Backstory Concept Art 3
Ah. Another peaceful day in Hackberry Hollow where the critters will happily greet anyone that passes by—well, the undead critters anyway. Yes sirree. Say howdy to this squirrel and he’ll howdy back.
Of course, this is how Hackberry Hollow looked before it hit the fan.
We wanted the town of Hackberry Hollow and surrounding area to feel like Pennsylvania or 19th century New York in terms of architecture, calling back to the ghost stories of the last century. A lot of the concept art we’re doing now is for the historical setting so that the current setting reflects its history. This kind of architecture has the right feel for the events in the backstory and the creepy aftermath.
Adam Weber says:
April 21st, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Dead Rabbit: “How do you do?”
Glen Moyes says:
April 21st, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Dead Squirrel: “Fine. How are you?”
Adam Weber says:
April 21st, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Dead Rabbit: “How you come on?”
Glen Moyes says:
April 21st, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Dead Squirrel: “Pretty good sure as you’re born.”
Adam Weber says:
April 21st, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Dead Rabbit: “I had my flesh burned off in a vat of sodium hydroxide. How was your day?”
Glen Moyes says:
April 21st, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Dead Squirrel: “I died of natural causes.”
Adam Weber says:
April 21st, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Dead Rabbit: “That’s swell.”
Liessa says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:19 am
Interesting that you quote Song of the South for a while in here.
Erica says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:21 am
Only one out of four are dead? I would’ve thought it would be higher. . .
Adam Weber says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:12 am
The sign doesn’t say anything about ghouls…
Keep in mind that while there are a lot of necromancers there, not everyone is; but a major part of the local economy is based on the fact that illegitimate stuff happens here.
Glen Moyes says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:54 am
Yay! Someone caught the Song of the South reference. 🙂
And yes, we do have two classes of undead in the comic: ghouls and undead. Ghouls are feral and undead are intelligent and can talk. You can tell the difference by the color of the glowing eyes: red for ghouls and green for undead.
Liessa says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:51 am
I like that movie and hear the song Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah quite often. I am curious though, is this story connected to Pironizo?
Glen Moyes says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:52 am
Yup, it is Pironizo. We changed the name to Hackberry Hollow.
Liessa says:
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
I hadn’t been sure. Thanks for clearing that up for me! ^^
rex says:
May 7th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
howdy pardner! i’m likin the way things look. just like and old pennsylvania town. i grew up just across the river so i’ve seen them before.