Not getting a signal in London is REAL!
Continuing with my commentary on issue #3 of Fenton Hud and I wanted to cover a few things with pages 15 and 16.
So first of all, the phone signal. As I’ve mentioned before I don’t plan the Fenton Hud books and put the story together in small 3 to 4 page scenes. But with this particular plot point I did go back and make a change to the opening pages and have Tabs not able to get a phone reception (originally she was waiting for an important works call which is what got Maya’s attention).
The top row is from page 16 and has Tabs trying to contact Fenton but as he’s at the coffee shop (that Tab was at previously) he’s not getting a phone reception (an annoying real thing in some places in this here London!)
Anyways, she’ll go on to leave him a number of voicemails after she’s seen Cuddles’ body which all happens off panel but ties up to Fenton’s timeline (as he’s running a bit behind) on page 16 with the missed messaged he gets when he leaves the shop.
So yeah, it was a great way to not only tie locations together but also create a running plot point through a good bit of the issue.
Oh, and as for Heston’s disguise and plan to kill Tabs – he was the barista at the coffee shop and if it wasn’t for Maya, Tabitha would have been poisoned. Go Maya!
And that’s me for now but I promise there will be more soon! Bear hugs!
Gibson
PS. Heston had left the coffee store as soon as Tabs got taken away. You can see the other staff being confused where he’s gone in Fenton’s timeline back on page 5! Heston returning to the same location but in a slightly different disguise? That’s ballsy… or messed up – I’ll let you decide!
