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Re: A Fistful of Arrows page 16
Posted By: Bry <bmulheran@gmail.com>	Date: 11/14/10 10:08 a.m.
: 343i needs to canonize this. I'm dead serious. It's the best Halo comic I've : seen to date, not only because of its amazing art but also because it does : what the official ones should do more; that is, expanding upon existing : characters and using existing assets from earlier canon such as the : technician uniform in this issue and some of the ships in the earlier : ones. : I don't know what your own plans are, but I think everyone here would be : happy if 343i hired you. Funny thing about that, there is a topic on the waypoint forums about this general area, and this particular comic was given special mention by a few of us. http://halo.xbox.com/forums/f/10/t/1483.aspx I point I made then, which I'll reiterate again because it ties in with what you're saying, is that in some instances like this, fans create such work not because its their job or they are getting paid for it, but because they have a totally genuine affection and love for the Halo universe. Fistful of Arrows is one of the finer examples of this as a fan comic. There are lots of tributes and nods through-out, be it the Vulture that made a very subtle background appearance in the last update, the Halo Wars style power plants or the Halo 1 style technicians uniform. Its the little touches like this that, for one reason or another, the official items usually don't seem to include, which is a crying shame. Levi's style plainly shows through in the art as any artist would like it to... Fundamentally though, it is very faithful to existing Halo content. Its authentic to what we know from the games. There's a couple of nit-picks I could make here and there on panels 4 and 7, but they would definitely just be nit-picks and nothing more. And I so want panel 5 as another wall paper! =p

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