No matter the years, my heart keeps going back to Switzerland during the Golden Era of Overwatch, post Omnic-Crisis, and the imagination runs wild: a comic about the young Original Strike Team having fun, being professionals at what they do but especially friends while also dealing with something small... just so I have an excuse to fill it with a little bit of action too.
This comic has a name since 2018, when I first imagined. It also has thumbnails and a very outdated layout which I remember vividly sketching in one night.
I always knew I wanted a simpler, more cartoony style than usual and maybe dare to draw it fully with traditional media. But I found myself sketching the squad for the first time only recently, couple of weeks ago. I drew the Jack, Ana, Gabriel trio while I was waiting to have surgery in the hospital and the Rein, Torb duo when I finally got home a week later. For those wondering, I'm out of danger. I'm still recovering, but I'm doing fine. :)
During the past 8 years both my body and mind have been through a lot; on top of that, things, people, places changed, sometimes too fast, and they still are, but Overwatch has always been a constant for me. I'm not ashamed to admit that a videogame kept me sane, while it also introduced me to my now-5-years boyfriend and to some of the best people I know, and I want this comic, if it'll ever see the light, to be my big personal thank you to Team 4.
For the power of friendship!
