Something else, as a writer, I found myself trying to do is to tell the story with visuals rather than words. That's why there's very few captions explaining time passing and such. I really wanted this story to be told through the visuals, action, and (inevitably) dialogue (but not to the point of relying on dialogue as a crutch).

I love the parallelism on this page. I love the way the two men's actions reveal their character.

~ Ben

The Ballad of the Freak, “Ace” of Diamonds, Remix Comix, Whisperingloon Studios, and the other stuff I made up for this webcomic are TM and (C) Ben Avery, 2009. While the original Black Diamond Western is in public domain, “Ace” of Diamonds (the story and the artwork) and the contents of this page are NOT public domain.