Well, it’s been another year. Sunrise officially began on February 12th, 2008, when this horrible-looking page was posted to the then-very-rough website I’d set up at the time. (The cover of Issue 1 appears to have been posted the day before, but was actually posted somewhat later, with the date adjusted to ensure correct position in the archive.) Now, some 230 pages later, it seems like a good time to look back and see what I’ve learned from this little experiment.
Sunrise: Three Years!
February 12th, 2011 by JohnSunrise: Issue 8 sketches
June 23rd, 2010 by JohnSunrise never sleeps. I finished Issue 7 yesterday and already it’s time to start working on Issue 8. Here’s some sneak peeks for you. Here’s an image of the new medical officer, Suri Sudeshna:
Suri is my replacement for Kuruschov, who, as you may be aware, I decided to eliminate from the main cast. I did this for a number of different reasons, the most prevalent of which is that Kuruschov never really managed to interest me as a character. Admittedly he never got much of a chance, but at the rate he was going I’m not sure he ever would have. Secondly, I wanted to add another female character to the main cast, so it made sense to replace Kuruschov for that reason. Hopefully Suri will be a bigger success than her predecessor.
And here’s a rough sketch for the cover of Issue 8:
That’s Hamete and Suri in the background, and a visiting character in the foreground.