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Paul Schmitt's Puppets
Miette finds herself swarmed by over-grown rats! Where's an exterminator when you need one? Am I right?

These are the raw colors. They are a few steps removed from finalized panels but hey, buddies, they contain the art basics. The characters each have become very distinct individuals in these early pieces of production art.

Adding hordes of small rats and having them move in a massive waves is admittedly pretty fun. However I am very intrigued by the challenge and the emotional response of dealing with a horde of these creatures. Ben and Willard are two of my favorite films.

Paul Schmitt's Puppets
Miette's grandfather is good man who is raising his granddaughter by himself in the middle of the City.

Also here, central character Miette's Grandfather who started in the book by playing her father. The writer changed this and I think it works better. There is already alot of pain and heartache addressed in the book.

Paul Schmitt's Puppets
Miette finds herself swarmed by over-grown rats! Where's an exterminator when you need one? Am I right?

So, Miette and her grandfather run a magic shoppe together. The shoppe is in the middle of the city. Near the beginning of the book the business is attacked by a series of lunatics like Ratso and Kirby. These lunatics seems to have nothing better to do than attack old men and children.

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