This was actually an easy image to create, but when it came time to upload the image I discovered I made a mistake naming the file (2010-06-29 Seoul Temple instead the proper 2010-06-30). Frustrating! It took four attempts and yelling at the computer to get it right. The thumbs still don’t generate properly. This is a planning problem. I outlined before, but I didn’t write in the file names during the planning phase. This won’t happen again.
This comic stages an explanation about how the guys became friends. Kwan is the lynchpin. That will become apparent later as will the relationships between the four of them. I love the Seoul Temple and I wanted to start here. The problem with the top shot is that missionaries do not go to the Seoul Temple until the end of their missions (Seoul West). So, this shot forces some of the story: when they go home and when they enter the MTC.
The second panel is one I will keep working on. I do not like how Kwan’s wife looks. She looks too much like horse-faced Nellie from the Home on the Prairie television show. Not that she’s ugly, it’s just that horse-facedness is not a noted Korean characteristic. I like the p1 from “District Meeting (06/23/2010)” better. My son likes this one better, because p1 in “District Meeting” looks like an evil, sniveling, emo manga character. That’s his opinion. Obviously, I need to work on her some more.
