Posted by stan sakai on August 06, 2002 at 6:43 AM:
In Reply to: ISSUE #59 OUT TODAY!! SOME SPOILERS-READ ISSUE FIRST-THEN COME BACK TO CHAT posted by Akahige on July 31, 2002 at 11:57 AM:
: Great illustration on the back cover. Interesting: It's Jotaro holding Usagi's sword? But the kid's got Usagi's small nose instead of Jotaro's big, round nose. Symbolism, Usagi as a kid foreshadowing Jotaro in the future, since he's wearing Jotaro's purple kimono?
That back cover drawing originally featured a young Usagi holding the sword but Diana and Cary thought it would be much more effective if it was Jotaro so I gave them permission to change his clothing digitally. I did point out that they have different noses but we agreed that no one would ever notice the difference.
I guess we were wrong.
Duel at Kitanoji comes out at the end of August. That is one story whose ending kept changing up to the minute I inked that final panel.