The third story included in “While We Burn” is “PRAY”. People are trapped inside the church and are about to be swarmed by a horde of monsters. If you love dramatic and surrealistic experiences, with parallel narration and unique hand-drawn and colored visuals, this is the story for you!
Writer: Denis Berashevich
Art & Colors: Utsab Chatterjee
@utsabchatterjee_studio
Letters: Jackie Marzan
@daifukumochi82
Concept Art/Storyboards: Michael Kupitsky
@mikle_corp_art
For the third story, I needed a unique visual style to depict the events of “Pray”. And Utsab was a perfect choice for that one. Talented, precise, and creative, Utsab showed his mastery of traditional work and made this story entirely by hand. Pencils, inks, and paints — every page of that story is drawn and colored traditionally. And all of that required a very clear understanding of what we were trying to achieve, convey, and tell our readers. It was a tremendous amount of effort, but I think the third story, which I wanted to stand out with style, turned out great, and soon you’ll be able to see it for yourselves
And just like with the previous story, Michael Kupitsky helped us speed up the whole process by drawing his awesome concepts and storyboards. Thank you!
In my opinion, this story was the hardest when it came to lettering. Because there is quite a lot of text and the story itself has fewer pages than Tavish or KoTN, it was harder to fit everything that I wanted initially and at the same time not cut something that might be important for the reader. Jackie managed to do that, and it was a miracle to witness! Kind of the same thing that needs to happen for those desperate people trapped in that church.
But to find out if that even happens, you’ll have to read the story for yourself!
