Chapter 1- Awake
Wow! Chapter 6 is finished? And it only took TWO years?! I guess it makes sense when you consider this midpoint chapter is twice the length of the previous chapters. It feels a little unreal to be wrapping up on something I started at the beginning of the pandemic; I’m not very good at celebrating accomplishments, but I do feel a little proud(??) of keeping Centralia going even while the world implodes. It hasn’t always been fun working on a dystopian cyberpunk story when the world you’re living in starts to reflect the world you’re fabricating, but if anything, I hope that the comic updates have given you something to look forward to in tough times.
Now that the chapter is complete, I’m going to take some time off to do Holidays™ and recharge my story brain. I’ll be back early next year with chapter 7 and will announce when you can expect to see the first pages! Until then, please have a happy and safe holiday and an excellent New Years, and thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining me on this comics journey! (´͈ ᵕ `͈ ）
Much love and gratitude,
-Michelle
2 thoughts on “Ch 7 Page 28”
Sparrow
WOAH, oh man. I did NOT expect it to be that bad – I thought Midori would run off but almost to her death?! Thank goodness Grey was paying attention, and reacted in time.
The expressions of shock on both their faces are so heartbreaking ;-;
Grey looks a bit pissed at the end there though….I wonder what he’s thinking. I’m not sure if Midori actually yelled out Weiss’s name or not – which fits the seeming psychosis, honestly, being unsure what is said and what isn’t – but if Midori just *bolted* like that without saying *anything*….God.
Also I like the background people, they have a lot of diversity in appearance and reactions – some are gasping, a lot seem concerned. The attention isn’t good for them but idk, I guess i like that people aren’t completely checked out…even if nobody is doing anything, either. Bystander effect in full swing. something something SOCIETY.
Gaaaah ok final note, the composition is so good. The movement is so overwhelming and chaotic, the sudden appearance of the headlights of the train, the *whiplash* when Midori is grabbed – and the varying fonts overtaking the panels – like, Weiss shouts “Midori!” and it’s black text, then it shifts to Grey shouting it, and the text becomes white, then the final shout is black-and-white. It’s a tiny detail but it massively changes how things escalate, y’know? And how reality blurs, without using traditional text boxes. I notice more and more details the more I look. (“the doors are now closing”….is somehow so terrifying….)
BookWizard
Phew, that was a close call! This page has a great sense of movement and danger.