One of the ongoing struggles I have is whether to include sound effects or not. It’s not because of the whole “realism” argument of there not really being sound in the vacuum of space. I know that, but as a work of adventure fiction, I accept sound in space as just something to add to the fun.

My dilemma is more about how much to include in the actual artwork and lettering. This entire sequence, for example, has a lot of sound effects, but I wonder sometimes if they’re too distracting in general. I realize sound effects are an institution in comics and have been a staple from the very beginning, but I also see contemporary comics, like The Ultimates, that have riveting action sequences that don’t use any sound effects at all.

I’m still on the fence on this one…