Quinn (by Lee) — Pin-up (Patreon)

Ever see that Michael Keaton snowman movie “Jack Frost”? (I swear, this is going somewhere.) In the film, Jack is the lead singer of “The Jack Frost Band”. According to the plot and other characters in the movie, they’re actually a really good band. However, the movie opens with a live performance by them, and… your personal assessment as an audience member may beg to differ.

Now let’s get a little closer to the present day. But not all the way. Let’s stop right around the release of comic #27: “Draw Me Like Your Ghibli Girls”. Because the bonus panel is supposed to be a realistic drawing of Quinn done by Lee. Now, canonically, I think Lee is actually a really good artist. So it’s always bothered me that I kind of had to “phone in” the drawing I did on Lee’s behalf. Unfortunately, there’s always another deadline and there are only so many hours in the day. But… it bothered me.

So, I finally succumbed to that particular gnawing sensation in the back of my head and did her properly! I’m not gonna lie, I have a newfound appreciation for what a difficult spot the writers and director of “Jack Frost” put themselves in by including good in-universe music as a narrative element. The execution of this piece did not go as smoothly as I expected. Of course, for the movie, they could have just hired an existing better band to do the music instead.

Wait… I could have done that too…

Shit!

Oh, and at first I didn’t look back at the original comic and had forgotten that “drawn Quinn” having a bunch of piercings was part of the gag. So I went back and added them in. But… I’d already drawn it without them, so, figured I’d include both versions. And you know what? As frustrating as the process was at times, I am decently proud of how it turned out. And I’m sure I learned new things during the process!