Kill Or Be Quilt #1 roughs

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS A SPOILER FOR THE WHOLE FIRST ISSUE OF GREAT BRITISH BUMP OFF: KILL OR BE QUILT. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ A (VERY) ROUGH BUT COMPLETE VERSION OF ISSUE 1, DON'T OPEN THE PDF LINKED AT THE BOTTOM.

 As with the first series, for each issue of Kill Or Be Quilt, I sent Max Sarin a rough breakdown of the whole issue to work from, with the proviso - as ever - that anything could be changed, these are always just suggestions. Providing breakdowns for Max that are - hopefully - interesting and varied has proved very important to improving the work that I draw myself.

Just like the original Bump-Off, Kill Or Be Quilt was tough to nail down into a final version, but once I did, it was a world that made sense. One of my inspirations was the opening titles to the BBC Miss Marple with Joan Hickson. They change over the years but always feature a mix of village bucolica (is this a word?) and side-eye. What I sought was a Sunday-night TV feeling.

I talk more about the various animating elements of the story in the podcast I posted yesterday. I think it would have been more fun to write if I hadn't done it immediately after having moved house, but as with certain other high-pressure creative tasks I've performed over the years, after the fact I barely recall doing it. Probably for the best.

GREAT BRITISH BUMP OFF: KILL OR BE QUILT #1 IS OUT FROM DARK HORSE TODAY.