiling. :)

[astridv]

Thanks, glad you like it. (He's not supposed to be smiling, though... might need to teak that part a bit...)

[runpunkrun]

Well, you know, doggy smiling. The way some dogs, like golden retrievers, just have that lift to their mouth.

I think it fits with the mood of the panel: It's a nice day, taking a walk, sunny, some grass. A nice peaceful bit before things go to hell.

[astridv]

Oh, that panel! Yeah, he's supposed to be relaxed there.

[talitha78]

Wow, fabulous work!

[astridv]

Thanks!

[topaz119]

Oh, I love this! I love how you set things up with the big, wide panels on the first page, everything nice and easy until the day falls apart and the panels split, too. I especially love the three panels where Lucky is yanking Clint & the Druid biker cult is advancing--it's awesome how you caught that bit of action in thos panels. And then there's Kate, shooting rapid-fire & the big panel that shows her results. Just, really so well done, all of it!

[astridv]

I'm so pleased you like it, thanks!

[genarti]

This is purely delightful! And I love how you've worked in Fraction and Hollingsworth's style.

[astridv]

Thank you. :)

[sasha_feather]

This is totally amazing. I really love it. <3

[astridv]

Thank you. :)

[raanve]

This is awesome!! Thank you for making my day!

[astridv]

Glad you like!

[amadi]

Perfect Kate is perfect. This was just gorgeous and terrific and I whooped out loud at "glad you're not dead anymore" cards. Thank you for this!

[astridv]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you.

[j00j]

This was lovely! Kate is perfect! And druid bikers and "glad you're not dead" cards come in 20 packs in this universe, of course they do.

[astridv]

Haha, yeah. I'm not very well-read in the comicverse but I gathered that much.

[were_duck]

THIS IS SO GREAT you NAILED the art on this, I am ABSOLUTELY IN AWE and I just love this little moment of Kate being a fucking competent badass ahhhhhh <33333 A+++++++

[astridv]

Heh. Thank you kindly.

[thingswithwings]

more like, this COMIC is perfect! I laughed out loud at the "glad you're not dead anymore" cards, and I love the happy domesticity/normal day/druid biker gang attack combination (VERY hawkguy). And your art! I don't know how to talk about art but your art is gorgeous and has that soft Aja feel while also looking like it's yours and not a straight up imitation of him. Eeee I love this so much!

[astridv]

So happy you like it. :)

[umadoshi]

This is wonderful! ^_^

[astridv]

Thanks. :)

[lookingforoctober]

I keep coming back and looking at this. I don't read a lot of comics, but this one is...I don't know, it's a very clever story, but it's also something about how the images are so clear and do work carrying parts of the story, and it all just fits together.

[astridv]

Thanks! That's really the part of drawing comics I like best: the storytelling, figuring out how to let the story flow through the pictures.

[sperrywink]

That was fantastic. I love how it starts out so normal. Just walking the dog, nothing to see... *g*

[astridv]

I'm glad you like it!