The outline is my guide, but I keep it pretty general so that I can still make a lot of the details, dialogue and situations up as I go. I revise it until I think it is a solid skeleton on which I build a good story. I work on the outline of the plot, usually from 12 to 14 story points, for a long time. Art and writing work closely together, as I said, but always in the service of a good story. Liu: How much do you have plotted out before you start, both in terms of the plot itself and the actual layout and images? They dance together right from the beginning. At the same time the sketchbook fills up with scenery, character designs and creatures spouting bits of dialogue. The text file grows as I add notes and write outlines. When I'm developing a story I start a new text file and a new sketchbook. Hatke: For me drawing and writing really mesh together well. He shared some of his sketches which you'll see throughout this post, including early work on the cover and doodles of creatures. I got a chance to ask Hatke a few questions about Zita, his artistic process, and role-playing games. Zita also runs afoul of the Doom Squad, a sort of interstellar police force that's something of a cross between Judge Dredd and the Three Stooges. We get a tiny bit more background about Pizzicato the mouse and Piper along the way. only to find that the robot double might be enjoying her life a bit much.īook Two is a good mix of familiar characters and new faces. But when a robot double shows up, Zita sneaks off for some downtime. After Zita's heroic actions in the first book, she's a bit of a celebrity, but she's not really enjoying the fame. The second book, Legends of Zita the Spacegirl, just arrived recently and it's a great follow-up. It's an action-packed sci-fi story with lots of crazy aliens and a little girl named Zita who gets sucked into an adventure. We discovered Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke early last year and my daughters and I both loved it.
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