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Comic completed on September 2nd 2025

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InkySlime

I think you have a fun character concept here to play with with the rotting king. In this intro comic we get a little bit of his personality and that he means business.

Though, I think it would be helpful to give us a little bit more about who he is, we understand a bit that he is a big shot, but we don't really understand why he is there beyond it being his "territory".
what are his goals? Why is he there? Why does this area have value to him? What is he about?
Tell us about some of these things within the story of the comic. with what we are reading here, we just know he is very powerful in comparison to the presumed thugs in front of his door, but we don't know much about him and that he is territorial.

I think you have a fairly decent grasp on page layout here, the panels and pages flow together easily for the reader.
I think just a bit more clarity and focus in some of your panels would be beneficial, what do you want your reader to focus on within the panel?
Panels 1 and 2 on page three would benefit from this the most. It took me a second read through of those panels to understand what was going on, I didn't realize the Toon was shooting in the first panel until I found the "Bang" and that King was holding a bullet in the second panel.

Splitting this scene into a few more panels may help show what you are trying to convey, Like a long horizontal panel showing them at a stand off with the toon aiming the gun at King, a third panel showing the gun going off, a fourth with the focus of King Catching the bullet, a 5th of him giving an unamused expression and then leading him to using his powers making the gun too scorching hot to hold.
This is just one example of stretching out the pacing of your panels can let the scene breath a bit more to give your readers clarity on what is happening, and also give a bigger impact.

you also have some nice starting points for some interesting character design. The design of the Main Toon had me wondering "what's this guys deal, he seems interesting?"

I'd honestly really like to see you take a step back and slow down on your process a bit. From what you've shown here and in previous comics, I think a bit more time spent polishing up what you've laid down, you could make some real strong work!
After doing the initial rough pencils, just a bit more time with your final linework alone would showcase your strengths more, same goes for your coloring.

While a messy chaotic style can look really cool and add some dynamic elements to a comic, it still needs to have some intention behind the line placement. The coloring here looks rushed and slapped on instead put down with thoughtful purpose.
You clearly show here a good sense of what colors set the scene and using that to help your readers on what to focus on, you also do show you have sense of where the darker values need to go, I think they would just benefit from a bit more time being rendered in.

You've got some interesting ideas for your work, I think giving yourself some time to hone them in instead of rushing to be "finished" would be greatly beneficial. Your art and the craft of it are worth the time!

I'll be keeping an eye out for more comics from you, Lemme see what you can do!

Sal.TheSalty

Ah! Another intro comic, somethings in the air I 'spose. This is a really good character introduction, the rotting king is very well characterised in these short few panels here, and their powers are shown of quite well too. I'm quite curious to see where they'll be taken!

With that, I found myself a bit lost visually at times, just a bit more panel space I feel would add some clarity to what phsyically is going on. For instance when the Rotting King is shot at, I was a bit unsure what was happening exactly, just spacing things out and giving room would be a big boost to the great art I'd love to see more of!

Real fun read and a tight and solid introduction, I like the colour choice and character designs especially. Very curious to see where they go!!

Ninja

This is the best looking comic you've submitted. That said there's still a lot that can be done to make it a better comic. First of all props for getting a scanner for this comic. It makes an entire world of a difference in clarity and showcasing the art. I would suggest a better eraser next, you still have a lot of sketch lines underneath, it makes the comic look sloppy and its a very easy fix. I would also suggest getting something thicker to do your inks, the way you draw especially the toons would look really really good if you lined with like a sharpie or marker. I would also suggest taking more time on the colouring process, you have panels here that work very well and I assume you used some sort of crayon, those are good. But the majority of the colours in this just look scribbled on, it doesnt fit the story being told and again looks really sloppy, taking a bit more time on colouring would help this and give it a better overall look.

In terms of the content of the comic, the story is fine but there's some clarity issues. I don't actually know what the Rotting King does to the toon on Page 2. I wish we were able to see the powers or know whats really happening there. The rest is alright, I get that the Rotting King is supposed to be strong and this is his introduction, but with a confusing show of strength I don't really understand why any of the gangs are scared by him. Good work on this.

Eric

You're doing better. Having a scanner is doing wonders for the fidelity of your art, now its a matter of improving your usage of your tools. It's clear from your pencil lines that you're using a ruler to put down the base of your panel layout, but you should follow a ruler again on those lines to make the borders a lot more bold and clear, instead of shaky. If you intend to stick with using colored pencils and crayons for your work, you need to slow down and start filling out those massive gaps you're leaving behind. Get larger markers or crayons to start doing it. If you're unable to transition, then try working with watercolors to help fill your gaps. As it stands, they're the main thing holding you back artistically.

In terms of the story you're using this to show off The Rotting King which is straightforward and understandable, but this doesn't introduce him in a strong way. He's got territory but what does it look like? This was pretty quick and just showed off his abilities in a bit of an unclear way. If you intend to utilize more of him, take the time to establish more of his details. Unless you're making a graphic novel, assume this comic is the first exposure to the character and that you've got lazy readers who will not take the time to read your biography on the character's page. You've basically got all of these pages to show them off, hook the reader, or do anything of the sort. Still, there's always future opportunities to do more with this character and show more off.

There's a lot more criticism here than has been given in the past, but you have a lot of potential room for growth. It's just a matter of how much you want it. If you're happy with what you're doing and it feels good to you, then that's great, but if you have parts you want to improve or feel you could improve, ask questions. You will find people willing to help and answer questions.