Oculama

I really enjoyed the unified, saturated sepia over this whole comic. It makes the mood feel sinister until the unexpectedly sweet end, where the greens pop out in stark contrast. I like the design of the doctor and devil a lot, and how the devil appears perpetually in the gun smoke. I liked the folkloric feel of how Ana Sassin was introduced in your comic as a skinwalker. The tension between the characters is gripping all the way through.

The way you draw monkeys is adorable and very expressive - fitting for the setting. I really like the poses you chose for big reveals. That said, I felt like there were spots that could have used clean up, especially a few uncolored panels on the final page. Otherwise, it's a fun and easy to read comic full of visual and verbal humor. The double switcheroo at the very end is extremely fitting for both characters.

A fantastic finale, this comic has such a heavy weight to it. Tangling every character up in the burden of their pasts, unable to make choices with freedom because of how their histories defined them, it's a strong theme that carries through really well. Findlee the man of a thousand grudges having to face just a fraction of his past, and Ana as the face of his glory and sins all in one, it works really well. Some of the twists felt glazed over, but in a comic with so much, it's inevitable.

A tour de force, this comic was great at both always being a surprise but setting up its most wild turns beforehand. The feud is a great wild west archetype, and having the characters bury the hatchet through actions, while never confronting it so directly, gives it a real impact. The way this comic makes the devil is especially great, it's creepy and weird in an old mythical way. The only criticism is that the paneling doesn't always keep up with the pace of the narrative, but that's not the biggest concern in such an epic.

Really intense match up between these two apes!!! was really on the edge of my seat as characters are trying to figure out who is who and who they can trust. Have really been invested in these apes stories so was really flipping the pages as fast as i could to figure out what was happening. Great art great action great emotion! REALLY GREAT WORK!!!!!!!! also really enjoyed the panel structures and the spread! Looked great!!!

Really enjoyed these two trying to figure out their history! Its always fun to figure out what two characters are more intertwined than they initially appear. Really enjoy also the doubleing up of the characters and people running around to figure out who to shoot. Very silly. Maybe got a little confusing for me to actually figure out whos who so at certain points i was a little confused, especially with the very tall panels, but i really enjoyed this over all!! Great job!!

Yoooo, that was awesome Ninja! Absolutely amazing work on the art throughout, captured a real gritty vibe well! Shout out to Monkey Satan, such a cool design and like how you did the smokey style for them.

As for the story, great job in bringing together the pieces you've set up over the rounds like the building relationship between Florida and Alabama. Monkey love real and true xUx. To give a criticism, I guess it does feel like a while until Ana actually makes their full on appearance in the comic but it does at least leads to a neat stand off in the end.

Overall, great job Ninja! (does a little tip of my stetson)

Yee haw, that's a rootin' tootin' comic you got there Pizza Man! A real fun read, who knew that an execution could end up leading to so much hijinks! You do a real good job at depicting scenes of utter chaos and carnage.

Nice work on the story side too, the backstory built up between the two sides is real cool to see and whilst it does feel a bit rushed in how the information is given, I can give it slack given this is the final round and so there's only so much page space it can be given. Speaking of a bit rushed, I will also say that the final conclusion and Florida's resulting death does come off as a bit last minute without the impact it could really have.

Overall, a real fun time! (spits into a nearby spittoon)

What an excellent comic, dude! I really like this one. The story was overall really strong, and I really like how you did your panel layouts for this, really strong layouts. The coloring was excellent as well, I like the dusty subdued hues you chose and made the aurora borealis at the end really stand out for the finale.Also your use of saturation was well used in this comic, it really gave intensity to certain scenes, or when you turned it down (when Florida was dead on the table, and his spirit was speaking with the devil, I thought lowering the saturation there was used very effectively) .

I think your backgrounds overall where really excellent and I like how those are developing, I think a bit more background element work in some panels would be nice, and I think they would add not only a stronger sense of place, but also help fill in some places feel a little less empty. (Page 17, panel two. Great composition shot, but maybe some detail work on the alley's/between buildings like adding in some barrels and crates, or some bystanders to feel a little less empty, but not detract from the intensity of scene between the main characters).

I also really liked the BANG panel, I like what you were going with that, I thought it was really clever. It did just take me a moment to realize what you were doing at first, I think a bit more clarity( Like maybe a gap in the upper part of the B for the bang, making the A a bit more prominent) would solidify what you were trying to convey. Otherwise, Really nice touch.

It was such a strong, heavy story that ended on such a tender note, and I enjoyed reading very much. Thank you!!

Pizza Man, this was a fun comic to read! I think the way you set up the feud was well done, and laid down some good work for the rest of the comic. I think you made effective use of your opponents character as well! I thought the way you had Ana "defeat" Florida was a good direction.

