Reclaimer – A Halo 3 Comic

Welcome to Reclaimer, the first Halo-related comic that I am aware of that is built exclusively from screenshots captured from within the Halo 3 engine. The first strip is a merely a proof-of-concept introduction for the series, a way for me to practice with manipulating screenshots in a comic book layout and a way for me to introduce readers to the style.

Please bear with me as I write this comic. This is the first time I’ve ever tried to create a comic, so it will take me a little while to get used to the layout and to become familiar enough with the graphic editing tools (i.e. Photoshop and GIMP) I will be using to put this strip together. My goal is to try to produce one new strip a week, primarily because I lead a very busy life and it takes a lot of time to set the scenes in Halo 3, watch the resulting films and snap the necessary screenshots, pull them into Photoshop to create the comic-style look to each one, then crop and resize everything until they fit onto the page properly. But I will do my best to produce the comic on a regular schedule, which I expect will become easier as I do this more and become familiar with the necessary skills.

Please feel free to offer suggestions and ideas throughout. Anything that can serve to make the comic better will, in the longrun, make Reclaimer more enjoyable for both you and me.