More photo reference:
The first chapter is seven pages. Â Each a single image, so if I was drawing this as a regular panel-page comic, it would probably be one page, or maybe two. Â I don’t have to thumbnail page layouts, but I realize I do have to think more than usual about spreads and page turns. Â I thumbnailed the 7 pages out with that in mind (spoiler alert: this is totally illegible):Â 
The chapters are mostly short like that, but longer toward the end. Â If I was doing this as a standard comic, it might be about… 9-10 pages? Â But in this format, maybe about 45-50 pages.
Besides that, I worked exclusively on sketches for page 2 today:
The composition probably more like that last one, though now that I see it, it looks a little cramped. Â Maybe the one above is better.
Not sure yet about the style this will be drawn in. Â For this page, I want the background to be looser, not to command too much attention away from the figures, and hopefully emphasize the pram over the nursemaid….
