Banes at 1:14PM, Sept. 21, 2016

I had no idea this was happening! Loving this! And I clapped, figuratively, at the "cultural mosaic" line, well known phrase in Canada! Did Canada eventually become Ephemera? I think it did!

plymayer at 7:29PM, Aug. 27, 2016

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bravo1102 at 6:06PM, Aug. 26, 2016

Great look. I can almost feel the textured paper in my hands.

Gunwallace at 5:00PM, Aug. 24, 2016

Sign me up

HippieVan at 4:02PM, Aug. 24, 2016

Thanks, guys!

ayesinback at 2:30PM, Aug. 24, 2016

Really nice ice job matching art style with marketing lingo while conveying the story set-up. A lot going on here.

Ironscarf at 1:29PM, Aug. 24, 2016

I can hear the voiceover in classic pathe news tones! Great period detail and the script feels authentic with just the right tone. Great fun!

HippieVan at 1:06PM, Aug. 24, 2016

@fallopiancrusader: Thanks! I wanted to get this stuff all out of the way so I didn't have to do the classic "one character explaining things to another character that it seems like they would already know" device. :P

tupapayon at 11:29AM, Aug. 24, 2016

Expect the unexpected... but if you're expecting it, it's not really unexpected...

fallopiancrusader at 9:59AM, Aug. 24, 2016

Ha! What a fun and cute way to introduce the conceptual foundations of the world!

HippieVan at 9:31AM, Aug. 24, 2016

@ozone: I think you were the one who pointed me towards reference material for this - thank you again! :) Yep, it's watercolour! Initially I tried to achieve a similar effect digitally, but after playing around with that for a while without being too happy with the results I realized it would be easier just to do it the old-fashioned way.

Ozoneocean at 9:02AM, Aug. 24, 2016

Wow! So THAT's where the 1930s brochers came in handy! Awesome to finally see it come to fruition. Very clever device. Is that real watercolour?