This was the big project I was working on. It's my submission to the Court Records Where Are They Now Contest in which you had to give your take on what the old Phoenix Wright characters are doing during Apollo's arc. This took a good month's worth of free time, but I'm quite happy with the result. ^^
Really long artist's notes for every panel: 1) Hey, Lana got a haircut. Looks like she got into television show hosting since we last saw her. 2) Mmmmm.... Klavier.... Mandatory sparklies! 3) Meh, not much to say here. Lana kinda looks like she's grabbing her butt though. :/ 4) I absolutely love this picture. Gant and his super cheeriness and uber-V against Edgeworth who really doesn't want to be there. "I lost a day of work to receive that travesty." - Edgeworth 5) Atticus Finch = Gregory Edgeworth according to some speculation. I actually saw To Kill a Mockingbird in a Shakespeare Festival - they don't just show Shakespeare. I love that lawyer line too. 6) Yes, the character's name is actually Dick the Butcher. Gumshoe still has his job in Apollo Justice I think, but the name Dick was too good to pass up. Plus he gets to work with Edgeworth again. 7) Lotta vision! Lotta's still making money off her bad-angle photos seven years later. Udgey's cowering in fear!! 8) I had to do something with Franzy's Whippity Whip Trip since I had actually written out the story and drawn a few pages on the Court Records forum, but then I lost interest in it. Pigtails are cool. Lana's not the only one with a new do. 9) This panel is actually my least favorite, mostly because it was the last one I did and I was getting tired. Ron's back at KB Security (totally a cover job). Yeah, they fired him for stealing company info, but hey, Bullard's dead. Maybe the new guy likes Ron better. (Oh god, what if it's Oldbag in charge....) 10) This panel ties with the King of Prosecutors panel as my favorite. Not many people consider the unfortunate side effects of drinking 17 cups of coffee in one day when they obsess over Godot's addiction. Oh, and Charley the Plant is awesome. Phoenix even keeps Charley in GS4. ^^ 11) GODOT DOES NOT DIE IN MY WORLD. Sorry if this panel looks a little busy. I might have gotten carried away with the background. I added in the machine and the chalkboard and then there was that big empty space so I reused that picture of Mia... Today's special is Godot Blend #107 apparently, but there's no Decaf available. Plenty of Bitter and Acidic though. What do you expect out of Javadoes? (do I even need to explain what the name references?) 12) WANT. I totally want both the clock and the signed portrait. I originally made the clock face to print out and make little button badges (which I may be giving out at Momocon). The time on the clock is the time at which I did that panel too. 13) Hey, that TV has antennae that look strangely familiar. Who makes it? Delphi? Wasn't Delphi where the Oracle of Apollo was located? Hmmmmmm....... 14) Boring panel. I got lazy. Sue me. (Oh crap, this is a lawyer game...) 15) Paaaaayne! How many of you saw this coming? Poor guy. I cover almost every prosecutor including Lana except him! (I actually meant to give Manfred von Karma a section too, but I ran out of time and I think it would have made the overall proportions even more skewed.)
So how many of you actually read the full comments? POP QUIZ!
How is Larry's book a kid's book?
Franziska in ponytails was a key part in making this epicsauce. Also Laurice Deauxnim and Ron being a superfan of Franzy.
And then Payne.
Glad you enjoyed it.
I can tell you put a lot of work into it.