Our first look at Dinohattan! Eryk’s talent with designing and drawing city scenes was one of the main reasons why we chose to work with him. We hope that you all agree that he’s quite good at developing that “Blade Runner” aesthetic. Luigi and Daisy have a conversation about family, which is of course a very important theme in the film. We’ve continued that into the sequel.
Everybody remember this guy? He was seen briefly in the beginning of the film selling “fried Tweeters.” We decided to bring him back because we loved his costume design and felt that he would be a good re-introduction to the Dinohattan setting. Also, as a bit of trivia, they actually filmed an extra scene with his character which would have featured Mario and Luigi attempting to order food from him before realizing how disgusting the offered cuisine is. They had an Allosaurus Rat puppet scurry out from underneath the cart to steal a piece of dropped food.
Some of you might have found it strange for Daisy to order meat on the previous page considering she was stated in the film to be a vegetarian. This is not a continuity error. It is actually a clue towards her arc in this story, which we will hint at more as we go on. Keep an eye out!
Here it is! The final page of chapter two! On this page we introduce one of the greatest changes to Dinohattan since the Mario Bros. left: a central park filled with a tropical garden! Now, the big question is how did all of the flora get there? We all know that the parallel world in the film was dying out, so plantlife doesn’t make a lot of sense. You’ll all just have to read on to find out!
Finally, our villain makes himself known. We also reveal his name, which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise as we might have hoped. Wart was the obvious choice for the character’s name since this story draws a lot from the Super Mario Bros. 2 game. Wart as a villain fit in well, especially since he was a minor character in the film’s original script.
Wart introduces himself and outlines his goals, albeit in a very vague and ambiguous way. Perhaps we should have made things a little more explicit?
Wart has announced his intent and left our heroes with the return of the Portal Creatures. What else can they do but run? We’re only one page away from ending this chapter! We hope that everyone has enjoyed the run so far and that next chapter will be just as exciting a continuation of the story as the last!
