Metropolitan Siege
Metropolitan Siege is © Eric & Chris Zawadzki
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After being placed on leave and put under investigation for the unintentional death of a civilian, Officer Nikki Cross is entrusted with saving her city, the floating city of New Avion, from a force of nature that has infiltrated the police and exists only to feed off chaos and watch cities burn. On top of dealing with protesters and the media complaining about the increasing reports of police brutality, Nikki must also fix her fractured relationships with her friends and family in order to effectively combat these forces who's ability to stoke a fire only make them stronger with each rising flame.
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The beginning is a little trite. The plot is familiar in a overdone way- bad cops, good cop accused of crime, but really innocent... . But, honestly, I do want to know more. What is the infection? Where does she wake up? Is this going toward Terminator territory? I like the strong female character with a couple of flaws. And, she was clothed just enough to keep the comic from appearing to be close to comic porn.
hi guys. the icon is an unfair picture! the script goes solid and the art is really great: the environments are usefull (in the space determination) and the anatomy ...well...REALLY WORKS. I don't know how people vote a comic with only one interesting thing (read: "a child with...") and leaves an amazing work in the bottom of the list. It's truly unfair and drives me MAD. you have my vote and a fav.
Me too! http://tinyurl.com/mndxxv
I like the art on this..story's cool too!!
My review here:
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http://pigs-of-the-industry.blogspot.com/2009/07/zuda-review-metropolitan-siege-how-do.html
I really liked this one a lot, mostly because of the art, but the story had a nice mystery to it and I'd like to find out where it goes. Some panels missed the mark, but some really worked well, especially in the last couple pages. (I also think some different color choices would have helped the police stand out from the background better.) That said, I still think the art was on an upward swing and that if it had the chance would have gotten better and better as more pages were done for it. I'm surprised this is rated so low...tough break, but ya got my vote :)
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I'm very surprised by the art and how much I like it. The 'icon' used on the competition page is misleading about the art quality. The story is intriguing.
What could be improved in my opinion is the dialog (the flow of dialog is not right, some dialog parts are too long or too short) and the layouts. Right now they are boring, a bit lifeless... with more of a graphic design approach to your pages you could make them more interesting and more meaningful. The last page does a very good job at that, I would have liked to see more of this.
Very very interesting.
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http://leftyfilmsblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/zudajuly-2009-and-san-diego-comi-con.html
Wow. Dead last now. Probably a good time to learn from the mistakes of this submission and plan for the next one. :(
The liked your pacing. I sincerely hope that this ranks a bit higher this month. This is a strong competitor for sure.
Floating cities, whacked out cops, cryptic endowments... I'll be coming back for more! Good luck!
The color and linework are often spotty, but the actual panel layout and designs are very strong. If you had an inker/colorists this would be a way better comic. A lot of the production and color makes it look a bit weaker. I've never seen a semi-transparent balloon I've liked. The writing is a little vague at times and expositiony at other times. When characters are just talking they sound great, but when they're revealing plot information they sound written. I wish this was longer, not in pages, but in panels. Your panels are pretty large, I think if you busted 'em down like Celadore does you could've made a much more engrossing beginning
Yeah. This is good. Great story telling. I like the art, too. Well done.
I was really hoping this one would rank higher. Really wanted to read more about life in a floating city.
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Hopefully you guys will come back again with something else.
I hated this until I realised I hadn't read it properly. There are so many turn off signals, but coming back to it I quite like it now! Better than I intially thought and I do actually want to know what happens next. Which is kinda unusual for Zuda!?!
Honestly, I wasn't sure I was with you at all points during this. I dug the coloring style though, that really kept me going. And I must have been engrossed, cause my first thought on finishing this was - what happened to Ayumi??
You win the Azure award for most nakedest babe this month!
Man, I like the colors and art - and you did some neat stuff in the story as well. I think the use of the censored bars is a nice way to have the dialogue seem more authentic. Reminds me a bit of how American Flagg used to use its own swear words as profanity placeholders. This gets a vote and fave from me!
The art and color are a little rough in spots but overall does a good job of telling the story. And that's the important part, right? The lettering is okay for the most part, but the see-thru balloons aren't really used for any specific effect and are just more distracting than anything. The story is fun, you really use your eight pages to pull me in. Those are some interesting looking "cops" sprawled out there in the aftermath of the explosion.
paulmckinneyart - Thanks! I'm gonna need all the luck I can get this month!
citizentim - Tim, you're too kind!
BlueMaxx - Hopefully I'll get a chance to explain this mystery in the future with some good pacing. Thanks for the read!
TheRealGaston - Thanks! I really need to get out there and get the word out if I'm gonna have a chance at all! That seems to be my biggest failing.
amished - Thanks a lot! This is exactly what I was going for!
Caanan - Thanks! You're pretty spot in with your critique! This is my first attempt at coloring a comic, so it's a little shaky.
MBikhofer - Appreciate the kind words!
Kylogram - Thanks for the comment. I was expecting people to appreciate the art more then the story, so this actually means a lot!
zsabreuser - Your comments about the coloring mean a lot to me considering this was my first attempt at it! I hope to get stronger at it in the next couple of years!
Shane Berryhill - Thanks for the note of luck! I'm going to need it. There's a lot of strong contestants this month!
red_skull - Hah! I suppose I accomplished my mission then?
First few pages, I was kinda scratching my head- thinking about the art, wondering where this was going *POW!* Nice intro ;)
Why does this one not have more favorites? I think it's pretty well done. Sets up the suspense nicely.
Hrm. Couldn't get a vibe off the story. If only we had a modest bit more of what the "infection" is.
I actually had the pleasure of reading this a month or two back (nice when a Zuda-ist is also a collaborator on an upcoming project!) and was blown away.
From the character designs to the small background details-- this is the mark of some great talent! I'm in total agreement w/ Caanan: Eric's body language and expressions are terrific!
Great job and it has my vote for the month!
Are you sure Nikki didn't drink some gasoline? Did she have a bottle of awesome? wtheck? Like the colors, story, flow, and it kinda leaves me wanting more. I'd be interested to know how to defeat an evil force of nature that feeds off chaos?...interesting. Best of luck this month.
I'm intrigued!?
Rare that I can say this, but the writing here is not bad. Good job, and good luck!
Nice job, I'm really curious to what's coming to happen, next, even if i think it might have been too mysterious in the beginning, it was kind of solved with the last page. I love the realistic coloring
I REALLY like the story so far, but I can't say that I feel the art is up to snuff.
Terrific storyline. And great job creating the drama in the 8 pages. I agree with Caanan. Pacing and plotting is really well done.
I was a little lost reading this. But not because it's confusing in execution, just that you've effectively imbedded some mystery in your story. Yay! :o) By the end, I was really wanting to know what it's all about. My interest was piqued! That's some good strong plotting, and pacing.
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The art was a little inconsistent, and sometimes the colour job didn't match the art, somehow, (plus I'm not a fan of colouring linework, but that's just me) but it does work. It's very clear, and there's some great body language and expression going on.
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Good use of the 8 screens. :o)