How to transition from light-heart jokes to a darker scene?

Heliox14 2018-01-11 09:27:51 UTC #22

Ah. Okay...
Maybe you could put it like this:
Two gang leaders start talking about disbanding their gangs. MC jumps in, starts talking with them. (Add some jokes and philosophical stuff here.)
While it's steadily getting darker, make the MC show regret "for something". Then, when the gang leaders ask why, MC executes them.
Then you could give him a soliloquy, Macbeth style.

Evan 2018-01-11 23:58:09 UTC #23

And we come to the same problem again, how do I build up the tension and make things get steadily darker?

Candel_and_Goji 2018-01-13 20:01:40 UTC #24

IMO, depends on the overall intended tone of the story, but I feel like it could work really well if it was sudden and surprising. A lot of times catching the reader off-guard makes a lasting impression (just include trigger warnings in your comic description, etc).
-goji