Day 18: The Phantom
I love the Phantom! I first read his strip when I was six, I think. Maybe younger. I think my family just started subscribing to the News-Herald. I remember that first comics page I read, and it was the arc where the Phantom discovered a stegosaurus (Steggy!).
I love the traditions associated with him. The whole Ghost Who Walks thing, the fact no one may see his face and live (except his wife Diana), the good and bad rings, the history of all the Phantoms… I just adore it. I hope to get a chance to work on him one day.
And yeah, I even kind of like the movie. It's one rewrite away from being something really solid, and I loved Billy Zane's portrayal. He seemed to bring the confidence of twenty generations with him, and that was pretty cool.
At this point in the process, most of my commands are set. I'm starting to change the presets on my Cintiq now. There are a couple of commands, like resetting brush size and moving items, that I want to have quickly accessible and I can't get to from the Nostromo. But there are perfectly good buttons on my pen that I can tweak.