Comic "Prologue" Preview (WIP) + Update

I meant to post this around my birthday (mid November), but I've been very hesitant based on its quality (dialogue, some visuals, etc). What follows this brief update is supposed to be the prologue to the first storyline of the comic series I'm working on -- completely rebooted from the beginning and drawn in a more sketchy / colorless style in order to accommodate the scope of the story (hope you find it interesting!)

Over the course of the past 2-ish months, two versions of the storyline have been "at war" with each other while I drew / wrote this prologue, based entirely on Wesley's origins: either being fished from the ocean (as somewhat seen in the 'ghosts' comic), or built by a scientist (the "frankenstein" origin). It sounds a little odd, but there's actually lots of key differences in the way the themes, messages, and relationships progress depending on where Wesley comes from -- and each version has their strengths and weaknesses.

It was a tricky decision, but after a long time of going over each story-beat exhaustively between both versions, I've finally decided that Wesley's origins are going to be in the ocean -- as I originally intended. As of writing this, I've planned like 98% of the story-beats I want to go over the course of the series, and I'm both super excited and anxious about what's to come. While the prologue is almost "done," I'm not going to rule out potential changes in the dialogue, paneling, and scenes to accommodate for the version of the story I've chosen to go with (hell, I don't even know what "Caldera" actually looks like yet).

So just keep that in mind while reading this -- you're not really getting a "head start" on the series, rather, you're seeing a particular stage in its' development that could see bits of information re-arranged before I decide to release it publicly.

Thanks for sticking around! I really appreciate the support for all of my work, as always.