We’ve arrived at the end of this arc of the story in the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe! If you haven’t been keeping up with All-New, All-Capitol Avengers, you could go back and read all the other installments:
It sure feels like this sometimes-hot, sometimes-cold war that S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers have going is bound to heat up even hotter soon, doesn’t it? All these enemies to fight, from HYDRA and A.I.M., to the Tracksuit Mafia, Justin Hammer, and whatever the Starjammers are up to, and the people who are supposed to be our heroes just can’t stop fighting one another! A more pessimistic person might see that as a commentary on what’s going on in the world, right now, but you’d have to be pretty pessimistic to say that… Right?
A lot of my sound effects lettering work starts by looking through very recent and fairly dated comics installments, to try and maintain stylistic continuity (when necessary) and to get some perspective on what I’ve been doing, relative to what I did before. In 2023, I got way into gradient effects on sound effects (not so much in this week’s comic, but go look around, and you’ll see). I couldn’t say for sure why – maybe I thought they popped better against the art on the rest of the page? Maybe it’s a sign I need to bring the color out in the photographs more! Whatever it is, I’m sure I’ll start overcorrecting soon enough, and begin a whole new trend that will confuse me a couple of months down the line!