This exchange was something of a first for my humble little comic: not only was it the only time (thus far) that the Exchange selection-wheel paired Cosmos up with a fan-comic, but it was a chance to be tangentially-connected to a major pop-cultural multi-media franchise. The fan-comic in question was CosmaComix's Vee!, and the franchise he spent time geeking out over was that of Nintendo's famed and lauded pocket monsters; so, in other words--
cO$MOs BaS1<Ally CR0$$eD oV3r W/tH P0kEmOn!!!!!!!
.... Well, sort of.
Rather than doing one big coherent, multi-page narrative - possibly because of time constraints, having freelancing and / or Fight Squad stuff to do - I decided to draw up a little set of standard Cosmos-style four panel comics telling their own little jokes, but part of an overarching progression of events as Gene and co. hung out with Cedar, Bruno, Hop and Lola at their picnic spot. This saved me from having to work out how to make one gag flow into the next, while making the individual situations as hilarious / bizarre / cringe-worthy / out-and-out stupid as they could be - as I'm sure Bruno the Evee can attest in the second comic in this set (sorry, buddy, but you are adorable, and the girls do go Squee every time something of your cuteness-grade shows up, so....) The first comic, meanwhile, allowed me to throw in the usual traditional Crossover Exchange Smorgasbord Of Cameos - everybody does it, always have, always will - from Smol to Henry Jekyll to the Fight Squad's Vicki Tiki! After all, what else would you expect at a multiversal make-a-friend picnic?
cO$MOs BaS1<Ally CR0$$eD oV3r W/tH P0kEmOn!!!!!!!
.... Well, sort of.
Rather than doing one big coherent, multi-page narrative - possibly because of time constraints, having freelancing and / or Fight Squad stuff to do - I decided to draw up a little set of standard Cosmos-style four panel comics telling their own little jokes, but part of an overarching progression of events as Gene and co. hung out with Cedar, Bruno, Hop and Lola at their picnic spot. This saved me from having to work out how to make one gag flow into the next, while making the individual situations as hilarious / bizarre / cringe-worthy / out-and-out stupid as they could be - as I'm sure Bruno the Evee can attest in the second comic in this set (sorry, buddy, but you are adorable, and the girls do go Squee every time something of your cuteness-grade shows up, so....) The first comic, meanwhile, allowed me to throw in the usual traditional Crossover Exchange Smorgasbord Of Cameos - everybody does it, always have, always will - from Smol to Henry Jekyll to the Fight Squad's Vicki Tiki! After all, what else would you expect at a multiversal make-a-friend picnic?