You also got some great character expressions through out the comic that I enjoyed. You did that effectively with a nice simplistic style. Well done!

I appreciate your backgrounds, and I think a little more focus on how you construct them would serve you well, as well as some detailing. (example, Page 3 panel 4, with Florida sitting in the jail cell, I think some detailing, like cracks in the walls, grooves in the stone, would help set the scene, not too much to overwhelm, but a bit more to just anchor in the setting)

I also liked the color palette you chose for the comic, I think it was fitting and set the tone well. I do think changing up your values or your saturation would serve you well. (again, using the jail cell scene, I think either a colored background less saturated, or darker than your characters would help the panel not feel so flat and blend together easily. The Flashback sequence I think would have benefited from this as well) Also maybe trying some spot blacks in your work would be interesting and I think would compliment your style direction!

Overall, I think you did a nice job, thank you so much for the comic, I look forward to more from you!

Its worth mentioning for posterity the simple fact that you had Florida Findlee ready a year in advance for this particular tournament, submitted and everything else. You're probably the biggest cheerleader this tournament had, so to really pull it out like this and produce the comic you did was excellent. The story was suitably bombastic and you really brought it up to a cinematic conclusion. The skinwalker treatment of Ana Sassin is really great and the idea to have them related was a fun one. The route to make them effectively a horrible folk legend was a well chosen one as it really made their presence loom large.

With regards to one or two bits in story, the largest part that stood out to me was the lack of "moments" between Florida and Alabama? The kiss felt like it came out of left field a bit. Granted, they had watched each others back and done adventuring together in a way that was a great "friendship", it didn't feel like we had enough moments for a "relationship". This could be poor memory recollection and very well would merit a re-read. It certainly doesn't seem impossible for them to have bonded and become something. Still, it didn't feel like it was developing in that direction based on all of the battles prior. Due to the sort of break neck violence we had from the get-go to the finale, its tough to have those moments happen sometimes.

Artistically, you had a lot of very fun action sequences. The opening shot of Lucille with the font behind the town is very good and feels very Tarantino in attitude and aesthetic. While the coloring was suitably dark in a lot of shots in a way to build tension, it would have been more effective if you pushed your lights in those moments. Page 5 has a lot of fire going on, but tonally its too similar to help give it that mood and attitude.Your design for Death was very good as well. An extremely inspired look to them, as was most of your primate designs. This was a real solid conclusion and you did great work here. You should be proud. Excellent work!

This one was surprising. The decision to make the monkeys related was in the same general vibe as your opponent but the difference there helped provide a great emotional core to the story. The resolution as well was very nicely done. Your story was definitely stand-out here and you really told a full story here. Artistically, there's a few parts lacking but the major one that's standing out is backgrounds. Establishing shots that given a much stronger sense of the space that our characters are involved in is key and that was the major issue with this one. However, you had a lot of creative character designs taking place and your Satan interpretation was a lot of fun. This was a great finale on your part and you should feel happy when you look back on it. Good work!

This is the finale we've been waiting for and the effort and quality you packed in these pages is much of what we expect of you when it comes to your work. There was alot of build up story wise to make it to this point, and its a shame the deadline and time crunch made it seem some of the more nuanced elements had to be edited, but I feel the main throughline of your story still shined through which is important.
I LOVED your design for death. The elements really made those 'Christmas carol' moments where Florida and Death discuss Alabama's actions give those scenarios an almost dream like quality. I do wish the reasons as to how or why Florida came back to life were. I had to go back and re-read convinced I missed a page because they are utterly gone, and then through sheer will? Frustration? Love? they are there to take Alabama's shoulder. I half expected this to be a Sailor Moon series end where Florida's spirit joins forces to defeat the big bad through the power of love as that seems to be what you were building up to, so I was surprised it was a two on one fight which amusingly fit the M.O of 'dangerous criminal' Florida Findlee.
Still, all in all this was grand finale I was hoping for and certainly hope you and those following Findlee's misadventures enjoyed. Cheers to you.

Right out the gate I enjoy the fake out with Findlee speaking to the wrong ape. The family drama between these two monkeys is a nice nod to the Hatfield–McCoy feud, not to mention tugging at the heartstrings with the familial relationship these two cowboy killers have.
In all actuality, I rather enjoy you took a wholly different route and decided for this to be a battle of belief and words than an all out shoot out- and the double fake out during the hanging actually had me gasping. You cleverly utilized your long scroll format comic to keep the tension going up until the big reveal which was great to pore over. You have such a great handle of comedy and pacing when it comes to your story, I just wish the quality of your work stood toe to toe with those elements. I can appreciate the time crunch and deadline likely pinging your art quality ,but I've seen the content you produce when you have time and attention to detail, which I hope you can translate to future comics, deadlines or no. This was an ambitious swing, Pizza man- I hope the community can see it