I need people to be normal about “Die drei Ausrufezeichen“. And what I mean by that is I need people to stop comparing them to “Die drei Fragezeichen” in order to dunk on them. I need people to not make mean comments when they see content of it. I need people to stop complaining about it existing as a piece of media. No one is forcing you to engage with it. No one is forcing you to read, listen or watch it. Okay?
Can you dislike it and critique it? Sure what ever. But please just don’t engage with it if all you are gonna do is talk about how annoying, awful or useless it is. (<- and if you so desperately want to do that. At least do it with style. Aka pull up all the specific instances that bother you and make you think it’s annoying/awful/useless. And if all you can come up with “girl version of Justus, Peter and Bob”… I don’t think you have a good starting point.)
Is there lots of important criticisms to be made about the content and the existence of the series in the first place and also necessity of it existing? Yes! For sure!
But some random person complaining about “no one wants this annoying/boring copy” in the comment sections of promotion for the show isn’t going to bring that type of discussion. And I’m so tired of seeing it. Like please stop. Lots of these people are full on adults and I’m just like so annoyed and tired that nearly every time I go into the comment section of a post promoting the show there is at least one comment saying something along the lines of: “This is bad. Why would anyone want this?” (Only times I don’t see that in promotional posts if it’s the post is by someone of the crew who worked on the show and the likelihood of the post to reach a broader audience is nearly 0 unless you are actively searching for it.)
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Zoro is perfect inspiration for Cass, thinking about it - badass, brilliant fighter, doesn't really give a shit about anything else, incredibly loyal, will definitely pick a fight with the most badass person in the room with absolute confidence they'll win? Perfect fit.
Honestly drawing Cass in Zoros outfits was just a fun warm up too
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The Dead Boy Detectives (and crew), have been occupying my thoughts the past few weeks. I’ve watched the show on repeat, rewatched Sandman, actually started reading the Sandman graphic novels (currently on Seasons of Mist, the introduction of the Dead Boys), and I’ve started drawing the episodes in the style of old teen detective novels.
I started these before getting super into behind the scenes details. I went down a bit of a rabbit-hole last night, and was delighted to learn that show-runner Steve Yockey wanted the show to be reminiscent of The Hardy Boys, one of the main influences of these covers.
The accuracy of their depictions varies, I don’t think they always really look like themselves. But I had a lot of fun.
I hope to continue designing these for a bit while the obsession holds, and maybe I can properly bring in purples, Crystal’s hero color.
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Image 1: A series of covers on a white background. From left to right, "The Case Of The Dandelion Shrine", "The Case Of Devlin House", "The Case Of The Dandelion Shrine" (alt cover), "The Case Of The Hungry Snake", and "The Case Of The Lighthouse Leapers".
Image 2: Three teenagers, Charles, Crystal and Edwin explore a blue green cave with a skull covered in dandelions on a center shrine. Charles holds a flashlight, Crystal is climbing in while her eyes have gone white during a psychic episode, and Edwin is playing lookout. At the top of the page in yellow italics is the text “Dead Boy Detectives” and below in off-white bold caps “THE CASE OF THE DANDELION SHRINE”.
Image 3: Edwin, Charles and Crystal peering around the corner of a yellow-green wooden hallway, looking at the silhouette of a man swinging an axe. They have varying worried expressions. At the top, in yellow italics is “Dead Boy Detectives” and in off-white bold caps “THE CASE OF DEVLIN HOUSE”.
Image 4: Crystal and Niko stare at each other across a green hallway. Niko has her left hand raised and is surrounded by glowing images, stars, hearts, moons, butterflies, rainbows, and sparkles. The cast a faint pink light. At the top in yellow italics is “Dead Boy Detectives”, and in off-white bold caps “THE CASE OF THE DANDELION SHRINE”.
Image 5: Charles and Edwin tied to chairs in a golden yellow room. Charles has an iron collar chained to his neck, and his wrists are bound. Edwin is in a white tank top, and his mouth is gagged with a clothe. On the wall is the shadow of the witch Esther, with her cane. In the corner is a large cabinet, Niko peers out of. On top of the cabinet is perched a crow, Monty. At the top, in yellow italics “Dead Boy Detectives” and in off-white bold caps “THE CASE OF THE HUNGRY SNAKE”.
Image 6: Edwin, Charles and Crystal stand on stairs overlooking the gray sea and red sky. A giant angler fish, Angie, is staring at them. In the corner, on top of the hill is a classic red and white striped lighthouse. At the top, in yellow italics “Dead Boy Detectives” and in off-white bold caps “THE CASE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LEAPERS”.
Image 7: A series of book covers on a white background: “Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island”, “Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, The Ghost of Blackwood Hall”, “Nancy Drew, The Mystery at Lilac Inn”, “The Hardy Boys, While the Clock Ticked”, and “The Three Investigators in The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon”.
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