Hidden

do you think there's a black and white comic hidden inside the colored ones?

The second issue of Umbrella Academy - Plan B came out last week. Looking at pages like the double-spread title page above makes me think how much more black this page would have if this comic book was made to be in black and white (and that page already has a healthy amount of black in it). Bá and I often talk about how much our own arte has changed since we shifted most of our production to color. Even if we’re not doing the coloring (the page above was masterfully colored by Dave Stewart), we started to think about the pages in color, and to leave space for the color to work alongside the black and white line work.

The new story we’re doing together is also in color, but we talk about doing more black and white comics. We realize the market enjoys color comics more, and we don’t just want to make it in black and white because we like it, so we know we must find the right project to pursue our black and white desires.

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I enjoyed this interview with Robert Kirkman, specially the part where he talks about how he much more creative freedom and an overall cooler experience it is to make comics compared to making a live action tv show or an animation, which I agree. I also liked when he explains how he forces himself to write comics thinking about comics’ strengths, not thinking about how it would be adapted later to another medium. Finally, as he talks about the early days in his career, there’s a lot of knowledge for the aspiring comics writer (or artist, or author).

After the coffee break, I did this moon girl on my sketchbook, straight with the Pentel brush pen, then used some leftover paints from previous watercolors to give the drawing some volume and a little color.

Be safe, be kind, be curious.

Pa-ZOW!

Fábio Moon
Moon Base, São Paulo
August 25th, 2025